internal/task: implement atomic primitives for preemptive scheduling

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Ayke van Laethem
2024-10-27 10:26:23 +01:00
committed by Ron Evans
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//go:build !scheduler.threads
package task
// Atomics implementation for cooperative systems. The atomic types here aren't
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//go:build scheduler.threads
package task
// Atomics implementation for non-cooperative systems (multithreaded, etc).
// These atomic types use real atomic instructions.
import "sync/atomic"
type (
Uintptr = atomic.Uintptr
Uint32 = atomic.Uint32
Uint64 = atomic.Uint64
)
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//go:build !scheduler.threads
package task
// A futex is a way for userspace to wait with the pointer as the key, and for
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//go:build scheduler.threads
package task
import "internal/futex"
type Futex = futex.Futex
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//go:build !scheduler.threads
package task
type Mutex struct {
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//go:build scheduler.threads
package task
// Futex-based mutex.
// This is largely based on the paper "Futexes are Tricky" by Ulrich Drepper.
// It describes a few ways to implement mutexes using a futex, and how some
// seemingly-obvious implementations don't exactly work as intended.
// Unfortunately, Go atomic operations work slightly differently so we can't
// copy the algorithm verbatim.
//
// The implementation works like this. The futex can have 3 different values,
// depending on the state:
//
// - 0: the futex is currently unlocked.
// - 1: the futex is locked, but is uncontended. There is one special case: if
// a contended futex is unlocked, it is set to 0. It is possible for another
// thread to lock the futex before the next waiter is woken. But because a
// waiter will be woken (if there is one), it will always change to 2
// regardless. So this is not a problem.
// - 2: the futex is locked, and is contended. At least one thread is trying
// to obtain the lock (and is in the contended loop, see below).
//
// For the paper, see:
// https://dept-info.labri.fr/~denis/Enseignement/2008-IR/Articles/01-futex.pdf)
type Mutex struct {
futex Futex
}
func (m *Mutex) Lock() {
// Fast path: try to take an uncontended lock.
if m.futex.CompareAndSwap(0, 1) {
// We obtained the mutex.
return
}
// The futex is contended, so we enter the contended loop.
// If we manage to change the futex from 0 to 2, we managed to take the
// lock. Else, we have to wait until a call to Unlock unlocks this mutex.
// (Unlock will wake one waiter when it finds the futex is set to 2 when
// unlocking).
for m.futex.Swap(2) != 0 {
// Wait until we get resumed in Unlock.
m.futex.Wait(2)
}
}
func (m *Mutex) Unlock() {
if old := m.futex.Swap(0); old == 0 {
// Mutex wasn't locked before.
panic("sync: unlock of unlocked Mutex")
} else if old == 2 {
// Mutex was a contended lock, so we need to wake the next waiter.
m.futex.Wake()
}
}
// TryLock tries to lock m and reports whether it succeeded.
//
// Note that while correct uses of TryLock do exist, they are rare,
// and use of TryLock is often a sign of a deeper problem
// in a particular use of mutexes.
func (m *Mutex) TryLock() bool {
// Fast path: try to take an uncontended lock.
if m.futex.CompareAndSwap(0, 1) {
// We obtained the mutex.
return true
}
return false
}
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//go:build !scheduler.threads
package task
// PMutex is a real mutex on systems that can be either preemptive or threaded,
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//go:build scheduler.threads
package task
// PMutex is a real mutex on systems that can be either preemptive or threaded,
// and a dummy lock on other (purely cooperative) systems.
//
// It is mainly useful for short operations that need a lock when threading may
// be involved, but which do not need a lock with a purely cooperative
// scheduler.
type PMutex = Mutex