.\" .\" Copyright 2013 Samy Al Bahra. .\" All rights reserved. .\" .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without .\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions .\" are met: .\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. .\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the .\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. .\" .\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND .\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE .\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE .\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE .\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL .\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS .\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) .\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT .\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" .Dd July 13, 2013. .Dt ck_elide 3 .Sh NAME .Nm ck_spinlock .Nd spinlock implementations .Sh LIBRARY Concurrency Kit (libck, \-lck) .Sh SYNOPSIS .In ck_spinlock.h .Pp .Dv ck_spinlock_t spinlock = CK_SPINLOCK_INITIALIZER; .Ft void .Fn ck_spinlock_init "ck_spinlock_t *lock" .Ft void .Fn ck_spinlock_lock "ck_spinlock_t *lock" .Ft void .Fn ck_spinlock_unlock "ck_spinlock_t *lock" .Ft bool .Fn ck_spinlock_locked "ck_spinlock_t *lock" .Ft bool .Fn ck_spinlock_trylock "ck_spinlock_t *lock" .Ft void .Fn ck_spinlock_anderson_init "ck_spinlock_anderson_t *lock" "ck_spinlock_anderson_thread_t *slots" "unsigned int count" .Ft bool .Fn ck_spinlock_anderson_locked "ck_spinlock_anderson_t *lock" .Ft void .Fn ck_spinlock_anderson_lock "ck_spinlock_anderson_t *lock" "ck_spinlock_anderson_thread_t **slot" .Ft void .Fn ck_spinlock_anderson_unlock "ck_spinlock_anderson_t *lock" "ck_spinlock_anderson_thread_t *slot" .Pp .Dv ck_spinlock_cas_t spinlock = CK_SPINLOCK_CAS_INITIALIZER; .Ft void .Fn ck_spinlock_cas_init "ck_spinlock_cas_t *lock" .Ft bool .Fn ck_spinlock_cas_locked "ck_spinlock_cas_t *lock" .Ft void .Fn ck_spinlock_cas_lock "ck_spinlock_cas_t *lock" .Ft void .Fn ck_spinlock_cas_lock_eb "ck_spinlock_cas_t *lock" .Ft bool .Fn ck_spinlock_cas_trylock "ck_spinlock_cas_t *lock" .Ft void .Fn ck_spinlock_cas_unlock "ck_spinlock_cas_t *lock" .Ft void .Fn ck_spinlock_clh_init "ck_spinlock_clh_t **lock" "ck_spinlock_clh_t *unowned" .Ft bool .Fn ck_spinlock_clh_locked "ck_spinlock_clh_t **lock" .Ft void .Fn ck_spinlock_clh_lock "ck_spinlock_clh_t **lock" "ck_spinlock_clh_t *node" .Ft void .Fn ck_spinlock_clh_unlock "ck_spinlock_clh_t **node" .Pp .Dv ck_spinlock_dec_t spinlock = CK_SPINLOCK_DEC_INITIALIZER; .Ft void .Fn ck_spinlock_dec_init "ck_spinlock_dec_t *lock" .Ft bool .Fn ck_spinlock_dec_locked "ck_spinlock_dec_t *lock" .Ft void .Fn ck_spinlock_dec_lock "ck_spinlock_dec_t *lock" .Ft void .Fn ck_spinlock_dec_lock_eb "ck_spinlock_dec_t *lock" .Ft bool .Fn ck_spinlock_dec_trylock "ck_spinlock_dec_t *lock" .Ft void .Fn ck_spinlock_dec_unlock "ck_spinlock_dec_t *lock" .Pp .Dv ck_spinlock_fas_t spinlock = CK_SPINLOCK_FAS_INITIALIZER; .Ft void .Fn ck_spinlock_fas_init "ck_spinlock_fas_t *lock" .Ft void .Fn ck_spinlock_fas_lock "ck_spinlock_fas_t *lock" .Ft void .Fn ck_spinlock_fas_lock_eb "ck_spinlock_fas_t *lock" .Ft bool .Fn ck_spinlock_fas_locked "ck_spinlock_fas_t *lock" .Ft bool .Fn ck_spinlock_fas_trylock "ck_spinlock_fas_t *lock" .Ft void .Fn ck_spinlock_fas_unlock "ck_spinlock_fas_t *lock" .Pp .Dv ck_spinlock_mcs_t spinlock = CK_SPINLOCK_MCS_INITIALIZER; .Ft void .Fn ck_spinlock_mcs_init "ck_spinlock_mcs_t **lock" .Ft bool .Fn ck_spinlock_mcs_locked "ck_spinlock_mcs_t **lock" .Ft void .Fn ck_spinlock_mcs_lock "ck_spinlock_mcs_t **lock" "ck_spinlock_mcs_t *node" .Ft bool .Fn ck_spinlock_mcs_trylock "ck_spinlock_mcs_t **lock" "ck_spinlock_mcs_t *node" .Ft void .Fn ck_spinlock_mcs_unlock "ck_spinlock_mcs_t **lock" "ck_spinlock_mcs_t *node" .Pp .Dv ck_spinlock_ticket_t spinlock = CK_SPINLOCK_TICKET_INITIALIZER; .Ft void .Fn ck_spinlock_ticket_init "ck_spinlock_ticket_t *lock" .Ft bool .Fn ck_spinlock_ticket_locked "ck_spinlock_ticket_t *lock" .Ft void .Fn ck_spinlock_ticket_lock "ck_spinlock_ticket_t *lock" .Ft void .Fn ck_spinlock_ticket_lock_pb "ck_spinlock_ticket_t *lock" "unsigned int period" .Ft bool .Fn ck_spinlock_ticket_trylock "ck_spinlock_ticket_t *lock" .Ft void .Fn ck_spinlock_ticket_unlock "ck_spinlock_ticket_t *lock" .Sh DESCRIPTION A family of busy-wait spinlock implementations. The ck_spinlock_t implementation is simply a wrapper around the fetch-and-swap (ck_spinlock_fas_t) implementation. The table below provides a summary of the current implementations. .Bd -literal | Namespace | Algorithm | Type | Restrictions | Fair | \'----------------------|-----------------------------|---------------|-------------------------|--------' ck_spinlock_anderson Anderson Array Fixed number of threads Yes ck_spinlock_cas Compare-and-Swap Centralized None No ck_spinlock_clh Craig, Landin and Hagersten Queue Lifetime requirements Yes ck_spinlock_dec Decrement (Linux kernel) Centralized UINT_MAX concurrency No ck_spinlock_fas Fetch-and-store Centralized None No ck_spinlock_mcs Mellor-Crummey and Scott Queue None Yes ck_spinlock_ticket Ticket Centralized None Yes .Ed .Pp If contention is low and there is no hard requirement for starvation-freedom then a centralized greedy (unfair) spinlock is recommended. If contention is high and there is no requirement for starvation-freedom then a centralized greedy spinlock is recommended to be used with an exponential backoff mechanism. If contention is generally low and there is a hard requirement for starvation-freedom then the ticket lock is recommended. If contention is high and there is a hard requirement for starvation-freedom then the Craig and Landin and Hagersten queue spinlock is recommended unless stack allocation is necessary or NUMA factor is high, in which case the Mellor-Crummey and Scott spinlock is recommended. If you cannot afford O(n) space-usage from array or queue spinlocks but still require fairness under high contention then the ticket lock with proportional back-off is recommended. If NUMA factor is high but prefer a greedy lock, then please see .Xr ck_cohort 3 . .Sh EXAMPLE .Bd -literal -offset indent #include #include /* * Alternatively, the mutex may be initialized at run-time with * ck_spinlock_init(&mutex). */ ck_spinlock_t mutex = CK_SPINLOCK_INITIALIZER; void example(void) { ck_spinlock_lock(&mutex); /* * Critical section. */ ck_spinlock_unlock(&mutex); ck_spinlock_lock_eb(&mutex); /* * Critical section. */ ck_spinlock_unlock(&mutex); if (ck_spinlock_trylock(&mutex) == true) { /* * Critical section. */ ck_spinlock_unlock(&mutex); } } .Ed .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr ck_cohort 3 , .Xr ck_elide 3 .Pp Additional information available at http://concurrencykit.org/