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authorMike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>2006-01-31 05:05:15 +0000
committerMike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>2006-01-31 05:05:15 +0000
commitcccc549ced940c85039c8ce263c8bb571f244afd (patch)
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initial import of latest linuxthreads
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+/* POSIX spinlock implementation. x86-64 version.
+ Copyright (C) 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+ The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+ The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ License along with the GNU C Library; if not, write to the Free
+ Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
+ 02111-1307 USA. */
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
+#include "internals.h"
+
+/* This implementation is similar to the one used in the Linux kernel.
+ But the kernel is byte instructions for the memory access. This is
+ faster but unusable here. The problem is that only 128
+ threads/processes could use the spinlock at the same time. If (by
+ a design error in the program) a thread/process would hold the
+ spinlock for a time long enough to accumulate 128 waiting
+ processes, the next one will find a positive value in the spinlock
+ and assume it is unlocked. We cannot accept that. */
+
+int
+__pthread_spin_lock (pthread_spinlock_t *lock)
+{
+ asm volatile
+ ("\n"
+ "1:\n\t"
+ "lock; decl %0\n\t"
+ "js 2f\n\t"
+ ".section .text.spinlock,\"ax\"\n"
+ "2:\n\t"
+ "cmpl $0,%0\n\t"
+ "rep; nop\n\t"
+ "jle 2b\n\t"
+ "jmp 1b\n\t"
+ ".previous"
+ : "=m" (*lock));
+ return 0;
+}
+weak_alias (__pthread_spin_lock, pthread_spin_lock)
+
+
+int
+__pthread_spin_trylock (pthread_spinlock_t *lock)
+{
+ int oldval;
+
+ asm volatile
+ ("xchgl %0,%1"
+ : "=r" (oldval), "=m" (*lock)
+ : "0" (0));
+ return oldval > 0 ? 0 : EBUSY;
+}
+weak_alias (__pthread_spin_trylock, pthread_spin_trylock)
+
+
+int
+__pthread_spin_unlock (pthread_spinlock_t *lock)
+{
+ asm volatile
+ ("movl $1,%0"
+ : "=m" (*lock));
+ return 0;
+}
+weak_alias (__pthread_spin_unlock, pthread_spin_unlock)
+
+
+int
+__pthread_spin_init (pthread_spinlock_t *lock, int pshared)
+{
+ /* We can ignore the `pshared' parameter. Since we are busy-waiting
+ all processes which can access the memory location `lock' points
+ to can use the spinlock. */
+ *lock = 1;
+ return 0;
+}
+weak_alias (__pthread_spin_init, pthread_spin_init)
+
+
+int
+__pthread_spin_destroy (pthread_spinlock_t *lock)
+{
+ /* Nothing to do. */
+ return 0;
+}
+weak_alias (__pthread_spin_destroy, pthread_spin_destroy)