source: mainline/uspace/lib/c/include/rcu.h@ 8080262

lfn serial ticket/834-toolchain-update topic/msim-upgrade topic/simplify-dev-export
Last change on this file since 8080262 was 3679f51a, checked in by Jiří Zárevúcky <jiri.zarevucky@…>, 7 years ago

Remove the option of RCU-upgradable futexes for now.
They complicate threading design too much.

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1/*
2 * Copyright (c) 2012 Adam Hraska
3 * All rights reserved.
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27 */
28
29/** @addtogroup liburcu
30 * @{
31 */
32/**
33 * @file
34 */
35
36#ifndef LIBURCU_RCU_H_
37#define LIBURCU_RCU_H_
38
39#include <compiler/barrier.h>
40#include <libarch/barrier.h>
41#include <stdbool.h>
42
43/** Use to assign a pointer to newly initialized data to a rcu reader
44 * accessible pointer.
45 *
46 * Example:
47 * @code
48 * typedef struct exam {
49 * struct exam *next;
50 * int grade;
51 * } exam_t;
52 *
53 * exam_t *exam_list;
54 * // ..
55 *
56 * // Insert at the beginning of the list.
57 * exam_t *my_exam = malloc(sizeof(exam_t));
58 * my_exam->grade = 5;
59 * my_exam->next = exam_list;
60 * rcu_assign(exam_list, my_exam);
61 *
62 * // Changes properly propagate. Every reader either sees
63 * // the old version of exam_list or the new version with
64 * // the fully initialized my_exam.
65 * rcu_synchronize();
66 * // Now we can be sure every reader sees my_exam.
67 *
68 * @endcode
69 */
70#define rcu_assign(ptr, value) \
71 do { \
72 memory_barrier(); \
73 (ptr) = (value); \
74 } while (0)
75
76/** Use to access RCU protected data in a reader section.
77 *
78 * Example:
79 * @code
80 * exam_t *exam_list;
81 * // ...
82 *
83 * rcu_read_lock();
84 * exam_t *first_exam = rcu_access(exam_list);
85 * // We can now safely use first_exam, it won't change
86 * // under us while we're using it.
87 *
88 * // ..
89 * rcu_read_unlock();
90 * @endcode
91 */
92#define rcu_access(ptr) ACCESS_ONCE(ptr)
93
94extern void rcu_register_fibril(void);
95extern void rcu_deregister_fibril(void);
96
97extern void rcu_read_lock(void);
98extern void rcu_read_unlock(void);
99
100extern bool rcu_read_locked(void);
101
102extern void rcu_synchronize(void);
103
104#endif
105
106/** @}
107 */
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