/* * Copyright (C) 2014 René Kijewski * * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU Lesser * General Public License v2.1. See the file LICENSE in the top level * directory for more details. */ /** * @ingroup pthread * @{ * @file * @brief Implementation of a fair, POSIX conforming reader/writer lock. * @note Do not include this header file directly, but pthread.h. */ #ifndef PTHREAD_RWLOCK_H #define PTHREAD_RWLOCK_H #include "priority_queue.h" #include "thread.h" #include #include #ifdef __cplusplus extern "C" { #endif /** * @brief A fair reader writer lock. * @details The implementation ensures that readers and writers of the same priority * won't starve each other. * E.g. no new readers will get into the critical section * if a writer of the same or a higher priority already waits for the lock. */ typedef struct { /** * @brief The current amount of reader inside the critical section. * @details * * `== 0`: no thread is in the critical section. * * `> 0`: the number of readers currently in the critical section. * * `< 0`: a writer is currently in the critical section. */ int readers; /** * @brief Queue of waiting threads. */ priority_queue_t queue; /** * @brief Provides mutual exclusion on reading and writing on the structure. */ mutex_t mutex; } pthread_rwlock_t; /** * @brief Internal structure that stores one waiting thread. */ typedef struct { bool is_writer; /**< `false`: reader; `true`: writer */ thread_t *thread; /**< waiting thread */ priority_queue_node_t qnode; /**< Node to store in `pthread_rwlock_t::queue`. */ bool continue_; /**< This is not a spurious wakeup. */ } __pthread_rwlock_waiter_node_t; /** * @brief Initialize a reader/writer lock. * @details A zeroed out datum is initialized. * @param[in,out] rwlock Lock to initialize. * @param[in] attr Unused. * @returns `0` on success. * `EINVAL` if `rwlock == NULL`. */ int pthread_rwlock_init(pthread_rwlock_t *rwlock, const pthread_rwlockattr_t *attr); /** * @brief Destroy a reader/writer lock. * @details This is a no-op. * Destroying a reader/writer lock while a thread holds it, or * there are threads waiting for it causes undefined behavior. * Datum must be reinitialized before using it again. * @param[in] rwlock Lock to destroy. * @returns `0` on success. * `EINVAL` if `rwlock == NULL`. * `EBUSY` if the lock was in use. */ int pthread_rwlock_destroy(pthread_rwlock_t *rwlock); /** * @brief Lock a reader/writer lock for reading. * @details This function may block. * @param[in] rwlock Lock to acquire for reading. * @returns `0` if the lock could be acquired. * `EINVAL` if `rwlock == NULL`. */ int pthread_rwlock_rdlock(pthread_rwlock_t *rwlock); /** * @brief Try to lock a reader/writer lock for reader. * @details This function won't block. * @param[in] rwlock Lock to acquire for reading. * @returns `0` if the lock could be acquired. * `EBUSY` if acquiring the lock cannot be done without blocking. * `EINVAL` if `rwlock == NULL`. */ int pthread_rwlock_tryrdlock(pthread_rwlock_t *rwlock); /** * @brief Try to acquire a read lock in a given timeframe * @param[in] rwlock Lock to acquire for reading. * @param[in] abstime Maximum timestamp when to wakeup, absolute. * @returns `0` if the lock could be acquired. * `EDEADLK` if the lock could not be acquired in the given timeframe. * `EINVAL` if `rwlock == NULL`. */ int pthread_rwlock_timedrdlock(pthread_rwlock_t *rwlock, const struct timespec *abstime); /** * @brief Lock a reader/writer lock for writing. * @details This function may block. * @param[in] rwlock Lock to acquire for writing. * @returns `0` if the lock could be acquired. * `EINVAL` if `rwlock == NULL`. */ int pthread_rwlock_wrlock(pthread_rwlock_t *rwlock); /** * @brief Try to lock a reader/writer lock for writing. * @details This function won't block. * @param[in] rwlock Lock to acquire for writing. * @returns `0` if the lock could be acquired. * `EBUSY` if acquiring the lock cannot be done without blocking. * `EINVAL` if `rwlock == NULL`. */ int pthread_rwlock_trywrlock(pthread_rwlock_t *rwlock); /** * @brief Try to acquire a write lock in a given timeframe * @param[in] rwlock Lock to acquire for writing. * @param[in] abstime Maximum timestamp when to wakeup, absolute. * @returns `0` if the lock could be acquired. * `EDEADLK` if the lock could not be acquired in the given timeframe. * `EINVAL` if `rwlock == NULL`. */ int pthread_rwlock_timedwrlock(pthread_rwlock_t *rwlock, const struct timespec *abstime); /** * @brief Unlock the reader/writer lock. * @details Must only be used if the lock is currently held. * You may release the lock out of another thread, but the *lock*, *operate*, *unlock* logic must not be broken. * @param[in] rwlock Lock to release * @returns `0` on success. * `EPERM` if the lock was not held for any operation. * `EINVAL` if `rwlock == NULL`. */ int pthread_rwlock_unlock(pthread_rwlock_t *rwlock); /** * @brief Internal function to determine of the lock can be acquired for reading. * @param[in] rwlock Lock to query. * @returns `false` if locking for reading is possible without blocking. */ bool __pthread_rwlock_blocked_readingly(const pthread_rwlock_t *rwlock); /** * @brief Internal function to determine of the lock can be acquired for writing. * @param[in] rwlock Lock to query. * @returns `false` if locking for writing is possible without blocking. */ bool __pthread_rwlock_blocked_writingly(const pthread_rwlock_t *rwlock); #ifdef __cplusplus } #endif #endif /* PTHREAD_RWLOCK_H */ /** * @} */