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author | Kevin Krakauer <krakauer@google.com> | 2020-01-13 16:06:29 -0800 |
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committer | Kevin Krakauer <krakauer@google.com> | 2020-01-13 16:06:29 -0800 |
commit | d51eaa59c020cca9b7bc27cec0338ead089f3ed6 (patch) | |
tree | 3b41776af9426496567573ed17698562daf39006 /pkg/sync/seqcount.go | |
parent | d793677cd424fef10ac0b080871d181db0bcdec0 (diff) | |
parent | 1c3d3c70b93d483894dd49fb444171347f0ca250 (diff) |
Merge branch 'iptables-write-input-drop' into iptables-write-filter-proto
Diffstat (limited to 'pkg/sync/seqcount.go')
-rw-r--r-- | pkg/sync/seqcount.go | 149 |
1 files changed, 149 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/pkg/sync/seqcount.go b/pkg/sync/seqcount.go new file mode 100644 index 000000000..a1e895352 --- /dev/null +++ b/pkg/sync/seqcount.go @@ -0,0 +1,149 @@ +// Copyright 2019 The gVisor Authors. +// +// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style +// license that can be found in the LICENSE file. + +package sync + +import ( + "fmt" + "reflect" + "runtime" + "sync/atomic" +) + +// SeqCount is a synchronization primitive for optimistic reader/writer +// synchronization in cases where readers can work with stale data and +// therefore do not need to block writers. +// +// Compared to sync/atomic.Value: +// +// - Mutation of SeqCount-protected data does not require memory allocation, +// whereas atomic.Value generally does. This is a significant advantage when +// writes are common. +// +// - Atomic reads of SeqCount-protected data require copying. This is a +// disadvantage when atomic reads are common. +// +// - SeqCount may be more flexible: correct use of SeqCount.ReadOk allows other +// operations to be made atomic with reads of SeqCount-protected data. +// +// - SeqCount may be less flexible: as of this writing, SeqCount-protected data +// cannot include pointers. +// +// - SeqCount is more cumbersome to use; atomic reads of SeqCount-protected +// data require instantiating function templates using go_generics (see +// seqatomic.go). +type SeqCount struct { + // epoch is incremented by BeginWrite and EndWrite, such that epoch is odd + // if a writer critical section is active, and a read from data protected + // by this SeqCount is atomic iff epoch is the same even value before and + // after the read. + epoch uint32 +} + +// SeqCountEpoch tracks writer critical sections in a SeqCount. +type SeqCountEpoch struct { + val uint32 +} + +// We assume that: +// +// - All functions in sync/atomic that perform a memory read are at least a +// read fence: memory reads before calls to such functions cannot be reordered +// after the call, and memory reads after calls to such functions cannot be +// reordered before the call, even if those reads do not use sync/atomic. +// +// - All functions in sync/atomic that perform a memory write are at least a +// write fence: memory writes before calls to such functions cannot be +// reordered after the call, and memory writes after calls to such functions +// cannot be reordered before the call, even if those writes do not use +// sync/atomic. +// +// As of this writing, the Go memory model completely fails to describe +// sync/atomic, but these properties are implied by +// https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/golang-nuts/7EnEhM3U7B8. + +// BeginRead indicates the beginning of a reader critical section. Reader +// critical sections DO NOT BLOCK writer critical sections, so operations in a +// reader critical section MAY RACE with writer critical sections. Races are +// detected by ReadOk at the end of the reader critical section. Thus, the +// low-level structure of readers is generally: +// +// for { +// epoch := seq.BeginRead() +// // do something idempotent with seq-protected data +// if seq.ReadOk(epoch) { +// break +// } +// } +// +// However, since reader critical sections may race with writer critical +// sections, the Go race detector will (accurately) flag data races in readers +// using this pattern. Most users of SeqCount will need to use the +// SeqAtomicLoad function template in seqatomic.go. +func (s *SeqCount) BeginRead() SeqCountEpoch { + epoch := atomic.LoadUint32(&s.epoch) + for epoch&1 != 0 { + runtime.Gosched() + epoch = atomic.LoadUint32(&s.epoch) + } + return SeqCountEpoch{epoch} +} + +// ReadOk returns true if the reader critical section initiated by a previous +// call to BeginRead() that returned epoch did not race with any writer critical +// sections. +// +// ReadOk may be called any number of times during a reader critical section. +// Reader critical sections do not need to be explicitly terminated; the last +// call to ReadOk is implicitly the end of the reader critical section. +func (s *SeqCount) ReadOk(epoch SeqCountEpoch) bool { + return atomic.LoadUint32(&s.epoch) == epoch.val +} + +// BeginWrite indicates the beginning of a writer critical section. +// +// SeqCount does not support concurrent writer critical sections; clients with +// concurrent writers must synchronize them using e.g. sync.Mutex. +func (s *SeqCount) BeginWrite() { + if epoch := atomic.AddUint32(&s.epoch, 1); epoch&1 == 0 { + panic("SeqCount.BeginWrite during writer critical section") + } +} + +// EndWrite ends the effect of a preceding BeginWrite. +func (s *SeqCount) EndWrite() { + if epoch := atomic.AddUint32(&s.epoch, 1); epoch&1 != 0 { + panic("SeqCount.EndWrite outside writer critical section") + } +} + +// PointersInType returns a list of pointers reachable from values named +// valName of the given type. +// +// PointersInType is not exhaustive, but it is guaranteed that if typ contains +// at least one pointer, then PointersInTypeOf returns a non-empty list. +func PointersInType(typ reflect.Type, valName string) []string { + switch kind := typ.Kind(); kind { + case reflect.Bool, reflect.Int, reflect.Int8, reflect.Int16, reflect.Int32, reflect.Int64, reflect.Uint, reflect.Uint8, reflect.Uint16, reflect.Uint32, reflect.Uint64, reflect.Uintptr, reflect.Float32, reflect.Float64, reflect.Complex64, reflect.Complex128: + return nil + + case reflect.Chan, reflect.Func, reflect.Interface, reflect.Map, reflect.Ptr, reflect.Slice, reflect.String, reflect.UnsafePointer: + return []string{valName} + + case reflect.Array: + return PointersInType(typ.Elem(), valName+"[]") + + case reflect.Struct: + var ptrs []string + for i, n := 0, typ.NumField(); i < n; i++ { + field := typ.Field(i) + ptrs = append(ptrs, PointersInType(field.Type, fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s", valName, field.Name))...) + } + return ptrs + + default: + return []string{fmt.Sprintf("%s (of type %s with unknown kind %s)", valName, typ, kind)} + } +} |