// Copyright 2016 The Netstack Authors. All rights reserved. // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style // license that can be found in the LICENSE file. // Package gate provides a usage Gate synchronization primitive. package gate import ( "sync/atomic" ) const ( // gateClosed is the bit set in the gate's user count to indicate that // it has been closed. It is the MSB of the 32-bit field; the other 31 // bits carry the actual count. gateClosed = 0x80000000 ) // Gate is a synchronization primitive that allows concurrent goroutines to // "enter" it as long as it hasn't been closed yet. Once it's been closed, // goroutines cannot enter it anymore, but are allowed to leave, and the closer // will be informed when all goroutines have left. // // Many goroutines are allowed to enter the gate concurrently, but only one is // allowed to close it. // // This is similar to a r/w critical section, except that goroutines "entering" // never block: they either enter immediately or fail to enter. The closer will // block waiting for all goroutines currently inside the gate to leave. // // This function is implemented efficiently. On x86, only one interlocked // operation is performed on enter, and one on leave. // // This is useful, for example, in cases when a goroutine is trying to clean up // an object for which multiple goroutines have pointers. In such a case, users // would be required to enter and leave the gates, and the cleaner would wait // until all users are gone (and no new ones are allowed) before proceeding. // // Users: // // if !g.Enter() { // // Gate is closed, we can't use the object. // return // } // // // Do something with object. // [...] // // g.Leave() // // Closer: // // // Prevent new users from using the object, and wait for the existing // // ones to complete. // g.Close() // // // Clean up the object. // [...] // type Gate struct { userCount uint32 done chan struct{} } // Enter tries to enter the gate. It will succeed if it hasn't been closed yet, // in which case the caller must eventually call Leave(). // // This function is thread-safe. func (g *Gate) Enter() bool { if g == nil { return false } for { v := atomic.LoadUint32(&g.userCount) if v&gateClosed != 0 { return false } if atomic.CompareAndSwapUint32(&g.userCount, v, v+1) { return true } } } // Leave leaves the gate. This must only be called after a successful call to // Enter(). If the gate has been closed and this is the last one inside the // gate, it will notify the closer that the gate is done. // // This function is thread-safe. func (g *Gate) Leave() { for { v := atomic.LoadUint32(&g.userCount) if v&^gateClosed == 0 { panic("leaving a gate with zero usage count") } if atomic.CompareAndSwapUint32(&g.userCount, v, v-1) { if v == gateClosed+1 { close(g.done) } return } } } // Close closes the gate for entering, and waits until all goroutines [that are // currently inside the gate] leave before returning. // // Only one goroutine can call this function. func (g *Gate) Close() { for { v := atomic.LoadUint32(&g.userCount) if v&^gateClosed != 0 && g.done == nil { g.done = make(chan struct{}) } if atomic.CompareAndSwapUint32(&g.userCount, v, v|gateClosed) { if v&^gateClosed != 0 { <-g.done } return } } }