/* * Copyright 2011-2015 Samy Al Bahra. * All rights reserved. * * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions * are met: * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the * documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. * * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND * ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE * ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE * FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL * DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS * OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) * HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT * LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY * OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF * SUCH DAMAGE. */ /* * The implementation here is inspired from the work described in: * Fraser, K. 2004. Practical Lock-Freedom. PhD Thesis, University * of Cambridge Computing Laboratory. */ #include #include #include #include #include #include #include /* * Only three distinct values are used for reclamation, but reclamation occurs * at e+2 rather than e+1. Any thread in a "critical section" would have * acquired some snapshot (e) of the global epoch value (e_g) and set an active * flag. Any hazardous references will only occur after a full memory barrier. * For example, assume an initial e_g value of 1, e value of 0 and active value * of 0. * * ck_epoch_begin(...) * e = e_g * active = 1 * memory_barrier(); * * Any serialized reads may observe e = 0 or e = 1 with active = 0, or e = 0 or * e = 1 with active = 1. The e_g value can only go from 1 to 2 if every thread * has already observed the value of "1" (or the value we are incrementing * from). This guarantees us that for any given value e_g, any threads with-in * critical sections (referred to as "active" threads from here on) would have * an e value of e_g-1 or e_g. This also means that hazardous references may be * shared in both e_g-1 and e_g even if they are logically deleted in e_g. * * For example, assume all threads have an e value of e_g. Another thread may * increment to e_g to e_g+1. Older threads may have a reference to an object * which is only deleted in e_g+1. It could be that reader threads are * executing some hash table look-ups, while some other writer thread (which * causes epoch counter tick) actually deletes the same items that reader * threads are looking up (this writer thread having an e value of e_g+1). * This is possible if the writer thread re-observes the epoch after the * counter tick. * * Psuedo-code for writer: * ck_epoch_begin() * ht_delete(x) * ck_epoch_end() * ck_epoch_begin() * ht_delete(x) * ck_epoch_end() * * Psuedo-code for reader: * for (;;) { * x = ht_lookup(x) * ck_pr_inc(&x->value); * } * * Of course, it is also possible for references logically deleted at e_g-1 to * still be accessed at e_g as threads are "active" at the same time * (real-world time) mutating shared objects. * * Now, if the epoch counter is ticked to e_g+1, then no new hazardous * references could exist to objects logically deleted at e_g-1. The reason for * this is that at e_g+1, all epoch read-side critical sections started at * e_g-1 must have been completed. If any epoch read-side critical sections at * e_g-1 were still active, then we would never increment to e_g+1 (active != 0 * ^ e != e_g). Additionally, e_g may still have hazardous references to * objects logically deleted at e_g-1 which means objects logically deleted at * e_g-1 cannot be deleted at e_g+1 unless all threads have observed e_g+1 * (since it is valid for active threads to be at e_g and threads at e_g still * require safe memory accesses). * * However, at e_g+2, all active threads must be either at e_g+1 or e_g+2. * Though e_g+2 may share hazardous references with e_g+1, and e_g+1 shares * hazardous references to e_g, no active threads are at e_g or e_g-1. This * means no hazardous references could exist to objects deleted at e_g-1 (at * e_g+2). * * To summarize these important points, * 1) Active threads will always have a value of e_g or e_g-1. * 2) Items that are logically deleted e_g or e_g-1 cannot be physically * deleted. * 3) Objects logically deleted at e_g-1 can be physically destroyed at e_g+2 * or at e_g+1 if no threads are at e_g. * * Last but not least, if we are at e_g+2, then no active thread is at e_g * which means it is safe to apply modulo-3 arithmetic to e_g value in order to * re-use e_g to represent the e_g+3 state. This means it is sufficient to * represent e_g using only the values 0, 1 or 2. Every time a thread re-visits * a e_g (which can be determined with a non-empty deferral list) it can assume * objects in the e_g deferral list involved at least three e_g transitions and * are thus, safe, for physical deletion. * * Blocking semantics for epoch reclamation have additional restrictions. * Though we only require three deferral lists, reasonable blocking semantics * must be able to more gracefully handle bursty write work-loads which could * easily cause e_g wrap-around if modulo-3 arithmetic is used. This allows for * easy-to-trigger live-lock situations. The work-around to this is to not * apply modulo arithmetic to e_g but only to deferral list indexing. */ #define CK_EPOCH_GRACE 3U enum { CK_EPOCH_STATE_USED = 0, CK_EPOCH_STATE_FREE = 1 }; CK_STACK_CONTAINER(struct ck_epoch_record, record_next, ck_epoch_record_container) CK_STACK_CONTAINER(struct ck_epoch_entry, stack_entry, ck_epoch_entry_container) #define CK_EPOCH_SENSE_MASK (CK_EPOCH_SENSE - 1) void _ck_epoch_delref(struct ck_epoch_record *record, struct ck_epoch_section *section) { struct ck_epoch_ref *current, *other; unsigned int i = section->bucket; current = &record->local.bucket[i]; current->count--; if (current->count > 0) return; /* * If the current bucket no longer has any references, then * determine whether we have already transitioned into a newer * epoch. If so, then make sure to update our shared snapshot * to allow for forward progress. * * If no other active bucket exists, then the record will go * inactive in order to allow for forward progress. */ other = &record->local.bucket[(i + 1) & CK_EPOCH_SENSE_MASK]; if (other->count > 0 && ((int)(current->epoch - other->epoch) < 0)) { /* * The other epoch value is actually the newest, * transition to it. */ ck_pr_store_uint(&record->epoch, other->epoch); } return; } void _ck_epoch_addref(struct ck_epoch_record *record, struct ck_epoch_section *section) { struct ck_epoch *global = record->global; struct ck_epoch_ref *ref; unsigned int epoch, i; epoch = ck_pr_load_uint(&global->epoch); i = epoch & CK_EPOCH_SENSE_MASK; ref = &record->local.bucket[i]; if (ref->count++ == 0) { #ifndef CK_MD_TSO struct ck_epoch_ref *previous; /* * The system has already ticked. If another non-zero bucket * exists, make sure to order our observations with respect * to it. Otherwise, it is possible to acquire a reference * from the previous epoch generation. * * On TSO architectures, the monoticity of the global counter * and load-{store, load} ordering are sufficient to guarantee * this ordering. */ previous = &record->local.bucket[(i + 1) & CK_EPOCH_SENSE_MASK]; if (previous->count > 0) ck_pr_fence_acqrel(); #endif /* !CK_MD_TSO */ /* * If this is this is a new reference into the current * bucket then cache the associated epoch value. */ ref->epoch = epoch; } section->bucket = i; return; } void ck_epoch_init(struct ck_epoch *global) { ck_stack_init(&global->records); global->epoch = 1; global->n_free = 0; ck_pr_fence_store(); return; } struct ck_epoch_record * ck_epoch_recycle(struct ck_epoch *global) { struct ck_epoch_record *record; ck_stack_entry_t *cursor; unsigned int state; if (ck_pr_load_uint(&global->n_free) == 0) return NULL; CK_STACK_FOREACH(&global->records, cursor) { record = ck_epoch_record_container(cursor); if (ck_pr_load_uint(&record->state) == CK_EPOCH_STATE_FREE) { /* Serialize with respect to deferral list clean-up. */ ck_pr_fence_load(); state = ck_pr_fas_uint(&record->state, CK_EPOCH_STATE_USED); if (state == CK_EPOCH_STATE_FREE) { ck_pr_dec_uint(&global->n_free); return record; } } } return NULL; } void ck_epoch_register(struct ck_epoch *global, struct ck_epoch_record *record) { size_t i; record->global = global; record->state = CK_EPOCH_STATE_USED; record->active = 0; record->epoch = 0; record->n_dispatch = 0; record->n_peak = 0; record->n_pending = 0; memset(&record->local, 0, sizeof record->local); for (i = 0; i < CK_EPOCH_LENGTH; i++) ck_stack_init(&record->pending[i]); ck_pr_fence_store(); ck_stack_push_upmc(&global->records, &record->record_next); return; } void ck_epoch_unregister(struct ck_epoch_record *record) { struct ck_epoch *global = record->global; size_t i; record->active = 0; record->epoch = 0; record->n_dispatch = 0; record->n_peak = 0; record->n_pending = 0; memset(&record->local, 0, sizeof record->local); for (i = 0; i < CK_EPOCH_LENGTH; i++) ck_stack_init(&record->pending[i]); ck_pr_fence_store(); ck_pr_store_uint(&record->state, CK_EPOCH_STATE_FREE); ck_pr_inc_uint(&global->n_free); return; } static struct ck_epoch_record * ck_epoch_scan(struct ck_epoch *global, struct ck_epoch_record *cr, unsigned int epoch, bool *af) { ck_stack_entry_t *cursor; *af = false; if (cr == NULL) { cursor = CK_STACK_FIRST(&global->records); } else { cursor = &cr->record_next; } while (cursor != NULL) { unsigned int state, active; cr = ck_epoch_record_container(cursor); state = ck_pr_load_uint(&cr->state); if (state & CK_EPOCH_STATE_FREE) { cursor = CK_STACK_NEXT(cursor); continue; } active = ck_pr_load_uint(&cr->active); *af |= active; if (active != 0 && ck_pr_load_uint(&cr->epoch) != epoch) return cr; cursor = CK_STACK_NEXT(cursor); } return NULL; } static void ck_epoch_dispatch(struct ck_epoch_record *record, unsigned int e) { unsigned int epoch = e & (CK_EPOCH_LENGTH - 1); ck_stack_entry_t *head, *next, *cursor; unsigned int i = 0; head = CK_STACK_FIRST(&record->pending[epoch]); ck_stack_init(&record->pending[epoch]); for (cursor = head; cursor != NULL; cursor = next) { struct ck_epoch_entry *entry = ck_epoch_entry_container(cursor); next = CK_STACK_NEXT(cursor); entry->function(entry); i++; } if (record->n_pending > record->n_peak) record->n_peak = record->n_pending; record->n_dispatch += i; record->n_pending -= i; return; } /* * Reclaim all objects associated with a record. */ void ck_epoch_reclaim(struct ck_epoch_record *record) { unsigned int epoch; for (epoch = 0; epoch < CK_EPOCH_LENGTH; epoch++) ck_epoch_dispatch(record, epoch); return; } /* * This function must not be called with-in read section. */ void ck_epoch_synchronize(struct ck_epoch_record *record) { struct ck_epoch *global = record->global; struct ck_epoch_record *cr; unsigned int delta, epoch, goal, i; bool active; ck_pr_fence_memory(); /* * The observation of the global epoch must be ordered with respect to * all prior operations. The re-ordering of loads is permitted given * monoticity of global epoch counter. * * If UINT_MAX concurrent mutations were to occur then it is possible * to encounter an ABA-issue. If this is a concern, consider tuning * write-side concurrency. */ delta = epoch = ck_pr_load_uint(&global->epoch); goal = epoch + CK_EPOCH_GRACE; for (i = 0, cr = NULL; i < CK_EPOCH_GRACE - 1; cr = NULL, i++) { bool r; /* * Determine whether all threads have observed the current * epoch with respect to the updates on invocation. */ while (cr = ck_epoch_scan(global, cr, delta, &active), cr != NULL) { unsigned int e_d; ck_pr_stall(); /* * Another writer may have already observed a grace * period. */ e_d = ck_pr_load_uint(&global->epoch); if (e_d != delta) { delta = e_d; goto reload; } } /* * If we have observed all threads as inactive, then we assume * we are at a grace period. */ if (active == false) break; /* * Increment current epoch. CAS semantics are used to eliminate * increment operations for synchronization that occurs for the * same global epoch value snapshot. * * If we can guarantee there will only be one active barrier or * epoch tick at a given time, then it is sufficient to use an * increment operation. In a multi-barrier workload, however, * it is possible to overflow the epoch value if we apply * modulo-3 arithmetic. */ r = ck_pr_cas_uint_value(&global->epoch, delta, delta + 1, &delta); /* Order subsequent thread active checks. */ ck_pr_fence_atomic_load(); /* * If CAS has succeeded, then set delta to latest snapshot. * Otherwise, we have just acquired latest snapshot. */ delta = delta + r; continue; reload: if ((goal > epoch) & (delta >= goal)) { /* * Right now, epoch overflow is handled as an edge * case. If we have already observed an epoch * generation, then we can be sure no hazardous * references exist to objects from this generation. We * can actually avoid an addtional scan step at this * point. */ break; } } /* * A majority of use-cases will not require full barrier semantics. * However, if non-temporal instructions are used, full barrier * semantics are necessary. */ ck_pr_fence_memory(); record->epoch = delta; return; } void ck_epoch_barrier(struct ck_epoch_record *record) { ck_epoch_synchronize(record); ck_epoch_reclaim(record); return; } /* * It may be worth it to actually apply these deferral semantics to an epoch * that was observed at ck_epoch_call time. The problem is that the latter * would require a full fence. * * ck_epoch_call will dispatch to the latest epoch snapshot that was observed. * There are cases where it will fail to reclaim as early as it could. If this * becomes a problem, we could actually use a heap for epoch buckets but that * is far from ideal too. */ bool ck_epoch_poll(struct ck_epoch_record *record) { bool active; unsigned int epoch; unsigned int snapshot; struct ck_epoch_record *cr = NULL; struct ck_epoch *global = record->global; epoch = ck_pr_load_uint(&global->epoch); /* Serialize epoch snapshots with respect to global epoch. */ ck_pr_fence_memory(); cr = ck_epoch_scan(global, cr, epoch, &active); if (cr != NULL) { record->epoch = epoch; return false; } /* We are at a grace period if all threads are inactive. */ if (active == false) { record->epoch = epoch; for (epoch = 0; epoch < CK_EPOCH_LENGTH; epoch++) ck_epoch_dispatch(record, epoch); return true; } /* If an active thread exists, rely on epoch observation. */ if (ck_pr_cas_uint_value(&global->epoch, epoch, epoch + 1, &snapshot) == false) { record->epoch = snapshot; } else { record->epoch = epoch + 1; } ck_epoch_dispatch(record, epoch + 1); return true; }