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/*
* Userspace mutex implementation
*
* Copyright (C) 2009 Bahadir Bilgehan Balban
*/
#include <l4lib/mutex.h>
#include <l4lib/types.h>
#include <l4lib/arch/syscalls.h>
#include <l4lib/arch/syslib.h>
/*
* NOTES:
*
* The design is kept as simple as possible.
*
* l4_mutex_lock() locks an initialized, mutex.
* If it contends, it calls the mutex syscall.
*
* l4_mutex_unlock() releases an acquired mutex.
* If there was contention, mutex syscall is called
* to resolve by the kernel.
*
* Internals:
*
* (1) The kernel creates a waitqueue for every unique
* mutex in the system, i.e. every unique physical
* address that is contended as a mutex. In that respect
* virtual mutex addresses are translated to physical
* and checked for match.
*
* (2) If a mutex is contended, kernel is called by both the
* locker and the unlocker (i.e. the lock holder). The syscall
* results in a rendezvous and both tasks quit the syscall
* synchronised. A rendezvous is necessary because it is not possible
* to check lock status and send a WAIT or WAKEUP request to the
* kernel atomically from userspace. In other words, a WAKEUP call
* would be lost if it arrived before the unsuccessful lock attempt
* resulted in a WAIT.
*
* (3) The unlocker releases the lock after it returns from the syscall.
* (4) The locker continuously tries to acquire the lock
*
* Issues:
* - The kernel action is to merely wake up sleepers. If
* a new thread acquires the lock meanwhile, all those woken
* up threads would have to sleep again.
* - All sleepers are woken up (aka thundering herd). This
* must be done because if a single task is woken up, there
* is no guarantee that that would in turn wake up others.
* It might even quit attempting to take the lock.
* - Whether this is the best design - time will tell.
*/
extern int __l4_mutex_lock(void *word, l4id_t tid);
extern int __l4_mutex_unlock(void *word, l4id_t tid);
void l4_mutex_init(struct l4_mutex *m)
{
m->lock = L4_MUTEX_UNLOCKED;
}
int l4_mutex_lock(struct l4_mutex *m)
{
l4id_t tid = self_tid();
int err;
while(__l4_mutex_lock(m, tid) == L4_MUTEX_CONTENDED) {
if ((err = l4_mutex_control(&m->lock, L4_MUTEX_LOCK)) < 0) {
printf("%s: Error: %d\n", __FUNCTION__, err);
return err;
}
}
return 0;
}
int l4_mutex_unlock(struct l4_mutex *m)
{
l4id_t tid = self_tid();
int err;
if (__l4_mutex_unlock(m, tid) == L4_MUTEX_CONTENDED) {
if ((err = l4_mutex_control(&m->lock, L4_MUTEX_UNLOCK)) < 0) {
printf("%s: Error: %d\n", __FUNCTION__, err);
return err;
}
}
return 0;
}