glibc/nptl/DESIGN-barrier.txt

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Barriers pseudocode
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int pthread_barrier_wait(barrier_t * barrier);
struct barrier_t {
unsigned int lock:
- internal mutex
unsigned int left;
- current barrier count, # of threads still needed.
unsigned int init_count;
- number of threads needed for the barrier to continue.
unsigned int curr_event;
- generation count
}
pthread_barrier_wait(barrier_t *barrier)
{
unsigned int event;
lll_lock(barrier->lock);
if (!--barrier->left) {
barrier->left = barrier->init_count;
barrier->curr_event++;
futex_wake(&barrier->curr_event, INT_MAX)
lll_unlock(barrier->lock);
return BARRIER_SERIAL_THREAD;
}
event = barrier->curr_event;
for (;;) {
lll_unlock(barrier->lock);
futex_wait(&barrier->curr_event, event)
lll_lock(barrier->lock);
if (event != barrier->curr_event)
break;
}
lll_unlock(barrier->lock);
return 0;
}