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authorUlrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>2004-02-19 04:10:16 +0000
committerUlrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>2004-02-19 04:10:16 +0000
commit37c054c7c4a969816d2bc3c8284bdcadf68ebeec (patch)
treeec0a8cc53830ddb66445be30615fd15b894495fa /nptl/DESIGN-barrier.txt
parentdc39124662b25ce2db28454f1749d67550e4de31 (diff)
Update.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/i486/pthread_barrier_wait.S (pthread_barrier_wait): After wakeup, release lock only when the last thread stopped using the barrier object. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/pthread_barrier_wait.S (pthread_barrier_wait): Likewise. * sysdeps/pthread/pthread_barrier_wait.c (pthread_barrier_wait): Likewise. * Makefile (tests): Add tst-barrier4. * tst-barrier4.c: New file.
Diffstat (limited to 'nptl/DESIGN-barrier.txt')
-rw-r--r--nptl/DESIGN-barrier.txt30
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/nptl/DESIGN-barrier.txt b/nptl/DESIGN-barrier.txt
index 782377f0c5..754e4712e1 100644
--- a/nptl/DESIGN-barrier.txt
+++ b/nptl/DESIGN-barrier.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
Barriers pseudocode
===================
- int pthread_barrier_wait(barrier_t * barrier);
+ int pthread_barrier_wait(barrier_t *barrier);
struct barrier_t {
@@ -21,29 +21,27 @@ struct barrier_t {
pthread_barrier_wait(barrier_t *barrier)
{
unsigned int event;
+ result = 0;
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);
+ result = BARRIER_SERIAL_THREAD;
+ } else {
+ event = barrier->curr_event;
+ do {
+ lll_unlock(barrier->lock);
- futex_wait(&barrier->curr_event, event)
+ futex_wait(&barrier->curr_event, event)
- lll_lock(barrier->lock);
- if (event != barrier->curr_event)
- break;
+ lll_lock(barrier->lock);
+ } while (event == barrier->curr_event);
}
- lll_unlock(barrier->lock);
- return 0;
-}
+ if (atomic_exchange_and_add (barrier->left, 1) == barrier->init_count - 1)
+ lll_unlock(barrier->lock);
+ return result;
+}