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author | Richard Braun <rbraun@sceen.net> | 2017-08-31 23:17:47 +0200 |
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committer | Richard Braun <rbraun@sceen.net> | 2017-08-31 23:17:47 +0200 |
commit | b9ec5cca6f6e3fd571b2e534d36e2498e488164c (patch) | |
tree | eb3053068ba3451e41d655f883a9fcee8efff238 /kern/timer_i.h | |
parent | 4e0b9efa25b58f7fcaf485349f66bd694390080a (diff) |
kern/timer: improve access synchronization
Diffstat (limited to 'kern/timer_i.h')
-rw-r--r-- | kern/timer_i.h | 26 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/kern/timer_i.h b/kern/timer_i.h index 4ed01f2..40e97f1 100644 --- a/kern/timer_i.h +++ b/kern/timer_i.h @@ -24,18 +24,32 @@ #include <kern/hlist.h> #include <kern/work.h> +/* + * Locking keys : + * (c) cpu_data + * (a) atomic + * + * (*) The ticks member represents the expiration date. It may be read without + * locking the timer, in which case it must be accessed atomically. It + * may only be updated when the timer is locked though, so reads at such + * times don't need to be atomic. + * + * (**) The cpu member is used to determine which lock serializes access to + * the structure. It must be accessed atomically, but updated while the + * timer is locked. + */ struct timer { union { - struct hlist_node node; + struct hlist_node node; /* (c) */ struct work work; }; - uint64_t ticks; + uint64_t ticks; /* (c,a,*) */ timer_fn_t fn; - unsigned int cpu; - unsigned short state; - unsigned short flags; - struct thread *joiner; + unsigned int cpu; /* (c,a,**) */ + unsigned short state; /* (c) */ + unsigned short flags; /* (c) */ + struct thread *joiner; /* (c) */ }; #endif /* _KERN_TIMER_I_H */ |