spinlock.cc

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#include "absl/base/internal/spinlock.h"

#include <algorithm>
#include <atomic>
#include <limits>

#include "absl/base/attributes.h"
#include "absl/base/internal/atomic_hook.h"
#include "absl/base/internal/cycleclock.h"
#include "absl/base/internal/spinlock_wait.h"
#include "absl/base/internal/sysinfo.h" /* For NumCPUs() */
#include "absl/base/call_once.h"

// Description of lock-word:
//  31..00: [............................3][2][1][0]
//
//     [0]: kSpinLockHeld
//     [1]: kSpinLockCooperative
//     [2]: kSpinLockDisabledScheduling
// [31..3]: ONLY kSpinLockSleeper OR
//          Wait time in cycles >> PROFILE_TIMESTAMP_SHIFT
//
// Detailed descriptions:
//
// Bit [0]: The lock is considered held iff kSpinLockHeld is set.
//
// Bit [1]: Eligible waiters (e.g. Fibers) may co-operatively reschedule when
//          contended iff kSpinLockCooperative is set.
//
// Bit [2]: This bit is exclusive from bit [1].  It is used only by a
//          non-cooperative lock.  When set, indicates that scheduling was
//          successfully disabled when the lock was acquired.  May be unset,
//          even if non-cooperative, if a ThreadIdentity did not yet exist at
//          time of acquisition.
//
// Bit [3]: If this is the only upper bit ([31..3]) set then this lock was
//          acquired without contention, however, at least one waiter exists.
//
//          Otherwise, bits [31..3] represent the time spent by the current lock
//          holder to acquire the lock.  There may be outstanding waiter(s).

namespace absl {
namespace base_internal {

ABSL_CONST_INIT static base_internal::AtomicHook<void (*)(const void *lock,
                                                          int64_t wait_cycles)>
    submit_profile_data;

void RegisterSpinLockProfiler(void (*fn)(const void *contendedlock,
                                         int64_t wait_cycles)) {
  submit_profile_data.Store(fn);
}

// Uncommon constructors.
SpinLock::SpinLock(base_internal::SchedulingMode mode)
    : lockword_(IsCooperative(mode) ? kSpinLockCooperative : 0) {
  ABSL_TSAN_MUTEX_CREATE(this, __tsan_mutex_not_static);
}

SpinLock::SpinLock(base_internal::LinkerInitialized,
                   base_internal::SchedulingMode mode) {
  ABSL_TSAN_MUTEX_CREATE(this, 0);
  if (IsCooperative(mode)) {
    InitLinkerInitializedAndCooperative();
  }
  // Otherwise, lockword_ is already initialized.
}

// Static (linker initialized) spinlocks always start life as functional
// non-cooperative locks.  When their static constructor does run, it will call
// this initializer to augment the lockword with the cooperative bit.  By
// actually taking the lock when we do this we avoid the need for an atomic
// operation in the regular unlock path.
//
// SlowLock() must be careful to re-test for this bit so that any outstanding
// waiters may be upgraded to cooperative status.
void SpinLock::InitLinkerInitializedAndCooperative() {
  Lock();
  lockword_.fetch_or(kSpinLockCooperative, std::memory_order_relaxed);
  Unlock();
}

// Monitor the lock to see if its value changes within some time period
// (adaptive_spin_count loop iterations). The last value read from the lock
// is returned from the method.
uint32_t SpinLock::SpinLoop() {
  // We are already in the slow path of SpinLock, initialize the
  // adaptive_spin_count here.
  ABSL_CONST_INIT static absl::once_flag init_adaptive_spin_count;
  ABSL_CONST_INIT static int adaptive_spin_count = 0;
  base_internal::LowLevelCallOnce(&init_adaptive_spin_count, []() {
    adaptive_spin_count = base_internal::NumCPUs() > 1 ? 1000 : 1;
  });

  int c = adaptive_spin_count;
  uint32_t lock_value;
  do {
    lock_value = lockword_.load(std::memory_order_relaxed);
  } while ((lock_value & kSpinLockHeld) != 0 && --c > 0);
  return lock_value;
}

void SpinLock::SlowLock() {
  uint32_t lock_value = SpinLoop();
  lock_value = TryLockInternal(lock_value, 0);
  if ((lock_value & kSpinLockHeld) == 0) {
    return;
  }
  // The lock was not obtained initially, so this thread needs to wait for
  // it.  Record the current timestamp in the local variable wait_start_time
  // so the total wait time can be stored in the lockword once this thread
  // obtains the lock.
  int64_t wait_start_time = CycleClock::Now();
  uint32_t wait_cycles = 0;
  int lock_wait_call_count = 0;
  while ((lock_value & kSpinLockHeld) != 0) {
    // If the lock is currently held, but not marked as having a sleeper, mark
    // it as having a sleeper.
    if ((lock_value & kWaitTimeMask) == 0) {
      // Here, just "mark" that the thread is going to sleep.  Don't store the
      // lock wait time in the lock as that will cause the current lock
      // owner to think it experienced contention.
      if (lockword_.compare_exchange_strong(
              lock_value, lock_value | kSpinLockSleeper,
              std::memory_order_relaxed, std::memory_order_relaxed)) {
        // Successfully transitioned to kSpinLockSleeper.  Pass
        // kSpinLockSleeper to the SpinLockWait routine to properly indicate
        // the last lock_value observed.
        lock_value |= kSpinLockSleeper;
      } else if ((lock_value & kSpinLockHeld) == 0) {
        // Lock is free again, so try and acquire it before sleeping.  The
        // new lock state will be the number of cycles this thread waited if
        // this thread obtains the lock.
        lock_value = TryLockInternal(lock_value, wait_cycles);
        continue;   // Skip the delay at the end of the loop.
      }
    }

    base_internal::SchedulingMode scheduling_mode;
    if ((lock_value & kSpinLockCooperative) != 0) {
      scheduling_mode = base_internal::SCHEDULE_COOPERATIVE_AND_KERNEL;
    } else {
      scheduling_mode = base_internal::SCHEDULE_KERNEL_ONLY;
    }
    // SpinLockDelay() calls into fiber scheduler, we need to see
    // synchronization there to avoid false positives.
    ABSL_TSAN_MUTEX_PRE_DIVERT(this, 0);
    // Wait for an OS specific delay.
    base_internal::SpinLockDelay(&lockword_, lock_value, ++lock_wait_call_count,
                                 scheduling_mode);
    ABSL_TSAN_MUTEX_POST_DIVERT(this, 0);
    // Spin again after returning from the wait routine to give this thread
    // some chance of obtaining the lock.
    lock_value = SpinLoop();
    wait_cycles = EncodeWaitCycles(wait_start_time, CycleClock::Now());
    lock_value = TryLockInternal(lock_value, wait_cycles);
  }
}

void SpinLock::SlowUnlock(uint32_t lock_value) {
  base_internal::SpinLockWake(&lockword_,
                              false);  // wake waiter if necessary

  // If our acquisition was contended, collect contentionz profile info.  We
  // reserve a unitary wait time to represent that a waiter exists without our
  // own acquisition having been contended.
  if ((lock_value & kWaitTimeMask) != kSpinLockSleeper) {
    const uint64_t wait_cycles = DecodeWaitCycles(lock_value);
    ABSL_TSAN_MUTEX_PRE_DIVERT(this, 0);
    submit_profile_data(this, wait_cycles);
    ABSL_TSAN_MUTEX_POST_DIVERT(this, 0);
  }
}

// We use the upper 29 bits of the lock word to store the time spent waiting to
// acquire this lock.  This is reported by contentionz profiling.  Since the
// lower bits of the cycle counter wrap very quickly on high-frequency
// processors we divide to reduce the granularity to 2^PROFILE_TIMESTAMP_SHIFT
// sized units.  On a 4Ghz machine this will lose track of wait times greater
// than (2^29/4 Ghz)*128 =~ 17.2 seconds.  Such waits should be extremely rare.
enum { PROFILE_TIMESTAMP_SHIFT = 7 };
enum { LOCKWORD_RESERVED_SHIFT = 3 };  // We currently reserve the lower 3 bits.

uint32_t SpinLock::EncodeWaitCycles(int64_t wait_start_time,
                                    int64_t wait_end_time) {
  static const int64_t kMaxWaitTime =
      std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max() >> LOCKWORD_RESERVED_SHIFT;
  int64_t scaled_wait_time =
      (wait_end_time - wait_start_time) >> PROFILE_TIMESTAMP_SHIFT;

  // Return a representation of the time spent waiting that can be stored in
  // the lock word's upper bits.
  uint32_t clamped = static_cast<uint32_t>(
      std::min(scaled_wait_time, kMaxWaitTime) << LOCKWORD_RESERVED_SHIFT);

  if (clamped == 0) {
    return kSpinLockSleeper;  // Just wake waiters, but don't record contention.
  }
  // Bump up value if necessary to avoid returning kSpinLockSleeper.
  const uint32_t kMinWaitTime =
      kSpinLockSleeper + (1 << LOCKWORD_RESERVED_SHIFT);
  if (clamped == kSpinLockSleeper) {
    return kMinWaitTime;
  }
  return clamped;
}

uint64_t SpinLock::DecodeWaitCycles(uint32_t lock_value) {
  // Cast to uint32_t first to ensure bits [63:32] are cleared.
  const uint64_t scaled_wait_time =
      static_cast<uint32_t>(lock_value & kWaitTimeMask);
  return scaled_wait_time
      << (PROFILE_TIMESTAMP_SHIFT - LOCKWORD_RESERVED_SHIFT);
}

}  // namespace base_internal
}  // namespace absl