ReadWriteLock.h   [plain text]

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#pragma once

#include <wtf/Condition.h>
#include <wtf/Lock.h>

namespace WTF {

// This is a traditional read-write lock implementation that enables concurrency between readers so long as
// the read critical section is long. Concurrent readers will experience contention on read().lock() and
// read().unlock() if the work inside the critical section is short. The more cores participate in reading,
// the longer the read critical section has to be for this locking scheme to be profitable.

class ReadWriteLock {
    WTF_MAKE_NONCOPYABLE(ReadWriteLock);
    WTF_MAKE_FAST_ALLOCATED;
public:
    ReadWriteLock() = default;

    // It's easiest to read lock like this:
    // 
    //     auto locker = holdLock(rwLock.read());
    //
    // It's easiest to write lock like this:
    // 
    //     auto locker = holdLock(rwLock.write());
    //
    WTF_EXPORT_PRIVATE void readLock();
    WTF_EXPORT_PRIVATE void readUnlock();
    WTF_EXPORT_PRIVATE void writeLock();
    WTF_EXPORT_PRIVATE void writeUnlock();
    
    class ReadLock;
    class WriteLock;

    ReadLock& read();
    WriteLock& write();

private:
    Lock m_lock;
    Condition m_cond;
    bool m_isWriteLocked { false };
    unsigned m_numReaders { 0 };
    unsigned m_numWaitingWriters { 0 };
};

class ReadWriteLock::ReadLock : public ReadWriteLock {
public:
    bool tryLock() { return false; }
    void lock() { readLock(); }
    void unlock() { readUnlock(); }
};

class ReadWriteLock::WriteLock : public ReadWriteLock {
public:
    bool tryLock() { return false; }
    void lock() { writeLock(); }
    void unlock() { writeUnlock(); }
};
    
inline ReadWriteLock::ReadLock& ReadWriteLock::read() { return *static_cast<ReadLock*>(this); }
inline ReadWriteLock::WriteLock& ReadWriteLock::write() { return *static_cast<WriteLock*>(this); }

} // namespace WTF

using WTF::ReadWriteLock;