Restructure the spinlock code:

- Add function-based spinlock API
 - Properly use compare_exchange_strong for try_lock
 - Improve comments

Co-authored-by: Nikolaos D. Bougalis <nikb@bougalis.net>
This commit is contained in:
Alphonse Mousse
2025-12-28 15:48:19 +01:00
committed by Richard Holland
parent 62ac6a562c
commit e396a8da52

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@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
#include <xrpl/beast/utility/instrumentation.h>
#include <atomic>
#include <concepts>
#include <limits>
#include <type_traits>
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@
namespace ripple {
namespace detail {
/** Inform the processor that we are in a tight spin-wait loop.
Spinlocks caught in tight loops can result in the processor's pipeline
@@ -52,11 +54,132 @@ spin_pause() noexcept
} // namespace detail
/** @{ */
/** Classes to handle arrays of spinlocks packed into a single atomic integer:
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Packed spinlocks allow for tremendously space-efficient lock-sharding
but they come at a cost.
/** Attempt to acquire a spinlock without blocking.
@tparam T An unsigned integral type.
@param lock The atomic variable used as the lock.
@return true if the lock was acquired, false if it was already held.
*/
template <typename T>
requires(std::is_unsigned_v<T> && std::atomic<T>::is_always_lock_free)
[[nodiscard]] bool
spin_try_lock(std::atomic<T>& lock) noexcept
{
T expected = 0;
return lock.compare_exchange_strong(
expected,
std::numeric_limits<T>::max(),
std::memory_order::acquire,
std::memory_order::relaxed);
}
/** Acquire a spinlock, blocking until available.
Uses a TTAS (test-and-test-and-set) pattern to reduce cache coherency
traffic during contention.
@tparam T An unsigned integral type.
@param lock The atomic variable used as the lock.
*/
template <typename T>
requires(std::is_unsigned_v<T> && std::atomic<T>::is_always_lock_free)
void
spin_lock(std::atomic<T>& lock) noexcept
{
T expected = 0;
while (!lock.compare_exchange_weak(
expected,
std::numeric_limits<T>::max(),
std::memory_order::acquire,
std::memory_order::relaxed))
{
expected = 0;
while (lock.load(std::memory_order::relaxed) != 0)
detail::spin_pause();
}
}
/** Release a spinlock.
@tparam T An unsigned integral type.
@param lock The atomic variable used as the lock.
*/
template <typename T>
requires(std::is_unsigned_v<T> && std::atomic<T>::is_always_lock_free)
void
spin_unlock(std::atomic<T>& lock) noexcept
{
lock.store(0, std::memory_order::release);
}
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
/** A Lockable interface to a spinlock implemented on top of an atomic.
@tparam T An unsigned integral type.
@note Using `packed_spinlock` and `spinlock` against the same underlying
atomic integer can result in `spinlock` not being able to actually
acquire the lock during periods of high contention, because of how
the two locks operate: `spinlock` will spin trying to grab all the
bits at once, whereas any given `packed_spinlock` will only try to
grab one bit at a time. Caveat emptor.
This class meets the requirements of Lockable:
https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/named_req/Lockable
*/
template <typename T>
requires(std::is_unsigned_v<T> && std::atomic<T>::is_always_lock_free)
class spinlock
{
std::atomic<T>& lock_;
public:
spinlock(spinlock const&) = delete;
spinlock&
operator=(spinlock const&) = delete;
/** Construct a spinlock handle.
@param lock The atomic integer to spin against.
@note For performance reasons, you should strive to have `lock` be
on a cacheline by itself.
*/
explicit spinlock(std::atomic<T>& lock) noexcept : lock_(lock)
{
}
[[nodiscard]] bool
try_lock() noexcept
{
return spin_try_lock(lock_);
}
void
lock() noexcept
{
spin_lock(lock_);
}
void
unlock() noexcept
{
spin_unlock(lock_);
}
};
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
/** A Lockable interface to a packed spinlock implemented on top of an atomic.
Packed spinlocks offer tremendous space-efficient lock-sharding but
they come at a cost.
First, the implementation is necessarily low-level and uses advanced
features like memory ordering and highly platform-specific tricks to
@@ -78,26 +201,19 @@ spin_pause() noexcept
that it can, usually, outperform spinlocks.
@tparam T An unsigned integral type (e.g. std::uint16_t)
*/
/** A class that grabs a single packed spinlock from an atomic integer.
This class meets the requirements of Lockable:
https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/named_req/Lockable
*/
template <class T>
template <typename T>
requires(
std::is_unsigned_v<T> && std::atomic<T>::is_always_lock_free &&
requires(std::atomic<T>& a, T v) {
{ a.fetch_or(v) } -> std::same_as<T>;
{ a.fetch_and(v) } -> std::same_as<T>;
})
class packed_spinlock
{
// clang-format off
static_assert(std::is_unsigned_v<T>);
static_assert(std::atomic<T>::is_always_lock_free);
static_assert(
std::is_same_v<decltype(std::declval<std::atomic<T>&>().fetch_or(0)), T> &&
std::is_same_v<decltype(std::declval<std::atomic<T>&>().fetch_and(0)), T>,
"std::atomic<T>::fetch_and(T) and std::atomic<T>::fetch_and(T) are required by packed_spinlock");
// clang-format on
private:
std::atomic<T>& bits_;
T const mask_;
@@ -106,7 +222,7 @@ public:
packed_spinlock&
operator=(packed_spinlock const&) = delete;
/** A single spinlock packed inside the specified atomic
/** Construct a packed spinlock handle for a single bit.
@param lock The atomic integer inside which the spinlock is packed.
@param index The index of the spinlock this object acquires.
@@ -114,7 +230,7 @@ public:
@note For performance reasons, you should strive to have `lock` be
on a cacheline by itself.
*/
packed_spinlock(std::atomic<T>& lock, int index)
packed_spinlock(std::atomic<T>& lock, int index) noexcept
: bits_(lock), mask_(static_cast<T>(1) << index)
{
XRPL_ASSERT(
@@ -123,13 +239,13 @@ public:
}
[[nodiscard]] bool
try_lock()
try_lock() noexcept
{
return (bits_.fetch_or(mask_, std::memory_order_acquire) & mask_) == 0;
return (bits_.fetch_or(mask_, std::memory_order::acquire) & mask_) == 0;
}
void
lock()
lock() noexcept
{
while (!try_lock())
{
@@ -137,89 +253,18 @@ public:
// serves to help reduce cache coherency traffic during times
// of contention by avoiding writes that would definitely not
// result in the lock being acquired.
while ((bits_.load(std::memory_order_relaxed) & mask_) != 0)
while ((bits_.load(std::memory_order::relaxed) & mask_) != 0)
detail::spin_pause();
}
}
void
unlock()
unlock() noexcept
{
bits_.fetch_and(~mask_, std::memory_order_release);
bits_.fetch_and(~mask_, std::memory_order::release);
}
};
/** A spinlock implemented on top of an atomic integer.
@note Using `packed_spinlock` and `spinlock` against the same underlying
atomic integer can result in `spinlock` not being able to actually
acquire the lock during periods of high contention, because of how
the two locks operate: `spinlock` will spin trying to grab all the
bits at once, whereas any given `packed_spinlock` will only try to
grab one bit at a time. Caveat emptor.
This class meets the requirements of Lockable:
https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/named_req/Lockable
*/
template <class T>
class spinlock
{
static_assert(std::is_unsigned_v<T>);
static_assert(std::atomic<T>::is_always_lock_free);
private:
std::atomic<T>& lock_;
public:
spinlock(spinlock const&) = delete;
spinlock&
operator=(spinlock const&) = delete;
/** Grabs the
@param lock The atomic integer to spin against.
@note For performance reasons, you should strive to have `lock` be
on a cacheline by itself.
*/
spinlock(std::atomic<T>& lock) : lock_(lock)
{
}
[[nodiscard]] bool
try_lock()
{
T expected = 0;
return lock_.compare_exchange_weak(
expected,
std::numeric_limits<T>::max(),
std::memory_order_acquire,
std::memory_order_relaxed);
}
void
lock()
{
while (!try_lock())
{
// The use of relaxed memory ordering here is intentional and
// serves to help reduce cache coherency traffic during times
// of contention by avoiding writes that would definitely not
// result in the lock being acquired.
while (lock_.load(std::memory_order_relaxed) != 0)
detail::spin_pause();
}
}
void
unlock()
{
lock_.store(0, std::memory_order_release);
}
};
/** @} */
} // namespace ripple
#endif