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21
22/**
23 * # CategoryAtomic
24 *
25 * Atomic operations.
26 *
27 * IMPORTANT: If you are not an expert in concurrent lockless programming, you
28 * should not be using any functions in this file. You should be protecting
29 * your data structures with full mutexes instead.
30 *
31 * ***Seriously, here be dragons!***
32 *
33 * You can find out a little more about lockless programming and the subtle
34 * issues that can arise here:
35 * https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/dxtecharts/lockless-programming
36 *
37 * There's also lots of good information here:
38 *
39 * - https://www.1024cores.net/home/lock-free-algorithms
40 * - https://preshing.com/
41 *
42 * These operations may or may not actually be implemented using processor
43 * specific atomic operations. When possible they are implemented as true
44 * processor specific atomic operations. When that is not possible the are
45 * implemented using locks that *do* use the available atomic operations.
46 *
47 * All of the atomic operations that modify memory are full memory barriers.
48 */
49
50#ifndef SDL_atomic_h_
51#define SDL_atomic_h_
52
53#include "SDL_stdinc.h"
54#include "SDL_platform.h"
55
56#include "begin_code.h"
57
58/* Set up for C function definitions, even when using C++ */
59#ifdef __cplusplus
60extern "C" {
61#endif
62
63/**
64 * \name SDL AtomicLock
65 *
66 * The atomic locks are efficient spinlocks using CPU instructions,
67 * but are vulnerable to starvation and can spin forever if a thread
68 * holding a lock has been terminated. For this reason you should
69 * minimize the code executed inside an atomic lock and never do
70 * expensive things like API or system calls while holding them.
71 *
72 * The atomic locks are not safe to lock recursively.
73 *
74 * Porting Note:
75 * The spin lock functions and type are required and can not be
76 * emulated because they are used in the atomic emulation code.
77 */
78/* @{ */
79
80typedef int SDL_SpinLock;
81
82/**
83 * Try to lock a spin lock by setting it to a non-zero value.
84 *
85 * ***Please note that spinlocks are dangerous if you don't know what you're
86 * doing. Please be careful using any sort of spinlock!***
87 *
88 * \param lock a pointer to a lock variable.
89 * \returns SDL_TRUE if the lock succeeded, SDL_FALSE if the lock is already
90 * held.
91 *
92 * \since This function is available since SDL 2.0.0.
93 *
94 * \sa SDL_AtomicLock
95 * \sa SDL_AtomicUnlock
96 */
97extern DECLSPEC SDL_bool SDLCALL SDL_AtomicTryLock(SDL_SpinLock *lock);
98
99/**
100 * Lock a spin lock by setting it to a non-zero value.
101 *
102 * ***Please note that spinlocks are dangerous if you don't know what you're
103 * doing. Please be careful using any sort of spinlock!***
104 *
105 * \param lock a pointer to a lock variable.
106 *
107 * \since This function is available since SDL 2.0.0.
108 *
109 * \sa SDL_AtomicTryLock
110 * \sa SDL_AtomicUnlock
111 */
112extern DECLSPEC void SDLCALL SDL_AtomicLock(SDL_SpinLock *lock);
113
114/**
115 * Unlock a spin lock by setting it to 0.
116 *
117 * Always returns immediately.
118 *
119 * ***Please note that spinlocks are dangerous if you don't know what you're
120 * doing. Please be careful using any sort of spinlock!***
121 *
122 * \param lock a pointer to a lock variable.
123 *
124 * \since This function is available since SDL 2.0.0.
125 *
126 * \sa SDL_AtomicLock
127 * \sa SDL_AtomicTryLock
128 */
129extern DECLSPEC void SDLCALL SDL_AtomicUnlock(SDL_SpinLock *lock);
130
131/* @} *//* SDL AtomicLock */
132
133
134/**
135 * The compiler barrier prevents the compiler from reordering
136 * reads and writes to globally visible variables across the call.
137 */
138#if defined(_MSC_VER) && (_MSC_VER > 1200) && !defined(__clang__)
139void _ReadWriteBarrier(void);
140#pragma intrinsic(_ReadWriteBarrier)
141#define SDL_CompilerBarrier() _ReadWriteBarrier()
142#elif (defined(__GNUC__) && !defined(__EMSCRIPTEN__)) || (defined(__SUNPRO_C) && (__SUNPRO_C >= 0x5120))
143/* This is correct for all CPUs when using GCC or Solaris Studio 12.1+. */
144#define SDL_CompilerBarrier() __asm__ __volatile__ ("" : : : "memory")
145#elif defined(__WATCOMC__)
146extern __inline void SDL_CompilerBarrier(void);
147#pragma aux SDL_CompilerBarrier = "" parm [] modify exact [];
148#else
149#define SDL_CompilerBarrier() \
150{ SDL_SpinLock _tmp = 0; SDL_AtomicLock(&_tmp); SDL_AtomicUnlock(&_tmp); }
151#endif
152
153/**
154 * Memory barriers are designed to prevent reads and writes from being
155 * reordered by the compiler and being seen out of order on multi-core CPUs.
156 *
157 * A typical pattern would be for thread A to write some data and a flag, and
158 * for thread B to read the flag and get the data. In this case you would
159 * insert a release barrier between writing the data and the flag,
160 * guaranteeing that the data write completes no later than the flag is
161 * written, and you would insert an acquire barrier between reading the flag
162 * and reading the data, to ensure that all the reads associated with the flag
163 * have completed.
164 *
165 * In this pattern you should always see a release barrier paired with an
166 * acquire barrier and you should gate the data reads/writes with a single
167 * flag variable.
168 *
169 * For more information on these semantics, take a look at the blog post:
170 * http://preshing.com/20120913/acquire-and-release-semantics
171 *
172 * \since This function is available since SDL 2.0.6.
173 */
174extern DECLSPEC void SDLCALL SDL_MemoryBarrierReleaseFunction(void);
175extern DECLSPEC void SDLCALL SDL_MemoryBarrierAcquireFunction(void);
176
177#if defined(__GNUC__) && (defined(__powerpc__) || defined(__ppc__))
178#define SDL_MemoryBarrierRelease() __asm__ __volatile__ ("lwsync" : : : "memory")
179#define SDL_MemoryBarrierAcquire() __asm__ __volatile__ ("lwsync" : : : "memory")
180#elif defined(__GNUC__) && defined(__aarch64__)
181#define SDL_MemoryBarrierRelease() __asm__ __volatile__ ("dmb ish" : : : "memory")
182#define SDL_MemoryBarrierAcquire() __asm__ __volatile__ ("dmb ish" : : : "memory")
183#elif defined(__GNUC__) && defined(__arm__)
184#if 0 /* defined(__LINUX__) || defined(__ANDROID__) */
185/* Information from:
186 https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/chromium/+/trunk/base/atomicops_internals_arm_gcc.h#19
187
188 The Linux kernel provides a helper function which provides the right code for a memory barrier,
189 hard-coded at address 0xffff0fa0
190*/
191typedef void (*SDL_KernelMemoryBarrierFunc)();
192#define SDL_MemoryBarrierRelease() ((SDL_KernelMemoryBarrierFunc)0xffff0fa0)()
193#define SDL_MemoryBarrierAcquire() ((SDL_KernelMemoryBarrierFunc)0xffff0fa0)()
194#elif 0 /* defined(__QNXNTO__) */
195#include <sys/cpuinline.h>
196
197#define SDL_MemoryBarrierRelease() __cpu_membarrier()
198#define SDL_MemoryBarrierAcquire() __cpu_membarrier()
199#else
200#if defined(__ARM_ARCH_7__) || defined(__ARM_ARCH_7A__) || defined(__ARM_ARCH_7EM__) || defined(__ARM_ARCH_7R__) || defined(__ARM_ARCH_7M__) || defined(__ARM_ARCH_7S__) || defined(__ARM_ARCH_8A__)
201#define SDL_MemoryBarrierRelease() __asm__ __volatile__ ("dmb ish" : : : "memory")
202#define SDL_MemoryBarrierAcquire() __asm__ __volatile__ ("dmb ish" : : : "memory")
203#elif defined(__ARM_ARCH_6__) || defined(__ARM_ARCH_6J__) || defined(__ARM_ARCH_6K__) || defined(__ARM_ARCH_6T2__) || defined(__ARM_ARCH_6Z__) || defined(__ARM_ARCH_6ZK__)
204#ifdef __thumb__
205/* The mcr instruction isn't available in thumb mode, use real functions */
206#define SDL_MEMORY_BARRIER_USES_FUNCTION
207#define SDL_MemoryBarrierRelease() SDL_MemoryBarrierReleaseFunction()
208#define SDL_MemoryBarrierAcquire() SDL_MemoryBarrierAcquireFunction()
209#else
210#define SDL_MemoryBarrierRelease() __asm__ __volatile__ ("mcr p15, 0, %0, c7, c10, 5" : : "r"(0) : "memory")
211#define SDL_MemoryBarrierAcquire() __asm__ __volatile__ ("mcr p15, 0, %0, c7, c10, 5" : : "r"(0) : "memory")
212#endif /* __thumb__ */
213#else
214#define SDL_MemoryBarrierRelease() __asm__ __volatile__ ("" : : : "memory")
215#define SDL_MemoryBarrierAcquire() __asm__ __volatile__ ("" : : : "memory")
216#endif /* __LINUX__ || __ANDROID__ */
217#endif /* __GNUC__ && __arm__ */
218#else
219#if (defined(__SUNPRO_C) && (__SUNPRO_C >= 0x5120))
220/* This is correct for all CPUs on Solaris when using Solaris Studio 12.1+. */
221#include <mbarrier.h>
222#define SDL_MemoryBarrierRelease() __machine_rel_barrier()
223#define SDL_MemoryBarrierAcquire() __machine_acq_barrier()
224#else
225/* This is correct for the x86 and x64 CPUs, and we'll expand this over time. */
226#define SDL_MemoryBarrierRelease() SDL_CompilerBarrier()
227#define SDL_MemoryBarrierAcquire() SDL_CompilerBarrier()
228#endif
229#endif
230
231/* "REP NOP" is PAUSE, coded for tools that don't know it by that name. */
232#if (defined(__GNUC__) || defined(__clang__)) && (defined(__i386__) || defined(__x86_64__))
233 #define SDL_CPUPauseInstruction() __asm__ __volatile__("pause\n") /* Some assemblers can't do REP NOP, so go with PAUSE. */
234#elif (defined(__arm__) && defined(__ARM_ARCH) && __ARM_ARCH >= 7) || defined(__aarch64__)
235 #define SDL_CPUPauseInstruction() __asm__ __volatile__("yield" ::: "memory")
236#elif (defined(__powerpc__) || defined(__powerpc64__))
237 #define SDL_CPUPauseInstruction() __asm__ __volatile__("or 27,27,27");
238#elif defined(_MSC_VER) && (defined(_M_IX86) || defined(_M_X64))
239 #define SDL_CPUPauseInstruction() _mm_pause() /* this is actually "rep nop" and not a SIMD instruction. No inline asm in MSVC x86-64! */
240#elif defined(_MSC_VER) && (defined(_M_ARM) || defined(_M_ARM64))
241 #define SDL_CPUPauseInstruction() __yield()
242#elif defined(__WATCOMC__) && defined(__386__)
243 extern __inline void SDL_CPUPauseInstruction(void);
244 #pragma aux SDL_CPUPauseInstruction = ".686p" ".xmm2" "pause"
245#else
246 #define SDL_CPUPauseInstruction()
247#endif
248
249
250/**
251 * A type representing an atomic integer value.
252 *
253 * It is a struct so people don't accidentally use numeric operations on it.
254 */
255typedef struct SDL_atomic_t {
256 int value;
258
259/**
260 * Set an atomic variable to a new value if it is currently an old value.
261 *
262 * ***Note: If you don't know what this function is for, you shouldn't use
263 * it!***
264 *
265 * \param a a pointer to an SDL_atomic_t variable to be modified.
266 * \param oldval the old value.
267 * \param newval the new value.
268 * \returns SDL_TRUE if the atomic variable was set, SDL_FALSE otherwise.
269 *
270 * \since This function is available since SDL 2.0.0.
271 *
272 * \sa SDL_AtomicCASPtr
273 * \sa SDL_AtomicGet
274 * \sa SDL_AtomicSet
275 */
276extern DECLSPEC SDL_bool SDLCALL SDL_AtomicCAS(SDL_atomic_t *a, int oldval, int newval);
277
278/**
279 * Set an atomic variable to a value.
280 *
281 * This function also acts as a full memory barrier.
282 *
283 * ***Note: If you don't know what this function is for, you shouldn't use
284 * it!***
285 *
286 * \param a a pointer to an SDL_atomic_t variable to be modified.
287 * \param v the desired value.
288 * \returns the previous value of the atomic variable.
289 *
290 * \since This function is available since SDL 2.0.2.
291 *
292 * \sa SDL_AtomicGet
293 */
294extern DECLSPEC int SDLCALL SDL_AtomicSet(SDL_atomic_t *a, int v);
295
296/**
297 * Get the value of an atomic variable.
298 *
299 * ***Note: If you don't know what this function is for, you shouldn't use
300 * it!***
301 *
302 * \param a a pointer to an SDL_atomic_t variable.
303 * \returns the current value of an atomic variable.
304 *
305 * \since This function is available since SDL 2.0.2.
306 *
307 * \sa SDL_AtomicSet
308 */
309extern DECLSPEC int SDLCALL SDL_AtomicGet(SDL_atomic_t *a);
310
311/**
312 * Add to an atomic variable.
313 *
314 * This function also acts as a full memory barrier.
315 *
316 * ***Note: If you don't know what this function is for, you shouldn't use
317 * it!***
318 *
319 * \param a a pointer to an SDL_atomic_t variable to be modified.
320 * \param v the desired value to add.
321 * \returns the previous value of the atomic variable.
322 *
323 * \since This function is available since SDL 2.0.2.
324 *
325 * \sa SDL_AtomicDecRef
326 * \sa SDL_AtomicIncRef
327 */
328extern DECLSPEC int SDLCALL SDL_AtomicAdd(SDL_atomic_t *a, int v);
329
330/**
331 * \brief Increment an atomic variable used as a reference count.
332 */
333#ifndef SDL_AtomicIncRef
334#define SDL_AtomicIncRef(a) SDL_AtomicAdd(a, 1)
335#endif
336
337/**
338 * \brief Decrement an atomic variable used as a reference count.
339 *
340 * \return SDL_TRUE if the variable reached zero after decrementing,
341 * SDL_FALSE otherwise
342 */
343#ifndef SDL_AtomicDecRef
344#define SDL_AtomicDecRef(a) (SDL_AtomicAdd(a, -1) == 1)
345#endif
346
347/**
348 * Set a pointer to a new value if it is currently an old value.
349 *
350 * ***Note: If you don't know what this function is for, you shouldn't use
351 * it!***
352 *
353 * \param a a pointer to a pointer.
354 * \param oldval the old pointer value.
355 * \param newval the new pointer value.
356 * \returns SDL_TRUE if the pointer was set, SDL_FALSE otherwise.
357 *
358 * \since This function is available since SDL 2.0.0.
359 *
360 * \sa SDL_AtomicCAS
361 * \sa SDL_AtomicGetPtr
362 * \sa SDL_AtomicSetPtr
363 */
364extern DECLSPEC SDL_bool SDLCALL SDL_AtomicCASPtr(void **a, void *oldval, void *newval);
365
366/**
367 * Set a pointer to a value atomically.
368 *
369 * ***Note: If you don't know what this function is for, you shouldn't use
370 * it!***
371 *
372 * \param a a pointer to a pointer.
373 * \param v the desired pointer value.
374 * \returns the previous value of the pointer.
375 *
376 * \since This function is available since SDL 2.0.2.
377 *
378 * \sa SDL_AtomicCASPtr
379 * \sa SDL_AtomicGetPtr
380 */
381extern DECLSPEC void* SDLCALL SDL_AtomicSetPtr(void **a, void* v);
382
383/**
384 * Get the value of a pointer atomically.
385 *
386 * ***Note: If you don't know what this function is for, you shouldn't use
387 * it!***
388 *
389 * \param a a pointer to a pointer.
390 * \returns the current value of a pointer.
391 *
392 * \since This function is available since SDL 2.0.2.
393 *
394 * \sa SDL_AtomicCASPtr
395 * \sa SDL_AtomicSetPtr
396 */
397extern DECLSPEC void* SDLCALL SDL_AtomicGetPtr(void **a);
398
399/* Ends C function definitions when using C++ */
400#ifdef __cplusplus
401}
402#endif
403
404#include "close_code.h"
405
406#endif /* SDL_atomic_h_ */
407
408/* vi: set ts=4 sw=4 expandtab: */
SDL_bool SDL_AtomicCAS(SDL_atomic_t *a, int oldval, int newval)
void SDL_MemoryBarrierAcquireFunction(void)
SDL_bool SDL_AtomicCASPtr(void **a, void *oldval, void *newval)
void * SDL_AtomicGetPtr(void **a)
#define SDL_CompilerBarrier()
Definition SDL_atomic.h:149
void SDL_MemoryBarrierReleaseFunction(void)
int SDL_AtomicGet(SDL_atomic_t *a)
int SDL_SpinLock
Definition SDL_atomic.h:80
#define SDL_CPUPauseInstruction()
Definition SDL_atomic.h:246
SDL_bool SDL_AtomicTryLock(SDL_SpinLock *lock)
void SDL_AtomicUnlock(SDL_SpinLock *lock)
int SDL_AtomicAdd(SDL_atomic_t *a, int v)
void * SDL_AtomicSetPtr(void **a, void *v)
int SDL_AtomicSet(SDL_atomic_t *a, int v)
void SDL_AtomicLock(SDL_SpinLock *lock)
SDL_bool
Definition SDL_stdinc.h:187