madness::MutexFair Class Reference

A scalable and fair mutex (not recursive) More...

#include <worldmutex.h>

Inheritance diagram for madness::MutexFair:

Collaboration diagram for madness::MutexFair:

Public Member Functions
	MutexFair ()
void	lock () const
bool	try_lock () const
void	unlock () const

Private Attributes
int	back
int	front
int	n
volatile bool *	q [MAX_NTHREAD]

Static Private Attributes
static const int	MAX_NTHREAD = 128

Additional Inherited Members
Private Member Functions inherited from madness::Spinlock
	Spinlock (int junk=0)
	Make and initialize a spinlock ... initial state is unlocked.
virtual	~Spinlock ()
void	lock () const
	Acquire the spinlock waiting if necessary.
bool	try_lock () const
	Try to acquire the spinlock ... return true on success, false on failure.
void	unlock () const
	Free a spinlock owned by this thread.

Detailed Description

A scalable and fair mutex (not recursive)

Needs rewriting to use the CV above and do we really need this if using pthread_mutex .. why not pthread_cv?

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

MutexFair()

madness::MutexFair::MutexFair ( )

inline

Member Function Documentation

lock()

void madness::MutexFair::lock ( ) const

inline

References b, back, madness::cpu_relax(), madness::Spinlock::lock(), MAX_NTHREAD, n, madness::nonlinear_vector_solver(), q, and madness::Spinlock::unlock().

try_lock()

bool madness::MutexFair::try_lock ( ) const

inline

References madness::Spinlock::lock(), n, madness::nonlinear_vector_solver(), and madness::Spinlock::unlock().

unlock()

void madness::MutexFair::unlock ( ) const

inline

References madness::f, front, madness::Spinlock::lock(), MAX_NTHREAD, n, p(), q, and madness::Spinlock::unlock().

Member Data Documentation

back

int madness::MutexFair::back

mutableprivate

Referenced by lock().

front

int madness::MutexFair::front

mutableprivate

Referenced by unlock().

MAX_NTHREAD

const int madness::MutexFair::MAX_NTHREAD = 128

staticprivate

Referenced by lock(), and unlock().

n

int madness::MutexFair::n

mutableprivate

Referenced by lock(), try_lock(), and unlock().

q

volatile bool* madness::MutexFair::q[MAX_NTHREAD]

mutableprivate

Referenced by lock(), and unlock().

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• worldmutex.h