spinlock,中文译名为“自旋锁”。是专为防止多处理器并发而引入的一种锁。在Linux的内核中,spinlock用在多处理器环境中。当一个CPU访问一个临界资源 (critical section)的时候,需要预先取得spinlock,如果取不到的话,它就在空循环等待,直到另外的CPU释放spinlock。由于涉及到多个处理器,spinlock的效率非常重要。
skynet中的spinlock.h
#ifndef SKYNET_SPINLOCK_H
#define SKYNET_SPINLOCK_H
#define SPIN_INIT(q) spinlock_init(&(q)->lock);
#define SPIN_LOCK(q) spinlock_lock(&(q)->lock);
#define SPIN_UNLOCK(q) spinlock_unlock(&(q)->lock);
#define SPIN_DESTROY(q) spinlock_destroy(&(q)->lock);
#ifndef USE_PTHREAD_LOCK
struct spinlock {
int lock;
};
static inline void
spinlock_init(struct spinlock *lock) {
lock->lock = 0;
}
static inline void
spinlock_lock(struct spinlock *lock) {
while (__sync_lock_test_and_set(&lock->lock,1)) {}
}
static inline int
spinlock_trylock(struct spinlock *lock) {
return __sync_lock_test_and_set(&lock->lock,1) == 0;
}
static inline void
spinlock_unlock(struct spinlock *lock) {
__sync_lock_release(&lock->lock);
}
static inline void
spinlock_destroy(struct spinlock *lock) {
(void) lock;
}
#else
#include <pthread.h>
// we use mutex instead of spinlock for some reason
// you can also replace to pthread_spinlock
struct spinlock {
pthread_mutex_t lock;
};
static inline void
spinlock_init(struct spinlock *lock) {
pthread_mutex_init(&lock->lock, NULL);
}
static inline void
spinlock_lock(struct spinlock *lock) {
pthread_mutex_lock(&lock->lock);
}
static inline int
spinlock_trylock(struct spinlock *lock) {
return pthread_mutex_trylock(&lock->lock) == 0;
}
static inline void
spinlock_unlock(struct spinlock *lock) {
pthread_mutex_unlock(&lock->lock);
}
static inline void
spinlock_destroy(struct spinlock *lock) {
pthread_mutex_destroy(&lock->lock);
}
#endif
#endif
其中,使用了linux的原子操作:
type __sync_lock_test_and_set (type *ptr, type value, ...)
将*ptr设为value并返回*ptr操作之前的值。
void __sync_lock_release (type *ptr, ...)
将*ptr置0
其他的linux原子操作,参看:
https://blog.youkuaiyun.com/hzhsan/article/details/25124901
如何设计一个真正高性能的spin_lock? https://www.zhihu.com/question/55764216