const std = @import("std.zig"); const builtin = @import("builtin"); pub const SpinLock = struct { state: State, const State = enum(u8) { Unlocked, Locked, }; pub const Held = struct { spinlock: *SpinLock, pub fn release(self: Held) void { @atomicStore(State, &self.spinlock.state, .Unlocked, .Release); } }; pub fn init() SpinLock { return SpinLock{ .state = .Unlocked }; } pub fn deinit(self: *SpinLock) void { self.* = undefined; } pub fn tryAcquire(self: *SpinLock) ?Held { return switch (@atomicRmw(State, &self.state, .Xchg, .Locked, .Acquire)) { .Unlocked => Held{ .spinlock = self }, .Locked => null, }; } pub fn acquire(self: *SpinLock) Held { while (true) { return self.tryAcquire() orelse { // On native windows, SwitchToThread is too expensive, // and yielding for 380-410 iterations was found to be // a nice sweet spot. Posix systems on the other hand, // especially linux, perform better by yielding the thread. switch (builtin.os) { .windows => yield(400), else => std.os.sched_yield() catch yield(1), } continue; }; } } /// Hint to the cpu that execution is spinning /// for the given amount of iterations. pub fn yield(iterations: usize) void { var i = iterations; while (i != 0) : (i -= 1) { switch (builtin.arch) { .i386, .x86_64 => asm volatile ("pause"), .arm, .aarch64 => asm volatile ("yield"), else => std.os.sched_yield() catch {}, } } } }; test "spinlock" { var lock = SpinLock.init(); defer lock.deinit(); const held = lock.acquire(); defer held.release(); }