source: trunk/kernel/libk/remote_mutex.h @ 84

/*
 * remote_mutex.h -  remote_mutex operations definition.
 *
 * Authors   Alain Greiner   (2016)
 * 
 * Copyright (c) UPMC Sorbonne Universites
 *
 * This file is part of ALMOS-MKH.
 *
 * ALMOS-MKH is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation; version 2.0 of the License.
 *
 * ALMOS-MKH is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
 * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with ALMOS-MKH; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
 * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
 */

#ifndef _REMOTE_MUTEX_H_
#define _REMOTE_MUTEX_H_

#include <kernel_config.h>
#include <hal_types.h>
#include <xlist.h>

/***************************************************************************************
 *    This file defines a POSIX compliant mutex.
 *
 * It is used by muti-threaded applications to synchronise threads running in
 * different clusters, as all access functions uses hal_remote_lw() / hal_remote_sw() 
 * portable remote access primitives.
 *
 * A mutex is declared by a given user process as a "pthread_mutex_t" global variable.
 * This user type is implemented as an unsigned long, but the value is not used by the 
 * kernel. ALMOS-MKH uses only the mutex virtual address as an identifier.
 * For each user mutex, ALMOS-MKH creates a kernel "remote_mutex_t" structure,
 * dynamically allocated in the reference cluster by the remote_mutex_create() function, 
 * and destroyed by the remote_barrier_destroy() function, using RPC if the calling thread
 * is not running in the reference cluster. 
 *
 * The blocking "remote_mutex_lock()" function implements a descheduling policy when
 * the lock is already taken by another thread : the calling thread is registered 
 * in a waiting queue, rooted in the mutex structure, and the the calling thread 
 * is blocked on the THREAD_BLOCKED_MUTEX condition. 
 * The "remote_mutex_unlock()" function unblocks the first waiting thread in the queue
 * without releasing the mutex if queue is not empty.
 **************************************************************************************/

/*****************************************************************************************
 * This structure defines the mutex descriptor.
 * - It contains an xlist of all mutex dynamically created by a given process,
 *   rooted in the reference process descriptor.
 * - It contains the root of another xlist to register all waiting threads.
 ****************************************************************************************/

typedef struct remote_mutex_s
{
    remote_spinlock_t  lock;            /*! lock protecting list of waiting threads   */
    intptr_t           ident;           /*! mutex identifier (vaddr in user space)    */ 
    uint32_t           value;           /*! mutex non allocated if 0                  */
    xptr_t             owner;           /*! extended pointer on owner thread          */
    xlist_entry_t      list;            /*! member of list of mutex in same process   */
    xlist_entry_t      root;            /*! root of list of waiting threads           */
}
remote_mutex_t;

/***************************************************************************************
 * This function returns an extended pointer on the remote mutex, identified
 * by its virtual address in a given user process. It makes an associative search, 
 * scanning the list of mutex rooted in the reference process descriptor.
 ***************************************************************************************
 * @ ident    : mutex virtual address, used as identifier.
 * @ returns extended pointer on mutex if success / returns XPTR_NULL if not found. 
 **************************************************************************************/
xptr_t remote_mutex_from_ident( intptr_t  ident );

/***************************************************************************************
 * This function implement the pthread_mutex_init() syscall.
 * It allocates memory for the mutex descriptor in the reference cluster for
 * the calling process, it initializes the mutex state, and register it in the 
 * list of mutex owned by the reference process.
 ***************************************************************************************
 * @ ident       : mutex identifier (virtual address in user space).
 * @ return 0 if success / return ENOMEM if failure.
 **************************************************************************************/
error_t remote_mutex_create( intptr_t ident );

/***************************************************************************************
 * This function implement the pthread_mutex_destroy() syscall.
 * It releases thr memory allocated for the mutex descriptor, and remove the mutex 
 * from the list of mutex owned by the reference process.
 ***************************************************************************************
 * @ mutex_xp  : extended pointer on mutex descriptor.
 **************************************************************************************/
void remote_mutex_destroy( xptr_t  mutex_xp );

/***************************************************************************************
 * This blocking function get ownership of a remote mutex.
 ***************************************************************************************
 * @ mutex_xp  : extended pointer on mutex descriptor.
 **************************************************************************************/
void remote_mutex_lock( xptr_t  mutex_xp );

/***************************************************************************************
 * This function releases a remote mutex.
 ***************************************************************************************
 * @ mutex_xp  : extended pointer on mutex descriptor.
 **************************************************************************************/
void remote_mutex_unlock( xptr_t  mutex_xp );



#endif