////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // File : barrier.c // Date : 01/04/2012 // Author : alain greiner // Copyright (c) UPMC-LIP6 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // These barrier.c and barrier.h files are part of the GIET nano-kernel. // This user-level library provides a synchronisation service between several // tasks sharing the same address space in a parallel multi-tasks application. // Neither the barrier_init(), nor the barrier_wait() function require a syscall. // The barrier itself must have been allocated in a shared data segment. /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// #include "barrier.h" /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // This function initializes the barrier: this should be done by a single task. /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// void barrier_init( giet_barrier_t* barrier, unsigned int value ) { barrier->init = value; barrier->count = value; } /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // This blocking function uses LL/SC to decrement the barrier's counter. // Then, it uses a busy_waiting mechanism if it is not the last. /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// void barrier_wait( giet_barrier_t* barrier ) { unsigned int * pcount = (unsigned int *) &barrier->count; unsigned int maxcount = barrier->init; unsigned int count; // parallel decrement barrier counter using atomic instructions LL/SC // - input : pointer on the barrier counter // - output : counter value asm volatile ("_barrier_decrement: \n" "ll %0, 0(%1) \n" "addi $3, %0, -1 \n" "sc $3, 0(%1) \n" "beqz $3, _barrier_decrement \n" : "=&r"(count) : "r"(pcount) : "$2", "$3"); // the last task re-initializes the barrier counter to the max value, // waking up all other waiting tasks if (count == 1) { // last task *pcount = maxcount; } else { // other tasks busy-wait while (*pcount != maxcount) asm volatile ("nop"); } } // Local Variables: // tab-width: 4 // c-basic-offset: 4 // c-file-offsets:((innamespace . 0)(inline-open . 0)) // indent-tabs-mode: nil // End: // vim: filetype=c:expandtab:shiftwidth=4:tabstop=4:softtabstop=4