From: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2015 20:34:53 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: urcu-bp: use sys_membarrier when available
X-Git-Tag: v0.9.0~34
X-Git-Url: http://git.liburcu.org/?p=urcu.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=f541831e757bc5e0143550f5d686bed0de7d41b7

urcu-bp: use sys_membarrier when available

Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
---

diff --git a/urcu-bp.c b/urcu-bp.c
index 4dc4028..6b78af8 100644
--- a/urcu-bp.c
+++ b/urcu-bp.c
@@ -94,11 +94,32 @@ void *mremap_wrapper(void *old_address, size_t old_size,
 static
 int rcu_bp_refcount;
 
+/*
+ * RCU_MEMBARRIER is only possibly available on Linux.
+ */
+#ifdef __linux__
+#include <urcu/syscall-compat.h>
+#endif
+
+/* If the headers do not support SYS_membarrier, fall back on RCU_MB */
+#ifdef SYS_membarrier
+# define membarrier(...)		syscall(SYS_membarrier, __VA_ARGS__)
+#else
+# define membarrier(...)		-ENOSYS
+#endif
+
+enum membarrier_cmd {
+	MEMBARRIER_CMD_QUERY = 0,
+	MEMBARRIER_CMD_SHARED = (1 << 0),
+};
+
 static
 void __attribute__((constructor)) rcu_bp_init(void);
 static
 void __attribute__((destructor)) rcu_bp_exit(void);
 
+int urcu_bp_has_sys_membarrier;
+
 /*
  * rcu_gp_lock ensures mutual exclusion between threads calling
  * synchronize_rcu().
@@ -174,6 +195,14 @@ static void mutex_unlock(pthread_mutex_t *mutex)
 		urcu_die(ret);
 }
 
+static void smp_mb_master(void)
+{
+	if (caa_likely(urcu_bp_has_sys_membarrier))
+		(void) membarrier(MEMBARRIER_CMD_SHARED, 0);
+	else
+		cmm_smp_mb();
+}
+
 /*
  * Always called with rcu_registry lock held. Releases this lock between
  * iterations and grabs it again. Holds the lock when it returns.
@@ -254,7 +283,7 @@ void synchronize_rcu(void)
 	/* All threads should read qparity before accessing data structure
 	 * where new ptr points to. */
 	/* Write new ptr before changing the qparity */
-	cmm_smp_mb();
+	smp_mb_master();
 
 	/*
 	 * Wait for readers to observe original parity or be quiescent.
@@ -303,7 +332,7 @@ void synchronize_rcu(void)
 	 * Finish waiting for reader threads before letting the old ptr being
 	 * freed.
 	 */
-	cmm_smp_mb();
+	smp_mb_master();
 out:
 	mutex_unlock(&rcu_registry_lock);
 	mutex_unlock(&rcu_gp_lock);
@@ -567,6 +596,10 @@ void rcu_bp_init(void)
 				urcu_bp_thread_exit_notifier);
 		if (ret)
 			abort();
+		ret = membarrier(MEMBARRIER_CMD_QUERY, 0);
+		if (ret >= 0 && (ret & MEMBARRIER_CMD_SHARED)) {
+			urcu_bp_has_sys_membarrier = 1;
+		}
 		initialized = 1;
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&init_lock);
diff --git a/urcu/static/urcu-bp.h b/urcu/static/urcu-bp.h
index df25393..182e5fe 100644
--- a/urcu/static/urcu-bp.h
+++ b/urcu/static/urcu-bp.h
@@ -102,6 +102,16 @@ struct rcu_reader {
  */
 extern DECLARE_URCU_TLS(struct rcu_reader *, rcu_reader);
 
+extern int urcu_bp_has_sys_membarrier;
+
+static inline void urcu_bp_smp_mb_slave(void)
+{
+	if (caa_likely(urcu_bp_has_sys_membarrier))
+		cmm_barrier();
+	else
+		cmm_smp_mb();
+}
+
 static inline enum rcu_state rcu_reader_state(unsigned long *ctr)
 {
 	unsigned long v;
@@ -131,7 +141,7 @@ static inline void _rcu_read_lock_update(unsigned long tmp)
 {
 	if (caa_likely(!(tmp & RCU_GP_CTR_NEST_MASK))) {
 		_CMM_STORE_SHARED(URCU_TLS(rcu_reader)->ctr, _CMM_LOAD_SHARED(rcu_gp.ctr));
-		cmm_smp_mb();
+		urcu_bp_smp_mb_slave();
 	} else
 		_CMM_STORE_SHARED(URCU_TLS(rcu_reader)->ctr, tmp + RCU_GP_COUNT);
 }
@@ -170,7 +180,7 @@ static inline void _rcu_read_unlock(void)
 	tmp = URCU_TLS(rcu_reader)->ctr;
 	urcu_assert(tmp & RCU_GP_CTR_NEST_MASK);
 	/* Finish using rcu before decrementing the pointer. */
-	cmm_smp_mb();
+	urcu_bp_smp_mb_slave();
 	_CMM_STORE_SHARED(URCU_TLS(rcu_reader)->ctr, tmp - RCU_GP_COUNT);
 	cmm_barrier();	/* Ensure the compiler does not reorder us with mutex */
 }