https://github.com/tudordavid/libslock

Cross-platform atomic operations and lock algorithm library
https://github.com/tudordavid/libslock

Last synced: 18 days ago
JSON representation

Cross-platform atomic operations and lock algorithm library

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/tudordavid/libslock
• Owner: tudordavid
• License: mit
• Created: 2013-09-23T11:49:57.000Z (about 11 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2018-08-29T08:52:10.000Z (about 6 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-07-31T22:55:20.527Z (3 months ago)
• Language: C
• Homepage: http://lpd.epfl.ch/site/ssync
• Size: 210 KB
• Stars: 94
• Watchers: 16
• Forks: 26
• Open Issues: 3
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

Awesome Lists containing this project

README

        
Libslock

=======

This repository provides:

- libslock, a cross-platform interface to atomic operations and other common operations 

- implementations of a number of well-known locking algorithms 

- benchmarks testing the performance of atomic operations and various locking algorithms

The package has been tested on x86_64 Intel and AMD machines, Tilera and Sparc architectures.

A version of this code was used in the paper **"Everything you always wanted to know about synchronization but were afraid to ask"** (accessible here: http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=2517349.2522714).

Makefile parameters:

Locking Algorithm

-----------------

Can be passed using `LOCK_VERSION` to the Makefile. `LOCK_VERSION` can take one of the following values:

- `USE_TTAS_LOCKS` - use test-and-test-and-set locks

- `USE_SPINLOCK_LOCKS` - use test-and-set spinlocks

- `USE_TICKET_LOCKS` - use ticket locks

- `USE_HTICKET_LOCKS` - use hierarchical ticket locks

- `USE_MCS_LOCKS` - use MCS locks

- `USE_CLH_LOCKS` - use CLH locks

- `USE_HCLH_LOCKS` - use HCLH locks

- `USE_ARRAY_LOCKS` - use array locks

- `USE_RW_LOCKS` - use read-write locks (not used in paper, not optimized)

- `USE_MUTEX_LOCKS` - use the phtread mutex

Platform

--------

Can be passed using `PLATFORM` to the Makefile; the settings are specific to the platforms we were using (topology, etc.); for other platforms the characteristics can be defined in `platform_defs.h`. The pre-defined platforms are: 

- `XEON` - 8 x 10-core Intel sever

- `OPTERON` - 8 x 6-core AMD server

- `NIGARA` - 8-core SparcT2 machine

- `TILERA` - 36-core Tilera machine

Detailed descriptions of these platforms can be found in the paper.

The `OPTERON_OPTIMIZE` option uses some of the Opteron-specific optimizations mentioned in the paper.

Atomic operation to be tested

-----------------------------

For the benchmarks testing atomic operations, this parameter selects the desired operation. Can be passed to the Makefile using `PRIMITIVE`:

- `TEST_FAI` - fetch-and-increment

- `TEST_TAS` - test-and-set

- `TEST_CAS` - compare-and-swap

- `TEST_SWAP` - atomic swap

- `TEST_CAS_FAI` - fetch-and-increment implemented using compare-and-swap

`ALTERNATE_SOCKETS` is used for thread placement on the Niagara; if not set, hardware threads begin by being assinged to the same core; if set threads are disitributed evenly among the cores