2 ** This basic implementation of Reader/Writer locks does not
3 ** protect writers from starvation. That is, if a writer is
4 ** currently waiting on a reader, any new reader will get
5 ** the lock before the writer.
8 /********************************************************
9 * An example source module to accompany...
11 * "Using POSIX Threads: Programming with Pthreads"
12 * by Brad nichols, Dick Buttlar, Jackie Farrell
13 * O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
15 ********************************************************
18 * Library of functions implementing reader/writer locks
25 #include "ldap_pvt_thread.h"
28 ldap_pvt_thread_rdwr_init(ldap_pvt_thread_rdwr_t *rdwrp )
30 rdwrp->lt_readers_reading = 0;
31 rdwrp->lt_writer_writing = 0;
32 ldap_pvt_thread_mutex_init(&(rdwrp->lt_mutex) );
33 ldap_pvt_thread_cond_init(&(rdwrp->lt_lock_free) );
37 int ldap_pvt_thread_rdwr_rlock(ldap_pvt_thread_rdwr_t *rdwrp){
38 ldap_pvt_thread_mutex_lock(&(rdwrp->lt_mutex));
39 while(rdwrp->lt_writer_writing) {
40 ldap_pvt_thread_cond_wait(&(rdwrp->lt_lock_free),
43 rdwrp->lt_readers_reading++;
44 ldap_pvt_thread_mutex_unlock(&(rdwrp->lt_mutex));
48 int ldap_pvt_thread_rdwr_runlock(ldap_pvt_thread_rdwr_t *rdwrp)
50 ldap_pvt_thread_mutex_lock(&(rdwrp->lt_mutex));
51 if (rdwrp->lt_readers_reading == 0) {
52 ldap_pvt_thread_mutex_unlock(&(rdwrp->lt_mutex));
56 rdwrp->lt_readers_reading--;
57 if (rdwrp->lt_readers_reading == 0) {
58 ldap_pvt_thread_cond_signal(&(rdwrp->lt_lock_free));
60 ldap_pvt_thread_mutex_unlock(&(rdwrp->lt_mutex));
65 int ldap_pvt_thread_rdwr_wlock(ldap_pvt_thread_rdwr_t *rdwrp)
67 ldap_pvt_thread_mutex_lock(&(rdwrp->lt_mutex));
68 while(rdwrp->lt_writer_writing || rdwrp->lt_readers_reading) {
69 ldap_pvt_thread_cond_wait(&(rdwrp->lt_lock_free),
72 rdwrp->lt_writer_writing++;
73 ldap_pvt_thread_mutex_unlock(&(rdwrp->lt_mutex));
77 int ldap_pvt_thread_rdwr_wunlock(ldap_pvt_thread_rdwr_t *rdwrp)
79 ldap_pvt_thread_mutex_lock(&(rdwrp->lt_mutex));
80 if (rdwrp->lt_writer_writing == 0) {
81 ldap_pvt_thread_mutex_unlock(&(rdwrp->lt_mutex));
85 rdwrp->lt_writer_writing = 0;
86 ldap_pvt_thread_cond_broadcast(&(rdwrp->lt_lock_free));
87 ldap_pvt_thread_mutex_unlock(&(rdwrp->lt_mutex));
95 * return 0 if false, suitable for assert(ldap_pvt_thread_rdwr_Xchk(rdwr))
97 * Currently they don't check if the calling thread is the one
98 * that has the lock, just that there is a reader or writer.
100 * Basically sufficent for testing that places that should have
104 int ldap_pvt_thread_rdwr_rchk(ldap_pvt_thread_rdwr_t *rdwrp)
106 return(rdwrp->lt_readers_reading!=0);
109 int ldap_pvt_thread_rdwr_wchk(ldap_pvt_thread_rdwr_t *rdwrp)
111 return(rdwrp->lt_writer_writing!=0);
113 int ldap_pvt_thread_rdwr_rwchk(ldap_pvt_thread_rdwr_t *rdwrp)
115 return(ldap_pvt_thread_rdwr_rchk(rdwrp) ||
116 ldap_pvt_thread_rdwr_wchk(rdwrp));
119 #endif /* LDAP_DEBUG */