/* * Written by Doug Lea with assistance from members of JCP JSR-166 * Expert Group and released to the public domain, as explained at * http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ */ package java.util.concurrent; import java.util.Collection; import java.util.concurrent.locks.AbstractQueuedSynchronizer; /** * A counting semaphore. Conceptually, a semaphore maintains a set of * permits. Each {@link #acquire} blocks if necessary until a permit is * available, and then takes it. Each {@link #release} adds a permit, * potentially releasing a blocking acquirer. * However, no actual permit objects are used; the {@code Semaphore} just * keeps a count of the number available and acts accordingly. * *

Semaphores are often used to restrict the number of threads than can * access some (physical or logical) resource. For example, here is * a class that uses a semaphore to control access to a pool of items: *

 {@code
 * class Pool {
 *   private static final int MAX_AVAILABLE = 100;
 *   private final Semaphore available = new Semaphore(MAX_AVAILABLE, true);
 *
 *   public Object getItem() throws InterruptedException {
 *     available.acquire();
 *     return getNextAvailableItem();
 *   }
 *
 *   public void putItem(Object x) {
 *     if (markAsUnused(x))
 *       available.release();
 *   }
 *
 *   // Not a particularly efficient data structure; just for demo
 *
 *   protected Object[] items = ... whatever kinds of items being managed
 *   protected boolean[] used = new boolean[MAX_AVAILABLE];
 *
 *   protected synchronized Object getNextAvailableItem() {
 *     for (int i = 0; i < MAX_AVAILABLE; ++i) {
 *       if (!used[i]) {
 *          used[i] = true;
 *          return items[i];
 *       }
 *     }
 *     return null; // not reached
 *   }
 *
 *   protected synchronized boolean markAsUnused(Object item) {
 *     for (int i = 0; i < MAX_AVAILABLE; ++i) {
 *       if (item == items[i]) {
 *          if (used[i]) {
 *            used[i] = false;
 *            return true;
 *          } else
 *            return false;
 *       }
 *     }
 *     return false;
 *   }
 * }}
* *

Before obtaining an item each thread must acquire a permit from * the semaphore, guaranteeing that an item is available for use. When * the thread has finished with the item it is returned back to the * pool and a permit is returned to the semaphore, allowing another * thread to acquire that item. Note that no synchronization lock is * held when {@link #acquire} is called as that would prevent an item * from being returned to the pool. The semaphore encapsulates the * synchronization needed to restrict access to the pool, separately * from any synchronization needed to maintain the consistency of the * pool itself. * *

A semaphore initialized to one, and which is used such that it * only has at most one permit available, can serve as a mutual * exclusion lock. This is more commonly known as a binary * semaphore, because it only has two states: one permit * available, or zero permits available. When used in this way, the * binary semaphore has the property (unlike many {@link java.util.concurrent.locks.Lock} * implementations), that the "lock" can be released by a * thread other than the owner (as semaphores have no notion of * ownership). This can be useful in some specialized contexts, such * as deadlock recovery. * *

The constructor for this class optionally accepts a * fairness parameter. When set false, this class makes no * guarantees about the order in which threads acquire permits. In * particular, barging is permitted, that is, a thread * invoking {@link #acquire} can be allocated a permit ahead of a * thread that has been waiting - logically the new thread places itself at * the head of the queue of waiting threads. When fairness is set true, the * semaphore guarantees that threads invoking any of the {@link * #acquire() acquire} methods are selected to obtain permits in the order in * which their invocation of those methods was processed * (first-in-first-out; FIFO). Note that FIFO ordering necessarily * applies to specific internal points of execution within these * methods. So, it is possible for one thread to invoke * {@code acquire} before another, but reach the ordering point after * the other, and similarly upon return from the method. * Also note that the untimed {@link #tryAcquire() tryAcquire} methods do not * honor the fairness setting, but will take any permits that are * available. * *

Generally, semaphores used to control resource access should be * initialized as fair, to ensure that no thread is starved out from * accessing a resource. When using semaphores for other kinds of * synchronization control, the throughput advantages of non-fair * ordering often outweigh fairness considerations. * *

This class also provides convenience methods to {@link * #acquire(int) acquire} and {@link #release(int) release} multiple * permits at a time. Beware of the increased risk of indefinite * postponement when these methods are used without fairness set true. * *

Memory consistency effects: Actions in a thread prior to calling * a "release" method such as {@code release()} * happen-before * actions following a successful "acquire" method such as {@code acquire()} * in another thread. * * @since 1.5 * @author Doug Lea */ public class Semaphore implements java.io.Serializable { private static final long serialVersionUID = -3222578661600680210L; /** All mechanics via AbstractQueuedSynchronizer subclass */ private final Sync sync; /** * Synchronization implementation for semaphore. Uses AQS state * to represent permits. Subclassed into fair and nonfair * versions. */ abstract static class Sync extends AbstractQueuedSynchronizer { private static final long serialVersionUID = 1192457210091910933L; Sync(int permits) { setState(permits); } final int getPermits() { return getState(); } final int nonfairTryAcquireShared(int acquires) { for (;;) { int available = getState(); int remaining = available - acquires; if (remaining < 0 || compareAndSetState(available, remaining)) return remaining; } } protected final boolean tryReleaseShared(int releases) { for (;;) { int current = getState(); int next = current + releases; if (next < current) // overflow throw new Error("Maximum permit count exceeded"); if (compareAndSetState(current, next)) return true; } } final void reducePermits(int reductions) { for (;;) { int current = getState(); int next = current - reductions; if (next > current) // underflow throw new Error("Permit count underflow"); if (compareAndSetState(current, next)) return; } } final int drainPermits() { for (;;) { int current = getState(); if (current == 0 || compareAndSetState(current, 0)) return current; } } } /** * NonFair version */ static final class NonfairSync extends Sync { private static final long serialVersionUID = -2694183684443567898L; NonfairSync(int permits) { super(permits); } protected int tryAcquireShared(int acquires) { return nonfairTryAcquireShared(acquires); } } /** * Fair version */ static final class FairSync extends Sync { private static final long serialVersionUID = 2014338818796000944L; FairSync(int permits) { super(permits); } protected int tryAcquireShared(int acquires) { for (;;) { if (hasQueuedPredecessors()) return -1; int available = getState(); int remaining = available - acquires; if (remaining < 0 || compareAndSetState(available, remaining)) return remaining; } } } /** * Creates a {@code Semaphore} with the given number of * permits and nonfair fairness setting. * * @param permits the initial number of permits available. * This value may be negative, in which case releases * must occur before any acquires will be granted. */ public Semaphore(int permits) { sync = new NonfairSync(permits); } /** * Creates a {@code Semaphore} with the given number of * permits and the given fairness setting. * * @param permits the initial number of permits available. * This value may be negative, in which case releases * must occur before any acquires will be granted. * @param fair {@code true} if this semaphore will guarantee * first-in first-out granting of permits under contention, * else {@code false} */ public Semaphore(int permits, boolean fair) { sync = fair ? new FairSync(permits) : new NonfairSync(permits); } /** * Acquires a permit from this semaphore, blocking until one is * available, or the thread is {@linkplain Thread#interrupt interrupted}. * *

Acquires a permit, if one is available and returns immediately, * reducing the number of available permits by one. * *

If no permit is available then the current thread becomes * disabled for thread scheduling purposes and lies dormant until * one of two things happens: *

* *

If the current thread: *

* then {@link InterruptedException} is thrown and the current thread's * interrupted status is cleared. * * @throws InterruptedException if the current thread is interrupted */ public void acquire() throws InterruptedException { sync.acquireSharedInterruptibly(1); } /** * Acquires a permit from this semaphore, blocking until one is * available. * *

Acquires a permit, if one is available and returns immediately, * reducing the number of available permits by one. * *

If no permit is available then the current thread becomes * disabled for thread scheduling purposes and lies dormant until * some other thread invokes the {@link #release} method for this * semaphore and the current thread is next to be assigned a permit. * *

If the current thread is {@linkplain Thread#interrupt interrupted} * while waiting for a permit then it will continue to wait, but the * time at which the thread is assigned a permit may change compared to * the time it would have received the permit had no interruption * occurred. When the thread does return from this method its interrupt * status will be set. */ public void acquireUninterruptibly() { sync.acquireShared(1); } /** * Acquires a permit from this semaphore, only if one is available at the * time of invocation. * *

Acquires a permit, if one is available and returns immediately, * with the value {@code true}, * reducing the number of available permits by one. * *

If no permit is available then this method will return * immediately with the value {@code false}. * *

Even when this semaphore has been set to use a * fair ordering policy, a call to {@code tryAcquire()} will * immediately acquire a permit if one is available, whether or not * other threads are currently waiting. * This "barging" behavior can be useful in certain * circumstances, even though it breaks fairness. If you want to honor * the fairness setting, then use * {@link #tryAcquire(long, TimeUnit) tryAcquire(0, TimeUnit.SECONDS) } * which is almost equivalent (it also detects interruption). * * @return {@code true} if a permit was acquired and {@code false} * otherwise */ public boolean tryAcquire() { return sync.nonfairTryAcquireShared(1) >= 0; } /** * Acquires a permit from this semaphore, if one becomes available * within the given waiting time and the current thread has not * been {@linkplain Thread#interrupt interrupted}. * *

Acquires a permit, if one is available and returns immediately, * with the value {@code true}, * reducing the number of available permits by one. * *

If no permit is available then the current thread becomes * disabled for thread scheduling purposes and lies dormant until * one of three things happens: *

* *

If a permit is acquired then the value {@code true} is returned. * *

If the current thread: *

* then {@link InterruptedException} is thrown and the current thread's * interrupted status is cleared. * *

If the specified waiting time elapses then the value {@code false} * is returned. If the time is less than or equal to zero, the method * will not wait at all. * * @param timeout the maximum time to wait for a permit * @param unit the time unit of the {@code timeout} argument * @return {@code true} if a permit was acquired and {@code false} * if the waiting time elapsed before a permit was acquired * @throws InterruptedException if the current thread is interrupted */ public boolean tryAcquire(long timeout, TimeUnit unit) throws InterruptedException { return sync.tryAcquireSharedNanos(1, unit.toNanos(timeout)); } /** * Releases a permit, returning it to the semaphore. * *

Releases a permit, increasing the number of available permits by * one. If any threads are trying to acquire a permit, then one is * selected and given the permit that was just released. That thread * is (re)enabled for thread scheduling purposes. * *

There is no requirement that a thread that releases a permit must * have acquired that permit by calling {@link #acquire}. * Correct usage of a semaphore is established by programming convention * in the application. */ public void release() { sync.releaseShared(1); } /** * Acquires the given number of permits from this semaphore, * blocking until all are available, * or the thread is {@linkplain Thread#interrupt interrupted}. * *

Acquires the given number of permits, if they are available, * and returns immediately, reducing the number of available permits * by the given amount. * *

If insufficient permits are available then the current thread becomes * disabled for thread scheduling purposes and lies dormant until * one of two things happens: *

* *

If the current thread: *

* then {@link InterruptedException} is thrown and the current thread's * interrupted status is cleared. * Any permits that were to be assigned to this thread are instead * assigned to other threads trying to acquire permits, as if * permits had been made available by a call to {@link #release()}. * * @param permits the number of permits to acquire * @throws InterruptedException if the current thread is interrupted * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code permits} is negative */ public void acquire(int permits) throws InterruptedException { if (permits < 0) throw new IllegalArgumentException(); sync.acquireSharedInterruptibly(permits); } /** * Acquires the given number of permits from this semaphore, * blocking until all are available. * *

Acquires the given number of permits, if they are available, * and returns immediately, reducing the number of available permits * by the given amount. * *

If insufficient permits are available then the current thread becomes * disabled for thread scheduling purposes and lies dormant until * some other thread invokes one of the {@link #release() release} * methods for this semaphore, the current thread is next to be assigned * permits and the number of available permits satisfies this request. * *

If the current thread is {@linkplain Thread#interrupt interrupted} * while waiting for permits then it will continue to wait and its * position in the queue is not affected. When the thread does return * from this method its interrupt status will be set. * * @param permits the number of permits to acquire * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code permits} is negative */ public void acquireUninterruptibly(int permits) { if (permits < 0) throw new IllegalArgumentException(); sync.acquireShared(permits); } /** * Acquires the given number of permits from this semaphore, only * if all are available at the time of invocation. * *

Acquires the given number of permits, if they are available, and * returns immediately, with the value {@code true}, * reducing the number of available permits by the given amount. * *

If insufficient permits are available then this method will return * immediately with the value {@code false} and the number of available * permits is unchanged. * *

Even when this semaphore has been set to use a fair ordering * policy, a call to {@code tryAcquire} will * immediately acquire a permit if one is available, whether or * not other threads are currently waiting. This * "barging" behavior can be useful in certain * circumstances, even though it breaks fairness. If you want to * honor the fairness setting, then use {@link #tryAcquire(int, * long, TimeUnit) tryAcquire(permits, 0, TimeUnit.SECONDS) } * which is almost equivalent (it also detects interruption). * * @param permits the number of permits to acquire * @return {@code true} if the permits were acquired and * {@code false} otherwise * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code permits} is negative */ public boolean tryAcquire(int permits) { if (permits < 0) throw new IllegalArgumentException(); return sync.nonfairTryAcquireShared(permits) >= 0; } /** * Acquires the given number of permits from this semaphore, if all * become available within the given waiting time and the current * thread has not been {@linkplain Thread#interrupt interrupted}. * *

Acquires the given number of permits, if they are available and * returns immediately, with the value {@code true}, * reducing the number of available permits by the given amount. * *

If insufficient permits are available then * the current thread becomes disabled for thread scheduling * purposes and lies dormant until one of three things happens: *

* *

If the permits are acquired then the value {@code true} is returned. * *

If the current thread: *

* then {@link InterruptedException} is thrown and the current thread's * interrupted status is cleared. * Any permits that were to be assigned to this thread, are instead * assigned to other threads trying to acquire permits, as if * the permits had been made available by a call to {@link #release()}. * *

If the specified waiting time elapses then the value {@code false} * is returned. If the time is less than or equal to zero, the method * will not wait at all. Any permits that were to be assigned to this * thread, are instead assigned to other threads trying to acquire * permits, as if the permits had been made available by a call to * {@link #release()}. * * @param permits the number of permits to acquire * @param timeout the maximum time to wait for the permits * @param unit the time unit of the {@code timeout} argument * @return {@code true} if all permits were acquired and {@code false} * if the waiting time elapsed before all permits were acquired * @throws InterruptedException if the current thread is interrupted * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code permits} is negative */ public boolean tryAcquire(int permits, long timeout, TimeUnit unit) throws InterruptedException { if (permits < 0) throw new IllegalArgumentException(); return sync.tryAcquireSharedNanos(permits, unit.toNanos(timeout)); } /** * Releases the given number of permits, returning them to the semaphore. * *

Releases the given number of permits, increasing the number of * available permits by that amount. * If any threads are trying to acquire permits, then one * is selected and given the permits that were just released. * If the number of available permits satisfies that thread's request * then that thread is (re)enabled for thread scheduling purposes; * otherwise the thread will wait until sufficient permits are available. * If there are still permits available * after this thread's request has been satisfied, then those permits * are assigned in turn to other threads trying to acquire permits. * *

There is no requirement that a thread that releases a permit must * have acquired that permit by calling {@link Semaphore#acquire acquire}. * Correct usage of a semaphore is established by programming convention * in the application. * * @param permits the number of permits to release * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code permits} is negative */ public void release(int permits) { if (permits < 0) throw new IllegalArgumentException(); sync.releaseShared(permits); } /** * Returns the current number of permits available in this semaphore. * *

This method is typically used for debugging and testing purposes. * * @return the number of permits available in this semaphore */ public int availablePermits() { return sync.getPermits(); } /** * Acquires and returns all permits that are immediately available. * * @return the number of permits acquired */ public int drainPermits() { return sync.drainPermits(); } /** * Shrinks the number of available permits by the indicated * reduction. This method can be useful in subclasses that use * semaphores to track resources that become unavailable. This * method differs from {@code acquire} in that it does not block * waiting for permits to become available. * * @param reduction the number of permits to remove * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code reduction} is negative */ protected void reducePermits(int reduction) { if (reduction < 0) throw new IllegalArgumentException(); sync.reducePermits(reduction); } /** * Returns {@code true} if this semaphore has fairness set true. * * @return {@code true} if this semaphore has fairness set true */ public boolean isFair() { return sync instanceof FairSync; } /** * Queries whether any threads are waiting to acquire. Note that * because cancellations may occur at any time, a {@code true} * return does not guarantee that any other thread will ever * acquire. This method is designed primarily for use in * monitoring of the system state. * * @return {@code true} if there may be other threads waiting to * acquire the lock */ public final boolean hasQueuedThreads() { return sync.hasQueuedThreads(); } /** * Returns an estimate of the number of threads waiting to acquire. * The value is only an estimate because the number of threads may * change dynamically while this method traverses internal data * structures. This method is designed for use in monitoring of the * system state, not for synchronization control. * * @return the estimated number of threads waiting for this lock */ public final int getQueueLength() { return sync.getQueueLength(); } /** * Returns a collection containing threads that may be waiting to acquire. * Because the actual set of threads may change dynamically while * constructing this result, the returned collection is only a best-effort * estimate. The elements of the returned collection are in no particular * order. This method is designed to facilitate construction of * subclasses that provide more extensive monitoring facilities. * * @return the collection of threads */ protected Collection getQueuedThreads() { return sync.getQueuedThreads(); } /** * Returns a string identifying this semaphore, as well as its state. * The state, in brackets, includes the String {@code "Permits ="} * followed by the number of permits. * * @return a string identifying this semaphore, as well as its state */ public String toString() { return super.toString() + "[Permits = " + sync.getPermits() + "]"; } }