Registration. Unlike the case for other barriers, the + * number of parties registered to synchronize on a phaser + * may vary over time. Tasks may be registered at any time (using + * methods {@link #register}, {@link #bulkRegister}, or forms of + * constructors establishing initial numbers of parties), and + * optionally deregistered upon any arrival (using {@link + * #arriveAndDeregister}). As is the case with most basic + * synchronization constructs, registration and deregistration affect + * only internal counts; they do not establish any further internal + * bookkeeping, so tasks cannot query whether they are registered. + * (However, you can introduce such bookkeeping by subclassing this + * class.) + * + *
Synchronization. Like a {@code CyclicBarrier}, a {@code + * Phaser} may be repeatedly awaited. Method {@link + * #arriveAndAwaitAdvance} has effect analogous to {@link + * java.util.concurrent.CyclicBarrier#await CyclicBarrier.await}. Each + * generation of a {@code Phaser} has an associated phase number. The + * phase number starts at zero, and advances when all parties arrive + * at the barrier, wrapping around to zero after reaching {@code + * Integer.MAX_VALUE}. The use of phase numbers enables independent + * control of actions upon arrival at a barrier and upon awaiting + * others, via two kinds of methods that may be invoked by any + * registered party: * *
Termination. A {@code Phaser} may enter a + * termination state in which all synchronization methods + * immediately return without updating phaser state or waiting for + * advance, and indicating (via a negative phase value) that execution + * is complete. Termination is triggered when an invocation of {@code + * onAdvance} returns {@code true}. As illustrated below, when + * phasers control actions with a fixed number of iterations, it is + * often convenient to override this method to cause termination when + * the current phase number reaches a threshold. Method {@link + * #forceTermination} is also available to abruptly release waiting + * threads and allow them to terminate. * - *
Tiering. Phasers may be tiered (i.e., arranged + * in tree structures) to reduce contention. Phasers with large * numbers of parties that would otherwise experience heavy - * synchronization contention costs may instead be arranged in trees. - * This will typically greatly increase throughput even though it - * incurs somewhat greater per-operation overhead. - * - *
Monitoring. While synchronization methods may be invoked + * only by registered parties, the current state of a phaser may be + * monitored by any caller. At any given moment there are {@link + * #getRegisteredParties} parties in total, of which {@link + * #getArrivedParties} have arrived at the current phase ({@link + * #getPhase}). When the remaining ({@link #getUnarrivedParties}) + * parties arrive, the phase advances. The values returned by these + * methods may reflect transient states and so are not in general + * useful for synchronization control. Method {@link #toString} + * returns snapshots of these state queries in a form convenient for + * informal monitoring. * *
Sample usages: * - *
A Phaser may be used instead of a {@code CountDownLatch} to control - * a one-shot action serving a variable number of parties. The typical - * idiom is for the method setting this up to first register, then - * start the actions, then deregister, as in: + *
A {@code Phaser} may be used instead of a {@code CountDownLatch} + * to control a one-shot action serving a variable number of + * parties. The typical idiom is for the method setting this up to + * first register, then start the actions, then deregister, as in: * *
{@code
- * void runTasks(List list) {
+ * void runTasks(List tasks) {
* final Phaser phaser = new Phaser(1); // "1" to register self
- * for (Runnable r : list) {
+ * // create and start threads
+ * for (Runnable task : tasks) {
* phaser.register();
* new Thread() {
* public void run() {
* phaser.arriveAndAwaitAdvance(); // await all creation
- * r.run();
- * phaser.arriveAndDeregister(); // signal completion
+ * task.run();
* }
* }.start();
* }
*
- * doSomethingOnBehalfOfWorkers();
- * phaser.arrive(); // allow threads to start
- * int p = phaser.arriveAndDeregister(); // deregister self ...
- * p = phaser.awaitAdvance(p); // ... and await arrival
- * otherActions(); // do other things while tasks execute
- * phaser.awaitAdvance(p); // await final completion
+ * // allow threads to start and deregister self
+ * phaser.arriveAndDeregister();
* }}
*
* One way to cause a set of threads to repeatedly perform actions * for a given number of iterations is to override {@code onAdvance}: * *
{@code
- * void startTasks(List list, final int iterations) {
+ * void startTasks(List tasks, final int iterations) {
* final Phaser phaser = new Phaser() {
- * public boolean onAdvance(int phase, int registeredParties) {
+ * protected boolean onAdvance(int phase, int registeredParties) {
* return phase >= iterations || registeredParties == 0;
* }
* };
* phaser.register();
- * for (Runnable r : list) {
+ * for (Runnable task : tasks) {
* phaser.register();
* new Thread() {
* public void run() {
* do {
- * r.run();
+ * task.run();
* phaser.arriveAndAwaitAdvance();
* } while(!phaser.isTerminated();
* }
@@ -139,9 +156,36 @@ import java.util.concurrent.locks.LockSu
* phaser.arriveAndDeregister(); // deregister self, don't wait
* }}
*
- * To create a set of tasks using a tree of Phasers, + * If the main task must later await termination, it + * may re-register and then execute a similar loop: + *
{@code
+ * // ...
+ * phaser.register();
+ * while (!phaser.isTerminated())
+ * phaser.arriveAndAwaitAdvance();
+ * }
+ *
+ * Related constructions may be used to await particular phase numbers
+ * in contexts where you are sure that the phase will never wrap around
+ * {@code Integer.MAX_VALUE}. For example:
+ *
+ * {@code
+ * void awaitPhase(Phaser phaser, int phase) {
+ * int p = phaser.register(); // assumes caller not already registered
+ * while (p < phase) {
+ * if (phaser.isTerminated())
+ * // ... deal with unexpected termination
+ * else
+ * p = phaser.arriveAndAwaitAdvance();
+ * }
+ * phaser.arriveAndDeregister();
+ * }
+ * }
+ *
+ *
+ * To create a set of tasks using a tree of phasers, * you could use code of the following form, assuming a - * Task class with a constructor accepting a Phaser that + * Task class with a constructor accepting a phaser that * it registers for upon construction: *
{@code
* void build(Task[] actions, int lo, int hi, Phaser b) {
@@ -171,7 +215,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.locks.LockSu
*
* Implementation notes: This implementation restricts the
* maximum number of parties to 65535. Attempts to register additional
- * parties result in IllegalStateExceptions. However, you can and
+ * parties result in {@code IllegalStateException}. However, you can and
* should create tiered phasers to accommodate arbitrarily large sets
* of participants.
*
@@ -205,7 +249,6 @@ public class Phaser {
*/
private volatile long state;
- private static final int ushortBits = 16;
private static final int ushortMask = 0xffff;
private static final int phaseMask = 0x7fffffff;
@@ -249,7 +292,7 @@ public class Phaser {
private final Phaser parent;
/**
- * The root of Phaser tree. Equals this if not in a tree. Used to
+ * The root of phaser tree. Equals this if not in a tree. Used to
* support faster state push-down.
*/
private final Phaser root;
@@ -300,16 +343,16 @@ public class Phaser {
}
/**
- * Creates a new Phaser without any initially registered parties,
+ * Creates a new phaser without any initially registered parties,
* initial phase number 0, and no parent. Any thread using this
- * Phaser will need to first register for it.
+ * phaser will need to first register for it.
*/
public Phaser() {
this(null);
}
/**
- * Creates a new Phaser with the given numbers of registered
+ * Creates a new phaser with the given numbers of registered
* unarrived parties, initial phase number 0, and no parent.
*
* @param parties the number of parties required to trip barrier
@@ -321,7 +364,7 @@ public class Phaser {
}
/**
- * Creates a new Phaser with the given parent, without any
+ * Creates a new phaser with the given parent, without any
* initially registered parties. If parent is non-null this phaser
* is registered with the parent and its initial phase number is
* the same as that of parent phaser.
@@ -341,7 +384,7 @@ public class Phaser {
}
/**
- * Creates a new Phaser with the given parent and numbers of
+ * Creates a new phaser with the given parent and numbers of
* registered unarrived parties. If parent is non-null, this phaser
* is registered with the parent and its initial phase number is
* the same as that of parent phaser.
@@ -368,7 +411,7 @@ public class Phaser {
/**
* Adds a new unarrived party to this phaser.
*
- * @return the current barrier phase number upon registration
+ * @return the arrival phase number to which this registration applied
* @throws IllegalStateException if attempting to register more
* than the maximum supported number of parties
*/
@@ -380,7 +423,7 @@ public class Phaser {
* Adds the given number of new unarrived parties to this phaser.
*
* @param parties the number of parties required to trip barrier
- * @return the current barrier phase number upon registration
+ * @return the arrival phase number to which this registration applied
* @throws IllegalStateException if attempting to register more
* than the maximum supported number of parties
*/
@@ -415,10 +458,11 @@ public class Phaser {
/**
* Arrives at the barrier, but does not wait for others. (You can
- * in turn wait for others via {@link #awaitAdvance}).
+ * in turn wait for others via {@link #awaitAdvance}). It is an
+ * unenforced usage error for an unregistered party to invoke this
+ * method.
*
- * @return the barrier phase number upon entry to this method, or a
- * negative value if terminated
+ * @return the arrival phase number, or a negative value if terminated
* @throws IllegalStateException if not terminated and the number
* of unarrived parties would become negative
*/
@@ -463,14 +507,15 @@ public class Phaser {
}
/**
- * Arrives at the barrier, and deregisters from it, without
- * waiting for others. Deregistration reduces number of parties
+ * Arrives at the barrier and deregisters from it without waiting
+ * for others. Deregistration reduces the number of parties
* required to trip the barrier in future phases. If this phaser
* has a parent, and deregistration causes this phaser to have
- * zero parties, this phaser is also deregistered from its parent.
+ * zero parties, this phaser also arrives at and is deregistered
+ * from its parent. It is an unenforced usage error for an
+ * unregistered party to invoke this method.
*
- * @return the current barrier phase number upon entry to
- * this method, or a negative value if terminated
+ * @return the arrival phase number, or a negative value if terminated
* @throws IllegalStateException if not terminated and the number
* of registered or unarrived parties would become negative
*/
@@ -520,11 +565,14 @@ public class Phaser {
/**
* Arrives at the barrier and awaits others. Equivalent in effect
- * to {@code awaitAdvance(arrive())}. If you instead need to
- * await with interruption of timeout, and/or deregister upon
- * arrival, you can arrange them using analogous constructions.
+ * to {@code awaitAdvance(arrive())}. If you need to await with
+ * interruption or timeout, you can arrange this with an analogous
+ * construction using one of the other forms of the awaitAdvance
+ * method. If instead you need to deregister upon arrival use
+ * {@code arriveAndDeregister}. It is an unenforced usage error
+ * for an unregistered party to invoke this method.
*
- * @return the phase on entry to this method
+ * @return the arrival phase number, or a negative number if terminated
* @throws IllegalStateException if not terminated and the number
* of unarrived parties would become negative
*/
@@ -533,12 +581,17 @@ public class Phaser {
}
/**
- * Awaits the phase of the barrier to advance from the given
- * value, or returns immediately if argument is negative or this
- * barrier is terminated.
- *
- * @param phase the phase on entry to this method
- * @return the phase on exit from this method
+ * Awaits the phase of the barrier to advance from the given phase
+ * value, returning immediately if the current phase of the
+ * barrier is not equal to the given phase value or this barrier
+ * is terminated. It is an unenforced usage error for an
+ * unregistered party to invoke this method.
+ *
+ * @param phase an arrival phase number, or negative value if
+ * terminated; this argument is normally the value returned by a
+ * previous call to {@code arrive} or its variants
+ * @return the next arrival phase number, or a negative value
+ * if terminated or argument is negative
*/
public int awaitAdvance(int phase) {
if (phase < 0)
@@ -554,13 +607,18 @@ public class Phaser {
}
/**
- * Awaits the phase of the barrier to advance from the given
- * value, or returns immediately if argument is negative or this
- * barrier is terminated, or throws InterruptedException if
- * interrupted while waiting.
- *
- * @param phase the phase on entry to this method
- * @return the phase on exit from this method
+ * Awaits the phase of the barrier to advance from the given phase
+ * value, throwing {@code InterruptedException} if interrupted
+ * while waiting, or returning immediately if the current phase of
+ * the barrier is not equal to the given phase value or this
+ * barrier is terminated. It is an unenforced usage error for an
+ * unregistered party to invoke this method.
+ *
+ * @param phase an arrival phase number, or negative value if
+ * terminated; this argument is normally the value returned by a
+ * previous call to {@code arrive} or its variants
+ * @return the next arrival phase number, or a negative value
+ * if terminated or argument is negative
* @throws InterruptedException if thread interrupted while waiting
*/
public int awaitAdvanceInterruptibly(int phase)
@@ -577,12 +635,23 @@ public class Phaser {
}
/**
- * Awaits the phase of the barrier to advance from the given value
- * or the given timeout elapses, or returns immediately if
- * argument is negative or this barrier is terminated.
- *
- * @param phase the phase on entry to this method
- * @return the phase on exit from this method
+ * Awaits the phase of the barrier to advance from the given phase
+ * value or the given timeout to elapse, throwing {@code
+ * InterruptedException} if interrupted while waiting, or
+ * returning immediately if the current phase of the barrier is
+ * not equal to the given phase value or this barrier is
+ * terminated. It is an unenforced usage error for an
+ * unregistered party to invoke this method.
+ *
+ * @param phase an arrival phase number, or negative value if
+ * terminated; this argument is normally the value returned by a
+ * previous call to {@code arrive} or its variants
+ * @param timeout how long to wait before giving up, in units of
+ * {@code unit}
+ * @param unit a {@code TimeUnit} determining how to interpret the
+ * {@code timeout} parameter
+ * @return the next arrival phase number, or a negative value
+ * if terminated or argument is negative
* @throws InterruptedException if thread interrupted while waiting
* @throws TimeoutException if timed out while waiting
*/
@@ -636,16 +705,6 @@ public class Phaser {
}
/**
- * Returns {@code true} if the current phase number equals the given phase.
- *
- * @param phase the phase
- * @return {@code true} if the current phase number equals the given phase
- */
- public final boolean hasPhase(int phase) {
- return phaseOf(getReconciledState()) == phase;
- }
-
- /**
* Returns the number of parties registered at this barrier.
*
* @return the number of parties
@@ -655,8 +714,8 @@ public class Phaser {
}
/**
- * Returns the number of parties that have arrived at the current
- * phase of this barrier.
+ * Returns the number of registered parties that have arrived at
+ * the current phase of this barrier.
*
* @return the number of arrived parties
*/
@@ -675,9 +734,9 @@ public class Phaser {
}
/**
- * Returns the parent of this phaser, or null if none.
+ * Returns the parent of this phaser, or {@code null} if none.
*
- * @return the parent of this phaser, or null if none
+ * @return the parent of this phaser, or {@code null} if none
*/
public Phaser getParent() {
return parent;
@@ -703,29 +762,35 @@ public class Phaser {
}
/**
- * Overridable method to perform an action upon phase advance, and
- * to control termination. This method is invoked whenever the
- * barrier is tripped (and thus all other waiting parties are
- * dormant). If it returns true, then, rather than advance the
- * phase number, this barrier will be set to a final termination
- * state, and subsequent calls to {@code isTerminated} will
- * return true.
+ * Overridable method to perform an action upon impending phase
+ * advance, and to control termination. This method is invoked
+ * upon arrival of the party tripping the barrier (when all other
+ * waiting parties are dormant). If this method returns {@code
+ * true}, then, rather than advance the phase number, this barrier
+ * will be set to a final termination state, and subsequent calls
+ * to {@link #isTerminated} will return true. Any (unchecked)
+ * Exception or Error thrown by an invocation of this method is
+ * propagated to the party attempting to trip the barrier, in
+ * which case no advance occurs.
+ *
+ *
The arguments to this method provide the state of the phaser
+ * prevailing for the current transition. (When called from within
+ * an implementation of {@code onAdvance} the values returned by
+ * methods such as {@code getPhase} may or may not reliably
+ * indicate the state to which this transition applies.)
*
- *
The default version returns true when the number of
+ *
The default version returns {@code true} when the number of
* registered parties is zero. Normally, overrides that arrange
* termination for other reasons should also preserve this
* property.
*
- *
You may override this method to perform an action with side
- * effects visible to participating tasks, but it is in general
- * only sensible to do so in designs where all parties register
- * before any arrive, and all {@code awaitAdvance} at each phase.
- * Otherwise, you cannot ensure lack of interference. In
- * particular, this method may be invoked more than once per
- * transition if other parties successfully register while the
- * invocation of this method is in progress, thus postponing the
- * transition until those parties also arrive, re-triggering this
- * method.
+ *
You may override this method to perform an action with side
+ * effects visible to participating tasks, but doing so requires
+ * care: Method {@code onAdvance} may be invoked more than once
+ * per transition. Further, unless all parties register before
+ * any arrive, and all {@link #awaitAdvance} at each phase, then
+ * you cannot ensure lack of interference from other parties
+ * during the invocation of this method.
*
* @param phase the phase number on entering the barrier
* @param registeredParties the current number of registered parties
@@ -930,16 +995,47 @@ public class Phaser {
return p;
}
- // Unsafe mechanics for jsr166y 3rd party package.
+ // Unsafe mechanics
+
+ private static final sun.misc.Unsafe UNSAFE = getUnsafe();
+ private static final long stateOffset =
+ objectFieldOffset("state", Phaser.class);
+
+ private final boolean casState(long cmp, long val) {
+ return UNSAFE.compareAndSwapLong(this, stateOffset, cmp, val);
+ }
+
+ private static long objectFieldOffset(String field, Class klazz) {
+ try {
+ return UNSAFE.objectFieldOffset(klazz.getDeclaredField(field));
+ } catch (NoSuchFieldException e) {
+ // Convert Exception to corresponding Error
+ NoSuchFieldError error = new NoSuchFieldError(field);
+ error.initCause(e);
+ throw error;
+ }
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Returns a sun.misc.Unsafe. Suitable for use in a 3rd party package.
+ * Replace with a simple call to Unsafe.getUnsafe when integrating
+ * into a jdk.
+ *
+ * @return a sun.misc.Unsafe
+ */
private static sun.misc.Unsafe getUnsafe() {
try {
return sun.misc.Unsafe.getUnsafe();
} catch (SecurityException se) {
try {
return java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged
- (new java.security.PrivilegedExceptionAction() {
+ (new java.security
+ .PrivilegedExceptionAction() {
public sun.misc.Unsafe run() throws Exception {
- return getUnsafeByReflection();
+ java.lang.reflect.Field f = sun.misc
+ .Unsafe.class.getDeclaredField("theUnsafe");
+ f.setAccessible(true);
+ return (sun.misc.Unsafe) f.get(null);
}});
} catch (java.security.PrivilegedActionException e) {
throw new RuntimeException("Could not initialize intrinsics",
@@ -947,31 +1043,4 @@ public class Phaser {
}
}
}
-
- private static sun.misc.Unsafe getUnsafeByReflection()
- throws NoSuchFieldException, IllegalAccessException {
- java.lang.reflect.Field f =
- sun.misc.Unsafe.class.getDeclaredField("theUnsafe");
- f.setAccessible(true);
- return (sun.misc.Unsafe) f.get(null);
- }
-
- private static long fieldOffset(String fieldName, Class klazz) {
- try {
- return UNSAFE.objectFieldOffset(klazz.getDeclaredField(fieldName));
- } catch (NoSuchFieldException e) {
- // Convert Exception to Error
- NoSuchFieldError error = new NoSuchFieldError(fieldName);
- error.initCause(e);
- throw error;
- }
- }
-
- private static final sun.misc.Unsafe UNSAFE = getUnsafe();
- static final long stateOffset =
- fieldOffset("state", Phaser.class);
-
- final boolean casState(long cmp, long val) {
- return UNSAFE.compareAndSwapLong(this, stateOffset, cmp, val);
- }
}