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Revision: 1.21
Committed: Sun Jun 19 23:13:42 2005 UTC (18 years, 11 months ago) by jsr166
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1 dl 1.2 /*
2 dl 1.16 * Written by Doug Lea, Bill Scherer, and Michael Scott with
3     * assistance from members of JCP JSR-166 Expert Group and released to
4     * the public domain, as explained at
5 dl 1.14 * http://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain
6 dl 1.2 */
7    
8 tim 1.1 package java.util.concurrent;
9 jsr166 1.21 import java.util.concurrent.*; // for javadoc (till 6280605 is fixed)
10 dl 1.4 import java.util.concurrent.locks.*;
11 dl 1.16 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.*;
12     import java.util.Random;
13 tim 1.1
14     /**
15 dl 1.12 * A synchronization point at which two threads can exchange objects.
16     * Each thread presents some object on entry to the {@link #exchange
17     * exchange} method, and receives the object presented by the other
18     * thread on return.
19 tim 1.1 *
20     * <p><b>Sample Usage:</b>
21     * Here are the highlights of a class that uses an <tt>Exchanger</tt> to
22     * swap buffers between threads so that the thread filling the
23     * buffer gets a freshly
24     * emptied one when it needs it, handing off the filled one to
25     * the thread emptying the buffer.
26     * <pre>
27     * class FillAndEmpty {
28 dl 1.9 * Exchanger&lt;DataBuffer&gt; exchanger = new Exchanger();
29     * DataBuffer initialEmptyBuffer = ... a made-up type
30     * DataBuffer initialFullBuffer = ...
31 tim 1.1 *
32     * class FillingLoop implements Runnable {
33     * public void run() {
34 dl 1.9 * DataBuffer currentBuffer = initialEmptyBuffer;
35 tim 1.1 * try {
36     * while (currentBuffer != null) {
37     * addToBuffer(currentBuffer);
38     * if (currentBuffer.full())
39     * currentBuffer = exchanger.exchange(currentBuffer);
40     * }
41 tim 1.7 * } catch (InterruptedException ex) { ... handle ... }
42 tim 1.1 * }
43     * }
44     *
45     * class EmptyingLoop implements Runnable {
46     * public void run() {
47 dl 1.9 * DataBuffer currentBuffer = initialFullBuffer;
48 tim 1.1 * try {
49     * while (currentBuffer != null) {
50     * takeFromBuffer(currentBuffer);
51     * if (currentBuffer.empty())
52     * currentBuffer = exchanger.exchange(currentBuffer);
53     * }
54 tim 1.7 * } catch (InterruptedException ex) { ... handle ...}
55 tim 1.1 * }
56     * }
57     *
58     * void start() {
59     * new Thread(new FillingLoop()).start();
60     * new Thread(new EmptyingLoop()).start();
61     * }
62     * }
63     * </pre>
64     *
65     * @since 1.5
66 dl 1.16 * @author Doug Lea and Bill Scherer and Michael Scott
67 dl 1.11 * @param <V> The type of objects that may be exchanged
68 tim 1.1 */
69     public class Exchanger<V> {
70 dl 1.16 /*
71     * The underlying idea is to use a stack to hold nodes containing
72     * pairs of items to be exchanged. Except that:
73     *
74     * * Only one element of the pair is known on creation by a
75     * first-arriving thread; the other is a "hole" waiting to be
76     * filled in. This is a degenerate form of the dual stacks
77     * described in "Nonblocking Concurrent Objects with Condition
78     * Synchronization", by W. N. Scherer III and M. L. Scott.
79     * 18th Annual Conf. on Distributed Computing, Oct. 2004.
80     * It is "degenerate" in that both the items and the holes
81     * are shared in the same nodes.
82     *
83     * * There isn't really a stack here! There can't be -- if two
84     * nodes were both in the stack, they should cancel themselves
85     * out by combining. So that's what we do. The 0th element of
86     * the "arena" array serves only as the top of stack. The
87     * remainder of the array is a form of the elimination backoff
88     * collision array described in "A Scalable Lock-free Stack
89     * Algorithm", by D. Hendler, N. Shavit, and L. Yerushalmi.
90     * 16th ACM Symposium on Parallelism in Algorithms and
91     * Architectures, June 2004. Here, threads spin (using short
92     * timed waits with exponential backoff) looking for each
93     * other. If they fail to find others waiting, they try the
94     * top spot again. As shown in that paper, this always
95     * converges.
96     *
97     * The backoff elimination mechanics never come into play in
98     * common usages where only two threads ever meet to exchange
99     * items, but they prevent contention bottlenecks when an
100     * exchanger is used by a large number of threads.
101     */
102 dl 1.2
103 jsr166 1.17 /**
104 dl 1.16 * Size of collision space. Using a size of half the number of
105     * CPUs provides enough space for threads to find each other but
106     * not so much that it would always require one or more to time
107     * out to become unstuck. Note that the arena array holds SIZE+1
108     * elements, to include the top-of-stack slot.
109     */
110 jsr166 1.17 private static final int SIZE =
111 dl 1.16 (Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors() + 1) / 2;
112 jsr166 1.15
113 dl 1.2 /**
114 dl 1.16 * Base unit in nanoseconds for backoffs. Must be a power of two.
115     * Should be small because backoffs exponentially increase from
116     * base.
117 dl 1.2 */
118 dl 1.16 private static final long BACKOFF_BASE = 128L;
119 dl 1.2
120 jsr166 1.17 /**
121 dl 1.16 * Sentinel item representing cancellation. This value is placed
122     * in holes on cancellation, and used as a return value from Node
123     * methods to indicate failure to set or get hole.
124 jsr166 1.17 */
125 dl 1.16 static final Object FAIL = new Object();
126    
127 jsr166 1.17 /**
128 dl 1.16 * The collision arena. arena[0] is used as the top of the stack.
129     * The remainder is used as the collision elimination space.
130 jsr166 1.17 * Each slot holds an AtomicReference<Node>, but this cannot be
131 dl 1.16 * expressed for arrays, so elements are casted on each use.
132 dl 1.3 */
133 dl 1.16 private final AtomicReference[] arena;
134 dl 1.5
135 dl 1.16 /** Generator for random backoffs and delays. */
136     private final Random random = new Random();
137 dl 1.5
138 dl 1.16 /**
139     * Creates a new Exchanger.
140     */
141     public Exchanger() {
142     arena = new AtomicReference[SIZE + 1];
143     for (int i = 0; i < arena.length; ++i)
144     arena[i] = new AtomicReference();
145     }
146 dl 1.2
147 dl 1.16 /**
148     * Main exchange function, handling the different policy variants.
149     * Uses Object, not "V" as argument and return value to simplify
150     * handling of internal sentinel values. Callers from public
151     * methods cast accordingly.
152     * @param item the item to exchange.
153     * @param timed true if the wait is timed.
154     * @param nanos if timed, the maximum wait time.
155     * @return the other thread's item.
156     */
157     private Object doExchange(Object item, boolean timed, long nanos)
158     throws InterruptedException, TimeoutException {
159     Node me = new Node(item);
160     long lastTime = (timed)? System.nanoTime() : 0;
161     int idx = 0; // start out at slot representing top
162     int backoff = 0; // increases on failure to occupy a slot
163    
164     for (;;) {
165     AtomicReference<Node> slot = (AtomicReference<Node>)arena[idx];
166    
167     // If this slot is already occupied, there is a waiting item...
168     Node you = slot.get();
169     if (you != null) {
170     Object v = you.fillHole(item);
171     slot.compareAndSet(you, null);
172     if (v != FAIL) // ... unless it was cancelled
173     return v;
174 dl 1.2 }
175    
176 dl 1.16 // Try to occupy this slot
177     if (slot.compareAndSet(null, me)) {
178     // If this is top slot, use regular wait, else backoff-wait
179     Object v = ((idx == 0)?
180     me.waitForHole(timed, nanos) :
181     me.waitForHole(true, randomDelay(backoff)));
182     slot.compareAndSet(me, null);
183     if (v != FAIL)
184     return v;
185     if (Thread.interrupted())
186     throw new InterruptedException();
187     if (timed) {
188     long now = System.nanoTime();
189     nanos -= now - lastTime;
190     lastTime = now;
191     if (nanos <= 0)
192     throw new TimeoutException();
193     }
194 dl 1.2
195 dl 1.16 me = new Node(item); // Throw away nodes on failure
196     if (backoff < SIZE - 1) // Increase or stay saturated
197     ++backoff;
198     idx = 0; // Restart at top
199 dl 1.2 }
200    
201 dl 1.16 else // Retry with a random non-top slot <= backoff
202     idx = 1 + random.nextInt(backoff + 1);
203 dl 1.2
204     }
205     }
206 tim 1.1
207     /**
208 dl 1.16 * Returns a random delay less than (base times (2 raised to backoff))
209     */
210     private long randomDelay(int backoff) {
211     return ((BACKOFF_BASE << backoff) - 1) & random.nextInt();
212     }
213    
214     /**
215     * Nodes hold partially exchanged data. This class
216     * opportunistically subclasses AtomicReference to represent the
217     * hole. So get() returns hole, and compareAndSet CAS'es value
218     * into hole. Note that this class cannot be parameterized as V
219     * because the sentinel value FAIL is only of type Object.
220 jsr166 1.15 */
221 dl 1.16 static final class Node extends AtomicReference<Object> {
222 dl 1.20 private static final long serialVersionUID = -3221313401284163686L;
223 jsr166 1.21
224 dl 1.16 /** The element offered by the Thread creating this node. */
225     final Object item;
226     /** The Thread creating this node. */
227     final Thread waiter;
228    
229     /**
230     * Creates node with given item and empty hole.
231     * @param item the item.
232     */
233     Node(Object item) {
234     this.item = item;
235     waiter = Thread.currentThread();
236     }
237    
238     /**
239     * Tries to fill in hole. On success, wakes up the waiter.
240     * @param val the value to place in hole.
241     * @return on success, the item; on failure, FAIL.
242     */
243     Object fillHole(Object val) {
244     if (compareAndSet(null, val)) {
245     LockSupport.unpark(waiter);
246     return item;
247     }
248     return FAIL;
249     }
250    
251     /**
252 jsr166 1.17 * Waits for and gets the hole filled in by another thread.
253     * Fails if timed out or interrupted before hole filled.
254 dl 1.16 * @param timed true if the wait is timed.
255     * @param nanos if timed, the maximum wait time.
256     * @return on success, the hole; on failure, FAIL.
257     */
258     Object waitForHole(boolean timed, long nanos) {
259     long lastTime = (timed)? System.nanoTime() : 0;
260 dl 1.18 Object h;
261     while ((h = get()) == null) {
262     // If interrupted or timed out, try to cancel by
263     // CASing FAIL as hole value.
264     if (Thread.currentThread().isInterrupted() ||
265 jsr166 1.19 (timed && nanos <= 0))
266 dl 1.18 compareAndSet(null, FAIL);
267     else if (!timed)
268 dl 1.16 LockSupport.park();
269     else {
270     LockSupport.parkNanos(nanos);
271     long now = System.nanoTime();
272     nanos -= now - lastTime;
273     lastTime = now;
274     }
275     }
276     return h;
277     }
278 tim 1.1 }
279    
280     /**
281     * Waits for another thread to arrive at this exchange point (unless
282     * it is {@link Thread#interrupt interrupted}),
283     * and then transfers the given object to it, receiving its object
284     * in return.
285 jsr166 1.17 *
286 tim 1.1 * <p>If another thread is already waiting at the exchange point then
287     * it is resumed for thread scheduling purposes and receives the object
288     * passed in by the current thread. The current thread returns immediately,
289     * receiving the object passed to the exchange by that other thread.
290 jsr166 1.17 *
291 jsr166 1.15 * <p>If no other thread is already waiting at the exchange then the
292 tim 1.1 * current thread is disabled for thread scheduling purposes and lies
293     * dormant until one of two things happens:
294     * <ul>
295     * <li>Some other thread enters the exchange; or
296     * <li>Some other thread {@link Thread#interrupt interrupts} the current
297     * thread.
298     * </ul>
299     * <p>If the current thread:
300     * <ul>
301 jsr166 1.15 * <li>has its interrupted status set on entry to this method; or
302 tim 1.1 * <li>is {@link Thread#interrupt interrupted} while waiting
303 jsr166 1.15 * for the exchange,
304 tim 1.1 * </ul>
305 jsr166 1.15 * then {@link InterruptedException} is thrown and the current thread's
306     * interrupted status is cleared.
307 tim 1.1 *
308     * @param x the object to exchange
309     * @return the object provided by the other thread.
310 jsr166 1.15 * @throws InterruptedException if current thread was interrupted
311 dl 1.3 * while waiting
312 jsr166 1.15 */
313 tim 1.1 public V exchange(V x) throws InterruptedException {
314 dl 1.2 try {
315 dl 1.16 return (V)doExchange(x, false, 0);
316 jsr166 1.15 } catch (TimeoutException cannotHappen) {
317 dl 1.2 throw new Error(cannotHappen);
318     }
319 tim 1.1 }
320    
321     /**
322     * Waits for another thread to arrive at this exchange point (unless
323     * it is {@link Thread#interrupt interrupted}, or the specified waiting
324     * time elapses),
325     * and then transfers the given object to it, receiving its object
326     * in return.
327     *
328     * <p>If another thread is already waiting at the exchange point then
329     * it is resumed for thread scheduling purposes and receives the object
330     * passed in by the current thread. The current thread returns immediately,
331     * receiving the object passed to the exchange by that other thread.
332     *
333 jsr166 1.15 * <p>If no other thread is already waiting at the exchange then the
334 tim 1.1 * current thread is disabled for thread scheduling purposes and lies
335     * dormant until one of three things happens:
336     * <ul>
337     * <li>Some other thread enters the exchange; or
338     * <li>Some other thread {@link Thread#interrupt interrupts} the current
339     * thread; or
340     * <li>The specified waiting time elapses.
341     * </ul>
342     * <p>If the current thread:
343     * <ul>
344 jsr166 1.15 * <li>has its interrupted status set on entry to this method; or
345 tim 1.1 * <li>is {@link Thread#interrupt interrupted} while waiting
346 jsr166 1.15 * for the exchange,
347 tim 1.1 * </ul>
348 jsr166 1.15 * then {@link InterruptedException} is thrown and the current thread's
349     * interrupted status is cleared.
350 tim 1.1 *
351     * <p>If the specified waiting time elapses then {@link TimeoutException}
352     * is thrown.
353 jsr166 1.15 * If the time is
354 tim 1.1 * less than or equal to zero, the method will not wait at all.
355     *
356     * @param x the object to exchange
357     * @param timeout the maximum time to wait
358 dl 1.2 * @param unit the time unit of the <tt>timeout</tt> argument.
359 tim 1.1 * @return the object provided by the other thread.
360 dl 1.3 * @throws InterruptedException if current thread was interrupted
361     * while waiting
362 tim 1.1 * @throws TimeoutException if the specified waiting time elapses before
363     * another thread enters the exchange.
364 jsr166 1.15 */
365     public V exchange(V x, long timeout, TimeUnit unit)
366 tim 1.1 throws InterruptedException, TimeoutException {
367 dl 1.16 return (V)doExchange(x, true, unit.toNanos(timeout));
368 tim 1.1 }
369     }