// Copyright 2016 Joe Wilm, The Alacritty Project Contributors // // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. // You may obtain a copy of the License at // // http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 // // Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software // distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, // WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and // limitations under the License. //! Synchronization types //! //! Most importantly, a priority mutex is included use std::ops::{Deref, DerefMut}; use parking_lot::{Mutex, MutexGuard}; /// A priority mutex /// /// A triple locking strategy is used where low priority locks must go through an additional mutex /// to access the data. The gist is /// /// Low priority: lock low, lock next, lock data, unlock next, {do work}, unlock data, unlock low /// High priority: lock next, lock data, unlock next, {do work}, unlock data /// /// By keeping the low lock active while working on data, a high priority consumer has immediate /// access to the next mutex. pub struct PriorityMutex { /// Data data: Mutex, /// Next-to-access next: Mutex<()>, /// Low-priority access low: Mutex<()>, } /// Mutex guard for low priority locks pub struct LowPriorityMutexGuard<'a, T: 'a> { data: MutexGuard<'a, T>, _low: MutexGuard<'a, ()>, } impl<'a, T> Deref for LowPriorityMutexGuard<'a, T> { type Target = T; #[inline] fn deref(&self) -> &T { self.data.deref() } } impl<'a, T> DerefMut for LowPriorityMutexGuard<'a, T> { #[inline] fn deref_mut(&mut self) -> &mut T { self.data.deref_mut() } } impl PriorityMutex { /// Create a new priority mutex pub fn new(data: T) -> PriorityMutex { PriorityMutex { data: Mutex::new(data), next: Mutex::new(()), low: Mutex::new(()), } } /// Lock the mutex with high priority pub fn lock_high(&self) -> MutexGuard { // Must bind to a temporary or the lock will be freed before going // into data.lock() let _next = self.next.lock(); self.data.lock() } /// Lock the mutex with low priority pub fn lock_low(&self) -> LowPriorityMutexGuard { let low = self.low.lock(); // Must bind to a temporary or the lock will be freed before going // into data.lock() let _next = self.next.lock(); let data = self.data.lock(); LowPriorityMutexGuard { data: data, _low: low, } } }