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1 /* Copyright (C) 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
2 Contributed by Richard Henderson <rth@redhat.com>.
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25 #include <stdlib.h>
26 #include <string.h>
27 #include <ctype.h>
28 #include "libitm_i.h"
30 // The default TM method used when starting a new transaction. Initialized
31 // in number_of_threads_changed() below.
32 // Access to this variable is always synchronized with help of the serial
33 // lock, except one read access that happens in decide_begin_dispatch() before
34 // a transaction has become active (by acquiring the serial lock in read or
35 // write mode). The default_dispatch is only changed and initialized in
36 // serial mode. Transactions stay active when they restart (see beginend.cc),
37 // thus decide_retry_strategy() can expect default_dispatch to be unmodified.
38 // See decide_begin_dispatch() for further comments.
39 static std::atomic<GTM::abi_dispatch*> default_dispatch;
40 // The default TM method as requested by the user, if any.
41 static GTM::abi_dispatch* default_dispatch_user = 0;
43 void
44 GTM::gtm_thread::decide_retry_strategy (gtm_restart_reason r)
46 struct abi_dispatch *disp = abi_disp ();
48 this->restart_reason[r]++;
49 this->restart_total++;
51 if (r == RESTART_INIT_METHOD_GROUP)
53 // A re-initializations of the method group has been requested. Switch
54 // to serial mode, initialize, and resume normal operation.
55 if ((state & STATE_SERIAL) == 0)
57 // We have to eventually re-init the method group. Therefore,
58 // we cannot just upgrade to a write lock here because this could
59 // fail forever when other transactions execute in serial mode.
60 // However, giving up the read lock then means that a change of the
61 // method group could happen in-between, so check that we're not
62 // re-initializing without a need.
63 // ??? Note that we can still re-initialize too often, but avoiding
64 // that would increase code complexity, which seems unnecessary
65 // given that re-inits should be very infrequent.
66 serial_lock.read_unlock(this);
67 serial_lock.write_lock();
68 if (disp->get_method_group()
69 == default_dispatch.load(memory_order_relaxed)
70 ->get_method_group())
71 // Still the same method group.
72 disp->get_method_group()->reinit();
73 serial_lock.write_unlock();
74 // Also, we're making the transaction inactive, so when we become
75 // active again, some other thread might have changed the default
76 // dispatch, so we run the same code as for the first execution
77 // attempt.
78 disp = decide_begin_dispatch(prop);
79 set_abi_disp(disp);
81 else
82 // We are a serial transaction already, which makes things simple.
83 disp->get_method_group()->reinit();
85 return;
88 bool retry_irr = (r == RESTART_SERIAL_IRR);
89 bool retry_serial = (retry_irr || this->restart_total > 100);
91 // We assume closed nesting to be infrequently required, so just use
92 // dispatch_serial (with undo logging) if required.
93 if (r == RESTART_CLOSED_NESTING)
94 retry_serial = true;
96 if (retry_serial)
98 // In serialirr_mode we can succeed with the upgrade to
99 // write-lock but fail the trycommit. In any case, if the
100 // write lock is not yet held, grab it. Don't do this with
101 // an upgrade, since we've no need to preserve the state we
102 // acquired with the read.
103 // Note that we will be restarting with either dispatch_serial or
104 // dispatch_serialirr, which are compatible with all TM methods; if
105 // we would retry with a different method, we would have to first check
106 // whether the default dispatch or the method group have changed. Also,
107 // the caller must have rolled back the previous transaction, so we
108 // don't have to worry about things such as privatization.
109 if ((this->state & STATE_SERIAL) == 0)
111 this->state |= STATE_SERIAL;
112 serial_lock.read_unlock (this);
113 serial_lock.write_lock ();
116 // We can retry with dispatch_serialirr if the transaction
117 // doesn't contain an abort and if we don't need closed nesting.
118 if ((this->prop & pr_hasNoAbort) && (r != RESTART_CLOSED_NESTING))
119 retry_irr = true;
122 // Note that we can just use serial mode here without having to switch
123 // TM method sets because serial mode is compatible with all of them.
124 if (retry_irr)
126 this->state = (STATE_SERIAL | STATE_IRREVOCABLE);
127 disp = dispatch_serialirr ();
128 set_abi_disp (disp);
130 else if (retry_serial)
132 disp = dispatch_serial();
133 set_abi_disp (disp);
138 // Decides which TM method should be used on the first attempt to run this
139 // transaction. Acquires the serial lock and sets transaction state
140 // according to the chosen TM method.
141 GTM::abi_dispatch*
142 GTM::gtm_thread::decide_begin_dispatch (uint32_t prop)
144 abi_dispatch* dd;
145 // TODO Pay more attention to prop flags (eg, *omitted) when selecting
146 // dispatch.
147 // ??? We go irrevocable eagerly here, which is not always good for
148 // performance. Don't do this?
149 if ((prop & pr_doesGoIrrevocable) || !(prop & pr_instrumentedCode))
150 dd = dispatch_serialirr();
152 else
154 // Load the default dispatch. We're not an active transaction and so it
155 // can change concurrently but will still be some valid dispatch.
156 // Relaxed memory order is okay because we expect each dispatch to be
157 // constructed properly already (at least that its closed_nesting() and
158 // closed_nesting_alternatives() will return sensible values). It is
159 // harmless if we incorrectly chose the serial or serialirr methods, and
160 // for all other methods we will acquire the serial lock in read mode
161 // and load the default dispatch again.
162 abi_dispatch* dd_orig = default_dispatch.load(memory_order_relaxed);
163 dd = dd_orig;
165 // If we might need closed nesting and the default dispatch has an
166 // alternative that supports closed nesting, use it.
167 // ??? We could choose another TM method that we know supports closed
168 // nesting but isn't the default (e.g., dispatch_serial()). However, we
169 // assume that aborts that need closed nesting are infrequent, so don't
170 // choose a non-default method until we have to actually restart the
171 // transaction.
172 if (!(prop & pr_hasNoAbort) && !dd->closed_nesting()
173 && dd->closed_nesting_alternative())
174 dd = dd->closed_nesting_alternative();
176 if (!(dd->requires_serial() & STATE_SERIAL))
178 // The current dispatch is supposedly a non-serial one. Become an
179 // active transaction and verify this. Relaxed memory order is fine
180 // because the serial lock itself will have established
181 // happens-before for any change to the selected dispatch.
182 serial_lock.read_lock (this);
183 if (default_dispatch.load(memory_order_relaxed) == dd_orig)
184 return dd;
186 // If we raced with a concurrent modification of default_dispatch,
187 // just fall back to serialirr. The dispatch choice might not be
188 // up-to-date anymore, but this is harmless.
189 serial_lock.read_unlock (this);
190 dd = dispatch_serialirr();
194 // We are some kind of serial transaction.
195 serial_lock.write_lock();
196 state = dd->requires_serial();
197 return dd;
201 void
202 GTM::gtm_thread::set_default_dispatch(GTM::abi_dispatch* disp)
204 abi_dispatch* dd = default_dispatch.load(memory_order_relaxed);
205 if (dd == disp)
206 return;
207 if (dd)
209 // If we are switching method groups, initialize and shut down properly.
210 if (dd->get_method_group() != disp->get_method_group())
212 dd->get_method_group()->fini();
213 disp->get_method_group()->init();
216 else
217 disp->get_method_group()->init();
218 default_dispatch.store(disp, memory_order_relaxed);
222 static GTM::abi_dispatch*
223 parse_default_method()
225 const char *env = getenv("ITM_DEFAULT_METHOD");
226 GTM::abi_dispatch* disp = 0;
227 if (env == NULL)
228 return 0;
230 while (isspace((unsigned char) *env))
231 ++env;
232 if (strncmp(env, "serialirr_onwrite", 17) == 0)
234 disp = GTM::dispatch_serialirr_onwrite();
235 env += 17;
237 else if (strncmp(env, "serialirr", 9) == 0)
239 disp = GTM::dispatch_serialirr();
240 env += 9;
242 else if (strncmp(env, "serial", 6) == 0)
244 disp = GTM::dispatch_serial();
245 env += 6;
247 else if (strncmp(env, "gl_wt", 5) == 0)
249 disp = GTM::dispatch_gl_wt();
250 env += 5;
252 else if (strncmp(env, "ml_wt", 5) == 0)
254 disp = GTM::dispatch_ml_wt();
255 env += 5;
257 else if (strncmp(env, "htm", 3) == 0)
259 disp = GTM::dispatch_htm();
260 env += 3;
262 else
263 goto unknown;
265 while (isspace((unsigned char) *env))
266 ++env;
267 if (*env == '\0')
268 return disp;
270 unknown:
271 GTM::GTM_error("Unknown TM method in environment variable "
272 "ITM_DEFAULT_METHOD\n");
273 return 0;
276 // Gets notifications when the number of registered threads changes. This is
277 // used to initialize the method set choice and trigger straightforward choice
278 // adaption.
279 // This must be called only by serial threads.
280 void
281 GTM::gtm_thread::number_of_threads_changed(unsigned previous, unsigned now)
283 if (previous == 0)
285 // No registered threads before, so initialize.
286 static bool initialized = false;
287 if (!initialized)
289 initialized = true;
290 // Check for user preferences here.
291 default_dispatch = 0;
292 default_dispatch_user = parse_default_method();
295 else if (now == 0)
297 // No registered threads anymore. The dispatch based on serial mode do
298 // not have any global state, so this effectively shuts down properly.
299 set_default_dispatch(dispatch_serialirr());
302 if (now == 1)
304 // Only one thread, so use a serializing method.
305 // ??? If we don't have a fast serial mode implementation, it might be
306 // better to use the global lock method set here.
307 if (default_dispatch_user && default_dispatch_user->supports(now))
308 set_default_dispatch(default_dispatch_user);
309 else
310 set_default_dispatch(dispatch_serialirr());
312 else if (now > 1 && previous <= 1)
314 // More than one thread, use the default method.
315 if (default_dispatch_user && default_dispatch_user->supports(now))
316 set_default_dispatch(default_dispatch_user);
317 else
319 // If HTM is available, use it by default with serial mode as
320 // fallback. Otherwise, use ml_wt because it probably scales best.
321 abi_dispatch* a;
322 #ifdef USE_HTM_FASTPATH
323 if (htm_available())
324 a = dispatch_htm();
325 else
326 #endif
327 a = dispatch_ml_wt();
328 if (a->supports(now))
329 set_default_dispatch(a);
330 else
331 // Serial-irrevocable mode always works.
332 set_default_dispatch(dispatch_serialirr());