const std = @import("std"); const assert = std.debug.assert; /// An intrusive MPSC (multi-provider, single consumer) queue implementation. /// The type T must have a field "next" of type `?*T`. /// /// This is an implementatin of a Vyukov Queue[1]. /// TODO(mitchellh): I haven't audited yet if I got all the atomic operations /// correct. I was short term more focused on getting something that seemed /// to work; I need to make sure it actually works. /// /// For those unaware, an intrusive variant of a data structure is one in which /// the data type in the list has the pointer to the next element, rather /// than a higher level "node" or "container" type. The primary benefit /// of this (and the reason we implement this) is that it defers all memory /// management to the caller: the data structure implementation doesn't need /// to allocate "nodes" to contain each element. Instead, the caller provides /// the element and how its allocated is up to them. /// /// [1]: https://www.1024cores.net/home/lock-free-algorithms/queues/intrusive-mpsc-node-based-queue pub fn Intrusive(comptime T: type) type { return struct { const Self = @This(); /// Head is the front of the queue and tail is the back of the queue. head: *T, tail: *T, stub: T, /// Initialize the queue. This requires a stable pointer to itself. /// This must be called before the queue is used concurrently. pub fn init(self: *Self) void { self.head = &self.stub; self.tail = &self.stub; self.stub.next = null; } /// Push an item onto the queue. This can be called by any number /// of producers. pub fn push(self: *Self, v: *T) void { @atomicStore(?*T, &v.next, null, .unordered); const prev = @atomicRmw(*T, &self.head, .Xchg, v, .acq_rel); @atomicStore(?*T, &prev.next, v, .release); } /// Pop the first in element from the queue. This must be called /// by only a single consumer at any given time. pub fn pop(self: *Self) ?*T { var tail = @atomicLoad(*T, &self.tail, .unordered); var next_ = @atomicLoad(?*T, &tail.next, .acquire); if (tail == &self.stub) { const next = next_ orelse return null; @atomicStore(*T, &self.tail, next, .unordered); tail = next; next_ = @atomicLoad(?*T, &tail.next, .acquire); } if (next_) |next| { @atomicStore(*T, &self.tail, next, .release); tail.next = null; return tail; } const head = @atomicLoad(*T, &self.head, .unordered); if (tail != head) return null; self.push(&self.stub); next_ = @atomicLoad(?*T, &tail.next, .acquire); if (next_) |next| { @atomicStore(*T, &self.tail, next, .unordered); tail.next = null; return tail; } return null; } }; } test Intrusive { const testing = std.testing; // Types const Elem = struct { const Self = @This(); next: ?*Self = null, }; const Queue = Intrusive(Elem); var q: Queue = undefined; q.init(); // Elems var elems: [10]Elem = .{.{}} ** 10; // One try testing.expect(q.pop() == null); q.push(&elems[0]); try testing.expect(q.pop().? == &elems[0]); try testing.expect(q.pop() == null); // Two try testing.expect(q.pop() == null); q.push(&elems[0]); q.push(&elems[1]); try testing.expect(q.pop().? == &elems[0]); try testing.expect(q.pop().? == &elems[1]); try testing.expect(q.pop() == null); // // Interleaved try testing.expect(q.pop() == null); q.push(&elems[0]); try testing.expect(q.pop().? == &elems[0]); q.push(&elems[1]); try testing.expect(q.pop().? == &elems[1]); try testing.expect(q.pop() == null); }