base/atomicops.h

// Copyright (c) 2006-2008 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.

// For atomic operations on reference counts, see atomic_refcount.h.
// For atomic operations on sequence numbers, see atomic_sequence_num.h.

// The routines exported by this module are subtle.  If you use them, even if
// you get the code right, it will depend on careful reasoning about atomicity
// and memory ordering; it will be less readable, and harder to maintain.  If
// you plan to use these routines, you should have a good reason, such as solid
// evidence that performance would otherwise suffer, or there being no
// alternative.  You should assume only properties explicitly guaranteed by the
// specifications in this file.  You are almost certainly _not_ writing code
// just for the x86; if you assume x86 semantics, x86 hardware bugs and
// implementations on other archtectures will cause your code to break.  If you
// do not know what you are doing, avoid these routines, and use a Mutex.
//
// It is incorrect to make direct assignments to/from an atomic variable.
// You should use one of the Load or Store routines.  The NoBarrier
// versions are provided when no barriers are needed:
//   NoBarrier_Store()
//   NoBarrier_Load()
// Although there are currently no compiler enforcement, you are encouraged
// to use these.
//

#ifndef BASE_ATOMICOPS_H_
#define BASE_ATOMICOPS_H_

#include "base/basictypes.h"
#include "base/port.h"

namespace base {
namespace subtle {

// Bug 1308991.  We need this for /Wp64, to mark it safe for AtomicWord casting.
#ifndef OS_WIN
#define __w64
#endif
typedef __w64 int32 Atomic32;
#ifdef CPU_ARCH_64_BITS
typedef int64 Atomic64;
#endif

// Use AtomicWord for a machine-sized pointer.  It will use the Atomic32 or
// Atomic64 routines below, depending on your architecture.
typedef intptr_t AtomicWord;

// Atomically execute:
//      result = *ptr;
//      if (*ptr == old_value)
//        *ptr = new_value;
//      return result;
//
// I.e., replace "*ptr" with "new_value" if "*ptr" used to be "old_value".
// Always return the old value of "*ptr"
//
// This routine implies no memory barriers.
Atomic32 NoBarrier_CompareAndSwap(volatile Atomic32* ptr,
                                  Atomic32 old_value,
                                  Atomic32 new_value);

// Atomically store new_value into *ptr, returning the previous value held in
// *ptr.  This routine implies no memory barriers.
Atomic32 NoBarrier_AtomicExchange(volatile Atomic32* ptr, Atomic32 new_value);

// Atomically increment *ptr by "increment".  Returns the new value of
// *ptr with the increment applied.  This routine implies no memory barriers.
Atomic32 NoBarrier_AtomicIncrement(volatile Atomic32* ptr, Atomic32 increment);

Atomic32 Barrier_AtomicIncrement(volatile Atomic32* ptr,
                                 Atomic32 increment);

// These following lower-level operations are typically useful only to people
// implementing higher-level synchronization operations like spinlocks,
// mutexes, and condition-variables.  They combine CompareAndSwap(), a load, or
// a store with appropriate memory-ordering instructions.  "Acquire" operations
// ensure that no later memory access can be reordered ahead of the operation.
// "Release" operations ensure that no previous memory access can be reordered
// after the operation.  "Barrier" operations have both "Acquire" and "Release"
// semantics.   A MemoryBarrier() has "Barrier" semantics, but does no memory
// access.
Atomic32 Acquire_CompareAndSwap(volatile Atomic32* ptr,
                                Atomic32 old_value,
                                Atomic32 new_value);
Atomic32 Release_CompareAndSwap(volatile Atomic32* ptr,
                                Atomic32 old_value,
                                Atomic32 new_value);

void MemoryBarrier();
void NoBarrier_Store(volatile Atomic32* ptr, Atomic32 value);
void Acquire_Store(volatile Atomic32* ptr, Atomic32 value);
void Release_Store(volatile Atomic32* ptr, Atomic32 value);

Atomic32 NoBarrier_Load(volatile const Atomic32* ptr);
Atomic32 Acquire_Load(volatile const Atomic32* ptr);
Atomic32 Release_Load(volatile const Atomic32* ptr);

// 64-bit atomic operations (only available on 64-bit processors).
#ifdef CPU_ARCH_64_BITS
Atomic64 NoBarrier_CompareAndSwap(volatile Atomic64* ptr,
                                  Atomic64 old_value,
                                  Atomic64 new_value);
Atomic64 NoBarrier_AtomicExchange(volatile Atomic64* ptr, Atomic64 new_value);
Atomic64 NoBarrier_AtomicIncrement(volatile Atomic64* ptr, Atomic64 increment);
Atomic64 Barrier_AtomicIncrement(volatile Atomic64* ptr, Atomic64 increment);

Atomic64 Acquire_CompareAndSwap(volatile Atomic64* ptr,
                                Atomic64 old_value,
                                Atomic64 new_value);
Atomic64 Release_CompareAndSwap(volatile Atomic64* ptr,
                                Atomic64 old_value,
                                Atomic64 new_value);
void NoBarrier_Store(volatile Atomic64* ptr, Atomic64 value);
void Acquire_Store(volatile Atomic64* ptr, Atomic64 value);
void Release_Store(volatile Atomic64* ptr, Atomic64 value);
Atomic64 NoBarrier_Load(volatile const Atomic64* ptr);
Atomic64 Acquire_Load(volatile const Atomic64* ptr);
Atomic64 Release_Load(volatile const Atomic64* ptr);
#endif  // CPU_ARCH_64_BITS

}  // namespace base::subtle
}  // namespace base

// Include our platform specific implementation.
#if defined(OS_WIN) && defined(COMPILER_MSVC) && defined(ARCH_CPU_X86_FAMILY)
#include "base/atomicops_internals_x86_msvc.h"
#elif defined(OS_MACOSX) && defined(ARCH_CPU_X86_FAMILY)
#include "base/atomicops_internals_x86_macosx.h"
#elif defined(COMPILER_GCC) && defined(ARCH_CPU_X86_FAMILY)
#include "base/atomicops_internals_x86_gcc.h"
#else
#error "Atomic operations are not supported on your platform"
#endif

#endif  // BASE_ATOMICOPS_H_