drd/tests/pth_barrier.c

/* Test whether all data races are detected in a multithreaded program with
 * barriers.
 */


#define _GNU_SOURCE

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/* Include directives. */
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#include <assert.h>
#include <pthread.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>


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/* Type definitions. */
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struct threadinfo
{
  pthread_barrier_t* b;
  pthread_t          tid;
  int*               array;
  int                iterations;
};


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/* Local variables. */
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static int s_silent;


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/* Function definitions. */
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/** Single thread, which touches p->iterations elements of array p->array.
 * Each modification of an element of p->array is a data race. */
static void* threadfunc(struct threadinfo* p)
{
  int i;
  int* const array = p->array;
  pthread_barrier_t* const b = p->b;
  if (! s_silent)
    printf("thread %lx iteration 0\n", pthread_self());
  pthread_barrier_wait(b);
  for (i = 0; i < p->iterations; i++)
  {
    if (! s_silent)
      printf("thread %lx iteration %d; writing to %p\n",
             pthread_self(), i + 1, &array[i]);
    array[i] = i;
    pthread_barrier_wait(b);
  }
  return 0;
}

/** Actual test, consisting of nthread threads. */
static void barriers_and_races(const int nthread, const int iterations)
{
  int i;
  struct threadinfo* t;
  pthread_barrier_t b;
  int* array;

  t = malloc(nthread * sizeof(struct threadinfo));
  array = malloc(iterations * sizeof(array[0]));

  if (! s_silent)
    printf("&array[0] = %p\n", array);

  pthread_barrier_init(&b, 0, nthread);

  for (i = 0; i < nthread; i++)
  {
    t[i].b = &b;
    t[i].array = array;
    t[i].iterations = iterations;
    pthread_create(&t[i].tid, 0, (void*(*)(void*))threadfunc, &t[i]);
  }

  for (i = 0; i < nthread; i++)
  {
    pthread_join(t[i].tid, 0);
  }

  pthread_barrier_destroy(&b);

  free(array);
  free(t);
}

int main(int argc, char** argv)
{
  int nthread;
  int iterations;

  nthread    = (argc > 1) ? atoi(argv[1]) : 2;
  iterations = (argc > 2) ? atoi(argv[2]) : 3;
  s_silent   = (argc > 3) ? atoi(argv[3]) : 0;

  barriers_and_races(nthread, iterations);

  return 0;
}