shuttle_engine/future/batch_semaphore.rs
1//! A counting semaphore supporting both async and sync operations.
2use crate::runtime::execution::ExecutionState;
3use crate::runtime::task::{clock::VectorClock, TaskId};
4use crate::runtime::thread;
5use crate::sync_types::{ResourceSignature, ResourceType};
6use crate::{backtrace_enabled, current};
7use std::cell::RefCell;
8use std::collections::VecDeque;
9use std::fmt;
10use std::future::Future;
11use std::pin::Pin;
12use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, AtomicUsize, Ordering};
13use std::sync::Arc;
14use std::sync::Mutex;
15use std::task::{Context, Poll, Waker};
16use tracing::trace;
17
18struct Waiter {
19 /// The task waiting on this waiter's `Acquire`.
20 ///
21 /// Refreshed on every poll (like `waker`) rather than frozen at creation
22 /// time. An `Acquire` future is not necessarily owned by the task that
23 /// created it: it can be cached inside a longer-lived object and later
24 /// polled by a different task (tokio's `poll_recv(&mut self, cx)` is the
25 /// motivating example — the in-flight acquire lives in the `Receiver`, and
26 /// a `Receiver` may be moved between tasks). The semaphore must unblock
27 /// whoever is actually waiting now, so this follows the poller. This
28 /// mirrors tokio's own `batch_semaphore`, which refreshes its waiter's
29 /// `Waker` under a `will_wake` check.
30 ///
31 /// Stored as an atomic rather than a `Cell` to keep `Waiter` (and hence
32 /// `Acquire`) `Sync`.
33 task_id: AtomicUsize,
34 num_permits: usize,
35 is_queued: AtomicBool,
36 has_permits: AtomicBool,
37 /// Clock of the task that created this waiter. Note this is *not* refreshed
38 /// when `task_id` is: it is only used to seed the causality of the acquired
39 /// permits, and keeping the original enqueue clock is conservative (it can
40 /// only add happens-before edges, never remove them).
41 clock: VectorClock,
42 waker: Mutex<Option<Waker>>,
43}
44
45// Implement debug in order to not output the `VectorClock`
46impl fmt::Debug for Waiter {
47 fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
48 f.debug_struct("Waiter")
49 .field("task_id", &self.task_id())
50 .field("num_permits", &self.num_permits)
51 .field("is_queued", &self.is_queued)
52 .field("has_permits", &self.has_permits)
53 .field("waker", &self.waker)
54 .finish()
55 }
56}
57
58impl Waiter {
59 /// A `Waiter` is the part of an acquire that a *releasing* task can see and
60 /// mutate, so it only needs to exist once an acquire actually blocks.
61 ///
62 /// `clock` is passed in rather than read from the ambient execution state,
63 /// because it must be snapshotted when the `Acquire` was created, not when it
64 /// later blocks: it feeds the happens-before edge recorded in
65 /// `unblock_waiters_from_front`, and a scheduling point sits between those two
66 /// moments. `task_id`, in contrast, tracks the current poller (see
67 /// [`Waiter::task_id`]), so it is read here and refreshed on later polls.
68 fn new(num_permits: usize, clock: VectorClock) -> Self {
69 Self {
70 task_id: AtomicUsize::new(ExecutionState::me().into()),
71 num_permits,
72 is_queued: AtomicBool::new(false),
73 has_permits: AtomicBool::new(false),
74 clock,
75 waker: Mutex::new(None),
76 }
77 }
78
79 /// The task currently waiting on this waiter. See [`Waiter::task_id`].
80 fn task_id(&self) -> TaskId {
81 TaskId::from(self.task_id.load(Ordering::SeqCst))
82 }
83
84 /// Point this waiter at the task that is polling it now, so that a later
85 /// `release` unblocks the current poller rather than whoever polled first.
86 fn set_task_id(&self, task_id: TaskId) {
87 self.task_id.store(task_id.into(), Ordering::SeqCst);
88 }
89}
90
91/// Number of permits (`num_available`) available to be acquired. The permits
92/// are grouped into batches in the `permit_clocks` deque, such that batches
93/// farther back correspond to later `release` calls. Each batch is a tuple
94/// of the permits remaining in that batch and the clock of the event whence
95/// the permits originate.
96struct PermitsAvailable {
97 // Invariant: the number of permits available is equal to the sum of the
98 // batch sizes in the queue.
99 num_available: usize,
100
101 /// Batches of permits with associated clocks (corresponding to the
102 /// `release` events that created them). This is an `Option` because the
103 /// deque is lazily initialized; see `const_new`.
104 permit_clocks: Option<VecDeque<(usize, VectorClock)>>,
105
106 /// The clock of the last successful acquire event. Used for causal
107 /// dependence in `try_acquire` failures.
108 last_acquire: VectorClock,
109}
110
111// Implement debug in order to not output the `VectorClock`s
112impl fmt::Debug for PermitsAvailable {
113 fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
114 f.debug_struct("PermitsAvailable")
115 .field("num_available", &self.num_available)
116 .finish()
117 }
118}
119
120impl PermitsAvailable {
121 fn new(num_permits: usize) -> Self {
122 let mut permit_clocks = VecDeque::new();
123 if num_permits > 0 {
124 permit_clocks.push_back((num_permits, current::clock()));
125 }
126 Self {
127 num_available: num_permits,
128 permit_clocks: Some(permit_clocks),
129 last_acquire: VectorClock::new(),
130 }
131 }
132
133 const fn const_new(num_permits: usize) -> Self {
134 // A `VecDeque` cannot be populated in a const fn, due to allocation.
135 // Instead, we set `permit_clocks` to `None`, and initialize it lazily
136 // when it is needed for the first time, to contain one batch of size
137 // `num_permits`.
138 Self {
139 num_available: num_permits,
140 permit_clocks: None,
141 last_acquire: VectorClock::new(),
142 }
143 }
144
145 fn available(&self) -> usize {
146 self.num_available
147 }
148
149 fn init_permit_clocks(&mut self) {
150 if self.permit_clocks.is_none() {
151 let mut permit_clocks = VecDeque::new();
152 if self.num_available > 0 {
153 permit_clocks.push_back((self.num_available, VectorClock::new()));
154 }
155 self.permit_clocks = Some(permit_clocks);
156 }
157 }
158
159 fn acquire(&mut self, mut num_permits: usize, acquire_clock: VectorClock) -> Result<VectorClock, TryAcquireError> {
160 // Acquiring zero permits is always possible, and is not causally
161 // dependent on any event.
162 if num_permits == 0 {
163 return Ok(VectorClock::new());
164 }
165
166 if num_permits <= self.num_available {
167 self.init_permit_clocks();
168 self.last_acquire.update(&acquire_clock);
169 self.num_available -= num_permits;
170
171 // Acquire `num_permits` from the available batches. This may
172 // consume one or more batches from the queue. The resulting clock
173 // is the join of all the batches used (fully or partially), since
174 // the acquiry causally depends on the releases that created those
175 // batches.
176 let mut clock = VectorClock::new();
177 let permit_clocks = self.permit_clocks.as_mut().unwrap();
178 while let Some((batch_size, batch_clock)) = permit_clocks.front_mut() {
179 clock.update(batch_clock);
180
181 if num_permits < *batch_size {
182 // The current batch is larger than the number of permits
183 // requested: diminish batch, finish loop.
184 *batch_size -= num_permits;
185 num_permits = 0;
186 } else {
187 // The current batch is fully consumed by the request.
188 // Remove it from the queue.
189 num_permits -= *batch_size;
190 permit_clocks.pop_front();
191 }
192
193 // Break early to avoid causally depending on the next batch.
194 if num_permits == 0 {
195 break;
196 }
197 }
198
199 assert_eq!(num_permits, 0);
200 Ok(clock)
201 } else {
202 // There are not enough permits to fulfill the request.
203 Err(TryAcquireError::NoPermits)
204 }
205 }
206
207 fn release(&mut self, num_permits: usize, clock: VectorClock) {
208 self.init_permit_clocks();
209 self.num_available += num_permits;
210 self.permit_clocks.as_mut().unwrap().push_back((num_permits, clock));
211 }
212}
213
214/// Fairness mode for the semaphore. Determines which threads are woken when
215/// permits are released.
216#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
217pub enum Fairness {
218 /// The semaphore is strictly fair, so earlier requesters always get
219 /// priority over later ones.
220 StrictlyFair,
221
222 /// The semaphore makes no guarantees about fairness. In particular,
223 /// a waiter can be starved by other threads.
224 Unfair,
225}
226
227/// Where an acquire request sits relative to waiters that are already queued on
228/// a [`Fairness::StrictlyFair`] semaphore. Ignored by an unfair semaphore, which
229/// has no queue order to speak of.
230#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
231enum Priority {
232 /// The default: queue behind existing waiters, and do not take available
233 /// permits while any waiter is queued.
234 Back,
235
236 /// Overtake every queued waiter: take available permits even when others are
237 /// waiting, and if there still aren't enough, queue at the *front*.
238 ///
239 /// This is only correct for a requester that already holds permits of this
240 /// semaphore and is escalating its own claim (see [`BatchSemaphore::upgrade`]).
241 /// Such a request cannot be satisfied by making the queue wait its turn --
242 /// queued waiters hold no permits, so they can never release what the
243 /// requester is missing, and the requester will not release what it holds.
244 /// Deadlock is avoided precisely by letting it overtake them.
245 Front,
246}
247
248/// A counting semaphore which permits waiting on multiple permits at once,
249/// and supports both asychronous and synchronous blocking operations.
250#[derive(Debug)]
251struct BatchSemaphoreState {
252 id: Option<crate::annotations::ObjectId>,
253
254 // Key invariants:
255 //
256 // (1) if `waiters` is nonempty and the head waiter is `H`,
257 // then `H.num_permits > permits_available.available()`. (In other words,
258 // we are never in a state where there are enough permits available for the
259 // first waiter. This invariant is ensured by the `drop` handler below.)
260 //
261 // (2) W is in waiters iff W.is_queued
262 //
263 // (3) W.is_queued ==> !W.has_permits
264 // Note: the converse is not true. We can have !W.has_permits && !W.is_queued
265 // when the Acquire is created but not yet polled.
266 //
267 // (4) closed ==> waiters.is_empty()
268 waiters: VecDeque<Arc<Waiter>>,
269 permits_available: PermitsAvailable,
270 // TODO: should there be a clock for the close event?
271 closed: bool,
272}
273
274impl BatchSemaphoreState {
275 fn acquire_permits(
276 &mut self,
277 num_permits: usize,
278 fairness: Fairness,
279 priority: Priority,
280 ) -> Result<(), TryAcquireError> {
281 assert!(num_permits > 0);
282 if self.closed {
283 Err(TryAcquireError::Closed)
284 } else if self.waiters.is_empty() || matches!(fairness, Fairness::Unfair) || priority == Priority::Front {
285 // Permits here can be acquired in one of three scenarios:
286 // - The waiter queue is empty; nobody else is waiting for permits,
287 // so if there are enough available, immediately succeed.
288 // - The semaphore is operating in an unfair mode; the current
289 // thread is either requesting permits for the first time, or it
290 // was woken and selected by the scheduler. In either case, the
291 // thread may succeed, as long as there are enough permits.
292 // - The request has `Priority::Front`, so it deliberately overtakes
293 // the queue (see `BatchSemaphore::upgrade`). Queued waiters hold
294 // no permits, so they cannot prevent this request from succeeding.
295
296 let clock = self.permits_available.acquire(num_permits, current::clock())?;
297
298 // If successful, the acquiry is causally dependent on the event
299 // which released the acquired permits.
300 ExecutionState::with(|s| {
301 s.update_clock(&clock);
302 });
303
304 Ok(())
305 } else {
306 Err(TryAcquireError::NoPermits)
307 }
308 }
309
310 fn unblock_waiters_from_front(&mut self) {
311 while let Some(front) = self.waiters.front() {
312 // A waiter whose task has already finished is stale: its `Acquire`
313 // future was cancelled (e.g. a `select!` branch lost, or a
314 // `poll_recv`-style API cached the `Acquire` inside a longer-lived
315 // object) and the registering task then exited. There is nobody to
316 // unblock, so discard the waiter without consuming permits; if the
317 // `Acquire` is still alive and some other task polls it, it will
318 // re-acquire from the (still available) permits.
319 //
320 // `remove_waiter` can reach this during execution cleanup, when the
321 // task list is gone, so probe defensively and treat "can't tell" as
322 // not stale (i.e. preserve the old behaviour).
323 let front_is_stale = ExecutionState::try_with(|s| {
324 !s.in_cleanup() && s.try_get(front.task_id()).is_some_and(|t| t.finished())
325 })
326 .unwrap_or(false);
327 if front_is_stale {
328 let waiter = self.waiters.pop_front().unwrap();
329 waiter.is_queued.store(false, Ordering::SeqCst);
330 // Preserve the "queued <=> waker registered" invariant asserted
331 // in `Acquire::poll`; waking a finished task's waker is a no-op.
332 waiter.waker.lock().unwrap().take();
333 trace!("dropping stale waiter {:?} for finished task", waiter);
334 continue;
335 }
336 if front.num_permits <= self.permits_available.available() {
337 let waiter = self.waiters.pop_front().unwrap();
338
339 crate::annotations::record_semaphore_acquire_unblocked(
340 self.id.unwrap(),
341 waiter.task_id(),
342 waiter.num_permits,
343 );
344
345 // The clock we pass into the semaphore is the clock of the
346 // waiter, corresponding to the point at which the waiter was
347 // enqueued. The clock we get in return corresponds to the
348 // join of the clocks of the acquired permits, used to update
349 // the waiter's clock to causally depend on the release events.
350 let clock = self
351 .permits_available
352 .acquire(waiter.num_permits, waiter.clock.clone())
353 .unwrap();
354 trace!("granted {:?} permits to waiter {:?}", waiter.num_permits, waiter);
355
356 // Update waiter state as it is no longer in the queue
357 assert!(waiter.is_queued.swap(false, Ordering::SeqCst));
358 assert!(!waiter.has_permits.swap(true, Ordering::SeqCst));
359 ExecutionState::with(|s| {
360 let task = s.get_mut(waiter.task_id());
361 assert!(!task.finished());
362 // The acquiry is causally dependent on the event
363 // which released the acquired permits.
364 task.clock.update(&clock);
365 task.unblock();
366 });
367 let mut maybe_waker = waiter.waker.lock().unwrap();
368 if let Some(waker) = maybe_waker.take() {
369 waker.wake();
370 }
371 } else {
372 return;
373 }
374 }
375 }
376}
377
378/// Counting semaphore
379#[derive(Debug)]
380pub struct BatchSemaphore {
381 state: RefCell<BatchSemaphoreState>,
382 fairness: Fairness,
383 #[allow(unused)]
384 signature: ResourceSignature,
385}
386
387/// Error returned from the [`BatchSemaphore::try_acquire`] function.
388#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
389pub enum TryAcquireError {
390 /// The semaphore has been closed and cannot issue new permits.
391 Closed,
392
393 /// The semaphore has no available permits.
394 NoPermits,
395}
396
397/// Error returned from the [`BatchSemaphore::acquire`] function.
398///
399/// An `acquire*` operation can only fail if the semaphore has been
400/// closed.
401#[derive(Debug)]
402pub struct AcquireError(());
403
404impl AcquireError {
405 fn closed() -> AcquireError {
406 AcquireError(())
407 }
408}
409
410impl fmt::Display for AcquireError {
411 fn fmt(&self, fmt: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
412 write!(fmt, "semaphore closed")
413 }
414}
415
416impl std::error::Error for AcquireError {}
417
418impl BatchSemaphore {
419 /// Creates a new semaphore with the initial number of permits.
420 #[track_caller]
421 pub fn new(num_permits: usize, fairness: Fairness) -> Self {
422 Self::new_with_signature(
423 num_permits,
424 fairness,
425 ExecutionState::new_resource_signature(ResourceType::BatchSemaphore),
426 )
427 }
428
429 pub fn new_with_signature(num_permits: usize, fairness: Fairness, signature: ResourceSignature) -> Self {
430 let state = RefCell::new(BatchSemaphoreState {
431 id: Some(crate::annotations::record_semaphore_created()),
432 waiters: VecDeque::new(),
433 permits_available: PermitsAvailable::new(num_permits),
434 closed: false,
435 });
436 Self {
437 state,
438 fairness,
439 signature,
440 }
441 }
442
443 /// Creates a new semaphore with the initial number of permits.
444 #[track_caller]
445 pub const fn const_new(num_permits: usize, fairness: Fairness) -> Self {
446 Self::const_new_with_signature(
447 num_permits,
448 fairness,
449 ResourceSignature::new_const(ResourceType::BatchSemaphore),
450 )
451 }
452
453 pub const fn const_new_with_signature(
454 num_permits: usize,
455 fairness: Fairness,
456 signature: ResourceSignature,
457 ) -> Self {
458 let state = RefCell::new(BatchSemaphoreState {
459 id: None,
460 waiters: VecDeque::new(),
461 permits_available: PermitsAvailable::const_new(num_permits),
462 closed: false,
463 });
464 Self {
465 state,
466 fairness,
467 signature,
468 }
469 }
470
471 /// Returns the current number of available permits.
472 pub fn available_permits(&self) -> usize {
473 let state = self.state.borrow();
474 state.permits_available.available()
475 }
476
477 fn init_object_id(&self) {
478 let mut state = self.state.borrow_mut();
479 if state.id.is_none() {
480 state.id = Some(crate::annotations::record_semaphore_created());
481 }
482 }
483
484 /// Closes the semaphore. This prevents the semaphore from issuing new
485 /// permits and notifies all pending waiters.
486 pub fn close(&self) {
487 thread::switch();
488 self.close_no_scheduling_point();
489 }
490
491 /// Closes the semaphore without invoking `thread::switch`
492 pub fn close_no_scheduling_point(&self) {
493 self.init_object_id();
494 let mut state = self.state.borrow_mut();
495 if state.closed {
496 return;
497 }
498 crate::annotations::record_semaphore_closed(state.id.unwrap());
499 state.closed = true;
500
501 // Wake up all the waiters. Since we've marked the state as closed, they
502 // will all return `AcquireError::closed` from their acquire calls.
503 let ptr = &*state as *const BatchSemaphoreState;
504 for waiter in state.waiters.drain(..) {
505 trace!(
506 "semaphore {:p} removing and waking up waiter {:?} on close",
507 ptr,
508 waiter,
509 );
510 assert!(waiter.is_queued.swap(false, Ordering::SeqCst));
511 assert!(!waiter.has_permits.load(Ordering::SeqCst)); // sanity check
512 ExecutionState::with(|exec_state| {
513 // A waiter whose task has finished is stale (its `Acquire` was
514 // cancelled and the task exited); there is nothing to unblock.
515 if !exec_state.in_cleanup() && !exec_state.get(waiter.task_id()).finished() {
516 exec_state.get_mut(waiter.task_id()).unblock();
517 }
518 });
519 let mut maybe_waker = waiter.waker.lock().unwrap();
520 if let Some(waker) = maybe_waker.take() {
521 waker.wake();
522 }
523 }
524 }
525
526 /// Returns true iff the semaphore is closed.
527 pub fn is_closed(&self) -> bool {
528 let state = self.state.borrow();
529 state.closed
530 }
531
532 /// Try to acquire the specified number of permits from the Semaphore.
533 /// If the permits are available, returns Ok(())
534 /// If the semaphore is closed, returns `Err(TryAcquireError::Closed)`
535 /// If there aren't enough permits, returns `Err(TryAcquireError::NoPermits)`
536 pub fn try_acquire(&self, num_permits: usize) -> Result<(), TryAcquireError> {
537 thread::switch();
538
539 self.init_object_id();
540 let mut state = self.state.borrow_mut();
541 let id = state.id.unwrap();
542 let res = state
543 .acquire_permits(num_permits, self.fairness, Priority::Back)
544 .inspect_err(|_err| {
545 // Conservatively, the requester causally depends on the
546 // last successful acquire.
547 // TODO: This is not precise, but `try_acquire` causal dependency
548 // TODO: is both hard to define, and is most likely not worth the
549 // TODO: effort. The cases where causality would be tracked
550 // TODO: "imprecisely" do not correspond to commonly used sync.
551 // TODO: primitives, such as mutexes, mutexes, or condvars.
552 // TODO: An example would be a counting semaphore used to guard
553 // TODO: access to N homogenous resources (as opposed to FIFO,
554 // TODO: heterogenous resources).
555 // TODO: More precision could be gained by tracking clocks for all
556 // TODO: current permit holders, with a data structure similar to
557 // TODO: `permits_available`.
558 ExecutionState::with(|s| {
559 s.update_clock(&state.permits_available.last_acquire);
560 });
561 });
562 drop(state);
563
564 // If we won the race for permits of an unfair semaphore, re-block
565 // other waiting threads that can no longer succeed.
566 if res.is_ok() {
567 self.reblock_if_unfair();
568 }
569
570 crate::annotations::record_semaphore_try_acquire(id, num_permits, res.is_ok());
571
572 res
573 }
574
575 /// Clean-up method used when a thread succeeds in acquiring permits. If
576 /// the semaphore is unfair, a preceding `release` may have unblocked a
577 /// number of threads, some of which may no longer be able to succeed with
578 /// the permits remaining in the semaphore.
579 fn reblock_if_unfair(&self) {
580 if self.fairness == Fairness::Unfair {
581 let state = self.state.borrow_mut();
582 ExecutionState::with(|s| {
583 for waiter in &state.waiters {
584 let available = state.permits_available.available();
585 // Skip stale waiters: the task that registered the waiter
586 // has finished, so there is nothing to block.
587 if available < waiter.num_permits && s.try_get(waiter.task_id()).is_some_and(|t| !t.finished()) {
588 // Block this waiter: it cannot succeed (there are not
589 // enough permits available); its `poll` would return
590 // without resolving.
591 s.get_mut(waiter.task_id()).block(false);
592 }
593 }
594 });
595 }
596 }
597
598 fn enqueue_waiter(&self, waiter: &Arc<Waiter>, priority: Priority) {
599 let mut state = self.state.borrow_mut();
600
601 trace!(
602 "enqueuing waiter {:?} ({priority:?}) for semaphore {:p}",
603 waiter,
604 &self.state
605 );
606 match priority {
607 Priority::Back => state.waiters.push_back(waiter.clone()),
608 // Overtakes the queue rather than joining its tail. Key invariant (1)
609 // still holds: we only get here because the acquire failed, and a
610 // `Priority::Front` acquire only fails when there really aren't
611 // enough permits available, so the new head cannot be grantable.
612 Priority::Front => state.waiters.push_front(waiter.clone()),
613 }
614
615 assert!(!waiter.has_permits.load(Ordering::SeqCst));
616 assert!(!waiter.is_queued.swap(true, Ordering::SeqCst));
617 }
618
619 fn remove_waiter(&self, waiter: &Arc<Waiter>) {
620 let mut state = self.state.borrow_mut();
621
622 trace!(waiters = ?state.waiters, "removing waiter {:?} from semaphore {:p}", waiter, &self.state);
623
624 // sanity checks
625 assert!(!state.closed);
626 assert!(!waiter.has_permits.load(Ordering::SeqCst));
627
628 let index = state
629 .waiters
630 .iter()
631 .position(|x| Arc::ptr_eq(x, waiter))
632 .expect("did not find waiter");
633
634 state.waiters.remove(index).unwrap();
635 assert!(waiter.is_queued.swap(false, Ordering::SeqCst));
636
637 match self.fairness {
638 Fairness::StrictlyFair => {
639 if index == 0 {
640 // If the semaphore is strictly fair, and we removed the first waiter, check if its
641 // removal unblocks remaining waiters. This can happen in the following situation:
642 // - the semahore has 1 permit available
643 // - there are 2 waiters W1 and W2 where W1 wants 2 permits, and W2 wants 1 permit
644 // - if W1 gives up and drops out, we want to ensure W2 is granted the semaphore
645 state.unblock_waiters_from_front();
646 }
647 }
648 Fairness::Unfair => {}
649 }
650 }
651
652 /// Acquire the specified number of permits (async API)
653 pub fn acquire(&self, num_permits: usize) -> Acquire<'_> {
654 // No switch here; switch should be triggered on polling future
655 self.init_object_id();
656 Acquire::new(self, num_permits, Priority::Back)
657 }
658
659 /// Acquire the specified number of permits (blocking API)
660 pub fn acquire_blocking(&self, num_permits: usize) -> Result<(), AcquireError> {
661 crate::future::block_on(self.acquire(num_permits))
662 }
663
664 /// Release `num_permits` back to the Semaphore
665 pub fn release(&self, num_permits: usize) {
666 thread::switch();
667
668 self.init_object_id();
669 if num_permits == 0 {
670 return;
671 }
672
673 let mut state = self.state.borrow_mut();
674
675 crate::annotations::record_semaphore_release(state.id.unwrap(), num_permits);
676
677 if ExecutionState::should_stop() {
678 // In case we are panicking, we release permits, but also clear
679 // the waiters queue: we should not unblock the threads at this
680 // point. However, the permits are released such that future
681 // acquires may succeed, as long as the requesters were not
682 // blocking on the semaphore at the time of the panic. This is
683 // used to correctly model lock poisoning.
684 state.permits_available.release(num_permits, VectorClock::new());
685 for waiter in &state.waiters {
686 waiter.is_queued.swap(false, Ordering::SeqCst);
687 }
688 state.waiters.clear();
689 state.closed = true;
690 return;
691 }
692
693 // Permits released into the semaphore reflect the releasing thread's
694 // clock; future acquires of those permits are causally dependent on
695 // this event.
696 ExecutionState::with(|s| {
697 let clock = s.increment_clock();
698 state.permits_available.release(num_permits, clock.clone());
699 });
700
701 // `ExecutionState::me()` is only wanted for this trace, so let the macro's
702 // level check decide whether to pay for it. Computing it eagerly cost an
703 // `ExecutionState::with` on every release even with tracing disabled.
704 trace!(task = ?ExecutionState::me(), avail = ?state.permits_available, waiters = ?state.waiters, "released {} permits for semaphore {:p}", num_permits, &self.state);
705
706 match self.fairness {
707 Fairness::StrictlyFair => {
708 // in a strictly fair mode we will grant permits to waiters from the front
709 // of the queue, as long as there are enough permits available
710 state.unblock_waiters_from_front();
711 }
712 Fairness::Unfair => {
713 // in an unfair mode, we will unblock all the waiters for which
714 // there are enough permits available, then let them race
715 let num_available = state.permits_available.available();
716 for waiter in &mut state.waiters {
717 if waiter.num_permits <= num_available {
718 // A waiter whose task has already finished is stale: its
719 // `Acquire` was cancelled (and possibly cached in a
720 // longer-lived object) and the task then exited. Unlike
721 // the strictly fair case there is nothing to clean up —
722 // an unfair waiter holds no permits, so it blocks
723 // nobody — but there is also nobody to unblock.
724 let stale = ExecutionState::with(|s| {
725 let task = s.get_mut(waiter.task_id());
726 if task.finished() {
727 true
728 } else {
729 task.unblock();
730 false
731 }
732 });
733 if stale {
734 continue;
735 }
736 let maybe_waker = waiter.waker.lock().unwrap();
737 if let Some(waker) = maybe_waker.as_ref() {
738 waker.wake_by_ref();
739 }
740 }
741 }
742 }
743 }
744 drop(state);
745 }
746
747 /// Atomically `upgrade` from holding `permits_currently_held` permits to holding
748 /// `permits_to_be_held`, without ever dropping below `permits_currently_held` in between.
749 /// The motivating use case is `parking_lot`'s `RwLockUpgradableReadGuard::upgrade`, which must
750 /// take a read guard to a write guard without letting any writer in along the way.
751 ///
752 /// This is implemented by acquiring only the *missing* permits
753 /// (`permits_to_be_held - permits_currently_held`), with priority over any waiter already
754 /// queued, so that the request overtakes the queue. Both halves of that matter:
755 ///
756 /// * Keeping the held permits means no other task can claim the resource mid-upgrade. Releasing
757 /// them first (even for an instant) would hand the resource to a queued waiter, which for an
758 /// `RwLock` means a writer mutating the data an upgradable reader had already observed.
759 /// * Overtaking the queue is what makes that safe rather than deadlock-prone. Since we hold
760 /// permits we will not release, a queued waiter ahead of us may be unsatisfiable (an `RwLock`
761 /// writer wants *all* permits), so waiting our turn behind it could deadlock. Queued waiters
762 /// hold no permits, so overtaking them costs nothing but their place in line -- which is
763 /// exactly the priority a real upgradable read lock gives an upgrade.
764 ///
765 /// The upgrade therefore blocks only on tasks that *currently hold* permits, and is granted as
766 /// soon as they release. The returned future must be driven to completion; if it is dropped
767 /// first, the caller still holds `permits_currently_held`.
768 ///
769 /// At most one `upgrade` may be in flight on a semaphore at a time. Two concurrent upgraders
770 /// could each be waiting for permits the other holds, which no queue discipline can resolve.
771 /// Callers are expected to enforce this (an `RwLock` does: there is only ever one upgradable
772 /// reader).
773 pub fn upgrade(&self, permits_currently_held: usize, permits_to_be_held: usize) -> Acquire<'_> {
774 assert!(permits_currently_held > 0);
775 assert!(permits_to_be_held > permits_currently_held);
776
777 self.init_object_id();
778 Acquire::new(self, permits_to_be_held - permits_currently_held, Priority::Front)
779 }
780
781 /// The non-blocking analogue of [`BatchSemaphore::upgrade`]: succeeds only if the missing
782 /// permits are available right now, and never blocks or queues.
783 ///
784 /// Like `upgrade`, this ignores queued waiters (they hold no permits, so they cannot be the
785 /// reason the upgrade is short of permits). A `try_upgrade` therefore fails only when some
786 /// other task actually *holds* permits the upgrade needs.
787 pub fn try_upgrade(&self, permits_currently_held: usize, permits_to_be_held: usize) -> Result<(), TryAcquireError> {
788 assert!(permits_currently_held > 0);
789 assert!(permits_to_be_held > permits_currently_held);
790
791 thread::switch();
792
793 self.init_object_id();
794 let num_permits = permits_to_be_held - permits_currently_held;
795 let mut state = self.state.borrow_mut();
796 let id = state.id.unwrap();
797 let res = state
798 .acquire_permits(num_permits, self.fairness, Priority::Front)
799 .inspect_err(|_err| {
800 // Conservatively, the requester causally depends on the last successful acquire;
801 // see the equivalent reasoning in `try_acquire`.
802 ExecutionState::with(|s| {
803 s.update_clock(&state.permits_available.last_acquire);
804 });
805 });
806 drop(state);
807
808 // If we took permits from an unfair semaphore, re-block waiting threads that can no longer
809 // succeed.
810 if res.is_ok() {
811 self.reblock_if_unfair();
812 }
813
814 crate::annotations::record_semaphore_try_acquire(id, num_permits, res.is_ok());
815
816 res
817 }
818}
819
820// Safety: Semaphore is never actually passed across true threads, only across continuations. The
821// RefCell<_> type therefore can't be preempted mid-bookkeeping-operation.
822// TODO we shouldn't need to do this, but RefCell is not Send, and anything we put within a Semaphore
823// TODO needs to be Send.
824unsafe impl Send for BatchSemaphore {}
825unsafe impl Sync for BatchSemaphore {}
826
827impl Default for BatchSemaphore {
828 #[track_caller]
829 fn default() -> Self {
830 Self::new(Default::default(), Fairness::StrictlyFair)
831 }
832}
833
834/// The future that results from async calls to `acquire*`.
835/// Callers must `await` on this future to obtain the necessary permits.
836pub struct Acquire<'a> {
837 semaphore: &'a BatchSemaphore,
838 num_permits: usize,
839
840 /// Where this acquire sits relative to waiters already queued on a fair
841 /// semaphore. Only [`BatchSemaphore::upgrade`] uses [`Priority::Front`]; see
842 /// there for why an upgrade must overtake the queue.
843 priority: Priority,
844
845 /// Snapshotted when this `Acquire` is created, and moved into the `Waiter` if
846 /// this acquire ends up blocking. See `Waiter::new` for why the snapshot must
847 /// happen here rather than at enqueue time.
848 clock: VectorClock,
849
850 /// The shared part of this acquire, allocated only once the acquire has to
851 /// block. An acquire that gets its permits immediately is never visible to
852 /// any other task, so it needs no shared state and no allocation. While this
853 /// is `None`, `has_permits` below is authoritative.
854 waiter: Option<Arc<Waiter>>,
855
856 /// Whether permits have been granted, for the case where no `Waiter` exists.
857 /// Once one does, the releasing task writes `Waiter::has_permits` instead and
858 /// this field is unused; read through `Acquire::has_permits`.
859 has_permits: bool,
860
861 completed: bool, // Has the future completed yet?
862 never_polled: bool,
863}
864
865// Implement Debug in order to not output the `VectorClock`, matching `Waiter`.
866impl fmt::Debug for Acquire<'_> {
867 fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
868 f.debug_struct("Acquire")
869 .field("num_permits", &self.num_permits)
870 .field("priority", &self.priority)
871 .field("waiter", &self.waiter)
872 .field("has_permits", &self.has_permits())
873 .field("completed", &self.completed)
874 .finish()
875 }
876}
877
878impl<'a> Acquire<'a> {
879 fn new(semaphore: &'a BatchSemaphore, num_permits: usize, priority: Priority) -> Self {
880 Self {
881 semaphore,
882 num_permits,
883 priority,
884 clock: current::clock(),
885 waiter: None,
886 has_permits: false,
887 completed: false,
888 never_polled: true,
889 }
890 }
891
892 /// Have permits been granted to this acquire? Once a `Waiter` exists the
893 /// releasing task owns that flag, so the shared copy is authoritative.
894 fn has_permits(&self) -> bool {
895 match &self.waiter {
896 Some(waiter) => waiter.has_permits.load(Ordering::SeqCst),
897 None => self.has_permits,
898 }
899 }
900
901 /// Is this acquire in the semaphore's waiter queue? Only possible once a
902 /// `Waiter` has been allocated, since the queue holds `Arc<Waiter>`.
903 fn is_queued(&self) -> bool {
904 match &self.waiter {
905 Some(waiter) => waiter.is_queued.load(Ordering::SeqCst),
906 None => false,
907 }
908 }
909
910 fn grant_permits(&mut self) {
911 match &self.waiter {
912 Some(waiter) => waiter.has_permits.store(true, Ordering::SeqCst),
913 None => self.has_permits = true,
914 }
915 }
916
917 /// The shared `Waiter` for this acquire, allocating it if this is the first
918 /// time the acquire has had to block. Returns an owned handle so callers can
919 /// still use `self.semaphore` without holding a borrow of `self`.
920 fn waiter_for_blocking(&mut self) -> Arc<Waiter> {
921 if let Some(waiter) = &self.waiter {
922 return Arc::clone(waiter);
923 }
924 let waiter = Arc::new(Waiter::new(self.num_permits, self.clock.clone()));
925 self.waiter = Some(Arc::clone(&waiter));
926 waiter
927 }
928}
929
930impl Future for Acquire<'_> {
931 type Output = Result<(), AcquireError>;
932
933 fn poll(mut self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Self::Output> {
934 assert!(!self.completed);
935
936 // One borrow of the semaphore state rather than two (`is_closed` and
937 // `available_permits` each took their own). Both reads describe the same
938 // instant, before the scheduling point below, so merging them is sound.
939 // Reads *after* the switch must stay separate and fresh, because other
940 // tasks may have run in between.
941 let will_succeed = self.has_permits() || {
942 let state = self.semaphore.state.borrow();
943 state.closed || state.permits_available.available() >= self.num_permits
944 };
945
946 // If the acquire will succeed on the first try, we need to context switch once to allow the previous
947 // event to become visible. If we won't succeed, then we still need to context switch if the act of
948 // blocking does not commute with other operations on `batch_semaphore` (double-yield optimization,
949 // reasoning below).
950 //
951 // Fair Semaphores: blocking adds the current task to an *ordered* waiter queue. Two blocking acquires
952 // *do not commute* because in one ordering the queue will be [T1 T2] and in the other ordering [T2 T1].
953 // Thus we cannot apply the double-yield optimization for fair semaphores.
954 //
955 // Unfair Semaphores: blocking adds the current task to an *unordered set* of waiters. To check if the
956 // double-yield is valid we check if each operation (Z) on the semaphore commutes with a blocking acquire (Y1):
957 //
958 // - Blocking Acquire: in both orderings `Z Y1` and `Y1 Z`, the waiter set has the same members, thus
959 // the operations commute.
960 // - Try Acquire: the try-acquire will fail in both orderings without changing the state of the semaphore
961 // - Release: if the release unblocks Y1, then the optimization is not applicable. Otherwise, it must
962 // unblock another task in the waiter set. As waiter-set insertion and removal for disjoint elements
963 // commutes, release operations also commute in this case.
964 //
965 // Thus we apply the double-yield optimization for *unfair* semaphores only
966 let blocking_is_not_commutative = self.semaphore.fairness == Fairness::StrictlyFair;
967
968 if self.never_polled && (will_succeed || blocking_is_not_commutative) {
969 thread::switch();
970 }
971 self.never_polled = false;
972
973 let out = if self.has_permits() {
974 assert!(!self.is_queued());
975 self.completed = true;
976 trace!("Acquire::poll for {:?} with permits", self);
977 Poll::Ready(Ok(()))
978 } else if self.semaphore.is_closed() {
979 assert!(!self.is_queued());
980 self.completed = true;
981 trace!("Acquire::poll for {:?} with closed", self);
982 Poll::Ready(Err(AcquireError::closed()))
983 } else {
984 let is_queued = self.is_queued();
985 trace!("Acquire::poll for {:?}; is queued: {is_queued:?}", self);
986
987 // Sanity check: there should be a waker if the waiter is in
988 // the queue. Also true for unfair semaphores, which wake by ref.
989 //
990 // `debug_assert` rather than `assert`: this takes a `std::sync::Mutex`
991 // on every poll, including the uncontended fast path, purely to check
992 // an internal invariant.
993 debug_assert_eq!(
994 is_queued,
995 self.waiter
996 .as_ref()
997 .is_some_and(|waiter| waiter.waker.lock().unwrap().is_some())
998 );
999
1000 // Should the waiter try to acquire permits here? Four cases:
1001 // 1. unfair semaphore, waiter not yet enqueued;
1002 // 2. fair semaphore, waiter not yet enqueued;
1003 // 3. unfair semaphore, waiter already enqueued.
1004 // 4. fair semaphore, waiter already enqueued;
1005 //
1006 // 1. and 2. are similar: the future was polled for the first time,
1007 // so the waiter will try to acquire some permits. If successful,
1008 // the waiter need not be enqueued, and the future is resolved.
1009 // Otherwise, the waiter is added to the queue.
1010 //
1011 // 3. is slightly different: the future was polled, even though the
1012 // waiter was already in the queue. This can happen either because
1013 // the semaphore just received some permits and woke the waiter up,
1014 // or because the future itself was polled manually. Either way,
1015 // the semaphore is queried.
1016 //
1017 // 4. is a case where we do not try to acquire permits. The request
1018 // would always fail, and the waiter should remain suspended until
1019 // the semaphore has explicitly unblocked it and given it permits
1020 // during a `release` call.
1021 let try_to_acquire = match (self.semaphore.fairness, is_queued) {
1022 // written this way to mirror the cases described above
1023 (Fairness::Unfair, false) | (Fairness::StrictlyFair, false) | (Fairness::Unfair, true) => true,
1024 (Fairness::StrictlyFair, true) => false,
1025 };
1026
1027 if try_to_acquire {
1028 // Access the semaphore state directly instead of `try_acquire`,
1029 // because in case of `NoPermits`, we do not want to update the
1030 // clock, as this thread will be blocked below.
1031 let mut state = self.semaphore.state.borrow_mut();
1032 let id = state.id.unwrap();
1033 let acquire_result = state.acquire_permits(self.num_permits, self.semaphore.fairness, self.priority);
1034 drop(state);
1035
1036 match acquire_result {
1037 Ok(()) => {
1038 if is_queued {
1039 let waiter = self
1040 .waiter
1041 .clone()
1042 .expect("a queued acquire must have an allocated waiter");
1043 crate::annotations::record_semaphore_acquire_unblocked(
1044 id,
1045 waiter.task_id(),
1046 waiter.num_permits,
1047 );
1048 self.semaphore.remove_waiter(&waiter);
1049 } else {
1050 crate::annotations::record_semaphore_acquire_fast(id, self.num_permits);
1051 }
1052 self.grant_permits();
1053 self.completed = true;
1054 trace!("Acquire::poll for {:?} that got permits", self);
1055
1056 // If the semaphore is unfair, re-block other waiting
1057 // threads that can no longer succeed.
1058 self.semaphore.reblock_if_unfair();
1059
1060 Poll::Ready(Ok(()))
1061 }
1062 Err(TryAcquireError::NoPermits) => {
1063 // This acquire has to block, so it now becomes visible to
1064 // whichever task releases permits. That is the first point
1065 // at which shared state is needed, so it is where the
1066 // `Waiter` gets allocated.
1067 let waiter = self.waiter_for_blocking();
1068
1069 let mut maybe_waker = waiter.waker.lock().unwrap();
1070 *maybe_waker = Some(cx.waker().clone());
1071 drop(maybe_waker);
1072
1073 // Point the waiter at whoever is polling now: this future
1074 // may have been created by a different task.
1075 waiter.set_task_id(ExecutionState::me());
1076
1077 if !is_queued {
1078 crate::annotations::record_semaphore_acquire_blocked(id, self.num_permits);
1079 // `enqueue_waiter` sets `is_queued` itself.
1080 self.semaphore.enqueue_waiter(&waiter, self.priority);
1081 }
1082 trace!("Acquire::poll for {:?} that is enqueued", self);
1083 Poll::Pending
1084 }
1085 Err(TryAcquireError::Closed) => unreachable!(),
1086 }
1087 } else {
1088 // No progress made, future is still pending. The waiter stays in
1089 // the queue, but re-point it at the current poller and refresh
1090 // its waker: this future may have been created by (or last
1091 // polled by) another task, and `release` must wake whoever is
1092 // waiting now. Without this, a permit granted to this waiter
1093 // would unblock a task that is no longer interested, and the
1094 // actual poller would never be woken.
1095 let waiter = self
1096 .waiter
1097 .as_ref()
1098 .expect("a queued acquire must have an allocated waiter");
1099 *waiter.waker.lock().unwrap() = Some(cx.waker().clone());
1100 waiter.set_task_id(ExecutionState::me());
1101 Poll::Pending
1102 }
1103 };
1104 if matches!(out, Poll::Pending) {
1105 // `Backtrace::capture()` is a noop (it returns the constant `disabled()`) if `RUST_BACKTRACE`/`RUST_LIB_BACKTRACE` is not set.
1106 ExecutionState::with(|state| {
1107 state.current_mut().backtrace = if backtrace_enabled() {
1108 Some(std::backtrace::Backtrace::force_capture())
1109 } else {
1110 None
1111 }
1112 })
1113 }
1114 out
1115 }
1116}
1117
1118impl Drop for Acquire<'_> {
1119 fn drop(&mut self) {
1120 trace!("Acquire::drop for {:?}", self);
1121 if self.is_queued() {
1122 // If the associated waiter is in the wait list, remove it
1123 let waiter = self
1124 .waiter
1125 .clone()
1126 .expect("a queued acquire must have an allocated waiter");
1127 self.semaphore.remove_waiter(&waiter);
1128 } else if self.has_permits() && !self.completed {
1129 // If the waiter was granted permits, release them. Note this must also
1130 // fire for an acquire that got its permits without ever allocating a
1131 // waiter, otherwise the semaphore leaks permits.
1132 self.semaphore.release(self.num_permits);
1133 }
1134 }
1135}
1136
1137impl crate::annotations::WithName for &BatchSemaphore {
1138 fn with_name_and_kind(self, name: Option<&str>, kind: Option<&str>) -> Self {
1139 self.init_object_id();
1140 crate::annotations::record_name_for_object(self.state.borrow().id.unwrap(), name, kind);
1141 self
1142 }
1143}
1144
1145impl crate::annotations::WithName for BatchSemaphore {
1146 fn with_name_and_kind(self, name: Option<&str>, kind: Option<&str>) -> Self {
1147 (&self).with_name_and_kind(name, kind);
1148 self
1149 }
1150}
1151
1152impl BatchSemaphore {
1153 /// Returns a reference to this semaphore's resource signature.
1154 pub fn signature(&self) -> &ResourceSignature {
1155 &self.signature
1156 }
1157}