SDL/include/SDL3/SDL_atomic.h

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/**
 * # CategoryAtomic
 *
 * Atomic operations.
 *
 * IMPORTANT: If you are not an expert in concurrent lockless programming, you
 * should not be using any functions in this file. You should be protecting
 * your data structures with full mutexes instead.
 *
 * ***Seriously, here be dragons!***
 *
 * You can find out a little more about lockless programming and the subtle
 * issues that can arise here:
 * https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/dxtecharts/lockless-programming
 *
 * There's also lots of good information here:
 *
 * - https://www.1024cores.net/home/lock-free-algorithms
 * - https://preshing.com/
 *
 * These operations may or may not actually be implemented using processor
 * specific atomic operations. When possible they are implemented as true
 * processor specific atomic operations. When that is not possible the are
 * implemented using locks that *do* use the available atomic operations.
 *
 * All of the atomic operations that modify memory are full memory barriers.
 */

#ifndef SDL_atomic_h_
#define SDL_atomic_h_

#include <SDL3/SDL_stdinc.h>
#include <SDL3/SDL_platform_defines.h>

#include <SDL3/SDL_begin_code.h>

/* Set up for C function definitions, even when using C++ */
#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif

/**
 * An atomic spinlock.
 *
 * The atomic locks are efficient spinlocks using CPU instructions, but are
 * vulnerable to starvation and can spin forever if a thread holding a lock
 * has been terminated. For this reason you should minimize the code executed
 * inside an atomic lock and never do expensive things like API or system
 * calls while holding them.
 *
 * They are also vulnerable to starvation if the thread holding the lock is
 * lower priority than other threads and doesn't get scheduled. In general you
 * should use mutexes instead, since they have better performance and
 * contention behavior.
 *
 * The atomic locks are not safe to lock recursively.
 *
 * Porting Note: The spin lock functions and type are required and can not be
 * emulated because they are used in the atomic emulation code.
 */
typedef int SDL_SpinLock;

/**
 * Try to lock a spin lock by setting it to a non-zero value.
 *
 * ***Please note that spinlocks are dangerous if you don't know what you're
 * doing. Please be careful using any sort of spinlock!***
 *
 * \param lock a pointer to a lock variable.
 * \returns true if the lock succeeded, false if the lock is already held.
 *
 * \since This function is available since SDL 3.0.0.
 *
 * \sa SDL_LockSpinlock
 * \sa SDL_UnlockSpinlock
 */
extern SDL_DECLSPEC bool SDLCALL SDL_TryLockSpinlock(SDL_SpinLock *lock);

/**
 * Lock a spin lock by setting it to a non-zero value.
 *
 * ***Please note that spinlocks are dangerous if you don't know what you're
 * doing. Please be careful using any sort of spinlock!***
 *
 * \param lock a pointer to a lock variable.
 *
 * \since This function is available since SDL 3.0.0.
 *
 * \sa SDL_TryLockSpinlock
 * \sa SDL_UnlockSpinlock
 */
extern SDL_DECLSPEC void SDLCALL SDL_LockSpinlock(SDL_SpinLock *lock);

/**
 * Unlock a spin lock by setting it to 0.
 *
 * Always returns immediately.
 *
 * ***Please note that spinlocks are dangerous if you don't know what you're
 * doing. Please be careful using any sort of spinlock!***
 *
 * \param lock a pointer to a lock variable.
 *
 * \since This function is available since SDL 3.0.0.
 *
 * \sa SDL_LockSpinlock
 * \sa SDL_TryLockSpinlock
 */
extern SDL_DECLSPEC void SDLCALL SDL_UnlockSpinlock(SDL_SpinLock *lock);


#ifdef SDL_WIKI_DOCUMENTATION_SECTION

/**
 * Mark a compiler barrier.
 *
 * A compiler barrier prevents the compiler from reordering reads and writes
 * to globally visible variables across the call.
 *
 * This macro only prevents the compiler from reordering reads and writes, it
 * does not prevent the CPU from reordering reads and writes. However, all of
 * the atomic operations that modify memory are full memory barriers.
 *
 * \threadsafety Obviously this macro is safe to use from any thread at any
 *               time, but if you find yourself needing this, you are probably
 *               dealing with some very sensitive code; be careful!
 *
 * \since This macro is available since SDL 3.0.0.
 */
#define SDL_CompilerBarrier() DoCompilerSpecificReadWriteBarrier()
#elif defined(_MSC_VER) && (_MSC_VER > 1200) && !defined(__clang__)
void _ReadWriteBarrier(void);
#pragma intrinsic(_ReadWriteBarrier)
#define SDL_CompilerBarrier()   _ReadWriteBarrier()
#elif (defined(__GNUC__) && !defined(SDL_PLATFORM_EMSCRIPTEN)) || (defined(__SUNPRO_C) && (__SUNPRO_C >= 0x5120))
/* This is correct for all CPUs when using GCC or Solaris Studio 12.1+. */
#define SDL_CompilerBarrier()   __asm__ __volatile__ ("" : : : "memory")
#elif defined(__WATCOMC__)
extern __inline void SDL_CompilerBarrier(void);
#pragma aux SDL_CompilerBarrier = "" parm [] modify exact [];
#else
#define SDL_CompilerBarrier()   \
{ SDL_SpinLock _tmp = 0; SDL_LockSpinlock(&_tmp); SDL_UnlockSpinlock(&_tmp); }
#endif

/**
 * Insert a memory release barrier.
 *
 * Memory barriers are designed to prevent reads and writes from being
 * reordered by the compiler and being seen out of order on multi-core CPUs.
 *
 * A typical pattern would be for thread A to write some data and a flag, and
 * for thread B to read the flag and get the data. In this case you would
 * insert a release barrier between writing the data and the flag,
 * guaranteeing that the data write completes no later than the flag is
 * written, and you would insert an acquire barrier between reading the flag
 * and reading the data, to ensure that all the reads associated with the flag
 * have completed.
 *
 * In this pattern you should always see a release barrier paired with an
 * acquire barrier and you should gate the data reads/writes with a single
 * flag variable.
 *
 * For more information on these semantics, take a look at the blog post:
 * http://preshing.com/20120913/acquire-and-release-semantics
 *
 * \threadsafety Obviously this macro is safe to use from any thread at any
 *               time, but if you find yourself needing this, you are probably
 *               dealing with some very sensitive code; be careful!
 *
 * \since This function is available since SDL 3.0.0.
 */
extern SDL_DECLSPEC void SDLCALL SDL_MemoryBarrierReleaseFunction(void);

/**
 * Insert a memory acquire barrier.
 *
 * Please refer to SDL_MemoryBarrierReleaseFunction for the details!
 *
 * \threadsafety Obviously this function is safe to use from any thread at any
 *               time, but if you find yourself needing this, you are probably
 *               dealing with some very sensitive code; be careful!
 *
 * \since This function is available since SDL 3.0.0.
 *
 * \sa SDL_MemoryBarrierReleaseFunction
 */
extern SDL_DECLSPEC void SDLCALL SDL_MemoryBarrierAcquireFunction(void);

/* !!! FIXME: this should have documentation! */
#if defined(__GNUC__) && (defined(__powerpc__) || defined(__ppc__))
#define SDL_MemoryBarrierRelease()   __asm__ __volatile__ ("lwsync" : : : "memory")
#define SDL_MemoryBarrierAcquire()   __asm__ __volatile__ ("lwsync" : : : "memory")
#elif defined(__GNUC__) && defined(__aarch64__)
#define SDL_MemoryBarrierRelease()   __asm__ __volatile__ ("dmb ish" : : : "memory")
#define SDL_MemoryBarrierAcquire()   __asm__ __volatile__ ("dmb ish" : : : "memory")
#elif defined(__GNUC__) && defined(__arm__)
#if 0 /* defined(SDL_PLATFORM_LINUX) || defined(SDL_PLATFORM_ANDROID) */
/* Information from:
   https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/chromium/+/trunk/base/atomicops_internals_arm_gcc.h#19

   The Linux kernel provides a helper function which provides the right code for a memory barrier,
   hard-coded at address 0xffff0fa0
*/
typedef void (*SDL_KernelMemoryBarrierFunc)();
#define SDL_MemoryBarrierRelease()	((SDL_KernelMemoryBarrierFunc)0xffff0fa0)()
#define SDL_MemoryBarrierAcquire()	((SDL_KernelMemoryBarrierFunc)0xffff0fa0)()
#else
#if defined(__ARM_ARCH_7__) || defined(__ARM_ARCH_7A__) || defined(__ARM_ARCH_7EM__) || defined(__ARM_ARCH_7R__) || defined(__ARM_ARCH_7M__) || defined(__ARM_ARCH_7S__) || defined(__ARM_ARCH_8A__)
#define SDL_MemoryBarrierRelease()   __asm__ __volatile__ ("dmb ish" : : : "memory")
#define SDL_MemoryBarrierAcquire()   __asm__ __volatile__ ("dmb ish" : : : "memory")
#elif defined(__ARM_ARCH_6__) || defined(__ARM_ARCH_6J__) || defined(__ARM_ARCH_6K__) || defined(__ARM_ARCH_6T2__) || defined(__ARM_ARCH_6Z__) || defined(__ARM_ARCH_6ZK__)
#ifdef __thumb__
/* The mcr instruction isn't available in thumb mode, use real functions */
#define SDL_MEMORY_BARRIER_USES_FUNCTION
#define SDL_MemoryBarrierRelease()   SDL_MemoryBarrierReleaseFunction()
#define SDL_MemoryBarrierAcquire()   SDL_MemoryBarrierAcquireFunction()
#else
#define SDL_MemoryBarrierRelease()   __asm__ __volatile__ ("mcr p15, 0, %0, c7, c10, 5" : : "r"(0) : "memory")
#define SDL_MemoryBarrierAcquire()   __asm__ __volatile__ ("mcr p15, 0, %0, c7, c10, 5" : : "r"(0) : "memory")
#endif /* __thumb__ */
#else
#define SDL_MemoryBarrierRelease()   __asm__ __volatile__ ("" : : : "memory")
#define SDL_MemoryBarrierAcquire()   __asm__ __volatile__ ("" : : : "memory")
#endif /* SDL_PLATFORM_LINUX || SDL_PLATFORM_ANDROID */
#endif /* __GNUC__ && __arm__ */
#else
#if (defined(__SUNPRO_C) && (__SUNPRO_C >= 0x5120))
/* This is correct for all CPUs on Solaris when using Solaris Studio 12.1+. */
#include <mbarrier.h>
#define SDL_MemoryBarrierRelease()  __machine_rel_barrier()
#define SDL_MemoryBarrierAcquire()  __machine_acq_barrier()
#else
/* This is correct for the x86 and x64 CPUs, and we'll expand this over time. */
#define SDL_MemoryBarrierRelease()  SDL_CompilerBarrier()
#define SDL_MemoryBarrierAcquire()  SDL_CompilerBarrier()
#endif
#endif

/* "REP NOP" is PAUSE, coded for tools that don't know it by that name. */
#ifdef SDL_WIKI_DOCUMENTATION_SECTION

/**
 * A macro to insert a CPU-specific "pause" instruction into the program.
 *
 * This can be useful in busy-wait loops, as it serves as a hint to the CPU as
 * to the program's intent; some CPUs can use this to do more efficient
 * processing. On some platforms, this doesn't do anything, so using this
 * macro might just be a harmless no-op.
 *
 * Note that if you are busy-waiting, there are often more-efficient
 * approaches with other synchronization primitives: mutexes, semaphores,
 * condition variables, etc.
 *
 * \threadsafety This macro is safe to use from any thread.
 *
 * \since This macro is available since SDL 3.0.0.
 */
#define SDL_CPUPauseInstruction() DoACPUPauseInACompilerAndArchitectureSpecificWay
#elif (defined(__GNUC__) || defined(__clang__)) && (defined(__i386__) || defined(__x86_64__))
    #define SDL_CPUPauseInstruction() __asm__ __volatile__("pause\n")  /* Some assemblers can't do REP NOP, so go with PAUSE. */
#elif (defined(__arm__) && defined(__ARM_ARCH) && __ARM_ARCH >= 7) || defined(__aarch64__)
    #define SDL_CPUPauseInstruction() __asm__ __volatile__("yield" ::: "memory")
#elif (defined(__powerpc__) || defined(__powerpc64__))
    #define SDL_CPUPauseInstruction() __asm__ __volatile__("or 27,27,27");
#elif (defined(__riscv) && __riscv_xlen == 64)
    #define SDL_CPUPauseInstruction() __asm__ __volatile__(".insn i 0x0F, 0, x0, x0, 0x010");
#elif defined(_MSC_VER) && (defined(_M_IX86) || defined(_M_X64))
    #define SDL_CPUPauseInstruction() _mm_pause()  /* this is actually "rep nop" and not a SIMD instruction. No inline asm in MSVC x86-64! */
#elif defined(_MSC_VER) && (defined(_M_ARM) || defined(_M_ARM64))
    #define SDL_CPUPauseInstruction() __yield()
#elif defined(__WATCOMC__) && defined(__386__)
    extern __inline void SDL_CPUPauseInstruction(void);
    #pragma aux SDL_CPUPauseInstruction = ".686p" ".xmm2" "pause"
#else
    #define SDL_CPUPauseInstruction()
#endif


/**
 * A type representing an atomic integer value.
 *
 * This can be used to manage a value that is synchronized across multiple
 * CPUs without a race condition; when an app sets a value with
 * SDL_SetAtomicInt all other threads, regardless of the CPU it is running on,
 * will see that value when retrieved with SDL_GetAtomicInt, regardless of CPU
 * caches, etc.
 *
 * This is also useful for atomic compare-and-swap operations: a thread can
 * change the value as long as its current value matches expectations. When
 * done in a loop, one can guarantee data consistency across threads without a
 * lock (but the usual warnings apply: if you don't know what you're doing, or
 * you don't do it carefully, you can confidently cause any number of
 * disasters with this, so in most cases, you _should_ use a mutex instead of
 * this!).
 *
 * This is a struct so people don't accidentally use numeric operations on it
 * directly. You have to use SDL atomic functions.
 *
 * \since This struct is available since SDL 3.0.0.
 *
 * \sa SDL_CompareAndSwapAtomicInt
 * \sa SDL_GetAtomicInt
 * \sa SDL_SetAtomicInt
 * \sa SDL_AddAtomicInt
 */
typedef struct SDL_AtomicInt { int value; } SDL_AtomicInt;

/**
 * Set an atomic variable to a new value if it is currently an old value.
 *
 * ***Note: If you don't know what this function is for, you shouldn't use
 * it!***
 *
 * \param a a pointer to an SDL_AtomicInt variable to be modified.
 * \param oldval the old value.
 * \param newval the new value.
 * \returns true if the atomic variable was set, false otherwise.
 *
 * \threadsafety It is safe to call this function from any thread.
 *
 * \since This function is available since SDL 3.0.0.
 *
 * \sa SDL_GetAtomicInt
 * \sa SDL_SetAtomicInt
 */
extern SDL_DECLSPEC bool SDLCALL SDL_CompareAndSwapAtomicInt(SDL_AtomicInt *a, int oldval, int newval);

/**
 * Set an atomic variable to a value.
 *
 * This function also acts as a full memory barrier.
 *
 * ***Note: If you don't know what this function is for, you shouldn't use
 * it!***
 *
 * \param a a pointer to an SDL_AtomicInt variable to be modified.
 * \param v the desired value.
 * \returns the previous value of the atomic variable.
 *
 * \threadsafety It is safe to call this function from any thread.
 *
 * \since This function is available since SDL 3.0.0.
 *
 * \sa SDL_GetAtomicInt
 */
extern SDL_DECLSPEC int SDLCALL SDL_SetAtomicInt(SDL_AtomicInt *a, int v);

/**
 * Get the value of an atomic variable.
 *
 * ***Note: If you don't know what this function is for, you shouldn't use
 * it!***
 *
 * \param a a pointer to an SDL_AtomicInt variable.
 * \returns the current value of an atomic variable.
 *
 * \threadsafety It is safe to call this function from any thread.
 *
 * \since This function is available since SDL 3.0.0.
 *
 * \sa SDL_SetAtomicInt
 */
extern SDL_DECLSPEC int SDLCALL SDL_GetAtomicInt(SDL_AtomicInt *a);

/**
 * Add to an atomic variable.
 *
 * This function also acts as a full memory barrier.
 *
 * ***Note: If you don't know what this function is for, you shouldn't use
 * it!***
 *
 * \param a a pointer to an SDL_AtomicInt variable to be modified.
 * \param v the desired value to add.
 * \returns the previous value of the atomic variable.
 *
 * \threadsafety It is safe to call this function from any thread.
 *
 * \since This function is available since SDL 3.0.0.
 *
 * \sa SDL_AtomicDecRef
 * \sa SDL_AtomicIncRef
 */
extern SDL_DECLSPEC int SDLCALL SDL_AddAtomicInt(SDL_AtomicInt *a, int v);

#ifndef SDL_AtomicIncRef

/**
 * Increment an atomic variable used as a reference count.
 *
 * ***Note: If you don't know what this macro is for, you shouldn't use it!***
 *
 * \param a a pointer to an SDL_AtomicInt to increment.
 * \returns the previous value of the atomic variable.
 *
 * \since This macro is available since SDL 3.0.0.
 *
 * \sa SDL_AtomicDecRef
 */
#define SDL_AtomicIncRef(a)    SDL_AddAtomicInt(a, 1)
#endif

#ifndef SDL_AtomicDecRef

/**
 * Decrement an atomic variable used as a reference count.
 *
 * ***Note: If you don't know what this macro is for, you shouldn't use it!***
 *
 * \param a a pointer to an SDL_AtomicInt to increment.
 * \returns true if the variable reached zero after decrementing, false
 *          otherwise.
 *
 * \since This macro is available since SDL 3.0.0.
 *
 * \sa SDL_AtomicIncRef
 */
#define SDL_AtomicDecRef(a)    (SDL_AddAtomicInt(a, -1) == 1)
#endif

/**
 * A type representing an atomic unsigned 32-bit value.
 *
 * This can be used to manage a value that is synchronized across multiple
 * CPUs without a race condition; when an app sets a value with
 * SDL_SetAtomicU32 all other threads, regardless of the CPU it is running on,
 * will see that value when retrieved with SDL_GetAtomicU32, regardless of CPU
 * caches, etc.
 *
 * This is also useful for atomic compare-and-swap operations: a thread can
 * change the value as long as its current value matches expectations. When
 * done in a loop, one can guarantee data consistency across threads without a
 * lock (but the usual warnings apply: if you don't know what you're doing, or
 * you don't do it carefully, you can confidently cause any number of
 * disasters with this, so in most cases, you _should_ use a mutex instead of
 * this!).
 *
 * This is a struct so people don't accidentally use numeric operations on it
 * directly. You have to use SDL atomic functions.
 *
 * \since This struct is available since SDL 3.0.0.
 *
 * \sa SDL_CompareAndSwapAtomicU32
 * \sa SDL_GetAtomicU32
 * \sa SDL_SetAtomicU32
 * \sa SDL_AddAtomicU32
 */
typedef struct SDL_AtomicU32 { Uint32 value; } SDL_AtomicU32;

/**
 * Set an atomic variable to a new value if it is currently an old value.
 *
 * ***Note: If you don't know what this function is for, you shouldn't use
 * it!***
 *
 * \param a a pointer to an SDL_AtomicU32 variable to be modified.
 * \param oldval the old value.
 * \param newval the new value.
 * \returns true if the atomic variable was set, false otherwise.
 *
 * \threadsafety It is safe to call this function from any thread.
 *
 * \since This function is available since SDL 3.0.0.
 *
 * \sa SDL_GetAtomicU32
 * \sa SDL_SetAtomicU32
 */
extern SDL_DECLSPEC bool SDLCALL SDL_CompareAndSwapAtomicU32(SDL_AtomicU32 *a, Uint32 oldval, Uint32 newval);

/**
 * Set an atomic variable to a value.
 *
 * This function also acts as a full memory barrier.
 *
 * ***Note: If you don't know what this function is for, you shouldn't use
 * it!***
 *
 * \param a a pointer to an SDL_AtomicU32 variable to be modified.
 * \param v the desired value.
 * \returns the previous value of the atomic variable.
 *
 * \threadsafety It is safe to call this function from any thread.
 *
 * \since This function is available since SDL 3.0.0.
 *
 * \sa SDL_GetAtomicU32
 */
extern SDL_DECLSPEC Uint32 SDLCALL SDL_SetAtomicU32(SDL_AtomicU32 *a, Uint32 v);

/**
 * Get the value of an atomic variable.
 *
 * ***Note: If you don't know what this function is for, you shouldn't use
 * it!***
 *
 * \param a a pointer to an SDL_AtomicU32 variable.
 * \returns the current value of an atomic variable.
 *
 * \threadsafety It is safe to call this function from any thread.
 *
 * \since This function is available since SDL 3.0.0.
 *
 * \sa SDL_SetAtomicU32
 */
extern SDL_DECLSPEC Uint32 SDLCALL SDL_GetAtomicU32(SDL_AtomicU32 *a);

/**
 * Set a pointer to a new value if it is currently an old value.
 *
 * ***Note: If you don't know what this function is for, you shouldn't use
 * it!***
 *
 * \param a a pointer to a pointer.
 * \param oldval the old pointer value.
 * \param newval the new pointer value.
 * \returns true if the pointer was set, false otherwise.
 *
 * \threadsafety It is safe to call this function from any thread.
 *
 * \since This function is available since SDL 3.0.0.
 *
 * \sa SDL_CompareAndSwapAtomicInt
 * \sa SDL_GetAtomicPointer
 * \sa SDL_SetAtomicPointer
 */
extern SDL_DECLSPEC bool SDLCALL SDL_CompareAndSwapAtomicPointer(void **a, void *oldval, void *newval);

/**
 * Set a pointer to a value atomically.
 *
 * ***Note: If you don't know what this function is for, you shouldn't use
 * it!***
 *
 * \param a a pointer to a pointer.
 * \param v the desired pointer value.
 * \returns the previous value of the pointer.
 *
 * \threadsafety It is safe to call this function from any thread.
 *
 * \since This function is available since SDL 3.0.0.
 *
 * \sa SDL_CompareAndSwapAtomicPointer
 * \sa SDL_GetAtomicPointer
 */
extern SDL_DECLSPEC void * SDLCALL SDL_SetAtomicPointer(void **a, void *v);

/**
 * Get the value of a pointer atomically.
 *
 * ***Note: If you don't know what this function is for, you shouldn't use
 * it!***
 *
 * \param a a pointer to a pointer.
 * \returns the current value of a pointer.
 *
 * \threadsafety It is safe to call this function from any thread.
 *
 * \since This function is available since SDL 3.0.0.
 *
 * \sa SDL_CompareAndSwapAtomicPointer
 * \sa SDL_SetAtomicPointer
 */
extern SDL_DECLSPEC void * SDLCALL SDL_GetAtomicPointer(void **a);

/* Ends C function definitions when using C++ */
#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif

#include <SDL3/SDL_close_code.h>

#endif /* SDL_atomic_h_ */