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NAME
     CK_ELIDE_PROTOTYPE,    CK_ELIDE_LOCK_ADAPTIVE,    CK_ELIDE_UNLOCK_ADAPTIVE,
     CK_ELIDE_LOCK,	    CK_ELIDE_UNLOCK,	     CK_ELIDE_TRYLOCK_PROTOTYPE,
     CK_ELIDE_TRYLOCK -- lock elision wrappers

LIBRARY
     Concurrency Kit (libck, -lck)

SYNOPSIS
     #include <ck_elide.h>

     ck_elide_stat_t stat = CK_ELIDE_STAT_INITIALIZER;

     void
     ck_elide_stat_init(ck_elide_stat_t *);

     struct ck_elide_config config = CK_ELIDE_CONFIG_DEFAULT_INITIALIZER;

     struct ck_elide_config {
	     unsigned short skip_busy;
	     short retry_busy;
	     unsigned short skip_other;
	     short retry_other;
	     unsigned short skip_conflict;
	     short retry_conflict;
     };

     CK_ELIDE_PROTOTYPE(NAME, TYPE, LOCK_PREDICATE, LOCK_FUNCTION,
	 UNLOCK_PREDICATE, UNLOCK_FUNCTION);

     CK_ELIDE_LOCK_ADAPTIVE(NAME, ck_elide_stat_t *, struct ck_elide_config *,
	 TYPE *);

     CK_ELIDE_UNLOCK_ADAPTIVE(NAME, ck_elide_stat_t *, TYPE *);

     CK_ELIDE_LOCK(NAME, TYPE *);

     CK_ELIDE_UNLOCK(NAME, TYPE *);

     CK_ELIDE_TRYLOCK_PROTOTYPE(NAME, TYPE, LOCK_PREDICATE, TRYLOCK_FUNCTION);

DESCRIPTION
     These  macros  implement lock elision wrappers for a user-specified single-
     argument lock interface. The wrappers will attempt to elide  lock	acquisi-
     tion,  allowing concurrent execution of critical sections that do not issue
     conflicting memory operations. If any threads have  successfully  elided  a
     lock acquisition, conflicting memory operations will roll-back any side-ef-
     fects  of the critical section and force every thread to retry the lock ac-
     quisition regularly.

     CK_ELIDE_LOCK(),	 CK_ELIDE_UNLOCK(),    CK_ELIDE_LOCK_ADAPTIVE(),     and
     CK_ELIDE_UNLOCK_ADAPTIVE()  macros  require a previous CK_ELIDE_PROTOTYPE()
     with the same NAME.  Elision is attempted if  the	LOCK_PREDICATE	function
     returns  false.  If LOCK_PREDICATE returns true then elision is aborted and
     LOCK_FUNCTION is executed instead. If any threads are in an elided critical
     section, LOCK_FUNCTION must force them to rollback  through  a  conflicting
     memory  operation.   The  UNLOCK_PREDICATE function must return true if the
     lock is acquired by the caller, meaning that the lock was not  successfully
     elided.  If UNLOCK_PREDICATE returns true, then the UNLOCK_FUNCTION is exe-
     cuted. If RTM is unsupported (no CK_F_PR_RTM  macro)  then  CK_ELIDE_LOCK()
     and   CK_ELIDE_LOCK_ADAPTIVE()   will   immediately  call	LOCK_FUNCTION().
     CK_ELIDE_UNLOCK() and CK_ELIDE_UNLOCK_ADAPTIVE() will immediately call  UN-
     LOCK_FUNCTION().

     CK_ELIDE_TRYLOCK()  requires  a  previous CK_ELIDE_TRYLOCK_PROTOTYPE() with
     the same name.  Elision is attempted if the LOCK_PREDICATE function returns
     false. If LOCK_PREDICATE returns true or if elision fails then  the  opera-
     tion  is  aborted.  If  RTM  is  unsupported  (no	CK_F_PR_RTM  macro) then
     CK_ELIDE_TRYLOCK() will immediately call TRYLOCK_FUNCTION().

     CK_ELIDE_LOCK_ADAPTIVE() and CK_ELIDE_UNLOCK_ADAPTIVE() will adapt the eli-
     sion behavior associated with lock operations according to the run-time be-
     havior of the program. This behavior  is  defined	by  the  ck_elide_config
     structure	pointer  passed  to  CK_ELIDE_LOCK_ADAPTIVE().	 A  thread-local
     ck_elide_stat structure must be passed to both CK_ELIDE_LOCK_ADAPTIVE() and
     CK_ELIDE_UNLOCK_ADAPTIVE().  This structure is expected to  be  unique  for
     different	workloads, may not be re-used in recursive acquisitions and must
     match the lifetime of the lock it is associated with. It  is  safe  to  mix
     adaptive calls with best-effort calls.

     Both  ck_spinlock.h  and  ck_rwlock.h  define  ck_elide  wrappers under the
     ck_spinlock and ck_rwlock namespace, respectively.

EXAMPLES
     This example utilizes built-in lock elision  facilities  in  ck_rwlock  and
     ck_spinlock.

	   #include <ck_rwlock.h>
	   #include <ck_spinlock.h>

	   static ck_rwlock_t rw = CK_RWLOCK_INITIALIZER;
	   static struct ck_elide_config rw_config =
	       CK_ELIDE_CONFIG_DEFAULT_INITIALIZER;
	   static __thread ck_elide_stat_t rw_stat =
	       CK_ELIDE_STAT_INITIALIZER;

	   static ck_spinlock_t spinlock = CK_SPINLOCK_INITIALIZER;
	   static struct ck_elide_config spinlock_config =
	       CK_ELIDE_CONFIG_DEFAULT_INITIALIZER;
	   static __thread ck_elide_stat_t spinlock_stat =
	       CK_ELIDE_STAT_INITIALIZER;

	   void
	   function(void)
	   {

		   /* Lock-unlock write-side lock in weak best-effort manner. */
		   CK_ELIDE_LOCK(ck_rwlock_write, &rw);
		   CK_ELIDE_UNLOCK(ck_rwlock_write, &rw);

		   /* Attempt to acquire the write-side lock. */
		   if (CK_ELIDE_TRYLOCK(ck_rwlock_write, &rw) == true)
			   CK_ELIDE_UNLOCK(ck_rwlock_write, &rw);

		   /* Lock-unlock read-side lock in weak best-effort manner. */
		   CK_ELIDE_LOCK(ck_rwlock_read, &rw);
		   CK_ELIDE_UNLOCK(ck_rwlock_read, &rw);

		   /* Attempt to acquire the read-side lock. */
		   if (CK_ELIDE_TRYLOCK(ck_rwlock_read, &rw) == true)
			   CK_ELIDE_UNLOCK(ck_rwlock_read, &rw);

		   /* Lock-unlock write-side lock in an adaptive manner. */
		   CK_ELIDE_LOCK_ADAPTIVE(ck_rwlock_write, &rw_stat,
		       &rw_config, &rw);
		   CK_ELIDE_UNLOCK_ADAPTIVE(ck_rwlock_write, &rw_stat,
		       &rw_config, &rw);

		   /* Lock-unlock read-side lock in an adaptive manner. */
		   CK_ELIDE_LOCK_ADAPTIVE(ck_rwlock_read, &rw_stat,
		       &rw_config, &rw);
		   CK_ELIDE_UNLOCK_ADAPTIVE(ck_rwlock_read, &rw_stat,
		       &rw_config, &rw);

		   /* Lock-unlock spinlock in weak best-effort manner. */
		   CK_ELIDE_LOCK(ck_spinlock, &spinlock);
		   CK_ELIDE_UNLOCK(ck_spinlock, &spinlock);

		   /* Attempt to acquire the lock. */
		   if (CK_ELIDE_TRYLOCK(ck_spinlock, &lock) == true)
			   CK_ELIDE_UNLOCK(ck_spinlock, &spinlock);

		   /* Lock-unlock spinlock in an adaptive manner. */
		   CK_ELIDE_LOCK_ADAPTIVE(ck_spinlock, &spinlock_stat,
		       &spinlock_config, &spinlock);
		   CK_ELIDE_UNLOCK_ADAPTIVE(ck_spinlock, &spinlock_stat,
		       &spinlock_config, &spinlock);
	   }

     In this example, user-defined locking functions are provided an elision im-
     plementation.

	   /* Assume lock_t has been previously defined. */
	   #include <ck_elide.h>

	   /*
	    * This function returns true if the lock is unavailable at the time
	    * it was called or false if the lock is available.
	    */
	   bool is_locked(lock_t *);

	   /*
	    * This function acquires the supplied lock.
	    */
	   void lock(lock_t *);

	   /*
	    * This function releases the lock.
	    */
	   void unlock(lock_t *);

	   CK_ELIDE_PROTOTYPE(my_lock, lock_t, is_locked, lock, is_locked, unlock)

	   static lock_t lock;

	   void
	   function(void)
	   {

		   CK_ELIDE_LOCK(my_lock, &lock);
		   CK_ELIDE_UNLOCK(my_lock, &lock);
	   }

SEE ALSO
     ck_rwlock(3), ck_spinlock(3)

     Ravi  Rajwar and James R. Goodman. 2001. Speculative lock elision: enabling
     highly concurrent multithreaded execution. In Proceedings of the  34th  an-
     nual ACM/IEEE international symposium on Microarchitecture (MICRO 34). IEEE
     Computer Society, Washington, DC, USA, 294-305.

     Additional  information  available at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transac-
     tional_Synchronization_Extensions and http://concurrencykit.org/

				 July 13, 2013. 		     ck_elide(3)

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