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Diffstat (limited to 'gnu/packages/patches/libunistring-gnulib-multi-core.patch')
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1 files changed, 0 insertions, 178 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/libunistring-gnulib-multi-core.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/libunistring-gnulib-multi-core.patch deleted file mode 100644 index 709b20c6d2..0000000000 --- a/gnu/packages/patches/libunistring-gnulib-multi-core.patch +++ /dev/null @@ -1,178 +0,0 @@ -This patch fixes performance problems on multi-core machines -as reported at <https://bugs.gnu.org/26441>. - -See commit 480d374e596a0ee3fed168ab42cd84c313ad3c89 in Gnulib -by Bruno Haible <[email protected]>. - -diff --git a/tests/test-lock.c b/tests/test-lock.c -index cb734b4e6..aa6de2739 100644 ---- a/tests/test-lock.c -+++ b/tests/test-lock.c -@@ -50,6 +50,13 @@ - Uncomment this to see if the operating system has a fair scheduler. */ - #define EXPLICIT_YIELD 1 - -+/* Whether to use 'volatile' on some variables that communicate information -+ between threads. If set to 0, a lock is used to protect these variables. -+ If set to 1, 'volatile' is used; this is theoretically equivalent but can -+ lead to much slower execution (e.g. 30x slower total run time on a 40-core -+ machine. */ -+#define USE_VOLATILE 0 -+ - /* Whether to print debugging messages. */ - #define ENABLE_DEBUGGING 0 - -@@ -103,6 +110,51 @@ - # define yield() - #endif - -+#if USE_VOLATILE -+struct atomic_int { -+ volatile int value; -+}; -+static void -+init_atomic_int (struct atomic_int *ai) -+{ -+} -+static int -+get_atomic_int_value (struct atomic_int *ai) -+{ -+ return ai->value; -+} -+static void -+set_atomic_int_value (struct atomic_int *ai, int new_value) -+{ -+ ai->value = new_value; -+} -+#else -+struct atomic_int { -+ gl_lock_define (, lock) -+ int value; -+}; -+static void -+init_atomic_int (struct atomic_int *ai) -+{ -+ gl_lock_init (ai->lock); -+} -+static int -+get_atomic_int_value (struct atomic_int *ai) -+{ -+ gl_lock_lock (ai->lock); -+ int ret = ai->value; -+ gl_lock_unlock (ai->lock); -+ return ret; -+} -+static void -+set_atomic_int_value (struct atomic_int *ai, int new_value) -+{ -+ gl_lock_lock (ai->lock); -+ ai->value = new_value; -+ gl_lock_unlock (ai->lock); -+} -+#endif -+ - #define ACCOUNT_COUNT 4 - - static int account[ACCOUNT_COUNT]; -@@ -170,12 +222,12 @@ lock_mutator_thread (void *arg) - return NULL; - } - --static volatile int lock_checker_done; -+static struct atomic_int lock_checker_done; - - static void * - lock_checker_thread (void *arg) - { -- while (!lock_checker_done) -+ while (get_atomic_int_value (&lock_checker_done) == 0) - { - dbgprintf ("Checker %p before check lock\n", gl_thread_self_pointer ()); - gl_lock_lock (my_lock); -@@ -200,7 +252,8 @@ test_lock (void) - /* Initialization. */ - for (i = 0; i < ACCOUNT_COUNT; i++) - account[i] = 1000; -- lock_checker_done = 0; -+ init_atomic_int (&lock_checker_done); -+ set_atomic_int_value (&lock_checker_done, 0); - - /* Spawn the threads. */ - checkerthread = gl_thread_create (lock_checker_thread, NULL); -@@ -210,7 +263,7 @@ test_lock (void) - /* Wait for the threads to terminate. */ - for (i = 0; i < THREAD_COUNT; i++) - gl_thread_join (threads[i], NULL); -- lock_checker_done = 1; -+ set_atomic_int_value (&lock_checker_done, 1); - gl_thread_join (checkerthread, NULL); - check_accounts (); - } -@@ -254,12 +307,12 @@ rwlock_mutator_thread (void *arg) - return NULL; - } - --static volatile int rwlock_checker_done; -+static struct atomic_int rwlock_checker_done; - - static void * - rwlock_checker_thread (void *arg) - { -- while (!rwlock_checker_done) -+ while (get_atomic_int_value (&rwlock_checker_done) == 0) - { - dbgprintf ("Checker %p before check rdlock\n", gl_thread_self_pointer ()); - gl_rwlock_rdlock (my_rwlock); -@@ -284,7 +337,8 @@ test_rwlock (void) - /* Initialization. */ - for (i = 0; i < ACCOUNT_COUNT; i++) - account[i] = 1000; -- rwlock_checker_done = 0; -+ init_atomic_int (&rwlock_checker_done); -+ set_atomic_int_value (&rwlock_checker_done, 0); - - /* Spawn the threads. */ - for (i = 0; i < THREAD_COUNT; i++) -@@ -295,7 +349,7 @@ test_rwlock (void) - /* Wait for the threads to terminate. */ - for (i = 0; i < THREAD_COUNT; i++) - gl_thread_join (threads[i], NULL); -- rwlock_checker_done = 1; -+ set_atomic_int_value (&rwlock_checker_done, 1); - for (i = 0; i < THREAD_COUNT; i++) - gl_thread_join (checkerthreads[i], NULL); - check_accounts (); -@@ -356,12 +410,12 @@ reclock_mutator_thread (void *arg) - return NULL; - } - --static volatile int reclock_checker_done; -+static struct atomic_int reclock_checker_done; - - static void * - reclock_checker_thread (void *arg) - { -- while (!reclock_checker_done) -+ while (get_atomic_int_value (&reclock_checker_done) == 0) - { - dbgprintf ("Checker %p before check lock\n", gl_thread_self_pointer ()); - gl_recursive_lock_lock (my_reclock); -@@ -386,7 +440,8 @@ test_recursive_lock (void) - /* Initialization. */ - for (i = 0; i < ACCOUNT_COUNT; i++) - account[i] = 1000; -- reclock_checker_done = 0; -+ init_atomic_int (&reclock_checker_done); -+ set_atomic_int_value (&reclock_checker_done, 0); - - /* Spawn the threads. */ - checkerthread = gl_thread_create (reclock_checker_thread, NULL); -@@ -396,7 +451,7 @@ test_recursive_lock (void) - /* Wait for the threads to terminate. */ - for (i = 0; i < THREAD_COUNT; i++) - gl_thread_join (threads[i], NULL); -- reclock_checker_done = 1; -+ set_atomic_int_value (&reclock_checker_done, 1); - gl_thread_join (checkerthread, NULL); - check_accounts (); - } |