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1 // Copyright 2017 The Abseil Authors.
2 //
3 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
4 // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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14 //
15 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
16 // barrier.h
17 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
18 
19 #ifndef ABSL_SYNCHRONIZATION_BARRIER_H_
20 #define ABSL_SYNCHRONIZATION_BARRIER_H_
21 
22 #include "absl/base/thread_annotations.h"
23 #include "absl/synchronization/mutex.h"
24 
25 namespace absl {
26 ABSL_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
27 
28 // Barrier
29 //
30 // This class creates a barrier which blocks threads until a prespecified
31 // threshold of threads (`num_threads`) utilizes the barrier. A thread utilizes
32 // the `Barrier` by calling `Block()` on the barrier, which will block that
33 // thread; no call to `Block()` will return until `num_threads` threads have
34 // called it.
35 //
36 // Exactly one call to `Block()` will return `true`, which is then responsible
37 // for destroying the barrier; because stack allocation will cause the barrier
38 // to be deleted when it is out of scope, barriers should not be stack
39 // allocated.
40 //
41 // Example:
42 //
43 //   // Main thread creates a `Barrier`:
44 //   barrier = new Barrier(num_threads);
45 //
46 //   // Each participating thread could then call:
47 //   if (barrier->Block()) delete barrier;  // Exactly one call to `Block()`
48 //                                          // returns `true`; that call
49 //                                          // deletes the barrier.
50 class Barrier {
51  public:
52   // `num_threads` is the number of threads that will participate in the barrier
Barrier(int num_threads)53   explicit Barrier(int num_threads)
54       : num_to_block_(num_threads), num_to_exit_(num_threads) {}
55 
56   Barrier(const Barrier&) = delete;
57   Barrier& operator=(const Barrier&) = delete;
58 
59   // Barrier::Block()
60   //
61   // Blocks the current thread, and returns only when the `num_threads`
62   // threshold of threads utilizing this barrier has been reached. `Block()`
63   // returns `true` for precisely one caller, which may then destroy the
64   // barrier.
65   //
66   // Memory ordering: For any threads X and Y, any action taken by X
67   // before X calls `Block()` will be visible to Y after Y returns from
68   // `Block()`.
69   bool Block();
70 
71  private:
72   Mutex lock_;
73   int num_to_block_ ABSL_GUARDED_BY(lock_);
74   int num_to_exit_ ABSL_GUARDED_BY(lock_);
75 };
76 
77 ABSL_NAMESPACE_END
78 }  // namespace absl
79 #endif  // ABSL_SYNCHRONIZATION_BARRIER_H_
80