rust-raspberrypi-OS-tutorials/07_timestamps/src/synchronization.rs
2022-05-17 23:24:33 +02:00

78 lines
2.7 KiB
Rust

// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT OR Apache-2.0
//
// Copyright (c) 2020-2022 Andre Richter <andre.o.richter@gmail.com>
//! Synchronization primitives.
//!
//! # Resources
//!
//! - <https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/ch16-04-extensible-concurrency-sync-and-send.html>
//! - <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/59428096/understanding-the-send-trait>
//! - <https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/cell/index.html>
use core::cell::UnsafeCell;
//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Public Definitions
//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
/// Synchronization interfaces.
pub mod interface {
/// Any object implementing this trait guarantees exclusive access to the data wrapped within
/// the Mutex for the duration of the provided closure.
pub trait Mutex {
/// The type of the data that is wrapped by this mutex.
type Data;
/// Locks the mutex and grants the closure temporary mutable access to the wrapped data.
fn lock<'a, R>(&'a self, f: impl FnOnce(&'a mut Self::Data) -> R) -> R;
}
}
/// A pseudo-lock for teaching purposes.
///
/// In contrast to a real Mutex implementation, does not protect against concurrent access from
/// other cores to the contained data. This part is preserved for later lessons.
///
/// The lock will only be used as long as it is safe to do so, i.e. as long as the kernel is
/// executing single-threaded, aka only running on a single core with interrupts disabled.
pub struct NullLock<T>
where
T: ?Sized,
{
data: UnsafeCell<T>,
}
//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Public Code
//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
unsafe impl<T> Send for NullLock<T> where T: ?Sized + Send {}
unsafe impl<T> Sync for NullLock<T> where T: ?Sized + Send {}
impl<T> NullLock<T> {
/// Create an instance.
pub const fn new(data: T) -> Self {
Self {
data: UnsafeCell::new(data),
}
}
}
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// OS Interface Code
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
impl<T> interface::Mutex for NullLock<T> {
type Data = T;
fn lock<'a, R>(&'a self, f: impl FnOnce(&'a mut Self::Data) -> R) -> R {
// In a real lock, there would be code encapsulating this line that ensures that this
// mutable reference will ever only be given out once at a time.
let data = unsafe { &mut *self.data.get() };
f(data)
}
}