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Re: Library for Escalable Locks, Slimmest API?

From j4n bur53 <janburse@fastmail.fm>
Newsgroups comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject Re: Library for Escalable Locks, Slimmest API?
Date 2016-08-14 13:45 +0200
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Robert Klemme schrieb:
> resourceNeedsLoading() could then either check whether the resource has
> been loaded at all or also include modified time checks on the file.

No I don't have a dedicated load thread.

Yes it might happen that two threads try to read the
same resource at the same moment.

The write lock is used to serialize the read and update
of the resource, and a modified time check is used to
avoid a double read.

There are still issues here. Since before the resource
content is updated, both threads might already have
a reader handle and thus a modified time.

I recently moved getting the reader handle outside
of the write lock block. Maybe this is not a good
idea. Have to work on this also.

So its not exactly:

   acquire w-l
   if ( resourceNeedsLoading() ) {
     loadFromFile()
     updateResource()
   }
   release w-l

More along:

   if ( resourceNeedsLoading() ) {
      acquire w-l
      loadFromFile()
      updateResource()
      release w-l
   }

But I guess the optimal code is along:

  if ( resourceNeedsLoading() ) {
     acquire w-l
     if ( resourceNeedsLoading() ) {
        loadFromFile()
        updateResource()
     }
     release w-l
  }

This kind of double checking a condition is often
seen in MT code since acuiring a lock might take time
and meanwhile condition can have changed.

The double checking makes the thing also slightly
faster, since without acquiring a lock by the first
if, we can already decide.

This double checking works best for caches. As
I said in the particular case of loading, there
might be still some slight issues here.

Bye

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Library for Escalable Locks, Slimmest API? Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2016-08-07 18:55 +0200
  Re: Library for Escalable Locks, Slimmest API? Andreas Leitgeb <avl@logic.at> - 2016-08-08 01:10 +0000
    Re: Library for Escalable Locks, Slimmest API? j4n bur53 <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2016-08-08 09:38 +0200
      Re: Library for Escalable Locks, Slimmest API? j4n bur53 <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2016-08-08 09:47 +0200
      Re: Library for Escalable Locks, Slimmest API? Andreas Leitgeb <avl@logic.at> - 2016-08-10 14:39 +0000
        Re: Library for Escalable Locks, Slimmest API? Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2016-08-10 18:05 +0200
          Re: Library for Escalable Locks, Slimmest API? Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> - 2016-08-10 17:44 -0700
            Re: Library for Escalable Locks, Slimmest API? Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2016-08-11 12:43 +0200
              Re: Library for Escalable Locks, Slimmest API? Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2016-08-12 22:18 +0200
                Re: Library for Escalable Locks, Slimmest API? Andreas Leitgeb <avl@logic.at> - 2016-08-13 05:56 +0000
                Re: Library for Escalable Locks, Slimmest API? Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2016-08-13 11:08 +0200
                Re: Library for Escalable Locks, Slimmest API? j4n bur53 <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2016-08-13 11:37 +0200
                Re: Library for Escalable Locks, Slimmest API? j4n bur53 <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2016-08-13 11:39 +0200
                Re: Library for Escalable Locks, Slimmest API? Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2016-08-13 12:27 +0200
                Re: Library for Escalable Locks, Slimmest API? Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2016-08-13 23:21 +0200
                Re: Library for Escalable Locks, Slimmest API? j4n bur53 <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2016-08-14 11:42 +0200
                Re: Library for Escalable Locks, Slimmest API? j4n bur53 <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2016-08-14 11:50 +0200
                Jumping to false Conclusions [Robert Klemme] (Was: Library for Escalable Locks, Slimmest API?) j4n bur53 <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2016-08-14 12:06 +0200
                Re: Jumping to false Conclusions [Robert Klemme] (Was: Library for Escalable Locks, Slimmest API?) j4n bur53 <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2016-08-14 13:08 +0200
                Re: Jumping to false Conclusions [Robert Klemme] (Was: Library for Escalable Locks, Slimmest API?) Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2016-08-14 13:45 +0200
                Re: Jumping to false Conclusions [Robert Klemme] (Was: Library for Escalable Locks, Slimmest API?) j4n bur53 <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2016-08-14 14:01 +0200
                Re: Jumping to false Conclusions [Robert Klemme] (Was: Library for Escalable Locks, Slimmest API?) j4n bur53 <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2016-08-14 14:01 +0200
                Re: Jumping to false Conclusions [Robert Klemme] (Was: Library for Escalable Locks, Slimmest API?) j4n bur53 <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2016-08-14 14:07 +0200
                Re: Library for Escalable Locks, Slimmest API? Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2016-08-14 12:13 +0200
                Re: Library for Escalable Locks, Slimmest API? j4n bur53 <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2016-08-14 12:25 +0200
                Re: Library for Escalable Locks, Slimmest API? j4n bur53 <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2016-08-14 12:36 +0200
                Re: Library for Escalable Locks, Slimmest API? Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2016-08-14 13:41 +0200
                Re: Library for Escalable Locks, Slimmest API? j4n bur53 <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2016-08-14 12:45 +0200
                Re: Library for Escalable Locks, Slimmest API? j4n bur53 <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2016-08-14 12:49 +0200
                Re: Library for Escalable Locks, Slimmest API? j4n bur53 <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2016-08-14 13:45 +0200
                Re: Library for Escalable Locks, Slimmest API? j4n bur53 <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2016-08-14 13:48 +0200
                Re: Library for Escalable Locks, Slimmest API? Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2016-08-14 14:29 +0200
                Re: Library for Escalable Locks, Slimmest API? j4n bur53 <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2016-08-14 14:56 +0200
                Re: Library for Escalable Locks, Slimmest API? j4n bur53 <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2016-08-14 14:59 +0200
                Re: Library for Escalable Locks, Slimmest API? Jan Burse <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2016-08-14 18:10 +0200
  Simpler requirements on the horizon! (Re: Library for Escalable Locks, Slimmest API?) j4n bur53 <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2016-08-14 13:18 +0200
  I dont see a deadlock (Re: Library for Escalable Locks, Slimmest API?) j4n bur53 <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2016-08-31 01:23 +0200
    Re: I dont see a deadlock (Re: Library for Escalable Locks, Slimmest API?) bursejan@gmail.com - 2016-08-30 16:35 -0700
      Re: I dont see a deadlock (Re: Library for Escalable Locks, Slimmest API?) bursejan@gmail.com - 2016-08-30 16:45 -0700
        Re: I dont see a deadlock (Re: Library for Escalable Locks, Slimmest API?) Andreas Leitgeb <avl@logic.at> - 2016-08-31 09:23 +0000
          Re: I dont see a deadlock (Re: Library for Escalable Locks, Slimmest API?) Andreas Leitgeb <avl@logic.at> - 2016-08-31 10:13 +0000
          Re: I dont see a deadlock (Re: Library for Escalable Locks, Slimmest API?) j4n bur53 <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2016-08-31 14:00 +0200
        Re: I dont see a deadlock (Re: Library for Escalable Locks, Slimmest API?) Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2016-08-31 07:49 -0400
          Re: I dont see a deadlock (Re: Library for Escalable Locks, Slimmest API?) j4n bur53 <janburse@fastmail.fm> - 2016-08-31 14:13 +0200
            Re: I dont see a deadlock (Re: Library for Escalable Locks, Slimmest API?) Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2016-08-31 12:55 -0400
    Re: I dont see a deadlock (Re: Library for Escalable Locks, Slimmest API?) Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2016-08-31 07:54 -0400

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