model: unify JOIN- and LOCK-related sleep/wake code
authorBrian Norris <banorris@uci.edu>
Wed, 3 Oct 2012 00:28:02 +0000 (17:28 -0700)
committerBrian Norris <banorris@uci.edu>
Wed, 3 Oct 2012 00:33:00 +0000 (17:33 -0700)
We might as well use similar code paths for JOIN and LOCK operations
that must wait on another thread to re-enable it. The side benefit here
is that the JOIN action is now placed at the correct sequence point in
the execution trace.

model.cc

index 2c5ad5ad93b9e9939042ac0d6e42947ed4bab613..ce9e0660ff33021bc53bfaa0ada87cd60b12434f 100644 (file)
--- a/model.cc
+++ b/model.cc
@@ -484,26 +484,17 @@ bool ModelChecker::process_thread_action(ModelAction *curr)
                break;
        }
        case THREAD_JOIN: {
-               Thread *waiting, *blocking;
-               waiting = get_thread(curr);
-               blocking = (Thread *)curr->get_location();
-               if (!blocking->is_complete()) {
-                       blocking->push_wait_list(curr);
-                       scheduler->sleep(waiting);
-               } else {
-                       do_complete_join(curr);
-                       synchronized = true;
-               }
+               Thread *blocking = (Thread *)curr->get_location();
+               ModelAction *act = get_last_action(blocking->get_id());
+               curr->synchronize_with(act);
+               synchronized = true;
                break;
        }
        case THREAD_FINISH: {
                Thread *th = get_thread(curr);
                while (!th->wait_list_empty()) {
                        ModelAction *act = th->pop_wait_list();
-                       Thread *wake = get_thread(act);
-                       scheduler->wake(wake);
-                       do_complete_join(act);
-                       synchronized = true;
+                       scheduler->wake(get_thread(act));
                }
                th->complete();
                break;
@@ -573,9 +564,12 @@ ModelAction * ModelChecker::initialize_curr_action(ModelAction *curr)
 }
 
 /**
- * This method checks whether a model action is enabled at the given point.
- * At this point, it checks whether a lock operation would be successful at this point.
- * If not, it puts the thread in a waiter list.
+ * @brief Check whether a model action is enabled.
+ *
+ * Checks whether a lock or join operation would be successful (i.e., is the
+ * lock already locked, or is the joined thread already complete). If not, put
+ * the action in a waiter list.
+ *
  * @param curr is the ModelAction to check whether it is enabled.
  * @return a bool that indicates whether the action is enabled.
  */
@@ -588,6 +582,12 @@ bool ModelChecker::check_action_enabled(ModelAction *curr) {
                        lock_waiters_map->get_safe_ptr(curr->get_location())->push_back(curr);
                        return false;
                }
+       } else if (curr->get_type() == THREAD_JOIN) {
+               Thread *blocking = (Thread *)curr->get_location();
+               if (!blocking->is_complete()) {
+                       blocking->push_wait_list(curr);
+                       return false;
+               }
        }
 
        return true;
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ Thread * ModelChecker::check_current_action(ModelAction *curr)
 
        if (!check_action_enabled(curr)) {
                /* Make the execution look like we chose to run this action
-                * much later, when a lock is actually available to release */
+                * much later, when a lock/join can succeed */
                get_current_thread()->set_pending(curr);
                scheduler->sleep(get_current_thread());
                return get_next_thread(NULL);