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/// @file bslmt_platform.h
///
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// bslmt_platform.h                                                   -*-C++-*-
#ifndef INCLUDED_BSLMT_PLATFORM
#define INCLUDED_BSLMT_PLATFORM
 
#include <bsls_ident.h>
BSLS_IDENT("$Id: $")
 
/// @defgroup bslmt_platform bslmt_platform
/// @brief  Provide platform-dependent thread-related trait definitions.
/// @addtogroup bsl
/// @{
/// @addtogroup bslmt
/// @{
/// @addtogroup bslmt_platform
/// @{
///
/// <h1> Outline </h1>
/// * <a href="#bslmt_platform-purpose"> Purpose</a>
/// * <a href="#bslmt_platform-classes"> Classes </a>
/// * <a href="#bslmt_platform-description"> Description </a>
///
/// # Purpose {#bslmt_platform-purpose}
/// Provide platform-dependent thread-related trait definitions.
///
/// # Classes {#bslmt_platform-classes}
///
/// -   bslmt::Platform: namespace for platform-dependent thread-related traits
///
/// @see 
///
/// # Description {#bslmt_platform-description}
/// This component defines a set of traits that identify and
/// describe a platform's concurrency properties.  For example, the
/// `ThreadPolicy` trait is ascribed a "value" (i.e., POSIX or Win32)
/// appropriate for each supported platform.  The various concurrency traits are
/// actually types declared in the `Platform` `struct`.  These types are
/// intended to be used in specializing template implementations or to enable
/// function overloading based on the prevalent system's characteristics.
///
/// This component also defines a `SemaphorePolicy` trait used for selecting a
/// semaphore implementation.  Differences among POSIX implementations lead to
/// different semaphore policies for the same `ThreadPolicy`.
///
/// Finally, this component defines a `TimedSemaphorePolicy` trait used for
/// selecting a timed-semaphore implementation.  POSIX platforms that do not
/// have a native timed-wait for semaphores require a custom (pthread-based)
/// implementation.
/// @}
/** @} */
/** @} */
 
/** @addtogroup bsl
 * @{
 */
/** @addtogroup bslmt
 * @{
 */
/** @addtogroup bslmt_platform
 * @{
 */
 
#include <bslscm_version.h>
 
#include <bsls_atomic.h>
#include <bsls_platform.h>
 
 
namespace bslmt {
 
                              // ==============
                              // class Platform
                              // ==============
 
/// This `struct` provides a namespace for concurrency trait definitions.
struct Platform {
 
                       // 'ThreadPolicy' trait
 
    struct PosixThreads {};
    struct Win32Threads {};
 
    #ifdef BSLS_PLATFORM_OS_UNIX
 
    typedef PosixThreads ThreadPolicy;
    #define BSLMT_PLATFORM_POSIX_THREADS 1
 
    #endif
 
    #ifdef BSLS_PLATFORM_OS_WINDOWS
 
    typedef Win32Threads ThreadPolicy;
    #define BSLMT_PLATFORM_WIN32_THREADS 1
 
    #endif
 
                       // 'SemaphorePolicy' trait
 
    struct CountedSemaphore {};
    struct PosixSemaphore {};
    struct DarwinSemaphore {};
    struct Win32Semaphore {};
 
    #ifdef BSLS_PLATFORM_OS_UNIX
 
    #if defined(BSLS_PLATFORM_OS_AIX)
 
    // The POSIX semaphore on IBM has a maximum count of 32k.  Other POSIX
    // implementations support counts up to 'INT_MAX', and, historically,
    // 'bslmt::Semaphore' also supported 'INT_MAX'.  On AIX, use a semaphore
    // that maintains the count in a separate atomic integer to enable
    // consistent semaphore usage across platforms.
 
    typedef CountedSemaphore SemaphorePolicy;
    typedef PosixSemaphore CountedSemaphoreImplPolicy;
    #define BSLMT_PLATFORM_COUNTED_SEMAPHORE
    #define BSLMT_PLATFORM_POSIX_SEMAPHORE
 
    #elif defined(BSLS_PLATFORM_OS_DARWIN)
 
    // Darwin doesn't implement sem_getvalue.
 
    typedef CountedSemaphore SemaphorePolicy;
    typedef DarwinSemaphore CountedSemaphoreImplPolicy;
    #define BSLMT_PLATFORM_COUNTED_SEMAPHORE
 
    #else
 
    typedef PosixSemaphore SemaphorePolicy;
    #define BSLMT_PLATFORM_POSIX_SEMAPHORE
 
    #endif
 
    #endif
 
    #ifdef BSLS_PLATFORM_OS_WINDOWS
 
    typedef Win32Semaphore SemaphorePolicy;
 
    #endif
 
                       // 'TimedSemaphorePolicy' trait
 
    struct PosixAdvTimedSemaphore {};
    struct PthreadTimedSemaphore {};
    struct Win32TimedSemaphore {};
 
    #ifdef BSLS_PLATFORM_OS_UNIX
 
    #if defined(BSLS_PLATFORM_OS_SUNOS)   || \
        defined(BSLS_PLATFORM_OS_SOLARIS) || \
        defined(BSLS_PLATFORM_OS_LINUX)      \
 
    typedef PosixAdvTimedSemaphore TimedSemaphorePolicy;
    #define BSLMT_PLATFORM_POSIXADV_TIMEDSEMAPHORE 1
 
    #else  // 'sem_timedwait' not available; use custom pthread-based semaphore
 
    typedef PthreadTimedSemaphore TimedSemaphorePolicy;
 
    #endif
 
    #endif
 
    #ifdef BSLS_PLATFORM_OS_WINDOWS
 
    typedef Win32TimedSemaphore TimedSemaphorePolicy;
 
    #endif
 
    enum {
      // This constant can be used in synchronization mechanisms to separate
      // member variables to prevent "false sharing".  For POWER cpus:
      // http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/power/library/pa-memory/index.html
      // has a simple program to determine the cache line size of the CPU.
      // Current Power cpus have 128-byte cache lines.
      //
      // On Solaris, to determine the cache line size on the local cpu, run:
      // ```
      //   prtconf -pv | grep -i l1-dcache-line-size | sort -u
      // ```
      // Older sparc cpus have 32-byte cache lines, newer 64-byte cache
      // lines.  We'll assume 64-byte cache lines here.
      //
      // On Linux with 'sysfs' support,
      // ```
      //  cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cache/index0/coherency_line_size
      // ```
      // or
      // ```
      //  cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep cache
      // ```
      // Post SSE2 cpus have the clflush instruction which can be used to write
      // a program similar to the one mentioned above for POWER cpus.  Current
      // x86/x86_64 have 64-byte cache lines.
      //
      // The non-L1 memory caches may obtain memory in a different quantum
      // (e.g., the L2 cache may pre-fetch a cache line).  As such, there may
      // be incremental improvement obtained if variables are seperated by
      // multiple cache lines.
      //
      // It is obviously suboptimal to determine this at compile time.  We
      // might want to do this at runtime, but this would add at least one
      // level of indirection.
#ifdef BSLS_PLATFORM_CPU_POWERPC
        e_CACHE_LINE_SIZE = 128
#else
        e_CACHE_LINE_SIZE = 64
#endif
    };
};
 
}  // close package namespace
 
 
#endif
 
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/** @} */
/** @} */
/** @} */