require 'thread' module Rex ### # # ReadWriteLock # ------------- # # This class implements a read/write lock synchronization # primitive. It is meant to allow for more efficient access to # resources that are more often read from than written to and many # times can have concurrent reader threads. By allowing the reader # threads to lock the resource concurrently rather than serially, # a large performance boost can be seen. Acquiring a write lock # results in exclusive access to the resource and thereby prevents # any read operations during the time that a write lock is acquired. # Only one write lock may be acquired at a time. # ### class ReadWriteLock def initialize @read_sync_mutex = Mutex.new @write_sync_mutex = Mutex.new @exclusive_mutex = Mutex.new @readers = 0 @writer = false end # Acquires the read lock for the calling thread def lock_read read_sync_mutex.lock begin # If there are a non-zero number of readers and a # writer is waiting to acquire the exclusive lock, # free up the sync mutex temporarily and lock/unlock # the exclusive lock. This is to give the writer # thread a chance to acquire the lock and prevents # it from being constantly starved. if ((@readers > 0) and (@writer)) read_sync_mutex.unlock exclusive_mutex.lock exclusive_mutex.unlock read_sync_mutex.lock end # Increment the active reader count @readers += 1 # If we now have just one reader, acquire the exclusive # lock. Track the thread owner so that we release the # lock from within the same thread context later on. if (@readers == 1) exclusive_mutex.lock @owner = Thread.current end ensure read_sync_mutex.unlock end end # Releases the read lock for the calling thread def unlock_read read_sync_mutex.lock begin unlocked = false # Keep looping until we've lost this thread's reader # lock while (!unlocked) # If there are no more readers left after this one if (@readers - 1 == 0) # If the calling thread is the owner of the exclusive # reader lock, then let's release that shit! if (Thread.current == @owner) @owner = nil exclusive_mutex.unlock end # If there is more than one reader left and this thread is # the owner of the exclusive lock, then keep looping so that # we can eventually unlock the exclusive mutex in this thread's # context elsif (Thread.current == @owner) read_sync_mutex.unlock next end # Unlocked! unlocked = true # Decrement the active reader count @readers -= 1 end ensure read_sync_mutex.unlock end end # Acquire the exclusive write lock def lock_write write_sync_mutex.lock begin @writer = true exclusive_mutex.lock @owner = Thread.current ensure write_sync_mutex.unlock end end # Release the exclusive write lock def unlock_write # If the caller is not the owner of the write lock, then someone is # doing something broken, let's let them know. if (Thread.current != @owner) raise RuntimeError, "Non-owner calling thread attempted to release write lock", caller end # Otherwise, release the exclusive write lock @writer = false exclusive_mutex.unlock end # Synchronize a block for read access def synchronize_read lock_read begin yield ensure unlock_read end end # Synchronize a block for write access def synchronize_write lock_write begin yield ensure unlock_write end end protected attr_accessor :read_sync_mutex attr_accessor :write_sync_mutex attr_accessor :exclusive_mutex end end