/*
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Copyright (c) 2013, Armon Dadgar armon.dadgar@gmail.com
Copyright (c) 2013, Mitchell Hashimoto mitchell.hashimoto@gmail.com
Alternatively, the contents of this file may be used under the terms
of the GNU General Public License Version 3 or later, as described below:
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*/
package lamport
import (
"sync/atomic"
)
// Clock is a thread safe implementation of a lamport clock. It
// uses efficient atomic operations for all of its functions, falling back
// to a heavy lock only if there are enough CAS failures.
type Clock struct {
counter uint64
}
// Time is the value of a Clock.
type Time uint64
func NewClock() Clock {
return Clock{
counter: 1,
}
}
func NewClockWithTime(time uint64) Clock {
return Clock{
counter: time,
}
}
// Time is used to return the current value of the lamport clock
func (l *Clock) Time() Time {
return Time(atomic.LoadUint64(&l.counter))
}
// Increment is used to return the value of the lamport clock and increment it afterwards
func (l *Clock) Increment() Time {
return Time(atomic.AddUint64(&l.counter, 1) - 1)
}
// Witness is called to update our local clock if necessary after
// witnessing a clock value received from another process
func (l *Clock) Witness(v Time) {
WITNESS:
// If the other value is old, we do not need to do anything
cur := atomic.LoadUint64(&l.counter)
other := uint64(v)
if other < cur {
return
}
// Ensure that our local clock is at least one ahead.
if !atomic.CompareAndSwapUint64(&l.counter, cur, other+1) {
// CAS: CompareAndSwap
// The CAS failed, so we just retry. Eventually our CAS should
// succeed or a future witness will pass us by and our witness
// will end.
goto WITNESS
}
}
