README.md

lfqueue

Simple Lock-Free Queue implemented in C based on this paper.

Example

#include "lfq.h"
#include <pthread.h>

#define CHAR_TYPE 0

volatile int cond = 0;

void *consumer(void *_queue){
  queue_t *queue = (queue_t *)_queue;

  int i=100;
  value_t *value = NULL;

  for(;;) {    
    value = qpop(queue,(unsigned int)pthread_self());
    if(value != NULL && value->data != NULL){
      if (value->type == CHAR_TYPE) printf("\n %s, %u\n", (char *)value->data, (unsigned int)pthread_self());
    }
    sched_yield();
    value = NULL;
    CHECK_COND(cond);
  }
}

int main(){
  int i = 0;
  
  queue_t *queue = q_initialize();
  
  pthread_t _thread;
  pthread_t _thread2;	

  pthread_create(&_thread,NULL,consumer,queue);
  pthread_create(&_thread2,NULL,consumer,queue);
 
  value_t *value = malloc(100 * sizeof(value_t));
  
  for(i = 0; i < 100; i++){
    value[i].type = CHAR_TYPE;
    value[i].data = (char *) malloc(8* sizeof(char *));
    sprintf(value[i].data,"test %d.",i);
    qpush(queue,&value[i]);
  }
  
  sleep(1);

  for (i=1; i < 90; i++){
    value_t *t = &value[i];
    free(t->data);
  }

  free(value);
  free(queue->head);
  free(queue->tail);
  free(queue);
  
  __sync_bool_compare_and_swap(&cond,0,1);

  pthread_join(_thread,NULL);  
  pthread_join(_thread2,NULL);

  return 0;
}

TODOs

1. Memory Pool.
2. Hazard Pointer.