Class: CountingSemaphore

Inherits:
Object show all
Defined in:
lib/mega/semaphore.rb

Overview

:title: Semaphore (CountingSemaphore)

Technically a semaphore is simply an integer variable which has an execution queue associated with it.

Usage

s = CountingSemaphore.new

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Author(s)

  • fukumoto

Instance Method Summary collapse

Constructor Details

#initialize(initvalue = 0) ⇒ CountingSemaphore

Returns a new instance of CountingSemaphore.



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# File 'lib/mega/semaphore.rb', line 42

def initialize(initvalue = 0)
  @counter = initvalue
  @waiting_list = []
end

Instance Method Details

#exclusive ⇒ Object Also known as: synchronize 



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# File 'lib/mega/semaphore.rb', line 78

def exclusive
  wait
  yield
ensure
  signal
end

#signal ⇒ Object Also known as: up, v 



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# File 'lib/mega/semaphore.rb', line 58

def signal
  Thread.critical = true
  begin
    if (@counter += 1) <= 0
      t = @waiting_list.shift
      t.wakeup if t
    end
  rescue ThreadError
    retry
  end
  self
ensure
  Thread.critical = false
end

#wait ⇒ Object Also known as: down, p 



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# File 'lib/mega/semaphore.rb', line 47

def wait
  Thread.critical = true
  if (@counter -= 1) < 0
    @waiting_list.push(Thread.current)
    Thread.stop
  end
  self
ensure
  Thread.critical = false
end