Re: Locking objects in an array
Daniel Pitts wrote:
Important code correction:
notice the "synchronized (next)" section has changed. There was a
possible race condition that would cause the "lock" method to block
indefinitely.
Replace the "lock" method in the previous post with the following version:
/**
* Locks a region. Blocks until existing locks that intersect the
region are released.
* @param region the region to lock
* @return a Lock handle.
* @throws InterruptedException if the thread is interrupted
*/
public Lock lock(Region region) throws InterruptedException {
Lock release = null;
try {
while (true) {
final Lock h = head.get();
release = new Lock(region, h);
if (!head.compareAndSet(h, release)) {
continue;
}
Lock cur = release;
Lock next = cur.next;
while (next != null) {
if (next.region.intersects(region)) {
if (!next.complete) {
synchronized (next) {
while (!next.complete) {
next.wait();
}
}
}
Lock nn = next.next;
cur.compareAndSetNext(next, nn);
}
cur = next;
next = cur.next;
}
Lock ret = release;
release = null;
return ret;
}
} finally {
if (release != null) {
release.release();
}
}
}
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