package multimutex import ( "fmt" "sync" ) // cntMutex is a struct that wraps a counter and a mutex, and is used // to keep track of the number of goroutines waiting for access to the // mutex, such that we can forget about it when the counter is zero. type cntMutex struct { cnt int sync.Mutex } // Mutex is a struct that keeps track of a set of mutexes with // a given ID. It can be used for making sure only one goroutine // gets given the mutex per ID. type Mutex struct { // mutexes is a map of IDs to a cntMutex. The cntMutex for // a given ID will hold the mutex to be used by all // callers requesting access for the ID, in addition to // the count of callers. mutexes map[uint64]*cntMutex // mapMtx is used to give synchronize concurrent access // to the mutexes map. mapMtx sync.Mutex } // NewMutex creates a new Mutex. func NewMutex() *Mutex { return &Mutex{ mutexes: make(map[uint64]*cntMutex), } } // Lock locks the mutex by the given ID. If the mutex is already // locked by this ID, Lock blocks until the mutex is available. func (c *Mutex) Lock(id uint64) { c.mapMtx.Lock() mtx, ok := c.mutexes[id] if ok { // If the mutex already existed in the map, we // increment its counter, to indicate that there // now is one more goroutine waiting for it. mtx.cnt++ } else { // If it was not in the map, it means no other // goroutine has locked the mutex for this ID, // and we can create a new mutex with count 1 // and add it to the map. mtx = &cntMutex{ cnt: 1, } c.mutexes[id] = mtx } c.mapMtx.Unlock() // Acquire the mutex for this ID. mtx.Lock() } // Unlock unlocks the mutex by the given ID. It is a run-time // error if the mutex is not locked by the ID on entry to Unlock. func (c *Mutex) Unlock(id uint64) { // Since we are done with all the work for this // update, we update the map to reflect that. c.mapMtx.Lock() mtx, ok := c.mutexes[id] if !ok { // The mutex not existing in the map means // an unlock for an ID not currently locked // was attempted. panic(fmt.Sprintf("double unlock for id %v", id)) } // Decrement the counter. If the count goes to // zero, it means this caller was the last one // to wait for the mutex, and we can delete it // from the map. We can do this safely since we // are under the mapMtx, meaning that all other // goroutines waiting for the mutex already // have incremented it, or will create a new // mutex when they get the mapMtx. mtx.cnt-- if mtx.cnt == 0 { delete(c.mutexes, id) } c.mapMtx.Unlock() // Unlock the mutex for this ID. mtx.Unlock() }