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authorAlex Crichton <alex@alexcrichton.com>2014-11-24 11:16:40 -0800
committerAlex Crichton <alex@alexcrichton.com>2014-12-05 00:53:22 -0800
commit71d4e77db8ad4b6d821da7e5d5300134ac95974e (patch)
tree5af91cba874182b09c1abc8c5adbe64ee3850e04 /src/libstd/sync/lock.rs
parent361baabb07b2fb921d0f556d0787b3ea7ef86746 (diff)
std: Rewrite the `sync` module
This commit is a reimplementation of `std::sync` to be based on the
system-provided primitives wherever possible. The previous implementation was
fundamentally built on top of channels, and as part of the runtime reform it has
become clear that this is not the level of abstraction that the standard level
should be providing. This rewrite aims to provide as thin of a shim as possible
on top of the system primitives in order to make them safe.

The overall interface of the `std::sync` module has in general not changed, but
there are a few important distinctions, highlighted below:

* The condition variable type, `Condvar`, has been separated out of a `Mutex`.
  A condition variable is now an entirely separate type. This separation
  benefits users who only use one mutex, and provides a clearer distinction of
  who's responsible for managing condition variables (the application).

* All of `Condvar`, `Mutex`, and `RWLock` are now directly built on top of
  system primitives rather than using a custom implementation. The `Once`,
  `Barrier`, and `Semaphore` types are still built upon these abstractions of
  the system primitives.

* The `Condvar`, `Mutex`, and `RWLock` types all have a new static type and
  constant initializer corresponding to them. These are provided primarily for C
  FFI interoperation, but are often useful to otherwise simply have a global
  lock. The types, however, will leak memory unless `destroy()` is called on
  them, which is clearly documented.

* The `Condvar` implementation for an `RWLock` write lock has been removed. This
  may be added back in the future with a userspace implementation, but this
  commit is focused on exposing the system primitives first.

* The fundamental architecture of this design is to provide two separate layers.
  The first layer is that exposed by `sys_common` which is a cross-platform
  bare-metal abstraction of the system synchronization primitives. No attempt is
  made at making this layer safe, and it is quite unsafe to use! It is currently
  not exported as part of the API of the standard library, but the stabilization
  of the `sys` module will ensure that these will be exposed in time. The
  purpose of this layer is to provide the core cross-platform abstractions if
  necessary to implementors.

  The second layer is the layer provided by `std::sync` which is intended to be
  the thinnest possible layer on top of `sys_common` which is entirely safe to
  use. There are a few concerns which need to be addressed when making these
  system primitives safe:

    * Once used, the OS primitives can never be **moved**. This means that they
      essentially need to have a stable address. The static primitives use
      `&'static self` to enforce this, and the non-static primitives all use a
      `Box` to provide this guarantee.

    * Poisoning is leveraged to ensure that invalid data is not accessible from
      other tasks after one has panicked.

  In addition to these overall blanket safety limitations, each primitive has a
  few restrictions of its own:

    * Mutexes and rwlocks can only be unlocked from the same thread that they
      were locked by. This is achieved through RAII lock guards which cannot be
      sent across threads.

    * Mutexes and rwlocks can only be unlocked if they were previously locked.
      This is achieved by not exposing an unlocking method.

    * A condition variable can only be waited on with a locked mutex. This is
      achieved by requiring a `MutexGuard` in the `wait()` method.

    * A condition variable cannot be used concurrently with more than one mutex.
      This is guaranteed by dynamically binding a condition variable to
      precisely one mutex for its entire lifecycle. This restriction may be able
      to be relaxed in the future (a mutex is unbound when no threads are
      waiting on the condvar), but for now it is sufficient to guarantee safety.

* Condvars now support timeouts for their blocking operations. The
  implementation for these operations is provided by the system.

Due to the modification of the `Condvar` API, removal of the `std::sync::mutex`
API, and reimplementation, this is a breaking change. Most code should be fairly
easy to port using the examples in the documentation of these primitives.

[breaking-change]

Closes #17094
Closes #18003
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-// Copyright 2012-2014 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
-// file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
-// http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
-// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
-// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
-// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
-// except according to those terms.
-
-//! Wrappers for safe, shared, mutable memory between tasks
-//!
-//! The wrappers in this module build on the primitives from `sync::raw` to
-//! provide safe interfaces around using the primitive locks. These primitives
-//! implement a technique called "poisoning" where when a task panicked with a
-//! held lock, all future attempts to use the lock will panic.
-//!
-//! For example, if two tasks are contending on a mutex and one of them panics
-//! after grabbing the lock, the second task will immediately panic because the
-//! lock is now poisoned.
-
-use core::prelude::*;
-
-use self::Inner::*;
-
-use core::cell::UnsafeCell;
-use rustrt::local::Local;
-use rustrt::task::Task;
-
-use super::raw;
-
-// Poisoning helpers
-
-struct PoisonOnFail<'a> {
-    flag: &'a mut bool,
-    failed: bool,
-}
-
-fn failing() -> bool {
-    Local::borrow(None::<Task>).unwinder.unwinding()
-}
-
-impl<'a> PoisonOnFail<'a> {
-    fn check(flag: bool, name: &str) {
-        if flag {
-            panic!("Poisoned {} - another task failed inside!", name);
-        }
-    }
-
-    fn new<'a>(flag: &'a mut bool, name: &str) -> PoisonOnFail<'a> {
-        PoisonOnFail::check(*flag, name);
-        PoisonOnFail {
-            flag: flag,
-            failed: failing()
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-#[unsafe_destructor]
-impl<'a> Drop for PoisonOnFail<'a> {
-    fn drop(&mut self) {
-        if !self.failed && failing() {
-            *self.flag = true;
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-// Condvar
-
-enum Inner<'a> {
-    InnerMutex(raw::MutexGuard<'a>),
-    InnerRWLock(raw::RWLockWriteGuard<'a>),
-}
-
-impl<'b> Inner<'b> {
-    fn cond<'a>(&'a self) -> &'a raw::Condvar<'b> {
-        match *self {
-            InnerMutex(ref m) => &m.cond,
-            InnerRWLock(ref m) => &m.cond,
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-/// A condition variable, a mechanism for unlock-and-descheduling and
-/// signaling, for use with the lock types.
-pub struct Condvar<'a> {
-    name: &'static str,
-    // n.b. Inner must be after PoisonOnFail because we must set the poison flag
-    //      *inside* the mutex, and struct fields are destroyed top-to-bottom
-    //      (destroy the lock guard last).
-    poison: PoisonOnFail<'a>,
-    inner: Inner<'a>,
-}
-
-impl<'a> Condvar<'a> {
-    /// Atomically exit the associated lock and block until a signal is sent.
-    ///
-    /// wait() is equivalent to wait_on(0).
-    ///
-    /// # Panics
-    ///
-    /// A task which is killed while waiting on a condition variable will wake
-    /// up, panic, and unlock the associated lock as it unwinds.
-    #[inline]
-    pub fn wait(&self) { self.wait_on(0) }
-
-    /// Atomically exit the associated lock and block on a specified condvar
-    /// until a signal is sent on that same condvar.
-    ///
-    /// The associated lock must have been initialised with an appropriate
-    /// number of condvars. The condvar_id must be between 0 and num_condvars-1
-    /// or else this call will fail.
-    #[inline]
-    pub fn wait_on(&self, condvar_id: uint) {
-        assert!(!*self.poison.flag);
-        self.inner.cond().wait_on(condvar_id);
-        // This is why we need to wrap sync::condvar.
-        PoisonOnFail::check(*self.poison.flag, self.name);
-    }
-
-    /// Wake up a blocked task. Returns false if there was no blocked task.
-    #[inline]
-    pub fn signal(&self) -> bool { self.signal_on(0) }
-
-    /// Wake up a blocked task on a specified condvar (as
-    /// sync::cond.signal_on). Returns false if there was no blocked task.
-    #[inline]
-    pub fn signal_on(&self, condvar_id: uint) -> bool {
-        assert!(!*self.poison.flag);
-        self.inner.cond().signal_on(condvar_id)
-    }
-
-    /// Wake up all blocked tasks. Returns the number of tasks woken.
-    #[inline]
-    pub fn broadcast(&self) -> uint { self.broadcast_on(0) }
-
-    /// Wake up all blocked tasks on a specified condvar (as
-    /// sync::cond.broadcast_on). Returns the number of tasks woken.
-    #[inline]
-    pub fn broadcast_on(&self, condvar_id: uint) -> uint {
-        assert!(!*self.poison.flag);
-        self.inner.cond().broadcast_on(condvar_id)
-    }
-}
-
-/// A wrapper type which provides synchronized access to the underlying data, of
-/// type `T`. A mutex always provides exclusive access, and concurrent requests
-/// will block while the mutex is already locked.
-///
-/// # Example
-///
-/// ```
-/// use std::sync::{Mutex, Arc};
-///
-/// let mutex = Arc::new(Mutex::new(1i));
-/// let mutex2 = mutex.clone();
-///
-/// spawn(proc() {
-///     let mut val = mutex2.lock();
-///     *val += 1;
-///     val.cond.signal();
-/// });
-///
-/// let value = mutex.lock();
-/// while *value != 2 {
-///     value.cond.wait();
-/// }
-/// ```
-pub struct Mutex<T> {
-    lock: raw::Mutex,
-    failed: UnsafeCell<bool>,
-    data: UnsafeCell<T>,
-}
-
-/// An guard which is created by locking a mutex. Through this guard the
-/// underlying data can be accessed.
-pub struct MutexGuard<'a, T:'a> {
-    // FIXME #12808: strange name to try to avoid interfering with
-    // field accesses of the contained type via Deref
-    _data: &'a mut T,
-    /// Inner condition variable connected to the locked mutex that this guard
-    /// was created from. This can be used for atomic-unlock-and-deschedule.
-    pub cond: Condvar<'a>,
-}
-
-impl<T: Send> Mutex<T> {
-    /// Creates a new mutex to protect the user-supplied data.
-    pub fn new(user_data: T) -> Mutex<T> {
-        Mutex::new_with_condvars(user_data, 1)
-    }
-
-    /// Create a new mutex, with a specified number of associated condvars.
-    ///
-    /// This will allow calling wait_on/signal_on/broadcast_on with condvar IDs
-    /// between 0 and num_condvars-1. (If num_condvars is 0, lock_cond will be
-    /// allowed but any operations on the condvar will fail.)
-    pub fn new_with_condvars(user_data: T, num_condvars: uint) -> Mutex<T> {
-        Mutex {
-            lock: raw::Mutex::new_with_condvars(num_condvars),
-            failed: UnsafeCell::new(false),
-            data: UnsafeCell::new(user_data),
-        }
-    }
-
-    /// Access the underlying mutable data with mutual exclusion from other
-    /// tasks. The returned value is an RAII guard which will unlock the mutex
-    /// when dropped. All concurrent tasks attempting to lock the mutex will
-    /// block while the returned value is still alive.
-    ///
-    /// # Panics
-    ///
-    /// Panicking while inside the Mutex will unlock the Mutex while unwinding, so
-    /// that other tasks won't block forever. It will also poison the Mutex:
-    /// any tasks that subsequently try to access it (including those already
-    /// blocked on the mutex) will also panic immediately.
-    #[inline]
-    pub fn lock<'a>(&'a self) -> MutexGuard<'a, T> {
-        let guard = self.lock.lock();
-
-        // These two accesses are safe because we're guaranteed at this point
-        // that we have exclusive access to this mutex. We are indeed able to
-        // promote ourselves from &Mutex to `&mut T`
-        let poison = unsafe { &mut *self.failed.get() };
-        let data = unsafe { &mut *self.data.get() };
-
-        MutexGuard {
-            _data: data,
-            cond: Condvar {
-                name: "Mutex",
-                poison: PoisonOnFail::new(poison, "Mutex"),
-                inner: InnerMutex(guard),
-            },
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-impl<'a, T: Send> Deref<T> for MutexGuard<'a, T> {
-    fn deref<'a>(&'a self) -> &'a T { &*self._data }
-}
-impl<'a, T: Send> DerefMut<T> for MutexGuard<'a, T> {
-    fn deref_mut<'a>(&'a mut self) -> &'a mut T { &mut *self._data }
-}
-
-/// A dual-mode reader-writer lock. The data can be accessed mutably or
-/// immutably, and immutably-accessing tasks may run concurrently.
-///
-/// # Example
-///
-/// ```
-/// use std::sync::{RWLock, Arc};
-///
-/// let lock1 = Arc::new(RWLock::new(1i));
-/// let lock2 = lock1.clone();
-///
-/// spawn(proc() {
-///     let mut val = lock2.write();
-///     *val = 3;
-///     let val = val.downgrade();
-///     println!("{}", *val);
-/// });
-///
-/// let val = lock1.read();
-/// println!("{}", *val);
-/// ```
-pub struct RWLock<T> {
-    lock: raw::RWLock,
-    failed: UnsafeCell<bool>,
-    data: UnsafeCell<T>,
-}
-
-/// A guard which is created by locking an rwlock in write mode. Through this
-/// guard the underlying data can be accessed.
-pub struct RWLockWriteGuard<'a, T:'a> {
-    // FIXME #12808: strange name to try to avoid interfering with
-    // field accesses of the contained type via Deref
-    _data: &'a mut T,
-    /// Inner condition variable that can be used to sleep on the write mode of
-    /// this rwlock.
-    pub cond: Condvar<'a>,
-}
-
-/// A guard which is created by locking an rwlock in read mode. Through this
-/// guard the underlying data can be accessed.
-pub struct RWLockReadGuard<'a, T:'a> {
-    // FIXME #12808: strange names to try to avoid interfering with
-    // field accesses of the contained type via Deref
-    _data: &'a T,
-    _guard: raw::RWLockReadGuard<'a>,
-}
-
-impl<T: Send + Sync> RWLock<T> {
-    /// Create a reader/writer lock with the supplied data.
-    pub fn new(user_data: T) -> RWLock<T> {
-        RWLock::new_with_condvars(user_data, 1)
-    }
-
-    /// Create a reader/writer lock with the supplied data and a specified number
-    /// of condvars (as sync::RWLock::new_with_condvars).
-    pub fn new_with_condvars(user_data: T, num_condvars: uint) -> RWLock<T> {
-        RWLock {
-            lock: raw::RWLock::new_with_condvars(num_condvars),
-            failed: UnsafeCell::new(false),
-            data: UnsafeCell::new(user_data),
-        }
-    }
-
-    /// Access the underlying data mutably. Locks the rwlock in write mode;
-    /// other readers and writers will block.
-    ///
-    /// # Panics
-    ///
-    /// Panicking while inside the lock will unlock the lock while unwinding, so
-    /// that other tasks won't block forever. As Mutex.lock, it will also poison
-    /// the lock, so subsequent readers and writers will both also panic.
-    #[inline]
-    pub fn write<'a>(&'a self) -> RWLockWriteGuard<'a, T> {
-        let guard = self.lock.write();
-
-        // These two accesses are safe because we're guaranteed at this point
-        // that we have exclusive access to this rwlock. We are indeed able to
-        // promote ourselves from &RWLock to `&mut T`
-        let poison = unsafe { &mut *self.failed.get() };
-        let data = unsafe { &mut *self.data.get() };
-
-        RWLockWriteGuard {
-            _data: data,
-            cond: Condvar {
-                name: "RWLock",
-                poison: PoisonOnFail::new(poison, "RWLock"),
-                inner: InnerRWLock(guard),
-            },
-        }
-    }
-
-    /// Access the underlying data immutably. May run concurrently with other
-    /// reading tasks.
-    ///
-    /// # Panics
-    ///
-    /// Panicking will unlock the lock while unwinding. However, unlike all other
-    /// access modes, this will not poison the lock.
-    pub fn read<'a>(&'a self) -> RWLockReadGuard<'a, T> {
-        let guard = self.lock.read();
-        PoisonOnFail::check(unsafe { *self.failed.get() }, "RWLock");
-        RWLockReadGuard {
-            _guard: guard,
-            _data: unsafe { &*self.data.get() },
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-impl<'a, T: Send + Sync> RWLockWriteGuard<'a, T> {
-    /// Consumes this write lock token, returning a new read lock token.
-    ///
-    /// This will allow pending readers to come into the lock.
-    pub fn downgrade(self) -> RWLockReadGuard<'a, T> {
-        let RWLockWriteGuard { _data, cond } = self;
-        // convert the data to read-only explicitly
-        let data = &*_data;
-        let guard = match cond.inner {
-            InnerMutex(..) => unreachable!(),
-            InnerRWLock(guard) => guard.downgrade()
-        };
-        RWLockReadGuard { _guard: guard, _data: data }
-    }
-}
-
-impl<'a, T: Send + Sync> Deref<T> for RWLockReadGuard<'a, T> {
-    fn deref<'a>(&'a self) -> &'a T { self._data }
-}
-impl<'a, T: Send + Sync> Deref<T> for RWLockWriteGuard<'a, T> {
-    fn deref<'a>(&'a self) -> &'a T { &*self._data }
-}
-impl<'a, T: Send + Sync> DerefMut<T> for RWLockWriteGuard<'a, T> {
-    fn deref_mut<'a>(&'a mut self) -> &'a mut T { &mut *self._data }
-}
-
-/// A barrier enables multiple tasks to synchronize the beginning
-/// of some computation.
-///
-/// ```rust
-/// use std::sync::{Arc, Barrier};
-///
-/// let barrier = Arc::new(Barrier::new(10));
-/// for _ in range(0u, 10) {
-///     let c = barrier.clone();
-///     // The same messages will be printed together.
-///     // You will NOT see any interleaving.
-///     spawn(proc() {
-///         println!("before wait");
-///         c.wait();
-///         println!("after wait");
-///     });
-/// }
-/// ```
-pub struct Barrier {
-    lock: Mutex<BarrierState>,
-    num_tasks: uint,
-}
-
-// The inner state of a double barrier
-struct BarrierState {
-    count: uint,
-    generation_id: uint,
-}
-
-impl Barrier {
-    /// Create a new barrier that can block a given number of tasks.
-    pub fn new(num_tasks: uint) -> Barrier {
-        Barrier {
-            lock: Mutex::new(BarrierState {
-                count: 0,
-                generation_id: 0,
-            }),
-            num_tasks: num_tasks,
-        }
-    }
-
-    /// Block the current task until a certain number of tasks is waiting.
-    pub fn wait(&self) {
-        let mut lock = self.lock.lock();
-        let local_gen = lock.generation_id;
-        lock.count += 1;
-        if lock.count < self.num_tasks {
-            // We need a while loop to guard against spurious wakeups.
-            // http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spurious_wakeup
-            while local_gen == lock.generation_id &&
-                  lock.count < self.num_tasks {
-                lock.cond.wait();
-            }
-        } else {
-            lock.count = 0;
-            lock.generation_id += 1;
-            lock.cond.broadcast();
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-#[cfg(test)]
-mod tests {
-    use prelude::*;
-    use comm::Empty;
-    use task;
-    use task::try_future;
-    use sync::Arc;
-
-    use super::{Mutex, Barrier, RWLock};
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_mutex_arc_condvar() {
-        let arc = Arc::new(Mutex::new(false));
-        let arc2 = arc.clone();
-        let (tx, rx) = channel();
-        task::spawn(proc() {
-            // wait until parent gets in
-            rx.recv();
-            let mut lock = arc2.lock();
-            *lock = true;
-            lock.cond.signal();
-        });
-
-        let lock = arc.lock();
-        tx.send(());
-        assert!(!*lock);
-        while !*lock {
-            lock.cond.wait();
-        }
-    }
-
-    #[test] #[should_fail]
-    fn test_arc_condvar_poison() {
-        let arc = Arc::new(Mutex::new(1i));
-        let arc2 = arc.clone();
-        let (tx, rx) = channel();
-
-        spawn(proc() {
-            rx.recv();
-            let lock = arc2.lock();
-            lock.cond.signal();
-            // Parent should fail when it wakes up.
-            panic!();
-        });
-
-        let lock = arc.lock();
-        tx.send(());
-        while *lock == 1 {
-            lock.cond.wait();
-        }
-    }
-
-    #[test] #[should_fail]
-    fn test_mutex_arc_poison() {
-        let arc = Arc::new(Mutex::new(1i));
-        let arc2 = arc.clone();
-        let _ = task::try(proc() {
-            let lock = arc2.lock();
-            assert_eq!(*lock, 2);
-        });
-        let lock = arc.lock();
-        assert_eq!(*lock, 1);
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_mutex_arc_nested() {
-        // Tests nested mutexes and access
-        // to underlying data.
-        let arc = Arc::new(Mutex::new(1i));
-        let arc2 = Arc::new(Mutex::new(arc));
-        task::spawn(proc() {
-            let lock = arc2.lock();
-            let lock2 = lock.deref().lock();
-            assert_eq!(*lock2, 1);
-        });
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_mutex_arc_access_in_unwind() {
-        let arc = Arc::new(Mutex::new(1i));
-        let arc2 = arc.clone();
-        let _ = task::try::<()>(proc() {
-            struct Unwinder {
-                i: Arc<Mutex<int>>,
-            }
-            impl Drop for Unwinder {
-                fn drop(&mut self) {
-                    let mut lock = self.i.lock();
-                    *lock += 1;
-                }
-            }
-            let _u = Unwinder { i: arc2 };
-            panic!();
-        });
-        let lock = arc.lock();
-        assert_eq!(*lock, 2);
-    }
-
-    #[test] #[should_fail]
-    fn test_rw_arc_poison_wr() {
-        let arc = Arc::new(RWLock::new(1i));
-        let arc2 = arc.clone();
-        let _ = task::try(proc() {
-            let lock = arc2.write();
-            assert_eq!(*lock, 2);
-        });
-        let lock = arc.read();
-        assert_eq!(*lock, 1);
-    }
-    #[test] #[should_fail]
-    fn test_rw_arc_poison_ww() {
-        let arc = Arc::new(RWLock::new(1i));
-        let arc2 = arc.clone();
-        let _ = task::try(proc() {
-            let lock = arc2.write();
-            assert_eq!(*lock, 2);
-        });
-        let lock = arc.write();
-        assert_eq!(*lock, 1);
-    }
-    #[test]
-    fn test_rw_arc_no_poison_rr() {
-        let arc = Arc::new(RWLock::new(1i));
-        let arc2 = arc.clone();
-        let _ = task::try(proc() {
-            let lock = arc2.read();
-            assert_eq!(*lock, 2);
-        });
-        let lock = arc.read();
-        assert_eq!(*lock, 1);
-    }
-    #[test]
-    fn test_rw_arc_no_poison_rw() {
-        let arc = Arc::new(RWLock::new(1i));
-        let arc2 = arc.clone();
-        let _ = task::try(proc() {
-            let lock = arc2.read();
-            assert_eq!(*lock, 2);
-        });
-        let lock = arc.write();
-        assert_eq!(*lock, 1);
-    }
-    #[test]
-    fn test_rw_arc_no_poison_dr() {
-        let arc = Arc::new(RWLock::new(1i));
-        let arc2 = arc.clone();
-        let _ = task::try(proc() {
-            let lock = arc2.write().downgrade();
-            assert_eq!(*lock, 2);
-        });
-        let lock = arc.write();
-        assert_eq!(*lock, 1);
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_rw_arc() {
-        let arc = Arc::new(RWLock::new(0i));
-        let arc2 = arc.clone();
-        let (tx, rx) = channel();
-
-        task::spawn(proc() {
-            let mut lock = arc2.write();
-            for _ in range(0u, 10) {
-                let tmp = *lock;
-                *lock = -1;
-                task::deschedule();
-                *lock = tmp + 1;
-            }
-            tx.send(());
-        });
-
-        // Readers try to catch the writer in the act
-        let mut children = Vec::new();
-        for _ in range(0u, 5) {
-            let arc3 = arc.clone();
-            children.push(try_future(proc() {
-                let lock = arc3.read();
-                assert!(*lock >= 0);
-            }));
-        }
-
-        // Wait for children to pass their asserts
-        for r in children.iter_mut() {
-            assert!(r.get_ref().is_ok());
-        }
-
-        // Wait for writer to finish
-        rx.recv();
-        let lock = arc.read();
-        assert_eq!(*lock, 10);
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_rw_arc_access_in_unwind() {
-        let arc = Arc::new(RWLock::new(1i));
-        let arc2 = arc.clone();
-        let _ = task::try::<()>(proc() {
-            struct Unwinder {
-                i: Arc<RWLock<int>>,
-            }
-            impl Drop for Unwinder {
-                fn drop(&mut self) {
-                    let mut lock = self.i.write();
-                    *lock += 1;
-                }
-            }
-            let _u = Unwinder { i: arc2 };
-            panic!();
-        });
-        let lock = arc.read();
-        assert_eq!(*lock, 2);
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_rw_downgrade() {
-        // (1) A downgrader gets in write mode and does cond.wait.
-        // (2) A writer gets in write mode, sets state to 42, and does signal.
-        // (3) Downgrader wakes, sets state to 31337.
-        // (4) tells writer and all other readers to contend as it downgrades.
-        // (5) Writer attempts to set state back to 42, while downgraded task
-        //     and all reader tasks assert that it's 31337.
-        let arc = Arc::new(RWLock::new(0i));
-
-        // Reader tasks
-        let mut reader_convos = Vec::new();
-        for _ in range(0u, 10) {
-            let ((tx1, rx1), (tx2, rx2)) = (channel(), channel());
-            reader_convos.push((tx1, rx2));
-            let arcn = arc.clone();
-            task::spawn(proc() {
-                rx1.recv(); // wait for downgrader to give go-ahead
-                let lock = arcn.read();
-                assert_eq!(*lock, 31337);
-                tx2.send(());
-            });
-        }
-
-        // Writer task
-        let arc2 = arc.clone();
-        let ((tx1, rx1), (tx2, rx2)) = (channel(), channel());
-        task::spawn(proc() {
-            rx1.recv();
-            {
-                let mut lock = arc2.write();
-                assert_eq!(*lock, 0);
-                *lock = 42;
-                lock.cond.signal();
-            }
-            rx1.recv();
-            {
-                let mut lock = arc2.write();
-                // This shouldn't happen until after the downgrade read
-                // section, and all other readers, finish.
-                assert_eq!(*lock, 31337);
-                *lock = 42;
-            }
-            tx2.send(());
-        });
-
-        // Downgrader (us)
-        let mut lock = arc.write();
-        tx1.send(()); // send to another writer who will wake us up
-        while *lock == 0 {
-            lock.cond.wait();
-        }
-        assert_eq!(*lock, 42);
-        *lock = 31337;
-        // send to other readers
-        for &(ref mut rc, _) in reader_convos.iter_mut() {
-            rc.send(())
-        }
-        let lock = lock.downgrade();
-        // complete handshake with other readers
-        for &(_, ref mut rp) in reader_convos.iter_mut() {
-            rp.recv()
-        }
-        tx1.send(()); // tell writer to try again
-        assert_eq!(*lock, 31337);
-        drop(lock);
-
-        rx2.recv(); // complete handshake with writer
-    }
-
-    #[cfg(test)]
-    fn test_rw_write_cond_downgrade_read_race_helper() {
-        // Tests that when a downgrader hands off the "reader cloud" lock
-        // because of a contending reader, a writer can't race to get it
-        // instead, which would result in readers_and_writers. This tests
-        // the raw module rather than this one, but it's here because an
-        // rwarc gives us extra shared state to help check for the race.
-        let x = Arc::new(RWLock::new(true));
-        let (tx, rx) = channel();
-
-        // writer task
-        let xw = x.clone();
-        task::spawn(proc() {
-            let mut lock = xw.write();
-            tx.send(()); // tell downgrader it's ok to go
-            lock.cond.wait();
-            // The core of the test is here: the condvar reacquire path
-            // must involve order_lock, so that it cannot race with a reader
-            // trying to receive the "reader cloud lock hand-off".
-            *lock = false;
-        });
-
-        rx.recv(); // wait for writer to get in
-
-        let lock = x.write();
-        assert!(*lock);
-        // make writer contend in the cond-reacquire path
-        lock.cond.signal();
-        // make a reader task to trigger the "reader cloud lock" handoff
-        let xr = x.clone();
-        let (tx, rx) = channel();
-        task::spawn(proc() {
-            tx.send(());
-            drop(xr.read());
-        });
-        rx.recv(); // wait for reader task to exist
-
-        let lock = lock.downgrade();
-        // if writer mistakenly got in, make sure it mutates state
-        // before we assert on it
-        for _ in range(0u, 5) { task::deschedule(); }
-        // make sure writer didn't get in.
-        assert!(*lock);
-    }
-    #[test]
-    fn test_rw_write_cond_downgrade_read_race() {
-        // Ideally the above test case would have deschedule statements in it
-        // that helped to expose the race nearly 100% of the time... but adding
-        // deschedules in the intuitively-right locations made it even less
-        // likely, and I wasn't sure why :( . This is a mediocre "next best"
-        // option.
-        for _ in range(0u, 8) {
-            test_rw_write_cond_downgrade_read_race_helper();
-        }
-    }
-
-    #[test]
-    fn test_barrier() {
-        let barrier = Arc::new(Barrier::new(10));
-        let (tx, rx) = channel();
-
-        for _ in range(0u, 9) {
-            let c = barrier.clone();
-            let tx = tx.clone();
-            spawn(proc() {
-                c.wait();
-                tx.send(true);
-            });
-        }
-
-        // At this point, all spawned tasks should be blocked,
-        // so we shouldn't get anything from the port
-        assert!(match rx.try_recv() {
-            Err(Empty) => true,
-            _ => false,
-        });
-
-        barrier.wait();
-        // Now, the barrier is cleared and we should get data.
-        for _ in range(0u, 9) {
-            rx.recv();
-        }
-    }
-}