一个很容混淆的地方是,误以为用户程序锁API的实现和接口,最终也会调用内核相关的锁操作提供的API。

# 应用程序锁API接口

主要的API有:
pthread_mutex_lock;

相关说明如下:
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NAME
pthread_mutex_lock — lock a mutex

SYNOPSIS
#include <pthread.h>

int
pthread_mutex_lock(pthread_mutex_t *mutex);

DESCRIPTION
The pthread_mutex_lock() function locks mutex. If the mutex is already locked, the calling thread will block until the mutex becomes
available.

RETURN VALUES
If successful, pthread_mutex_lock() will return zero, otherwise an error number will be returned to indicate the error.

ERRORS
The pthread_mutex_lock() function will fail if:

[EINVAL] The value specified by mutex is invalid.

[EDEADLK] A deadlock would occur if the thread blocked waiting for mutex.

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pthread_mutex_unlock;

相关说明如下:
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PTHREAD_MUTEX_UNLOCK(3) BSD Library Functions Manual PTHREAD_MUTEX_UNLOCK(3)

NAME
pthread_mutex_unlock — unlock a mutex

SYNOPSIS
#include <pthread.h>

int
pthread_mutex_unlock(pthread_mutex_t *mutex);

DESCRIPTION
If the current thread holds the lock on mutex, then the pthread_mutex_unlock() function unlocks mutex.

Calling pthread_mutex_unlock() with a mutex that the calling thread does not hold will result in undefined behavior.

RETURN VALUES
If successful, pthread_mutex_unlock() will return zero, otherwise an error number will be returned to indicate the error.

ERRORS
The pthread_mutex_unlock() function will fail if:

[EINVAL] The value specified by mutex is invalid.

[EPERM] The current thread does not hold a lock on mutex.

SEE ALSO
pthread_mutex_destroy(3), pthread_mutex_init(3), pthread_mutex_lock(3), pthread_mutex_trylock(3)

STANDARDS
The pthread_mutex_unlock() function conforms to ISO/IEC 9945-1:1996 (“POSIX.1”).
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# 用户态锁的实现

## 相关数据结构

用户锁相关的操作都涉及到同一个数据结构mutex,mutex 数据结构在中定义,主要的成员如下:

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typedef union
{
struct __pthread_mutex_s
{
int __lock;
unsigned int __count;
int __owner;
#ifdef __x86_64__
unsigned int __nusers;
#endif
/* KIND must stay at this position in the structure to maintain
binary compatibility with static initializers. */
int __kind;
#ifdef __x86_64__
short __spins;
short __elision;
__pthread_list_t __list;
# define __PTHREAD_MUTEX_HAVE_PREV 1
/* Mutex __spins initializer used by PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER. */
# define __PTHREAD_SPINS 0, 0
#else
#endif
} __data;
char __size[__SIZEOF_PTHREAD_MUTEX_T];
long int __align;
} pthread_mutex_t
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## 主要的流程

# 参考链接

介绍用户态中pthead_mutex_lock() 的具体实现
https://blog.csdn.net/hzhzh007/article/details/6535437 : 果如所料,最底层也是基于用户态的lock cmxhg 指令来实现的;
https://blog.csdn.net/luoyuyou/article/details/73498640