cpython/Tools/lockbench/lockbench.py
Sam Gross 0c89056fe5
gh-108724: Add PyMutex and _PyParkingLot APIs (gh-109344)
PyMutex is a one byte lock with fast, inlineable lock and unlock functions for the common uncontended case.  The design is based on WebKit's WTF::Lock.

PyMutex is built using the _PyParkingLot APIs, which provides a cross-platform futex-like API (based on WebKit's WTF::ParkingLot).  This internal API will be used for building other synchronization primitives used to implement PEP 703, such as one-time initialization and events.

This also includes tests and a mini benchmark in Tools/lockbench/lockbench.py to compare with the existing PyThread_type_lock.

Uncontended acquisition + release:
* Linux (x86-64): PyMutex: 11 ns, PyThread_type_lock: 44 ns
* macOS (arm64): PyMutex: 13 ns, PyThread_type_lock: 18 ns
* Windows (x86-64): PyMutex: 13 ns, PyThread_type_lock: 38 ns

PR Overview:

The primary purpose of this PR is to implement PyMutex, but there are a number of support pieces (described below).

* PyMutex:  A 1-byte lock that doesn't require memory allocation to initialize and is generally faster than the existing PyThread_type_lock.  The API is internal only for now.
* _PyParking_Lot:  A futex-like API based on the API of the same name in WebKit.  Used to implement PyMutex.
* _PyRawMutex:  A word sized lock used to implement _PyParking_Lot.
* PyEvent:  A one time event.  This was used a bunch in the "nogil" fork and is useful for testing the PyMutex implementation, so I've included it as part of the PR.
* pycore_llist.h:  Defines common operations on doubly-linked list.  Not strictly necessary (could do the list operations manually), but they come up frequently in the "nogil" fork. ( Similar to https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?queue)

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Co-authored-by: Eric Snow <ericsnowcurrently@gmail.com>
2023-09-19 09:54:29 -06:00

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# Measure the performance of PyMutex and PyThread_type_lock locks
# with short critical sections.
#
# Usage: python Tools/lockbench/lockbench.py [CRITICAL_SECTION_LENGTH]
#
# How to interpret the results:
#
# Acquisitions (kHz): Reports the total number of lock acquisitions in
# thousands of acquisitions per second. This is the most important metric,
# particularly for the 1 thread case because even in multithreaded programs,
# most locks acquisitions are not contended. Values for 2+ threads are
# only meaningful for `--disable-gil` builds, because the GIL prevents most
# situations where there is lock contention with short critical sections.
#
# Fairness: A measure of how evenly the lock acquisitions are distributed.
# A fairness of 1.0 means that all threads acquired the lock the same number
# of times. A fairness of 1/N means that only one thread ever acquired the
# lock.
# See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairness_measure#Jain's_fairness_index
from _testinternalcapi import benchmark_locks
import sys
# Max number of threads to test
MAX_THREADS = 10
# How much "work" to do while holding the lock
CRITICAL_SECTION_LENGTH = 1
def jains_fairness(values):
# Jain's fairness index
# See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairness_measure
return (sum(values) ** 2) / (len(values) * sum(x ** 2 for x in values))
def main():
print("Lock Type Threads Acquisitions (kHz) Fairness")
for lock_type in ["PyMutex", "PyThread_type_lock"]:
use_pymutex = (lock_type == "PyMutex")
for num_threads in range(1, MAX_THREADS + 1):
acquisitions, thread_iters = benchmark_locks(
num_threads, use_pymutex, CRITICAL_SECTION_LENGTH)
acquisitions /= 1000 # report in kHz for readability
fairness = jains_fairness(thread_iters)
print(f"{lock_type: <20}{num_threads: <18}{acquisitions: >5.0f}{fairness: >20.2f}")
if __name__ == "__main__":
if len(sys.argv) > 1:
CRITICAL_SECTION_LENGTH = int(sys.argv[1])
main()