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# Copyright Mateusz Kobos, (c) 2011
# released under the MIT licence
import unittest
import threading
import time
import copy
from ._rwlock import RWLock
class Writer(threading.Thread):
def __init__(self, buffer_, rw_lock, init_sleep_time, sleep_time, to_write):
"""
@param buffer_: common buffer_ shared by the readers and writers
@type buffer_: list
@type rw_lock: L{RWLock}
@param init_sleep_time: sleep time before doing any action
@type init_sleep_time: C{float}
@param sleep_time: sleep time while in critical section
@type sleep_time: C{float}
@param to_write: data that will be appended to the buffer
"""
threading.Thread.__init__(self)
self.__buffer = buffer_
self.__rw_lock = rw_lock
self.__init_sleep_time = init_sleep_time
self.__sleep_time = sleep_time
self.__to_write = to_write
self.entry_time = None
"""Time of entry to the critical section"""
self.exit_time = None
"""Time of exit from the critical section"""
def run(self):
time.sleep(self.__init_sleep_time)
self.__rw_lock.writer_acquire()
self.entry_time = time.time()
time.sleep(self.__sleep_time)
self.__buffer.append(self.__to_write)
self.exit_time = time.time()
self.__rw_lock.writer_release()
class Reader(threading.Thread):
def __init__(self, buffer_, rw_lock, init_sleep_time, sleep_time):
"""
@param buffer_: common buffer shared by the readers and writers
@type buffer_: list
@type rw_lock: L{RWLock}
@param init_sleep_time: sleep time before doing any action
@type init_sleep_time: C{float}
@param sleep_time: sleep time while in critical section
@type sleep_time: C{float}
"""
threading.Thread.__init__(self)
self.__buffer = buffer_
self.__rw_lock = rw_lock
self.__init_sleep_time = init_sleep_time
self.__sleep_time = sleep_time
self.buffer_read = None
"""a copy of a the buffer read while in critical section"""
self.entry_time = None
"""Time of entry to the critical section"""
self.exit_time = None
"""Time of exit from the critical section"""
def run(self):
time.sleep(self.__init_sleep_time)
self.__rw_lock.reader_acquire()
self.entry_time = time.time()
time.sleep(self.__sleep_time)
self.buffer_read = copy.deepcopy(self.__buffer)
self.exit_time = time.time()
self.__rw_lock.reader_release()
class RWLockTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
def test_readers_nonexclusive_access(self):
(buffer_, rw_lock, threads) = self.__init_variables()
threads.append(Reader(buffer_, rw_lock, 0, 0))
threads.append(Writer(buffer_, rw_lock, 0.2, 0.4, 1))
threads.append(Reader(buffer_, rw_lock, 0.3, 0.3))
threads.append(Reader(buffer_, rw_lock, 0.5, 0))
self.__start_and_join_threads(threads)
## The third reader should enter after the second one but it should
## exit before the second one exits
## (i.e. the readers should be in the critical section
## at the same time)
self.assertEqual([], threads[0].buffer_read)
self.assertEqual([1], threads[2].buffer_read)
self.assertEqual([1], threads[3].buffer_read)
self.assert_(threads[1].exit_time <= threads[2].entry_time)
self.assert_(threads[2].entry_time <= threads[3].entry_time)
self.assert_(threads[3].exit_time < threads[2].exit_time)
def test_writers_exclusive_access(self):
(buffer_, rw_lock, threads) = self.__init_variables()
threads.append(Writer(buffer_, rw_lock, 0, 0.4, 1))
threads.append(Writer(buffer_, rw_lock, 0.1, 0, 2))
threads.append(Reader(buffer_, rw_lock, 0.2, 0))
self.__start_and_join_threads(threads)
## The second writer should wait for the first one to exit
self.assertEqual([1, 2], threads[2].buffer_read)
self.assert_(threads[0].exit_time <= threads[1].entry_time)
self.assert_(threads[1].exit_time <= threads[2].exit_time)
def test_writer_priority(self):
(buffer_, rw_lock, threads) = self.__init_variables()
threads.append(Writer(buffer_, rw_lock, 0, 0, 1))
threads.append(Reader(buffer_, rw_lock, 0.1, 0.4))
threads.append(Writer(buffer_, rw_lock, 0.2, 0, 2))
threads.append(Reader(buffer_, rw_lock, 0.3, 0))
threads.append(Reader(buffer_, rw_lock, 0.3, 0))
self.__start_and_join_threads(threads)
## The second writer should go before the second and the third reader
self.assertEqual([1], threads[1].buffer_read)
self.assertEqual([1, 2], threads[3].buffer_read)
self.assertEqual([1, 2], threads[4].buffer_read)
self.assert_(threads[0].exit_time < threads[1].entry_time)
self.assert_(threads[1].exit_time <= threads[2].entry_time)
self.assert_(threads[2].exit_time <= threads[3].entry_time)
self.assert_(threads[2].exit_time <= threads[4].entry_time)
def test_many_writers_priority(self):
(buffer_, rw_lock, threads) = self.__init_variables()
threads.append(Writer(buffer_, rw_lock, 0, 0, 1))
threads.append(Reader(buffer_, rw_lock, 0.1, 0.6))
threads.append(Writer(buffer_, rw_lock, 0.2, 0.1, 2))
threads.append(Reader(buffer_, rw_lock, 0.3, 0))
threads.append(Reader(buffer_, rw_lock, 0.4, 0))
threads.append(Writer(buffer_, rw_lock, 0.5, 0.1, 3))
self.__start_and_join_threads(threads)
## The two last writers should go first -- after the first reader and
## before the second and the third reader
self.assertEqual([1], threads[1].buffer_read)
self.assertEqual([1, 2, 3], threads[3].buffer_read)
self.assertEqual([1, 2, 3], threads[4].buffer_read)
self.assert_(threads[0].exit_time < threads[1].entry_time)
self.assert_(threads[1].exit_time <= threads[2].entry_time)
self.assert_(threads[1].exit_time <= threads[5].entry_time)
self.assert_(threads[2].exit_time <= threads[3].entry_time)
self.assert_(threads[2].exit_time <= threads[4].entry_time)
self.assert_(threads[5].exit_time <= threads[3].entry_time)
self.assert_(threads[5].exit_time <= threads[4].entry_time)
@staticmethod
def __init_variables():
buffer_ = []
rw_lock = RWLock()
threads = []
return (buffer_, rw_lock, threads)
@staticmethod
def __start_and_join_threads(threads):
for t in threads:
t.start()
for t in threads:
t.join()