umutex

Upgradable RWMutex implementation for Go.

Upgrade() is given priority to Lock().

How to use

import "github.com/kawasin73/umutex"

var mu umutex.UMutex

// goroutine 1
mu.RLock()

// goroutine 2
mu.RLock()

// goroutine 1 : Upgrade waits until RUnlock at goroutine 2
mu.Upgrade()

// goroutine 2 : Upgrade at several goroutine makes dead-locks and return false
mu.Upgrade() == false
mu.RUnlock()

// goroutine 1 : Upgrade succeeds

import "github.com/kawasin73/umutex"

var mu umutex.UMutex

// goroutine 1
mu.RLock()

// goroutine 2 : Lock waits until unlocked at goroutine 1
mu.Lock()

// goroutine 1 : Upgrade is given priority to Lock and success
mu.Upgrade() == true

// goroutine 1
mu.Unlock()

// goroutine 2 : Lock succeeds

API

• RLock()
• RUnlock()
• Lock()
• Unlock()
• Upgrade() -> bool

LICENSE

MIT