package serf import ( "sync/atomic" ) // LamportClock is a thread safe implementation of a lamport clock. It // uses efficient atomic operations for all of its functions, falling back // to a heavy lock only if there are enough CAS failures. type LamportClock struct { counter uint64 } // LamportTime is the value of a LamportClock. type LamportTime uint64 // Time is used to return the current value of the lamport clock func (l *LamportClock) Time() LamportTime { return LamportTime(atomic.LoadUint64(&l.counter)) } // Increment is used to increment and return the value of the lamport clock func (l *LamportClock) Increment() LamportTime { return LamportTime(atomic.AddUint64(&l.counter, 1)) } // Witness is called to update our local clock if necessary after // witnessing a clock value received from another process func (l *LamportClock) Witness(v LamportTime) { WITNESS: // If the other value is old, we do not need to do anything cur := atomic.LoadUint64(&l.counter) other := uint64(v) if other < cur { return } // Ensure that our local clock is at least one ahead. if !atomic.CompareAndSwapUint64(&l.counter, cur, other+1) { // The CAS failed, so we just retry. Eventually our CAS should // succeed or a future witness will pass us by and our witness // will end. goto WITNESS } }