[ruby-core:102291] [Ruby master Feature#12607] Ruby needs an atomic integer

Issue #12607 has been updated by ko1 (Koichi Sasada).


> ko1 (Koichi Sasada) wrote in #note-26:
> > TVar proposed in https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/17261 has `#increment` method and it is enough fast.
> 
> I think that cannot be as efficient as an atomic integer.

Yes. It is slower than single purpose atomic integers with hardware instruction with JIT.
But (I didn't measured yet) increment method call on VM needs method invocation overhead and it is relatively higher than `TVar#increment` overhead. Again, I didn't measure and it can be wrong.


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Feature #12607: Ruby needs an atomic integer
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/12607#change-90146

* Author: shyouhei (Shyouhei Urabe)
* Status: Feedback
* Priority: Normal
* Assignee: ko1 (Koichi Sasada)
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(This one was derived from bug #12463)

Although I don't think += would become atomic, at the same time I understand Rodrigo's needs of _easier_ counter variable that resists inter-thread tampering.  I don't think ruby's Integer class can be used for that purpose for reasons (mainly because it is not designed with threads in mind).  Rather we should introduce a integer class which is carefully designed.

Why not import Concurrent::AtomicFixnum into core?



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