/**
* Acquisition of a ticket lock entails an increment, then a spin. We use a
* counter to measure how long we spend spinning, in case that information
* is useful to adaptive STM mechanisms.
*/
inline int ticket_acquire(ticket_lock_t* lock)
{
int ret = 0;
uintptr_t my_ticket = faiptr(&lock->next_ticket);
while (lock->now_serving != my_ticket)
ret++;
return ret;
}
/**
* On begin, we must get a timestamp. For now, we use a global
* counter, which is a bottleneck but ensures uniqueness.
*/
static void onBegin(TxThread* tx)
{
// acquire timestamp when transaction begins
epochs[tx->id-1].val = faiptr(&fcm_timestamp.val);
// could use (INT32_MAX & tick())
}
