Section: 33.5.6 [atomics.wait] Status: New Submitter: Geoffrey Romer Opened: 2019-08-19 Last modified: 2020-09-06 13:52:31 UTC
Priority: 3
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Discussion:
It appears that in a conforming implementation, all but one wait() call on a given atomic object may block forever, regardless of any notify_one() calls, because in principle every notify_one() call could be considered to unblock the same single wait() call. Common sense suggests (and David Olsen confirms) that the intent is for each waiting function call to be (non-spuriously) unblocked by at most one notifying function call, but as far as I can tell the words never say that.
[2019-09-14 Priority set to 3 based on reflector discussion]
Proposed resolution:
This wording is relative to N4830.
Modify 33.5.6 [atomics.wait] as indicated:
-?- All blocking and unblocking events on a single atomic object occur in a single total order that is consistent with the "happens before" partial order.
-4- A call to an atomic waiting operation on an atomic object M is eligible to be unblocked by a call to an atomic notifying operation on M if it has not been unblocked, and there exist side effects X and Y on M such that:
(4.1) — the atomic waiting operation has blocked after observing the result of X,
(4.2) — X precedes Y in the modification order of M, and
(4.3) — Y happens before the call to the atomic notifying operation.