Mutex Lock
Examples in
Go
package main
import (
"fmt"
"math/rand"
"sync"
"sync/atomic"
"time"
)
func main() {
// For our example the state will be a map.
var state = make(map[int]int)
var mutex = &sync.Mutex{}
var readOps uint64
var writeOps uint64
// Here we start 100 goroutines to execute repeated reads against the state,
// once per millisecond in each goroutine.
for r := 0; r < 100; r++ {
go func() {
total := 0
for {
// For each read we pick a key to access,
// Lock() the mutex to ensure exclusive access to the state,
// read the value at the chosen key, Unlock() the mutex,
// and increment the readOps count.
key := rand.Intn(5)
mutex.Lock()
total += state[key]
mutex.Unlock()
atomic.AddUint64(&readOps, 1)
time.Sleep(time.Millisecond)
}
}()
}
// We’ll also start 10 goroutines to simulate writes, using the same pattern we did for reads.
for w := 0; w < 10; w++ {
go func() {
for {
key := rand.Intn(5)
val := rand.Intn(100)
mutex.Lock()
state[key] = val
mutex.Unlock()
atomic.AddUint64(&writeOps, 1)
time.Sleep(time.Millisecond)
}
}()
}
time.Sleep(time.Second)
// Take and report final operation counts.
readOpsFinal := atomic.LoadUint64(&readOps)
fmt.Println("readOps:", readOpsFinal)
writeOpsFinal := atomic.LoadUint64(&writeOps)
fmt.Println("writeOps:", writeOpsFinal)
// With a final lock of state, show how it ended up.
mutex.Lock()
fmt.Println("state:", state)
mutex.Unlock()
}