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    runtime: make rwmutex work on Ms instead of Gs · 80832974
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    Currently runtime.rwmutex is written to block the calling goroutine
    rather than the calling thread. However, rwmutex was intended to be
    used in the scheduler, which means it needs to be a thread-level
    synchronization primitive.
    
    Hence, this modifies rwmutex to synchronize threads instead of
    goroutines. This has the consequence of making it write-barrier-free,
    which is also important for using it in the scheduler.
    
    The implementation makes three changes: it replaces the "w" semaphore
    with a mutex, since this was all it was being used for anyway; it
    replaces "writerSem" with a single pending M that parks on its note;
    and it replaces "readerSem" with a list of Ms that park on their notes
    plus a pass count that together emulate a counting semaphore. I
    model-checked the safety and liveness of this implementation through
    >1 billion schedules.
    
    For #20738.
    
    Change-Id: I3cf5a18c266a96a3f38165083812803510217787
    Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/47071
    Run-TryBot: Austin Clements <austin@google.com>
    TryBot-Result: Gobot Gobot <gobot@golang.org>
    Reviewed-by: 's avatarIan Lance Taylor <iant@golang.org>
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