Hi Honnappa, Konstantin, Bruce and Gavin,

You might find this ring algorithm optimization article interesting:
https://rigtorp.se/ringbuffer/


It adds the following optimization:

The single-producer put() operation keeps a cache of the consumer's index. If 
the cached consumer index indicates that there was still sufficient room in the 
ring after the previous put() operation, it doesn't need to fetch the actual 
consumer index, and thus avoids a potential L1 cache miss (because the actual 
consumer index is written by the consumer threads).

If the cached index doesn't indicate that there is sufficient room in the ring, 
the operation behaves like without the optimization, i.e. it proceeds to fetch 
the actual consumer index (and writes it to its cache) and determines if there 
is sufficient room in the ring.


Similarly, the single-consumer get() operation caches the producer's index to 
determine if there were still sufficient objects present in the ring after the 
previous get() operation.


Med venlig hilsen / Kind regards,
-Morten Brørup


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