1. CAS简介
在计算机科学中，比较和交换（Conmpare And Swap）是用于实现多线程同步的原子指令。它将内存位置的内容与给定值进行比较，只有在相同的情况下，将该内存位置的内容修改为新的给定值。这是作为单个原子操作完成的。
原子性保证新值基于最新信息计算；如果该值在同一时间被另一个线程更新，则写入将失败。操作结果必须说明是否进行替换；这可以通过一个简单的布尔响应（这个变体通常称为比较和设置），或通过返回从内存位置读取的值来完成。
查看JUC（java.util.concurrent）下的atomic包：
2. CAS在Java中的应用
以AtomicInteger为例：
package java.util.concurrent.atomic;
import java.util.function.IntUnaryOperator;
import java.util.function.IntBinaryOperator;
import sun.misc.Unsafe;
/**
* An {@code int} value that may be updated atomically. See the
* {@link java.util.concurrent.atomic} package specification for
* description of the properties of atomic variables. An
* {@code AtomicInteger} is used in applications such as atomically
* incremented counters, and cannot be used as a replacement for an
* {@link java.lang.Integer}. However, this class does extend
* {@code Number} to allow uniform access by tools and utilities that
* deal with numerically-based classes.
*
* @since 1.5
* @author Doug Lea
*/
public class AtomicInteger extends Number implements java.io.Serializable {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 6214790243416807050L;
// setup to use Unsafe.compareAndSwapInt for updates
private static final Unsafe unsafe = Unsafe.getUnsafe();
private static final long valueOffset;
static {
try {
valueOffset = unsafe.objectFieldOffset
(AtomicInteger.class.getDeclaredField("value"));
} catch (Exception ex) { throw new Error(ex); }
}
private volatile int value;
/**
* Creates a new AtomicInteger with the given initial value.
*
* @param initialValue the initial value
*/
public AtomicInteger(int initialValue) {
value = initialValue;
}
/**
* Creates a new AtomicInteger with initial value {@code 0}.
*/
public AtomicInteger() {
}
/**
* Gets the current value.
*
* @return the current value
*/
public final int get() {
return value;
}
/**
* Sets to the given value.
*
* @param newValue the new value
*/
public final void set(int newValue) {
value = newValue;
}
/**
* Eventually sets to the given value.
*
* @param newValue the new value
* @since 1.6
*/
public final void lazySet(int newValue) {
unsafe.putOrderedInt(this, valueOffset, newValue);
}
/**
* Atomically sets to the given value and returns the old value.
*
* @param newValue the new value
* @return the previous value
*/
public final int getAndSet(int newValue) {
return unsafe.getAndSetInt(this, valueOffset, newValue);
}
/**
* Atomically sets the value to the given updated value
* if the current value {@code ==} the expected value.
*
* @param expect the expected value
* @param update the new value
* @return {@code true} if successful. False return indicates that
* the actual value was not equal to the expected value.
*/
public final boolean compareAndSet(int expect, int update) {
return unsafe.compareAndSwapInt(this, valueOffset, expect, update);
}
/**
* Atomically sets the value to the given updated value
* if the current value {@code ==} the expected value.
*
* <p><a href="package-summary.html#weakCompareAndSet">May fail
* spuriously and does not provide ordering guarantees</a>, so is
* only rarely an appropriate alternative to {@code compareAndSet}.
*
* @param expect the expected value
* @param update the new value
* @return {@code true} if successful
*/
public final boolean weakCompareAndSet(int expect, int update) {
return unsafe.compareAndSwapInt(this, valueOffset, expect, update);
}
/**
* Atomically increments by one the current value.
*
* @return the previous value
*/
public final int getAndIncrement() {
return unsafe.getAndAddInt(this, valueOffset, 1);
}
/**
* Atomically decrements by one the current value.
*
* @return the previous value
*/
public final int getAndDecrement() {
return unsafe.getAndAddInt(this, valueOffset, -1);
}
/**
* Atomically adds the given value to the current value.
*
* @param delta the value to add
* @return the previous value
*/
public final int getAndAdd(int delta) {
return unsafe.getAndAddInt(this, valueOffset, delta);
}
/**
* Atomically increments by one the current value.
*
* @return the updated value
*/
public final int incrementAndGet() {
return unsafe.getAndAddInt(this, valueOffset, 1) + 1;
}
/**
* Atomically decrements by one the current value.
*
* @return the updated value
*/
public final int decrementAndGet() {
return unsafe.getAndAddInt(this, valueOffset, -1) - 1;
}
/**
* Atomically adds the given value to the current value.
*
* @param delta the value to add
* @return the updated value
*/
public final int addAndGet(int delta) {
return unsafe.getAndAddInt(this, valueOffset, delta) + delta;
}
/**
* Atomically updates the current value with the results of
* applying the given function, returning the previous value. The
* function should be side-effect-free, since it may be re-applied
* when attempted updates fail due to contention among threads.
*
* @param updateFunction a side-effect-free function
* @return the previous value
* @since 1.8
*/
public final int getAndUpdate(IntUnaryOperator updateFunction) {
int prev, next;
do {
prev = get();
next = updateFunction.applyAsInt(prev);
} while (!compareAndSet(prev, next));
return prev;
}
/**
* Atomically updates the current value with the results of
* applying the given function, returning the updated value. The
* function should be side-effect-free, since it may be re-applied
* when attempted updates fail due to contention among threads.
*
* @param updateFunction a side-effect-free function
* @return the updated value
* @since 1.8
*/
public final int updateAndGet(IntUnaryOperator updateFunction) {
int prev, next;
do {
prev = get();
next = updateFunction.applyAsInt(prev);
} while (!compareAndSet(prev, next));
return next;
}
/**
* Atomically updates the current value with the results of
* applying the given function to the current and given values,
* returning the previous value. The function should be
* side-effect-free, since it may be re-applied when attempted
* updates fail due to contention among threads. The function
* is applied with the current value as its first argument,
* and the given update as the second argument.
*
* @param x the update value
* @param accumulatorFunction a side-effect-free function of two arguments
* @return the previous value
* @since 1.8
*/
public final int getAndAccumulate(int x,
IntBinaryOperator accumulatorFunction) {
int prev, next;
do {
prev = get();
next = accumulatorFunction.applyAsInt(prev, x);
} while (!compareAndSet(prev, next));
return prev;
}
/**
* Atomically updates the current value with the results of
* applying the given function to the current and given values,
* returning the updated value. The function should be
* side-effect-free, since it may be re-applied when attempted
* updates fail due to contention among threads. The function
* is applied with the current value as its first argument,
* and the given update as the second argument.
*
* @param x the update value
* @param accumulatorFunction a side-effect-free function of two arguments
* @return the updated value
* @since 1.8
*/
public final int accumulateAndGet(int x,
IntBinaryOperator accumulatorFunction) {
int prev, next;
do {
prev = get();
next = accumulatorFunction.applyAsInt(prev, x);
} while (!compareAndSet(prev, next));
return next;
}
//......
}
可以看出自JDK1.5就开始引入CAS来解决多线程中的并发问题。
查看方法源码，可以看出所有的CAS操作都是通过sun.misc包下Unsafe类实现的。而sun.misc包存在于JDK的rt.jar包，是由JVM本地实现。
Unsafe是CAS的核心类。由于Java无法直接访问底层系统，则需要通过本地（native）来访问。Unsafe可以直接操作特定内存的数，其内部方法可以像C语言的指针一样直接操作内存。
注意：Unsafe类的所有方法都是native修饰的，即Unsafe类的所有方法都可以直接调用底层操作系统资源。
3. CAS在JUC中的应用
以重入锁ReentrantLock为例。通过查看部分源码：
public class ReentrantLock implements Lock, java.io.Serializable {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 7373984872572414699L;
/** Synchronizer providing all implementation mechanics */
private final Sync sync;
/**
* Base of synchronization control for this lock. Subclassed
* into fair and nonfair versions below. Uses AQS state to
* represent the number of holds on the lock.
*/
abstract static class Sync extends AbstractQueuedSynchronizer {
private static final long serialVersionUID = -5179523762034025860L;
/**
* Performs {@link Lock#lock}. The main reason for subclassing
* is to allow fast path for nonfair version.
*/
abstract void lock();
/**
* Performs non-fair tryLock. tryAcquire is implemented in
* subclasses, but both need nonfair try for trylock method.
*/
final boolean nonfairTryAcquire(int acquires) {
final Thread current = Thread.currentThread();
int c = getState();
if (c == 0) {
if (compareAndSetState(0, acquires)) {
setExclusiveOwnerThread(current);
return true;
}
}
else if (current == getExclusiveOwnerThread()) {
int nextc = c + acquires;
if (nextc < 0) // overflow
throw new Error("Maximum lock count exceeded");
setState(nextc);
return true;
}
return false;
}
//......
}
//......
}
可以看出，内部抽象类Sync继承自AbstractQueuedSynchronizer类。AbstractQueuedSynchronizer作为Java多种锁的父类，有很多地方通过CAS操作来提高并发效率。查看AbstractQueuedSynchronizer部分源码：
/**
* Inserts node into queue, initializing if necessary. See picture above.
* @param node the node to insert
* @return node's predecessor
*/
private Node enq(final Node node) {
for (;;) {
Node t = tail;
if (t == null) { // Must initialize
if (compareAndSetHead(new Node()))
tail = head;
} else {
node.prev = t;
if (compareAndSetTail(t, node)) {
t.next = node;
return t;
}
}
}
}
可以看出在上述的同步队列的入队操作时，在多线程环境下，对其头尾节点的操作都有可能失败，失败后通过自旋操作再次尝试，直到成功，这也是一种乐观锁的实现。
4. CAS缺点
- 循环时间长，CPU开销大
- 只能保证一个共享变量的原子操作
- 引出ABA问题
5. ABA问题
比如说一个线程1从内存位置V中取出A，另一个线程2也从内存中取出A，线程2将A变成了B，然后将V位置的数据变成A，这时候线程1进行CAS操作发现内存中仍然是A，那么线程1操作成功。尽管线程1的CAS操作成功，但是不代表这个过程就是没有问题的。
如果链表的头在变化了两次后恢复了原值，但是不代表链表就没有变化。
所以JAVA中提供了AtomicStampedReference或AtomicMarkableReference来处理ABA问题，主要是在对象中额外再增加一个标记来标识对象是否有过变更。