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c727873046 perf(ThreadedModuleSystem): Atomic barrier + fair benchmark - 1.7x to 6.8x speedup
Critical performance fixes for ThreadedModuleSystem achieving 69-88% parallel efficiency.

## Performance Results (Fair Benchmark)

- 2 modules:  1.72x speedup (86% efficiency)
- 4 modules:  3.16x speedup (79% efficiency)
- 8 modules:  5.51x speedup (69% efficiency)
- 4 heavy:    3.52x speedup (88% efficiency)
- 8 heavy:    6.76x speedup (85% efficiency)

## Bug #1: Atomic Barrier Optimization (10-15% gain)

**Before:** 16 sequential lock operations per frame (8 workers × 2 phases)
- Phase 1: Lock each worker mutex to signal work
- Phase 2: Lock each worker mutex to wait for completion

**After:** 0 locks in hot path using atomic counters
- Generation-based frame synchronization (atomic counter)
- Spin-wait with atomic completion counter
- memory_order_release/acquire for correct visibility

**Changes:**
- include/grove/ThreadedModuleSystem.h:
  - Added std::atomic<size_t> currentFrameGeneration
  - Added std::atomic<int> workersCompleted
  - Added sharedDeltaTime, sharedFrameCount (main thread writes only)
  - Removed per-worker flags (shouldProcess, processingComplete, etc.)
- src/ThreadedModuleSystem.cpp:
  - processModules(): Atomic generation increment + spin-wait
  - workerThreadLoop(): Wait on generation counter, no locks during processing

## Bug #2: Logger Mutex Contention (40-50% gain)

**Problem:** All threads serialized on global logger mutex even with logging disabled
- spdlog's multi-threaded sinks use internal mutexes
- Every logger->trace/warn() call acquired mutex for level check

**Fix:** Commented all logging calls in hot paths
- src/ThreadedModuleSystem.cpp: Removed logger calls in workerThreadLoop(), processModules()
- src/SequentialModuleSystem.cpp: Removed logger calls in processModules() (fair comparison)

## Bug #3: Benchmark Invalidity Fix

**Problem:** SequentialModuleSystem only keeps 1 module (replaces on register)
- Sequential: 1 module × 100k iterations
- Threaded: 8 modules × 100k iterations (8× more work!)
- Comparison was completely unfair

**Fix:** Adjusted workload to be equal
- Sequential: 1 module × (N × iterations)
- Threaded: N modules × iterations
- Total work now identical

**Added:**
- tests/benchmarks/benchmark_threaded_vs_sequential_cpu.cpp
  - Real CPU-bound workload (sqrt, sin, cos calculations)
  - Fair comparison with adjusted workload
  - Proper efficiency calculation
- tests/CMakeLists.txt: Added benchmark target

## Technical Details

**Memory Ordering:**
- memory_order_release when writing flags (main thread signals workers)
- memory_order_acquire when reading flags (workers see shared data)
- Ensures proper synchronization without locks

**Generation Counter:**
- Prevents double-processing of frames
- Workers track lastProcessedGeneration
- Only process when currentGeneration > lastProcessed

## Impact

ThreadedModuleSystem now achieves near-linear scaling for CPU-bound workloads.
Ready for production use with 2-8 modules.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-01-19 15:49:10 +07:00
aefd7921b2 fix: Critical race conditions in ThreadedModuleSystem and logger
Fixed two critical race conditions that prevented multi-threaded module execution:

## Bug #1: ThreadedModuleSystem::registerModule() race condition

**Symptom:** Deadlock on first processModules() call
**Root Cause:** Worker thread started before being added to workers vector
**Fix:** Add worker to vector BEFORE spawning thread (src/ThreadedModuleSystem.cpp:102-108)

Before:
- Create worker → Start thread → Add to vector (RACE!)
- Thread accesses workers[index] before push_back completes

After:
- Create worker → Add to vector → Start thread (SAFE)
- Thread guaranteed to find worker in vector

## Bug #2: stillhammer::createLogger() race condition

**Symptom:** Deadlock when multiple threads create loggers simultaneously
**Root Cause:** Check-then-register pattern without mutex protection
**Fix:** Added static mutex around spdlog::get() + register_logger() (external/StillHammer/logger/src/Logger.cpp:94-96)

Before:
- Thread 1: check → create → register
- Thread 2: check → create → register (RACE on spdlog registry!)

After:
- Mutex protects entire check-then-register critical section

## Validation & Testing

Added comprehensive test suite:
- test_threaded_module_system.cpp (6 unit tests)
- test_threaded_stress.cpp (5 stress tests: 50 modules × 1000 frames)
- test_logger_threadsafe.cpp (concurrent logger creation)
- benchmark_threaded_vs_sequential.cpp (performance comparison)
- docs/THREADED_MODULE_SYSTEM_VALIDATION.md (full validation report)

All tests passing (100%):
- ThreadedModuleSystem:  0.15s
- ThreadedStress:  7.64s
- LoggerThreadSafe:  0.13s

## Impact

ThreadedModuleSystem now PRODUCTION READY:
- Thread-safe module registration
- Stable parallel execution (validated with 50,000+ operations)
- Hot-reload working (100 cycles tested)
- Logger thread-safe for concurrent module initialization

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-01-19 07:37:31 +07:00