Switch time api from mutex to spinlock.

src/suricata.c

@@ -673,6 +673,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
     /* Initializations for global vars, queues, etc (memsets, mutex init..) */
     GlobalInits();
+    TimeInit();
 
     /* Load yaml configuration file if provided. */
     if (conf_filename != NULL) {
@@ -1132,6 +1133,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
     RunModeShutDown();
     OutputDeregisterAll();
+    TimeDeinit();
 
 #ifdef __SC_CUDA_SUPPORT__
     /* all cuda contexts attached to any threads should be free by now.

src/util-time.c

@@ -29,9 +29,18 @@
 #include "util-debug.h"
 
 static struct timeval current_time = { 0, 0 };
-static SCMutex current_time_mutex = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
+//static SCMutex current_time_mutex = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
+static SCSpinlock current_time_spinlock;
 static char live = TRUE;
 
+void TimeInit(void) {
+    SCSpinInit(&current_time_spinlock, 0);
+}
+
+void TimeDeinit(void) {
+    SCSpinDestroy(&current_time_spinlock);
+}
+
 void TimeModeSetLive(void)
 {
     live = TRUE;
@@ -52,14 +61,14 @@ void TimeSet(struct timeval *tv)
     if (tv == NULL)
         return;
 
-    SCMutexLock(&current_time_mutex);
+    SCSpinLock(&current_time_spinlock);
     current_time.tv_sec = tv->tv_sec;
     current_time.tv_usec = tv->tv_usec;
 
     SCLogDebug("time set to %" PRIuMAX " sec, %" PRIuMAX " usec",
                (uintmax_t)current_time.tv_sec, (uintmax_t)current_time.tv_usec);
 
-    SCMutexUnlock(&current_time_mutex);
+    SCSpinUnlock(&current_time_spinlock);
 }
 
 /** \brief set the time to "gettimeofday" meant for testing */
@@ -80,10 +89,10 @@ void TimeGet(struct timeval *tv)
     if (live == TRUE) {
         gettimeofday(tv, NULL);
     } else {
-        SCMutexLock(&current_time_mutex);
+        SCSpinLock(&current_time_spinlock);
         tv->tv_sec = current_time.tv_sec;
         tv->tv_usec = current_time.tv_usec;
-        SCMutexUnlock(&current_time_mutex);
+        SCSpinUnlock(&current_time_spinlock);
     }
 
     SCLogDebug("time we got is %" PRIuMAX " sec, %" PRIuMAX " usec",

src/util-time.h

@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ typedef struct SCTimeval32_ {
     uint32_t tv_usec;
 } SCTimeval32;
 
+void TimeInit(void);
+void TimeDeinit(void);
+
 void TimeSet(struct timeval *);
 void TimeGet(struct timeval *);