public void Release(int releaseCount)
{
Debug.Assert(releaseCount > 0);
Debug.Assert(releaseCount <= _maximumSignalCount);
int countOfWaitersToWake;
Counts counts = _separated._counts;
while (true)
{
Counts newCounts = counts;
// Increase the signal count. The addition doesn't overflow because of the limit on the max signal count in constructor.
newCounts.AddSignalCount((uint)releaseCount);
// Determine how many waiters to wake, taking into account how many spinners and waiters there are and how many waiters
// have previously been signaled to wake but have not yet woken
countOfWaitersToWake =
(int)Math.Min(newCounts.SignalCount, (uint)counts.WaiterCount + counts.SpinnerCount) -
counts.SpinnerCount -
counts.CountOfWaitersSignaledToWake;
if (countOfWaitersToWake > 0)
{
// Ideally, limiting to a maximum of releaseCount would not be necessary and could be an assert instead, but since
// WaitForSignal() does not have enough information to tell whether a woken thread was signaled, and due to the cap
// below, it's possible for countOfWaitersSignaledToWake to be less than the number of threads that have actually
// been signaled to wake.
if (countOfWaitersToWake > releaseCount)
{
countOfWaitersToWake = releaseCount;
}
// Cap countOfWaitersSignaledToWake to its max value. It's ok to ignore some woken threads in this count, it just
// means some more threads will be woken next time. Typically, it won't reach the max anyway.
newCounts.AddUpToMaxCountOfWaitersSignaledToWake((uint)countOfWaitersToWake);
}
Counts countsBeforeUpdate = _separated._counts.InterlockedCompareExchange(newCounts, counts);
if (countsBeforeUpdate == counts)
{
Debug.Assert(releaseCount <= _maximumSignalCount - counts.SignalCount);
if (countOfWaitersToWake > 0)
{
ReleaseCore(countOfWaitersToWake);
}
return;
}
counts = countsBeforeUpdate;
}
}