Robert Schmidt b15d394212 Improve spsc_q through atomics
Because it is SPSC, atomic variables are enough to synchronize the two
threads. Concretely put() is modified to ensure that read_idx is
"acquired" so that the read index has been written, including memory, by
the other thread. "Release" ensures that the write operation (including
the memory to the buffer) is written before it is visible to the other
thread in get() (which in turn "acquires" it). For more information, see
also [1].

The rest of the library has been simplified to work only with put() and
get(), reducing total code and the surface for possible bugs.

This (and the previous) version has been tested with the
threadSanitizer:

    TSAN_OPTIONS=halt_on_error=1 ./common/utils/ds/tests/test_spsc_q_perf

On my machine, using Google Benchmark, I measure a considerable 5x speed
improvement:

    $ /tmp/benchmark/tools/compare.py benchmarks pthread.json atomic.json
    Comparing pthread.json to atomic.json
    Benchmark                         Time             CPU      Time Old      Time New       CPU Old       CPU New
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    BM_spsc_q/10                   -0.8201         -0.0740     266779912      47989020         52387         48512
    BM_spsc_q/16                   -0.8301         -0.0520     249656592      42428540         51462         48784
    BM_spsc_q/32                   -0.8003         -0.0841     230248798      45972155         53841         49311
    BM_spsc_q/64                   -0.7995         -0.0506     210429791      42199674         50690         48124
    BM_spsc_q/128                  -0.7930         -0.1101     205212273      42483155         52745         46936
    BM_spsc_q/160                  -0.7880         -0.1663     216644738      45938247         53400         44518
    OVERALL_GEOMEAN                -0.8057         -0.0904             0             0             0             0

[1] https://en.cppreference.com/w/c/atomic/memory_order.html

Assisted-By: Claude:claude-sonnet-4-6
Signed-off-by: Robert Schmidt <robert.schmidt@openairinterface.org>
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OAI

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OpenAirInterface License

The source code is distributed under CSSL v1.0. Some files, such as for orchestration, are distributed under MIT license(MIT.txt). Documentation is distributed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.

All the files without an explicit copyright header have an implicit "Copyright of OpenAirInterface Authors".

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In the past OAI source code has been re-licensed sometimes, here is the history:

  1. CSSL v1.0 starting tag 2026.w14
  2. OAI Public License v1.1 starting tag v1.0 till af4b0d53
  3. OAI Public License v1.0: starting tag v.04 till v1.0
  4. GPL 3: starting tag v.0 till v.04 (only initial implementation of 4G)

Where to Start

Not all information is available in a central place, and information for specific sub-systems might be available in the corresponding sub-directories. To find all READMEs, this command might be handy:

find . -iname "readme*"

RAN repository structure

The OpenAirInterface (OAI) software is composed of the following parts:

openairinterface5g
├── charts
├── ci-scripts        : Meta-scripts used by the OSA CI process. Contains also configuration files used day-to-day by CI.
├── CMakeLists.txt    : Top-level CMakeLists.txt for building
├── cmake_targets     : Build utilities to compile (simulation, emulation and real-time platforms), and generated build files.
├── common            : Some common OAI utilities, some other tools can be found at openair2/UTILS.
├── doc               : Documentation
├── docker            : Dockerfiles to build for Ubuntu and RHEL
├── executables       : Top-level executable source files (gNB, eNB, ...)
├── maketags          : Script to generate emacs tags.
├── nfapi             : (n)FAPI code for MAC-PHY interface
├── openair1          : Layer 1 (3GPP LTE Rel-10/12 PHY, NR Rel-15 PHY)
├── openair2          : Layer 2 (3GPP LTE Rel-10 MAC/RLC/PDCP/RRC/X2AP, LTE Rel-14 M2AP, NR Rel-15+ MAC/RLC/PDCP/SDAP/RRC/X2AP/F1AP/E1AP), E2AP
├── openair3          : Layer 3 (3GPP LTE Rel-10 S1AP/GTP, NR Rel-15 NGAP/GTP)
├── openshift         : OpenShift helm charts for some deployment options of OAI
├── radio             : Drivers for various radios such as USRP, AW2S, RFsim, 7.2 FHI, ...
├── targets           : Some configuration files; only historical relevance, and might be deleted in the future
└── tools             : Tools for use by the developers/ci machines: code analysis and formatting

How to get support from the OAI Community

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Your email should contain below information:

  • A clear subject in your email.
  • For all the queries there should be [Query] in the subject of the email and for problems there should be [Problem].
  • In case of a problem, add a small description.
  • Do not share any photos unless you want to share a diagram.
  • OAI gNB/DU/CU/CU-CP/CU-UP configuration file in .conf format only.
  • Logs of OAI gNB/DU/CU/CU-CP/CU-UP in .log or .txt format only.
  • In case your question is related to performance, include a small description of the machine (Operating System, Kernel version, CPU, RAM and networking card) and diagram of your testing environment.
  • Known/open issues are present on GitLab, so keep checking.

Always remember a structured email will help us understand your issues quickly.

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