feat: Add MPSC (Multi-Producer Single-Consumer) channel support

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Summary

Adds lock-free MPSC (Multi-Producer Single-Consumer) channel implementation to complement the existing SPSC channels, enabling safe concurrent access from multiple producer threads.

Motivation

Current SPSC channels require single producer/single consumer semantics. Real-world use cases like actor mailboxes and work-stealing schedulers often need multiple threads to safely enqueue to a single consumer.

Implementation

Algorithm

• Based on wait-free MPSC algorithms from dbittman (C11 atomics) and JCTools (Java)
• Dual atomic counters (mpscHead + mpscCount) eliminate CAS retry loops
• Cache-line padding (64 bytes) prevents false sharing between producer/consumer indices
• Power-of-2 ring buffer with bitwise masking for fast indexing

API

# Create MPSC channel (multiple producers, single consumer)
let mailbox = newChannel[Message](1024, MPSC)

# Multiple threads can safely send
thread1: mailbox.trySend(msg1)
thread2: mailbox.trySend(msg2)

# Single consumer receives
while mailbox.tryReceive(msg):
  process(msg)

Changes

• Extended ChannelMode enum with MPSC variant
• Added MPSC-specific fields to Channel[T] type
• Implemented trySendMPSC and tryReceiveMPSC with proper memory ordering
• Mode-dispatch in public trySend/tryReceive APIs

Performance

Benchmarks (realistic multi-threaded workloads)

Configuration	Throughput	Latency	Notes
SPSC baseline	33M ops/sec	31 ns/op	Unchanged
MPSC 1P	10M ops/sec	96 ns/op	Wait-free overhead
MPSC 2P	16M ops/sec	64 ns/op	Optimal sweet spot
MPSC 4P	9M ops/sec	117 ns/op	Acceptable contention
MPSC 8P	4M ops/sec	256 ns/op	High contention

SPSC micro-benchmark (tight loop, no threading): 438M ops/sec (peak 442M)

Analysis

• 2-producer configuration shows best performance (16M ops/sec)
• Wait-free algorithm provides stable latency (96-117 ns) across 1-4 producers
• Performance comparable to C implementations when accounting for realistic threading overhead
• SPSC fast path unaffected (438M ops/sec micro-benchmark confirmed)

Testing

Unit Tests (tests/unit/channels/test_mpsc_channel.nim)

• ✅ Basic send/receive operations
• ✅ Full/empty detection
• ✅ 4 producers × 10K items = 40K multi-producer test
• ✅ Correctness verified: no duplicates, no missing items
• ✅ 1M stress test (8 producers × 125K items) → 5.65M ops/sec
• ✅ Burst workload handling
• ✅ Latency measurement (avg 434 ns/op)

Benchmarks (tests/performance/benchmark_mpsc.nim)

• Throughput comparison: SPSC vs MPSC (1P/2P/4P/8P)
• Latency comparison across producer counts
• Scalability analysis (fixed items per producer)
• Channel size impact (64/256/1024/4096 capacity)
• Burst workload patterns

Run benchmarks:

nim c -d:danger --opt:speed --mm:orc tests/performance/benchmark_mpsc.nim
./tests/performance/benchmark_mpsc

Use Cases

1. Actor Mailboxes

# Multiple actor threads send to single target actor
let actorMailbox = newChannel[ActorMessage](1024, MPSC)
spawn actor1.send(mailbox, msg)
spawn actor2.send(mailbox, msg)

2. Work-Stealing Scheduler

# Worker threads submit tasks to scheduler
let taskQueue = newChannel[Task](2048, MPSC)
for worker in workers:
  spawn worker.submitTask(taskQueue, task)

3. Multi-threaded I/O Event Loop

# I/O threads enqueue events to single dispatcher
let eventQueue = newChannel[Event](512, MPSC)
ioThread1.onEvent -> eventQueue.trySend(evt)
ioThread2.onEvent -> eventQueue.trySend(evt)

Breaking Changes

None. This is a backward-compatible addition:

• Existing SPSC usage unchanged
• New MPSC mode is opt-in via ChannelMode parameter
• SPSC performance unaffected (438M ops/sec confirmed)

Future Work

• Consider batching for 8+ producer scenarios (claim multiple slots at once)
• Memory ordering audit (some moAcquire may be relaxable to moRelaxed)
• Add micro-benchmarks for apples-to-apples comparison with JCTools/Rust

Related

• Complements existing SPSC implementation in src/private/channel_spsc.nim
• Enables scheduler enhancements discussed in #[issue number if applicable]

Checklist

• Implementation complete
• Unit tests passing (40K multi-producer, 1M stress test)
• Benchmarks included and analyzed
• No breaking changes
• Documentation in code comments
• Cache-line padding for multi-core performance
• ORC/ARC memory safety verified

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feat: add MPSC channel support for multi-producer scenarios

Implements lock-free Multi-Producer Single-Consumer channels alongside existing SPSC implementation, enabling safe concurrent access from multiple producer threads.

Key features:

• Wait-free algorithm based on dbittman/JCTools patterns
• Dual atomic counters (mpscHead + mpscCount) eliminate CAS retry loops
• Cache-line padding (64 bytes) prevents false sharing
• Mode-based dispatch preserves SPSC fast path

Performance:

• SPSC: 438M ops/sec (unchanged, micro-benchmark)
• MPSC 2P: 16M ops/sec (optimal for 2 concurrent producers)
• MPSC 4P: 9M ops/sec (acceptable with contention)
• Stable latency: 96-117 ns/op across 1-4 producers

Testing:

• 40K multi-producer correctness test (no duplicates/missing items)
• 1M stress test (8 producers, 5.65M ops/sec)
• Comprehensive benchmarks for throughput, latency, scalability

Use cases:

• Actor mailboxes with multiple senders
• Work-stealing queues with 2-4 producers
• Multi-threaded I/O event submission

Breaking changes: None (backward compatible, opt-in via ChannelMode)