/* EINA - EFL data type library * Copyright (C) 2012 Cedric Bail * * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. * * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU * Lesser General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public * License along with this library; * if not, see . */ #ifndef EINA_THREAD_H_ #define EINA_THREAD_H_ #include "eina_config.h" #include "eina_types.h" #include "eina_error.h" #include /** * @addtogroup Eina_Tools_Group Tools * * @{ */ /** * @defgroup Eina_Thread_Group Thread * * Abstracts platform threads, providing a uniform API. It's modelled * after POSIX THREADS (pthreads), on Linux they are almost 1:1 * mapping. * * @see @ref Eina_Lock_Group for mutex/locking abstraction. * * @since 1.8 * @{ */ /** * @typedef Eina_Thread * Type for a generic thread. */ typedef uintptr_t Eina_Thread; /** * @typedef Eina_Thread_Cb * Type for the definition of a thread callback function */ typedef void *(*Eina_Thread_Cb)(void *data, Eina_Thread t); /** * @typedef Eina_Thread_Priority * Type to enumerate different thread priorities */ typedef enum _Eina_Thread_Priority { EINA_THREAD_URGENT, EINA_THREAD_NORMAL, EINA_THREAD_BACKGROUND, EINA_THREAD_IDLE } Eina_Thread_Priority; /** * @brief Returns identifier of the current thread. * @return identifier of current thread. * @since 1.8 */ EAPI Eina_Thread eina_thread_self(void) EINA_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT; /** * @brief Checks if two thread identifiers are the same. * @param t1 first thread identifier to compare. * @param t2 second thread identifier to compare. * @return #EINA_TRUE if they are equal, #EINA_FALSE otherwise. * @since 1.8 */ EAPI Eina_Bool eina_thread_equal(Eina_Thread t1, Eina_Thread t2) EINA_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT; /** * @brief Creates a new thread, setting its priority and affinity. * * @param[out] t where to return the thread identifier. Must @b not be @c NULL. * @param prio thread priority to use, usually EINA_THREAD_BACKGROUND * @param affinity thread affinity to use. To not set affinity use @c -1. * @param func function to run in the thread. Must @b not be @c NULL. * @param data context data to provide to @a func as first argument. * @return #EINA_TRUE if thread was created, #EINA_FALSE on errors. * @since 1.8 */ EAPI Eina_Bool eina_thread_create(Eina_Thread *t, Eina_Thread_Priority prio, int affinity, Eina_Thread_Cb func, const void *data) EINA_ARG_NONNULL(1, 4) EINA_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT; /** * @brief The return value of eina_thread_join() if it was canceled with * eina_thread_cancel(). * * A thread must be explicitly flagged as cancellable with * eina_thread_cancellable_set(), by default it's not and this value * shouldn't be returned. * * @see eina_thread_join() * * @since 1.19 */ EAPI extern const void *EINA_THREAD_JOIN_CANCELED; /** * @brief Joins a currently running thread, waiting until it finishes. * * This function will block the current thread until @a t * finishes. The returned value is the one returned by @a t @c func() * and may be @c NULL on errors. See @ref Eina_Error_Group to identify * problems. * * @param t thread identifier to wait. * @return value returned by @a t creation function @c func() or * @c NULL on errors. Check error with @ref Eina_Error_Group. * If the thread was canceled, it will return * EINA_THREAD_JOIN_CANCELED. * @since 1.8 */ EAPI void *eina_thread_join(Eina_Thread t); /** * @brief Sets the name of a given thread for debugging purposes. * * This maps to the pthread_setname_np() GNU extension or similar * if available. The name may be limited in size (possibly 16 * characters including the null byte terminator). This is useful * for debugging to name a thread so external tools can display a * meaningful name attached to the thread. * * @param t thread to set the name of * @param name a string to name the thread - this cannot be NULL * @return EINA_TRUE if it succeeds in setting the name or EINA_FALSE * otherwise. * @since 1.16 */ EAPI Eina_Bool eina_thread_name_set(Eina_Thread t, const char *name); /** * @brief Attempts to cancel a running thread. * * This function sends a cancellation request to the thread, however * that request is only fulfilled if the thread is cancellable * (eina_thread_cancellable_set() with EINA_TRUE as first paramter) * and it will wait for a cancellation point, be * eina_thread_cancel_checkpoint() or some syscall as defined in * man:pthreads(7). * * A thread that was canceled will return EINA_THREAD_JOIN_CANCELED * when eina_thread_join() is called. * * @param t Thread to cancel. * * @return EINA_FALSE if thread was not running, EINA_TRUE * otherwise. Note that if a thread is not cancellable and it * is running, this function will return EINA_TRUE! * * @since 1.19 */ EAPI Eina_Bool eina_thread_cancel(Eina_Thread t); /** * @brief Enables or disables if the current thread can be canceled. * * By default eina_thread_create() will return a thread with * cancellation disabled. One can enable the cancellation by using * EINA_TRUE in @a cancellable. * * Eina threads follow pthread_setcanceltype() * PTHREAD_CANCEL_DEFERRED, that is, the actual termination will wait * for a cancellation point, usually a syscall defined in * man:pthreads(7) or an explicit cancellation point defined with * eina_thread_cancel_checkpoint(). * * In order to provide cleanup around critical blocks use * EINA_THREAD_CLEANUP_PUSH() and EINA_THREAD_CLEANUP_POP() macros * (which maps to pthread_cleanup_push() and pthread_cleanup_pop()), * or the helper function eina_thread_cancellable_run() which does the * pair for you. * * @param cancellable If EINA_TRUE, this thread will be accept * cancellation requests. If EINA_FALSE -- the default, it will * ignore cancellation requests. * @param was_cancellable If non-NULL, will return the previous state, * shall you want to restore. * * @return EINA_TRUE if it succeeds in setting the cancellable state * or EINA_FALSE otherwise. * * @see eina_thread_cancel_checkpoint() * @see EINA_THREAD_CLEANUP_PUSH() * @see EINA_THREAD_CLEANUP_POP() * @see eina_thread_cancellable_run() * @see eina_thread_cancel() * * @since 1.19 */ EAPI Eina_Bool eina_thread_cancellable_set(Eina_Bool cancellable, Eina_Bool *was_cancellable); /** * If the current thread is cancellable, this introduces a * cancellation check point. Otherwise it's a no-operation. * * Eina threads follow pthread_setcanceltype() * PTHREAD_CANCEL_DEFERRED, that is, the actual termination will wait * for a cancellation point, usually a syscall defined in * man:pthreads(7) or an explicit cancellation point defined with this * function. * * @see eina_thread_cancel_checkpoint() * * @since 1.19 */ EAPI void eina_thread_cancel_checkpoint(void); /** * @def EINA_THREAD_CLEANUP_PUSH(cleanup, data) * * @brief Pushes a cleanup function to be executed when the thread is * canceled. * * This macro will schedule a function cleanup(data) to be executed if * the thread is canceled with eina_thread_cancel() and the thread * was previously marked as cancellable with * eina_thread_cancellable_set(). * * It @b must be paired with EINA_THREAD_CLEANUP_POP() in the same * code block as they will expand to do {} while ()! * * The cleanup function may also be executed if * EINA_THREAD_CLEANUP_POP(EINA_TRUE) is used. * * @note If the block within EINA_THREAD_CLEANUP_PUSH() and * EINA_THREAD_CLEANUP_POP() returns, the cleanup callback will * @b not be executed! To avoid problems prefer to use * eina_thread_cancellable_run()! * * @param cleanup The function to execute on cancellation. * @param data The context to give to cleanup function. * * @see eina_thread_cancellable_run() * * @since 1.19 */ #define EINA_THREAD_CLEANUP_PUSH(cleanup, data) \ pthread_cleanup_push(cleanup, data) /** * @def EINA_THREAD_CLEANUP_POP(exec_cleanup) * * @brief Pops a cleanup function to be executed when the thread is * canceled. * * This macro will remove a previously pushed cleanup function, thus * if the thread is canceled with eina_thread_cancel() and the thread * was previously marked as cancellable with * eina_thread_cancellable_set(), that cleanup won't be executed * anymore. * * It @b must be paired with EINA_THREAD_CLEANUP_PUSH() in the same * code block as they will expand to do {} while ()! * * @note If the block within EINA_THREAD_CLEANUP_PUSH() and * EINA_THREAD_CLEANUP_POP() returns, the cleanup callback will * @b not be executed even if exec_cleanup is EINA_TRUE! To * avoid problems prefer to use eina_thread_cancellable_run()! * * @param exec_cleanup if EINA_TRUE, the function registered with * EINA_THREAD_CLEANUP_PUSH() will be executed. * * @see eina_thread_cancellable_run() * * @since 1.19 */ #define EINA_THREAD_CLEANUP_POP(exec_cleanup) \ pthread_cleanup_pop(exec_cleanup) /** * @typedef Eina_Thread_Cancellable_Run_Cb * Type for the definition of a cancellable callback to run. * * @since 1.19 */ typedef void *(*Eina_Thread_Cancellable_Run_Cb)(void *data); /** * This function will setup cleanup callback, turn the thread * cancellable, execute the given callback, reset the cancellable * state to its old value, run the cleanup callback and then return * the callback return value. * * @note cleanup_cb is configured @b before the thread is made * cancellable, thus it @b will be executed while @a cb may not * in the case the thread was already canceled and that was * pending. * * This helper does exactly the following code. Should you need a * slightly different behavior, use the base calls yourself. * * @code * Eina_Bool old = EINA_FALSE; * void *ret; * * EINA_THREAD_CLEANUP_PUSH(cleanup_cb, data); * eina_thread_cancellable_set(EINA_TRUE, &old); // is a cancellation point * ret = cb(data); // may not run if was previously canceled * EINA_THREAD_CLEANUP_POP(EINA_TRUE); * eina_thread_cancellable_set(old, NULL); * return ret; * @endcode * * @param cb a cancellable callback to possibly run. The callback @b * may not be executed if the thread had a pending cancellation * request. During its execution the callback may be canceled * at explicit cancellation points using * eina_thread_cancel_checkpoint(), as well as some syscalls * defined in man:pthreads(7). * @param cleanup_cb a cleanup callback to be executed regardless of * the thread being canceled or not. This function will be * executed even if @a cb wasn't. * @param data context to give to both @a cb and @a cleanup_cb. * * @return the return value of @a cb. If the thread was canceled, * this function will not return. * * @since 1.19 */ EAPI void *eina_thread_cancellable_run(Eina_Thread_Cancellable_Run_Cb cb, Eina_Free_Cb cleanup_cb, void *data); /** * @} */ /** * @} */ #endif