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1 /* System thread definitions
2 Copyright (C) 2012-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 This file is part of GNU Emacs.
6 GNU Emacs is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
7 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
8 the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
9 (at your option) any later version.
11 GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
12 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
13 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
14 GNU General Public License for more details.
16 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
17 along with GNU Emacs. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
19 #include <config.h>
20 #include <setjmp.h>
21 #include "lisp.h"
23 #ifdef HAVE_NS
24 #include "nsterm.h"
25 #endif
27 #ifndef THREADS_ENABLED
29 void
30 sys_mutex_init (sys_mutex_t *m)
32 *m = 0;
35 void
36 sys_mutex_lock (sys_mutex_t *m)
40 void
41 sys_mutex_unlock (sys_mutex_t *m)
45 void
46 sys_cond_init (sys_cond_t *c)
48 *c = 0;
51 void
52 sys_cond_wait (sys_cond_t *c, sys_mutex_t *m)
56 void
57 sys_cond_signal (sys_cond_t *c)
61 void
62 sys_cond_broadcast (sys_cond_t *c)
66 void
67 sys_cond_destroy (sys_cond_t *c)
71 sys_thread_t
72 sys_thread_self (void)
74 return 0;
77 int
78 sys_thread_create (sys_thread_t *t, const char *name,
79 thread_creation_function *func, void *datum)
81 return 0;
84 void
85 sys_thread_yield (void)
89 #elif defined (HAVE_PTHREAD)
91 #include <sched.h>
93 #ifdef HAVE_SYS_PRCTL_H
94 #include <sys/prctl.h>
95 #endif
97 void
98 sys_mutex_init (sys_mutex_t *mutex)
100 pthread_mutex_init (mutex, NULL);
103 void
104 sys_mutex_lock (sys_mutex_t *mutex)
106 pthread_mutex_lock (mutex);
109 void
110 sys_mutex_unlock (sys_mutex_t *mutex)
112 pthread_mutex_unlock (mutex);
115 void
116 sys_cond_init (sys_cond_t *cond)
118 pthread_cond_init (cond, NULL);
121 void
122 sys_cond_wait (sys_cond_t *cond, sys_mutex_t *mutex)
124 pthread_cond_wait (cond, mutex);
127 void
128 sys_cond_signal (sys_cond_t *cond)
130 pthread_cond_signal (cond);
133 void
134 sys_cond_broadcast (sys_cond_t *cond)
136 pthread_cond_broadcast (cond);
137 #ifdef HAVE_NS
138 /* Send an app defined event to break out of the NS run loop.
139 It seems that if ns_select is running the NS run loop, this
140 broadcast has no effect until the loop is done, breaking a couple
141 of tests in thread-tests.el. */
142 ns_run_loop_break ();
143 #endif
146 void
147 sys_cond_destroy (sys_cond_t *cond)
149 pthread_cond_destroy (cond);
152 sys_thread_t
153 sys_thread_self (void)
155 return pthread_self ();
159 sys_thread_create (sys_thread_t *thread_ptr, const char *name,
160 thread_creation_function *func, void *arg)
162 pthread_attr_t attr;
163 int result = 0;
165 if (pthread_attr_init (&attr))
166 return 0;
168 #ifdef DARWIN_OS
169 /* Avoid crash on macOS with deeply nested GC (Bug#30364). */
170 size_t stack_size;
171 size_t required_stack_size = sizeof (void *) * 1024 * 1024;
172 if (pthread_attr_getstacksize (&attr, &stack_size) == 0
173 && stack_size < required_stack_size)
174 pthread_attr_setstacksize (&attr, required_stack_size);
175 #endif
177 if (!pthread_attr_setdetachstate (&attr, PTHREAD_CREATE_DETACHED))
179 result = pthread_create (thread_ptr, &attr, func, arg) == 0;
180 #if defined (HAVE_SYS_PRCTL_H) && defined (HAVE_PRCTL) && defined (PR_SET_NAME)
181 if (result && name != NULL)
182 prctl (PR_SET_NAME, name);
183 #endif
186 pthread_attr_destroy (&attr);
188 return result;
191 void
192 sys_thread_yield (void)
194 sched_yield ();
197 #elif defined (WINDOWSNT)
199 #include <w32term.h>
201 /* Cannot include <process.h> because of the local header by the same
202 name, sigh. */
203 uintptr_t _beginthread (void (__cdecl *)(void *), unsigned, void *);
205 /* Mutexes are implemented as critical sections, because they are
206 faster than Windows mutex objects (implemented in userspace), and
207 satisfy the requirements, since we only need to synchronize within a
208 single process. */
209 void
210 sys_mutex_init (sys_mutex_t *mutex)
212 InitializeCriticalSection ((LPCRITICAL_SECTION)mutex);
215 void
216 sys_mutex_lock (sys_mutex_t *mutex)
218 /* FIXME: What happens if the owning thread exits without releasing
219 the mutex? According to MSDN, the result is undefined behavior. */
220 EnterCriticalSection ((LPCRITICAL_SECTION)mutex);
223 void
224 sys_mutex_unlock (sys_mutex_t *mutex)
226 LeaveCriticalSection ((LPCRITICAL_SECTION)mutex);
229 void
230 sys_cond_init (sys_cond_t *cond)
232 cond->initialized = false;
233 cond->wait_count = 0;
234 /* Auto-reset event for signal. */
235 cond->events[CONDV_SIGNAL] = CreateEvent (NULL, FALSE, FALSE, NULL);
236 /* Manual-reset event for broadcast. */
237 cond->events[CONDV_BROADCAST] = CreateEvent (NULL, TRUE, FALSE, NULL);
238 if (!cond->events[CONDV_SIGNAL] || !cond->events[CONDV_BROADCAST])
239 return;
240 InitializeCriticalSection ((LPCRITICAL_SECTION)&cond->wait_count_lock);
241 cond->initialized = true;
244 void
245 sys_cond_wait (sys_cond_t *cond, sys_mutex_t *mutex)
247 DWORD wait_result;
248 bool last_thread_waiting;
250 if (!cond->initialized)
251 return;
253 /* Increment the wait count avoiding race conditions. */
254 EnterCriticalSection ((LPCRITICAL_SECTION)&cond->wait_count_lock);
255 cond->wait_count++;
256 LeaveCriticalSection ((LPCRITICAL_SECTION)&cond->wait_count_lock);
258 /* Release the mutex and wait for either the signal or the broadcast
259 event. */
260 LeaveCriticalSection ((LPCRITICAL_SECTION)mutex);
261 wait_result = WaitForMultipleObjects (2, cond->events, FALSE, INFINITE);
263 /* Decrement the wait count and see if we are the last thread
264 waiting on the condition variable. */
265 EnterCriticalSection ((LPCRITICAL_SECTION)&cond->wait_count_lock);
266 cond->wait_count--;
267 last_thread_waiting =
268 wait_result == WAIT_OBJECT_0 + CONDV_BROADCAST
269 && cond->wait_count == 0;
270 LeaveCriticalSection ((LPCRITICAL_SECTION)&cond->wait_count_lock);
272 /* Broadcast uses a manual-reset event, so when the last thread is
273 released, we must manually reset that event. */
274 if (last_thread_waiting)
275 ResetEvent (cond->events[CONDV_BROADCAST]);
277 /* Per the API, re-acquire the mutex. */
278 EnterCriticalSection ((LPCRITICAL_SECTION)mutex);
281 void
282 sys_cond_signal (sys_cond_t *cond)
284 bool threads_waiting;
286 if (!cond->initialized)
287 return;
289 EnterCriticalSection ((LPCRITICAL_SECTION)&cond->wait_count_lock);
290 threads_waiting = cond->wait_count > 0;
291 LeaveCriticalSection ((LPCRITICAL_SECTION)&cond->wait_count_lock);
293 if (threads_waiting)
294 SetEvent (cond->events[CONDV_SIGNAL]);
297 void
298 sys_cond_broadcast (sys_cond_t *cond)
300 bool threads_waiting;
302 if (!cond->initialized)
303 return;
305 EnterCriticalSection ((LPCRITICAL_SECTION)&cond->wait_count_lock);
306 threads_waiting = cond->wait_count > 0;
307 LeaveCriticalSection ((LPCRITICAL_SECTION)&cond->wait_count_lock);
309 if (threads_waiting)
310 SetEvent (cond->events[CONDV_BROADCAST]);
313 void
314 sys_cond_destroy (sys_cond_t *cond)
316 if (cond->events[CONDV_SIGNAL])
317 CloseHandle (cond->events[CONDV_SIGNAL]);
318 if (cond->events[CONDV_BROADCAST])
319 CloseHandle (cond->events[CONDV_BROADCAST]);
321 if (!cond->initialized)
322 return;
324 /* FIXME: What if wait_count is non-zero, i.e. there are still
325 threads waiting on this condition variable? */
326 DeleteCriticalSection ((LPCRITICAL_SECTION)&cond->wait_count_lock);
329 sys_thread_t
330 sys_thread_self (void)
332 return (sys_thread_t) GetCurrentThreadId ();
335 static thread_creation_function *thread_start_address;
337 /* _beginthread wants a void function, while we are passed a function
338 that returns a pointer. So we use a wrapper. See the command in
339 w32term.h about the need for ALIGN_STACK attribute. */
340 static void ALIGN_STACK
341 w32_beginthread_wrapper (void *arg)
343 (void)thread_start_address (arg);
347 sys_thread_create (sys_thread_t *thread_ptr, const char *name,
348 thread_creation_function *func, void *arg)
350 /* FIXME: Do threads that run Lisp require some minimum amount of
351 stack? Zero here means each thread will get the same amount as
352 the main program. On GNU/Linux, it seems like the stack is 2MB
353 by default, overridden by RLIMIT_STACK at program start time.
354 Not sure what to do with this. See also the comment in
355 w32proc.c:new_child. */
356 const unsigned stack_size = 0;
357 uintptr_t thandle;
359 thread_start_address = func;
361 /* We use _beginthread rather than CreateThread because the former
362 arranges for the thread handle to be automatically closed when
363 the thread exits, thus preventing handle leaks and/or the need to
364 track all the threads and close their handles when they exit.
365 Also, MSDN seems to imply that code which uses CRT _must_ call
366 _beginthread, although if that is true, we already violate that
367 rule in many places... */
368 thandle = _beginthread (w32_beginthread_wrapper, stack_size, arg);
369 if (thandle == (uintptr_t)-1L)
370 return 0;
372 /* Kludge alert! We use the Windows thread ID, an unsigned 32-bit
373 number, as the sys_thread_t type, because that ID is the only
374 unique identifier of a thread on Windows. But _beginthread
375 returns a handle of the thread, and there's no easy way of
376 getting the thread ID given a handle (GetThreadId is available
377 only since Vista, so we cannot use it portably). Fortunately,
378 the value returned by sys_thread_create is not used by its
379 callers; instead, run_thread, which runs in the context of the
380 new thread, calls sys_thread_self and uses its return value;
381 sys_thread_self in this implementation calls GetCurrentThreadId.
382 Therefore, we return some more or less arbitrary value of the
383 thread ID from this function. */
384 *thread_ptr = thandle & 0xFFFFFFFF;
385 return 1;
388 void
389 sys_thread_yield (void)
391 Sleep (0);
394 #else
396 #error port me
398 #endif