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1 /* Asynchronous timers.
2 Copyright (C) 2000-2014 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 <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
19 #include <config.h>
20 #include <stdio.h>
22 #include "lisp.h"
23 #include "syssignal.h"
24 #include "systime.h"
25 #include "blockinput.h"
26 #include "atimer.h"
27 #include <unistd.h>
29 /* Free-list of atimer structures. */
31 static struct atimer *free_atimers;
33 /* List of currently not running timers due to a call to
34 lock_atimer. */
36 static struct atimer *stopped_atimers;
38 /* List of active atimers, sorted by expiration time. The timer that
39 will become ripe next is always at the front of this list. */
41 static struct atimer *atimers;
43 /* The alarm timer and whether it was properly initialized, if
44 POSIX timers are available. */
45 #ifdef HAVE_ITIMERSPEC
46 static timer_t alarm_timer;
47 static bool alarm_timer_ok;
48 #endif
50 /* Block/unblock SIGALRM. */
52 static void
53 sigmask_atimers (int how)
55 sigset_t blocked;
56 sigemptyset (&blocked);
57 sigaddset (&blocked, SIGALRM);
58 pthread_sigmask (how, &blocked, 0);
60 static void
61 block_atimers (void)
63 sigmask_atimers (SIG_BLOCK);
65 static void
66 unblock_atimers (void)
68 sigmask_atimers (SIG_UNBLOCK);
71 /* Function prototypes. */
73 static void set_alarm (void);
74 static void schedule_atimer (struct atimer *);
75 static struct atimer *append_atimer_lists (struct atimer *,
76 struct atimer *);
78 /* Start a new atimer of type TYPE. TIME specifies when the timer is
79 ripe. FN is the function to call when the timer fires.
80 CLIENT_DATA is stored in the client_data member of the atimer
81 structure returned and so made available to FN when it is called.
83 If TYPE is ATIMER_ABSOLUTE, TIME is the absolute time at which the
84 timer fires.
86 If TYPE is ATIMER_RELATIVE, the timer is ripe TIME s/us in the
87 future.
89 In both cases, the timer is automatically freed after it has fired.
91 If TYPE is ATIMER_CONTINUOUS, the timer fires every TIME s/us.
93 Value is a pointer to the atimer started. It can be used in calls
94 to cancel_atimer; don't free it yourself. */
96 struct atimer *
97 start_atimer (enum atimer_type type, struct timespec timestamp,
98 atimer_callback fn, void *client_data)
100 struct atimer *t;
102 /* Round TIME up to the next full second if we don't have
103 itimers. */
104 #ifndef HAVE_SETITIMER
105 if (timestamp.tv_nsec != 0 && timestamp.tv_sec < TYPE_MAXIMUM (time_t))
106 timestamp = make_timespec (timestamp.tv_sec + 1, 0);
107 #endif /* not HAVE_SETITIMER */
109 /* Get an atimer structure from the free-list, or allocate
110 a new one. */
111 if (free_atimers)
113 t = free_atimers;
114 free_atimers = t->next;
116 else
117 t = xmalloc (sizeof *t);
119 /* Fill the atimer structure. */
120 memset (t, 0, sizeof *t);
121 t->type = type;
122 t->fn = fn;
123 t->client_data = client_data;
125 block_atimers ();
127 /* Compute the timer's expiration time. */
128 switch (type)
130 case ATIMER_ABSOLUTE:
131 t->expiration = timestamp;
132 break;
134 case ATIMER_RELATIVE:
135 t->expiration = timespec_add (current_timespec (), timestamp);
136 break;
138 case ATIMER_CONTINUOUS:
139 t->expiration = timespec_add (current_timespec (), timestamp);
140 t->interval = timestamp;
141 break;
144 /* Insert the timer in the list of active atimers. */
145 schedule_atimer (t);
146 unblock_atimers ();
148 /* Arrange for a SIGALRM at the time the next atimer is ripe. */
149 set_alarm ();
151 return t;
155 /* Cancel and free atimer TIMER. */
157 void
158 cancel_atimer (struct atimer *timer)
160 int i;
162 block_atimers ();
164 for (i = 0; i < 2; ++i)
166 struct atimer *t, *prev;
167 struct atimer **list = i ? &stopped_atimers : &atimers;
169 /* See if TIMER is active or stopped. */
170 for (t = *list, prev = NULL; t && t != timer; prev = t, t = t->next)
173 /* If it is, take it off its list, and put in on the free-list.
174 We don't bother to arrange for setting a different alarm time,
175 since a too early one doesn't hurt. */
176 if (t)
178 if (prev)
179 prev->next = t->next;
180 else
181 *list = t->next;
183 t->next = free_atimers;
184 free_atimers = t;
185 break;
189 unblock_atimers ();
193 /* Append two lists of atimers LIST_1 and LIST_2 and return the
194 result list. */
196 static struct atimer *
197 append_atimer_lists (struct atimer *list_1, struct atimer *list_2)
199 if (list_1 == NULL)
200 return list_2;
201 else if (list_2 == NULL)
202 return list_1;
203 else
205 struct atimer *p;
207 for (p = list_1; p->next; p = p->next)
209 p->next = list_2;
210 return list_1;
215 /* Stop all timers except timer T. T null means stop all timers. */
217 void
218 stop_other_atimers (struct atimer *t)
220 block_atimers ();
222 if (t)
224 struct atimer *p, *prev;
226 /* See if T is active. */
227 for (p = atimers, prev = NULL; p && p != t; prev = p, p = p->next)
230 if (p == t)
232 if (prev)
233 prev->next = t->next;
234 else
235 atimers = t->next;
236 t->next = NULL;
238 else
239 /* T is not active. Let's handle this like T == 0. */
240 t = NULL;
243 stopped_atimers = append_atimer_lists (atimers, stopped_atimers);
244 atimers = t;
245 unblock_atimers ();
249 /* Run all timers again, if some have been stopped with a call to
250 stop_other_atimers. */
252 void
253 run_all_atimers (void)
255 if (stopped_atimers)
257 struct atimer *t = atimers;
258 struct atimer *next;
260 block_atimers ();
261 atimers = stopped_atimers;
262 stopped_atimers = NULL;
264 while (t)
266 next = t->next;
267 schedule_atimer (t);
268 t = next;
271 unblock_atimers ();
276 /* Arrange for a SIGALRM to arrive when the next timer is ripe. */
278 static void
279 set_alarm (void)
281 if (atimers)
283 #ifdef HAVE_SETITIMER
284 struct itimerval it;
285 #endif
286 struct timespec now, interval;
288 #ifdef HAVE_ITIMERSPEC
289 if (alarm_timer_ok)
291 struct itimerspec ispec;
292 ispec.it_value = atimers->expiration;
293 ispec.it_interval.tv_sec = ispec.it_interval.tv_nsec = 0;
294 if (timer_settime (alarm_timer, 0, &ispec, 0) == 0)
295 return;
297 #endif
299 /* Determine interval till the next timer is ripe.
300 Don't set the interval to 0; this disables the timer. */
301 now = current_timespec ();
302 interval = (timespec_cmp (atimers->expiration, now) <= 0
303 ? make_timespec (0, 1000 * 1000)
304 : timespec_sub (atimers->expiration, now));
306 #ifdef HAVE_SETITIMER
308 memset (&it, 0, sizeof it);
309 it.it_value = make_timeval (interval);
310 setitimer (ITIMER_REAL, &it, 0);
311 #else /* not HAVE_SETITIMER */
312 alarm (max (interval.tv_sec, 1));
313 #endif /* not HAVE_SETITIMER */
318 /* Insert timer T into the list of active atimers `atimers', keeping
319 the list sorted by expiration time. T must not be in this list
320 already. */
322 static void
323 schedule_atimer (struct atimer *t)
325 struct atimer *a = atimers, *prev = NULL;
327 /* Look for the first atimer that is ripe after T. */
328 while (a && timespec_cmp (a->expiration, t->expiration) < 0)
329 prev = a, a = a->next;
331 /* Insert T in front of the atimer found, if any. */
332 if (prev)
333 prev->next = t;
334 else
335 atimers = t;
337 t->next = a;
340 static void
341 run_timers (void)
343 struct timespec now = current_timespec ();
345 while (atimers && timespec_cmp (atimers->expiration, now) <= 0)
347 struct atimer *t = atimers;
348 atimers = atimers->next;
349 t->fn (t);
351 if (t->type == ATIMER_CONTINUOUS)
353 t->expiration = timespec_add (now, t->interval);
354 schedule_atimer (t);
356 else
358 t->next = free_atimers;
359 free_atimers = t;
363 set_alarm ();
367 /* Signal handler for SIGALRM. SIGNO is the signal number, i.e.
368 SIGALRM. */
370 static void
371 handle_alarm_signal (int sig)
373 pending_signals = 1;
377 /* Do pending timers. */
379 void
380 do_pending_atimers (void)
382 if (atimers)
384 block_atimers ();
385 run_timers ();
386 unblock_atimers ();
391 /* Turn alarms on/off. This seems to be temporarily necessary on
392 some systems like HPUX (see process.c). */
394 void
395 turn_on_atimers (bool on)
397 if (on)
398 set_alarm ();
399 else
400 alarm (0);
404 void
405 init_atimer (void)
407 struct sigaction action;
408 #ifdef HAVE_ITIMERSPEC
409 struct sigevent sigev;
410 sigev.sigev_notify = SIGEV_SIGNAL;
411 sigev.sigev_signo = SIGALRM;
412 sigev.sigev_value.sival_ptr = &alarm_timer;
413 alarm_timer_ok = timer_create (CLOCK_REALTIME, &sigev, &alarm_timer) == 0;
414 #endif
415 free_atimers = stopped_atimers = atimers = NULL;
416 /* pending_signals is initialized in init_keyboard.*/
417 emacs_sigaction_init (&action, handle_alarm_signal);
418 sigaction (SIGALRM, &action, 0);