2008-11-10 Zoltan Varga <vargaz@gmail.com>
[mono-project.git] / libgc / aix_irix_threads.c
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1 /*
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3 * Copyright (c) 1996-1999 by Silicon Graphics. All rights reserved.
4 * Copyright (c) 1999-2003 by Hewlett-Packard Company. All rights reserved.
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16 * Support code for Irix (>=6.2) Pthreads and for AIX pthreads.
17 * This relies on properties
18 * not guaranteed by the Pthread standard. It may or may not be portable
19 * to other implementations.
21 * Note that there is a lot of code duplication between this file and
22 * (pthread_support.c, pthread_stop_world.c). They should be merged.
23 * Pthread_support.c should be directly usable.
25 * Please avoid adding new ports here; use the generic pthread support
26 * as a base instead.
29 # if defined(GC_IRIX_THREADS) || defined(GC_AIX_THREADS)
31 # include "private/gc_priv.h"
32 # include <pthread.h>
33 # include <assert.h>
34 # include <semaphore.h>
35 # include <time.h>
36 # include <errno.h>
37 # include <unistd.h>
38 # include <sys/mman.h>
39 # include <sys/time.h>
41 #undef pthread_create
42 #undef pthread_sigmask
43 #undef pthread_join
45 #if defined(GC_IRIX_THREADS) && !defined(MUTEX_RECURSIVE_NP)
46 #define MUTEX_RECURSIVE_NP PTHREAD_MUTEX_RECURSIVE
47 #endif
49 void GC_thr_init();
51 #if 0
52 void GC_print_sig_mask()
54 sigset_t blocked;
55 int i;
57 if (pthread_sigmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, &blocked) != 0)
58 ABORT("pthread_sigmask");
59 GC_printf0("Blocked: ");
60 for (i = 1; i <= MAXSIG; i++) {
61 if (sigismember(&blocked, i)) { GC_printf1("%ld ",(long) i); }
63 GC_printf0("\n");
65 #endif
67 /* We use the allocation lock to protect thread-related data structures. */
69 /* The set of all known threads. We intercept thread creation and */
70 /* joins. We never actually create detached threads. We allocate all */
71 /* new thread stacks ourselves. These allow us to maintain this */
72 /* data structure. */
73 /* Protected by GC_thr_lock. */
74 /* Some of this should be declared volatile, but that's incosnsistent */
75 /* with some library routine declarations. */
76 typedef struct GC_Thread_Rep {
77 struct GC_Thread_Rep * next; /* More recently allocated threads */
78 /* with a given pthread id come */
79 /* first. (All but the first are */
80 /* guaranteed to be dead, but we may */
81 /* not yet have registered the join.) */
82 pthread_t id;
83 word stop;
84 # define NOT_STOPPED 0
85 # define PLEASE_STOP 1
86 # define STOPPED 2
87 word flags;
88 # define FINISHED 1 /* Thread has exited. */
89 # define DETACHED 2 /* Thread is intended to be detached. */
90 ptr_t stack_cold; /* cold end of the stack */
91 ptr_t stack_hot; /* Valid only when stopped. */
92 /* But must be within stack region at */
93 /* all times. */
94 void * status; /* Used only to avoid premature */
95 /* reclamation of any data it might */
96 /* reference. */
97 } * GC_thread;
99 GC_thread GC_lookup_thread(pthread_t id);
102 * The only way to suspend threads given the pthread interface is to send
103 * signals. Unfortunately, this means we have to reserve
104 * a signal, and intercept client calls to change the signal mask.
106 #if 0 /* DOB: 6.1 */
107 # if defined(GC_AIX_THREADS)
108 # define SIG_SUSPEND SIGUSR1
109 # else
110 # define SIG_SUSPEND (SIGRTMIN + 6)
111 # endif
112 #endif
114 pthread_mutex_t GC_suspend_lock = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
115 /* Number of threads stopped so far */
116 pthread_cond_t GC_suspend_ack_cv = PTHREAD_COND_INITIALIZER;
117 pthread_cond_t GC_continue_cv = PTHREAD_COND_INITIALIZER;
119 void GC_suspend_handler(int sig)
121 int dummy;
122 GC_thread me;
123 sigset_t all_sigs;
124 sigset_t old_sigs;
125 int i;
127 if (sig != SIG_SUSPEND) ABORT("Bad signal in suspend_handler");
128 me = GC_lookup_thread(pthread_self());
129 /* The lookup here is safe, since I'm doing this on behalf */
130 /* of a thread which holds the allocation lock in order */
131 /* to stop the world. Thus concurrent modification of the */
132 /* data structure is impossible. */
133 if (PLEASE_STOP != me -> stop) {
134 /* Misdirected signal. */
135 pthread_mutex_unlock(&GC_suspend_lock);
136 return;
138 pthread_mutex_lock(&GC_suspend_lock);
139 me -> stack_hot = (ptr_t)(&dummy);
140 me -> stop = STOPPED;
141 pthread_cond_signal(&GC_suspend_ack_cv);
142 pthread_cond_wait(&GC_continue_cv, &GC_suspend_lock);
143 pthread_mutex_unlock(&GC_suspend_lock);
144 /* GC_printf1("Continuing 0x%x\n", pthread_self()); */
148 GC_bool GC_thr_initialized = FALSE;
151 # define THREAD_TABLE_SZ 128 /* Must be power of 2 */
152 volatile GC_thread GC_threads[THREAD_TABLE_SZ];
154 void GC_push_thread_structures GC_PROTO((void))
156 GC_push_all((ptr_t)(GC_threads), (ptr_t)(GC_threads)+sizeof(GC_threads));
159 /* Add a thread to GC_threads. We assume it wasn't already there. */
160 /* Caller holds allocation lock. */
161 GC_thread GC_new_thread(pthread_t id)
163 int hv = ((word)id) % THREAD_TABLE_SZ;
164 GC_thread result;
165 static struct GC_Thread_Rep first_thread;
166 static GC_bool first_thread_used = FALSE;
168 GC_ASSERT(I_HOLD_LOCK());
169 if (!first_thread_used) {
170 result = &first_thread;
171 first_thread_used = TRUE;
172 /* Dont acquire allocation lock, since we may already hold it. */
173 } else {
174 result = (struct GC_Thread_Rep *)
175 GC_generic_malloc_inner(sizeof(struct GC_Thread_Rep), NORMAL);
177 if (result == 0) return(0);
178 result -> id = id;
179 result -> next = GC_threads[hv];
180 GC_threads[hv] = result;
181 /* result -> flags = 0; */
182 /* result -> stop = 0; */
183 return(result);
186 /* Delete a thread from GC_threads. We assume it is there. */
187 /* (The code intentionally traps if it wasn't.) */
188 /* Caller holds allocation lock. */
189 /* We explicitly pass in the GC_thread we're looking for, since */
190 /* if a thread has been joined, but we have not yet */
191 /* been notified, then there may be more than one thread */
192 /* in the table with the same pthread id. */
193 /* This is OK, but we need a way to delete a specific one. */
194 void GC_delete_gc_thread(pthread_t id, GC_thread gc_id)
196 int hv = ((word)id) % THREAD_TABLE_SZ;
197 register GC_thread p = GC_threads[hv];
198 register GC_thread prev = 0;
200 GC_ASSERT(I_HOLD_LOCK());
201 while (p != gc_id) {
202 prev = p;
203 p = p -> next;
205 if (prev == 0) {
206 GC_threads[hv] = p -> next;
207 } else {
208 prev -> next = p -> next;
212 /* Return a GC_thread corresponding to a given thread_t. */
213 /* Returns 0 if it's not there. */
214 /* Caller holds allocation lock or otherwise inhibits */
215 /* updates. */
216 /* If there is more than one thread with the given id we */
217 /* return the most recent one. */
218 GC_thread GC_lookup_thread(pthread_t id)
220 int hv = ((word)id) % THREAD_TABLE_SZ;
221 register GC_thread p = GC_threads[hv];
223 /* I either hold the lock, or i'm being called from the stop-the-world
224 * handler. */
225 #if defined(GC_AIX_THREADS)
226 GC_ASSERT(I_HOLD_LOCK()); /* no stop-the-world handler needed on AIX */
227 #endif
228 while (p != 0 && !pthread_equal(p -> id, id)) p = p -> next;
229 return(p);
232 #if defined(GC_AIX_THREADS)
233 void GC_stop_world()
235 pthread_t my_thread = pthread_self();
236 register int i;
237 register GC_thread p;
238 register int result;
239 struct timespec timeout;
241 GC_ASSERT(I_HOLD_LOCK());
242 for (i = 0; i < THREAD_TABLE_SZ; i++) {
243 for (p = GC_threads[i]; p != 0; p = p -> next) {
244 if (p -> id != my_thread) {
245 pthread_suspend_np(p->id);
249 /* GC_printf1("World stopped 0x%x\n", pthread_self()); */
252 void GC_start_world()
254 GC_thread p;
255 unsigned i;
256 pthread_t my_thread = pthread_self();
258 /* GC_printf0("World starting\n"); */
259 GC_ASSERT(I_HOLD_LOCK());
260 for (i = 0; i < THREAD_TABLE_SZ; i++) {
261 for (p = GC_threads[i]; p != 0; p = p -> next) {
262 if (p -> id != my_thread) {
263 pthread_continue_np(p->id);
269 #else /* GC_AIX_THREADS */
271 /* Caller holds allocation lock. */
272 void GC_stop_world()
274 pthread_t my_thread = pthread_self();
275 register int i;
276 register GC_thread p;
277 register int result;
278 struct timespec timeout;
280 GC_ASSERT(I_HOLD_LOCK());
281 for (i = 0; i < THREAD_TABLE_SZ; i++) {
282 for (p = GC_threads[i]; p != 0; p = p -> next) {
283 if (p -> id != my_thread) {
284 if (p -> flags & FINISHED) {
285 p -> stop = STOPPED;
286 continue;
288 p -> stop = PLEASE_STOP;
289 result = pthread_kill(p -> id, SIG_SUSPEND);
290 /* GC_printf1("Sent signal to 0x%x\n", p -> id); */
291 switch(result) {
292 case ESRCH:
293 /* Not really there anymore. Possible? */
294 p -> stop = STOPPED;
295 break;
296 case 0:
297 break;
298 default:
299 ABORT("pthread_kill failed");
304 pthread_mutex_lock(&GC_suspend_lock);
305 for (i = 0; i < THREAD_TABLE_SZ; i++) {
306 for (p = GC_threads[i]; p != 0; p = p -> next) {
307 while (p -> id != my_thread && p -> stop != STOPPED) {
308 clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, &timeout);
309 timeout.tv_nsec += 50000000; /* 50 msecs */
310 if (timeout.tv_nsec >= 1000000000) {
311 timeout.tv_nsec -= 1000000000;
312 ++timeout.tv_sec;
314 result = pthread_cond_timedwait(&GC_suspend_ack_cv,
315 &GC_suspend_lock,
316 &timeout);
317 if (result == ETIMEDOUT) {
318 /* Signal was lost or misdirected. Try again. */
319 /* Duplicate signals should be benign. */
320 result = pthread_kill(p -> id, SIG_SUSPEND);
325 pthread_mutex_unlock(&GC_suspend_lock);
326 /* GC_printf1("World stopped 0x%x\n", pthread_self()); */
329 /* Caller holds allocation lock. */
330 void GC_start_world()
332 GC_thread p;
333 unsigned i;
335 /* GC_printf0("World starting\n"); */
336 GC_ASSERT(I_HOLD_LOCK());
337 for (i = 0; i < THREAD_TABLE_SZ; i++) {
338 for (p = GC_threads[i]; p != 0; p = p -> next) {
339 p -> stop = NOT_STOPPED;
342 pthread_mutex_lock(&GC_suspend_lock);
343 /* All other threads are at pthread_cond_wait in signal handler. */
344 /* Otherwise we couldn't have acquired the lock. */
345 pthread_mutex_unlock(&GC_suspend_lock);
346 pthread_cond_broadcast(&GC_continue_cv);
349 #endif /* GC_AIX_THREADS */
352 /* We hold allocation lock. Should do exactly the right thing if the */
353 /* world is stopped. Should not fail if it isn't. */
354 void GC_push_all_stacks()
356 register int i;
357 register GC_thread p;
358 register ptr_t hot, cold;
359 pthread_t me = pthread_self();
361 /* GC_init() should have been called before GC_push_all_stacks is
362 * invoked, and GC_init calls GC_thr_init(), which sets
363 * GC_thr_initialized. */
364 GC_ASSERT(GC_thr_initialized);
366 /* GC_printf1("Pushing stacks from thread 0x%x\n", me); */
367 GC_ASSERT(I_HOLD_LOCK());
368 for (i = 0; i < THREAD_TABLE_SZ; i++) {
369 for (p = GC_threads[i]; p != 0; p = p -> next) {
370 if (p -> flags & FINISHED) continue;
371 cold = p->stack_cold;
372 if (!cold) cold=GC_stackbottom; /* 0 indicates 'original stack' */
373 if (pthread_equal(p -> id, me)) {
374 hot = GC_approx_sp();
375 } else {
376 # ifdef GC_AIX_THREADS
377 /* AIX doesn't use signals to suspend, so we need to get an */
378 /* accurate hot stack pointer. */
379 /* See http://publib16.boulder.ibm.com/pseries/en_US/libs/basetrf1/pthread_getthrds_np.htm */
380 pthread_t id = p -> id;
381 struct __pthrdsinfo pinfo;
382 int regbuf[64];
383 int val = sizeof(regbuf);
384 int retval = pthread_getthrds_np(&id, PTHRDSINFO_QUERY_ALL, &pinfo,
385 sizeof(pinfo), regbuf, &val);
386 if (retval != 0) {
387 printf("ERROR: pthread_getthrds_np() failed in GC\n");
388 abort();
390 /* according to the AIX ABI,
391 "the lowest possible valid stack address is 288 bytes (144 + 144)
392 less than the current value of the stack pointer. Functions may
393 use this stack space as volatile storage which is not preserved
394 across function calls."
395 ftp://ftp.penguinppc64.org/pub/people/amodra/PPC-elf64abi.txt.gz
397 hot = (ptr_t)(unsigned long)pinfo.__pi_ustk-288;
398 cold = (ptr_t)pinfo.__pi_stackend; /* more precise */
399 /* push the registers too, because they won't be on stack */
400 GC_push_all_eager((ptr_t)&pinfo.__pi_context,
401 (ptr_t)((&pinfo.__pi_context)+1));
402 GC_push_all_eager((ptr_t)regbuf, ((ptr_t)regbuf)+val);
403 # else
404 hot = p -> stack_hot;
405 # endif
407 # ifdef STACK_GROWS_UP
408 GC_push_all_stack(cold, hot);
409 # else
410 /* printf("thread 0x%x: hot=0x%08x cold=0x%08x\n", p -> id, hot, cold); */
411 GC_push_all_stack(hot, cold);
412 # endif
418 /* We hold the allocation lock. */
419 void GC_thr_init()
421 GC_thread t;
422 struct sigaction act;
424 if (GC_thr_initialized) return;
425 GC_ASSERT(I_HOLD_LOCK());
426 GC_thr_initialized = TRUE;
427 #ifndef GC_AIX_THREADS
428 (void) sigaction(SIG_SUSPEND, 0, &act);
429 if (act.sa_handler != SIG_DFL)
430 ABORT("Previously installed SIG_SUSPEND handler");
431 /* Install handler. */
432 act.sa_handler = GC_suspend_handler;
433 act.sa_flags = SA_RESTART;
434 (void) sigemptyset(&act.sa_mask);
435 if (0 != sigaction(SIG_SUSPEND, &act, 0))
436 ABORT("Failed to install SIG_SUSPEND handler");
437 #endif
438 /* Add the initial thread, so we can stop it. */
439 t = GC_new_thread(pthread_self());
440 /* use '0' to indicate GC_stackbottom, since GC_init() has not
441 * completed by the time we are called (from GC_init_inner()) */
442 t -> stack_cold = 0; /* the original stack. */
443 t -> stack_hot = (ptr_t)(&t);
444 t -> flags = DETACHED;
447 int GC_pthread_sigmask(int how, const sigset_t *set, sigset_t *oset)
449 sigset_t fudged_set;
451 #ifdef GC_AIX_THREADS
452 return(pthread_sigmask(how, set, oset));
453 #endif
455 if (set != NULL && (how == SIG_BLOCK || how == SIG_SETMASK)) {
456 fudged_set = *set;
457 sigdelset(&fudged_set, SIG_SUSPEND);
458 set = &fudged_set;
460 return(pthread_sigmask(how, set, oset));
463 struct start_info {
464 void *(*start_routine)(void *);
465 void *arg;
466 word flags;
467 pthread_mutex_t registeredlock;
468 pthread_cond_t registered;
469 int volatile registereddone;
472 void GC_thread_exit_proc(void *arg)
474 GC_thread me;
476 LOCK();
477 me = GC_lookup_thread(pthread_self());
478 me -> flags |= FINISHED;
479 /* reclaim DETACHED thread right away; otherwise wait until join() */
480 if (me -> flags & DETACHED) {
481 GC_delete_gc_thread(pthread_self(), me);
483 UNLOCK();
486 int GC_pthread_join(pthread_t thread, void **retval)
488 int result;
489 GC_thread thread_gc_id;
491 LOCK();
492 thread_gc_id = GC_lookup_thread(thread);
493 /* This is guaranteed to be the intended one, since the thread id */
494 /* cant have been recycled by pthreads. */
495 UNLOCK();
496 GC_ASSERT(!(thread_gc_id->flags & DETACHED));
497 result = pthread_join(thread, retval);
498 /* Some versions of the Irix pthreads library can erroneously */
499 /* return EINTR when the call succeeds. */
500 if (EINTR == result) result = 0;
501 GC_ASSERT(thread_gc_id->flags & FINISHED);
502 LOCK();
503 /* Here the pthread thread id may have been recycled. */
504 GC_delete_gc_thread(thread, thread_gc_id);
505 UNLOCK();
506 return result;
509 void * GC_start_routine(void * arg)
511 int dummy;
512 struct start_info * si = arg;
513 void * result;
514 GC_thread me;
515 pthread_t my_pthread;
516 void *(*start)(void *);
517 void *start_arg;
519 my_pthread = pthread_self();
520 /* If a GC occurs before the thread is registered, that GC will */
521 /* ignore this thread. That's fine, since it will block trying to */
522 /* acquire the allocation lock, and won't yet hold interesting */
523 /* pointers. */
524 LOCK();
525 /* We register the thread here instead of in the parent, so that */
526 /* we don't need to hold the allocation lock during pthread_create. */
527 /* Holding the allocation lock there would make REDIRECT_MALLOC */
528 /* impossible. It probably still doesn't work, but we're a little */
529 /* closer ... */
530 /* This unfortunately means that we have to be careful the parent */
531 /* doesn't try to do a pthread_join before we're registered. */
532 me = GC_new_thread(my_pthread);
533 me -> flags = si -> flags;
534 me -> stack_cold = (ptr_t) &dummy; /* this now the 'start of stack' */
535 me -> stack_hot = me->stack_cold;/* this field should always be sensible */
536 UNLOCK();
537 start = si -> start_routine;
538 start_arg = si -> arg;
540 pthread_mutex_lock(&(si->registeredlock));
541 si->registereddone = 1;
542 pthread_cond_signal(&(si->registered));
543 pthread_mutex_unlock(&(si->registeredlock));
544 /* si went away as soon as we did this unlock */
546 pthread_cleanup_push(GC_thread_exit_proc, 0);
547 result = (*start)(start_arg);
548 me -> status = result;
549 pthread_cleanup_pop(1);
550 /* This involves acquiring the lock, ensuring that we can't exit */
551 /* while a collection that thinks we're alive is trying to stop */
552 /* us. */
553 return(result);
557 GC_pthread_create(pthread_t *new_thread,
558 const pthread_attr_t *attr,
559 void *(*start_routine)(void *), void *arg)
561 int result;
562 GC_thread t;
563 int detachstate;
564 word my_flags = 0;
565 struct start_info * si;
566 /* This is otherwise saved only in an area mmapped by the thread */
567 /* library, which isn't visible to the collector. */
569 LOCK();
570 /* GC_INTERNAL_MALLOC implicitly calls GC_init() if required */
571 si = (struct start_info *)GC_INTERNAL_MALLOC(sizeof(struct start_info),
572 NORMAL);
573 GC_ASSERT(GC_thr_initialized); /* initialized by GC_init() */
574 UNLOCK();
575 if (0 == si) return(ENOMEM);
576 pthread_mutex_init(&(si->registeredlock), NULL);
577 pthread_cond_init(&(si->registered),NULL);
578 pthread_mutex_lock(&(si->registeredlock));
579 si -> start_routine = start_routine;
580 si -> arg = arg;
582 pthread_attr_getdetachstate(attr, &detachstate);
583 if (PTHREAD_CREATE_DETACHED == detachstate) my_flags |= DETACHED;
584 si -> flags = my_flags;
585 result = pthread_create(new_thread, attr, GC_start_routine, si);
587 /* Wait until child has been added to the thread table. */
588 /* This also ensures that we hold onto si until the child is done */
589 /* with it. Thus it doesn't matter whether it is otherwise */
590 /* visible to the collector. */
592 if (0 == result) {
593 si->registereddone = 0;
594 while (!si->registereddone)
595 pthread_cond_wait(&(si->registered), &(si->registeredlock));
597 pthread_mutex_unlock(&(si->registeredlock));
599 pthread_cond_destroy(&(si->registered));
600 pthread_mutex_destroy(&(si->registeredlock));
601 LOCK();
602 GC_INTERNAL_FREE(si);
603 UNLOCK();
605 return(result);
608 /* For now we use the pthreads locking primitives on HP/UX */
610 VOLATILE GC_bool GC_collecting = 0; /* A hint that we're in the collector and */
611 /* holding the allocation lock for an */
612 /* extended period. */
614 /* Reasonably fast spin locks. Basically the same implementation */
615 /* as STL alloc.h. */
617 #define SLEEP_THRESHOLD 3
619 volatile unsigned int GC_allocate_lock = 0;
620 #define GC_TRY_LOCK() !GC_test_and_set(&GC_allocate_lock)
621 #define GC_LOCK_TAKEN GC_allocate_lock
623 void GC_lock()
625 # define low_spin_max 30 /* spin cycles if we suspect uniprocessor */
626 # define high_spin_max 1000 /* spin cycles for multiprocessor */
627 static unsigned spin_max = low_spin_max;
628 unsigned my_spin_max;
629 static unsigned last_spins = 0;
630 unsigned my_last_spins;
631 volatile unsigned junk;
632 # define PAUSE junk *= junk; junk *= junk; junk *= junk; junk *= junk
633 int i;
635 if (GC_TRY_LOCK()) {
636 return;
638 junk = 0;
639 my_spin_max = spin_max;
640 my_last_spins = last_spins;
641 for (i = 0; i < my_spin_max; i++) {
642 if (GC_collecting) goto yield;
643 if (i < my_last_spins/2 || GC_LOCK_TAKEN) {
644 PAUSE;
645 continue;
647 if (GC_TRY_LOCK()) {
649 * got it!
650 * Spinning worked. Thus we're probably not being scheduled
651 * against the other process with which we were contending.
652 * Thus it makes sense to spin longer the next time.
654 last_spins = i;
655 spin_max = high_spin_max;
656 return;
659 /* We are probably being scheduled against the other process. Sleep. */
660 spin_max = low_spin_max;
661 yield:
662 for (i = 0;; ++i) {
663 if (GC_TRY_LOCK()) {
664 return;
666 if (i < SLEEP_THRESHOLD) {
667 sched_yield();
668 } else {
669 struct timespec ts;
671 if (i > 26) i = 26;
672 /* Don't wait for more than about 60msecs, even */
673 /* under extreme contention. */
674 ts.tv_sec = 0;
675 ts.tv_nsec = 1 << i;
676 nanosleep(&ts, 0);
681 # else /* !GC_IRIX_THREADS && !GC_AIX_THREADS */
683 #ifndef LINT
684 int GC_no_Irix_threads;
685 #endif
687 # endif /* IRIX_THREADS */