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1 /*
2 * QEMU coroutine implementation
4 * Copyright IBM, Corp. 2011
6 * Authors:
7 * Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
8 * Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com>
10 * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU LGPL, version 2 or later.
11 * See the COPYING.LIB file in the top-level directory.
15 #ifndef QEMU_COROUTINE_H
16 #define QEMU_COROUTINE_H
18 #include <stdbool.h>
19 #include "qemu/typedefs.h"
20 #include "qemu/queue.h"
21 #include "qemu/timer.h"
23 /**
24 * Coroutines are a mechanism for stack switching and can be used for
25 * cooperative userspace threading. These functions provide a simple but
26 * useful flavor of coroutines that is suitable for writing sequential code,
27 * rather than callbacks, for operations that need to give up control while
28 * waiting for events to complete.
30 * These functions are re-entrant and may be used outside the global mutex.
33 /**
34 * Mark a function that executes in coroutine context
36 * Functions that execute in coroutine context cannot be called directly from
37 * normal functions. In the future it would be nice to enable compiler or
38 * static checker support for catching such errors. This annotation might make
39 * it possible and in the meantime it serves as documentation.
41 * For example:
43 * static void coroutine_fn foo(void) {
44 * ....
45 * }
47 #define coroutine_fn
49 typedef struct Coroutine Coroutine;
51 /**
52 * Coroutine entry point
54 * When the coroutine is entered for the first time, opaque is passed in as an
55 * argument.
57 * When this function returns, the coroutine is destroyed automatically and
58 * execution continues in the caller who last entered the coroutine.
60 typedef void coroutine_fn CoroutineEntry(void *opaque);
62 /**
63 * Create a new coroutine
65 * Use qemu_coroutine_enter() to actually transfer control to the coroutine.
67 Coroutine *qemu_coroutine_create(CoroutineEntry *entry);
69 /**
70 * Transfer control to a coroutine
72 * The opaque argument is passed as the argument to the entry point when
73 * entering the coroutine for the first time. It is subsequently ignored.
75 void qemu_coroutine_enter(Coroutine *coroutine, void *opaque);
77 /**
78 * Transfer control back to a coroutine's caller
80 * This function does not return until the coroutine is re-entered using
81 * qemu_coroutine_enter().
83 void coroutine_fn qemu_coroutine_yield(void);
85 /**
86 * Get the currently executing coroutine
88 Coroutine *coroutine_fn qemu_coroutine_self(void);
90 /**
91 * Return whether or not currently inside a coroutine
93 * This can be used to write functions that work both when in coroutine context
94 * and when not in coroutine context. Note that such functions cannot use the
95 * coroutine_fn annotation since they work outside coroutine context.
97 bool qemu_in_coroutine(void);
102 * CoQueues are a mechanism to queue coroutines in order to continue executing
103 * them later. They provide the fundamental primitives on which coroutine locks
104 * are built.
106 typedef struct CoQueue {
107 QTAILQ_HEAD(, Coroutine) entries;
108 } CoQueue;
111 * Initialise a CoQueue. This must be called before any other operation is used
112 * on the CoQueue.
114 void qemu_co_queue_init(CoQueue *queue);
117 * Adds the current coroutine to the CoQueue and transfers control to the
118 * caller of the coroutine.
120 void coroutine_fn qemu_co_queue_wait(CoQueue *queue);
123 * Restarts the next coroutine in the CoQueue and removes it from the queue.
125 * Returns true if a coroutine was restarted, false if the queue is empty.
127 bool coroutine_fn qemu_co_queue_next(CoQueue *queue);
130 * Restarts all coroutines in the CoQueue and leaves the queue empty.
132 void coroutine_fn qemu_co_queue_restart_all(CoQueue *queue);
135 * Enter the next coroutine in the queue
137 bool qemu_co_enter_next(CoQueue *queue);
140 * Checks if the CoQueue is empty.
142 bool qemu_co_queue_empty(CoQueue *queue);
146 * Provides a mutex that can be used to synchronise coroutines
148 typedef struct CoMutex {
149 bool locked;
150 CoQueue queue;
151 } CoMutex;
154 * Initialises a CoMutex. This must be called before any other operation is used
155 * on the CoMutex.
157 void qemu_co_mutex_init(CoMutex *mutex);
160 * Locks the mutex. If the lock cannot be taken immediately, control is
161 * transferred to the caller of the current coroutine.
163 void coroutine_fn qemu_co_mutex_lock(CoMutex *mutex);
166 * Unlocks the mutex and schedules the next coroutine that was waiting for this
167 * lock to be run.
169 void coroutine_fn qemu_co_mutex_unlock(CoMutex *mutex);
171 typedef struct CoRwlock {
172 bool writer;
173 int reader;
174 CoQueue queue;
175 } CoRwlock;
178 * Initialises a CoRwlock. This must be called before any other operation
179 * is used on the CoRwlock
181 void qemu_co_rwlock_init(CoRwlock *lock);
184 * Read locks the CoRwlock. If the lock cannot be taken immediately because
185 * of a parallel writer, control is transferred to the caller of the current
186 * coroutine.
188 void qemu_co_rwlock_rdlock(CoRwlock *lock);
191 * Write Locks the mutex. If the lock cannot be taken immediately because
192 * of a parallel reader, control is transferred to the caller of the current
193 * coroutine.
195 void qemu_co_rwlock_wrlock(CoRwlock *lock);
198 * Unlocks the read/write lock and schedules the next coroutine that was
199 * waiting for this lock to be run.
201 void qemu_co_rwlock_unlock(CoRwlock *lock);
204 * Yield the coroutine for a given duration
206 * Behaves similarly to co_sleep_ns(), but the sleeping coroutine will be
207 * resumed when using aio_poll().
209 void coroutine_fn co_aio_sleep_ns(AioContext *ctx, QEMUClockType type,
210 int64_t ns);
213 * Yield until a file descriptor becomes readable
215 * Note that this function clobbers the handlers for the file descriptor.
217 void coroutine_fn yield_until_fd_readable(int fd);
219 #endif /* QEMU_COROUTINE_H */