1 /*****************************************************************************
2 * vlc_threads.h : threads implementation for the VideoLAN client
3 * This header provides portable declarations for mutexes & conditions
4 *****************************************************************************
5 * Copyright (C) 1999, 2002 the VideoLAN team
6 * Copyright © 2007-2008 Rémi Denis-Courmont
8 * Authors: Jean-Marc Dressler <polux@via.ecp.fr>
9 * Samuel Hocevar <sam@via.ecp.fr>
10 * Gildas Bazin <gbazin@netcourrier.com>
11 * Christophe Massiot <massiot@via.ecp.fr>
13 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
14 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
15 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
16 * (at your option) any later version.
18 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
19 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
20 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
21 * GNU General Public License for more details.
23 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
24 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
25 * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston MA 02110-1301, USA.
26 *****************************************************************************/
28 #ifndef VLC_THREADS_H_
29 #define VLC_THREADS_H_
33 * This file defines structures and functions for handling threads in vlc
37 #if defined( UNDER_CE )
38 #elif defined( WIN32 )
39 # include <process.h> /* Win32 API */
41 #elif defined( __OS2__ ) /* OS/2 API */
44 # define pthread_sigmask sigprocmask
46 #else /* pthreads (like Linux & BSD) */
47 # define LIBVLC_USE_PTHREAD 1
48 # define LIBVLC_USE_PTHREAD_CANCEL 1
49 # define _APPLE_C_SOURCE 1 /* Proper pthread semantics on OSX */
51 # include <unistd.h> /* _POSIX_SPIN_LOCKS */
54 /* Unnamed POSIX semaphores not supported on Mac OS X, use Mach semaphores instead */
55 # if defined (__APPLE__)
56 # include <mach/semaphore.h>
57 # include <mach/task.h>
59 # include <semaphore.h>
64 /*****************************************************************************
66 *****************************************************************************/
68 /* Thread priorities */
70 # define VLC_THREAD_PRIORITY_LOW 0
71 # define VLC_THREAD_PRIORITY_INPUT 22
72 # define VLC_THREAD_PRIORITY_AUDIO 22
73 # define VLC_THREAD_PRIORITY_VIDEO 0
74 # define VLC_THREAD_PRIORITY_OUTPUT 22
75 # define VLC_THREAD_PRIORITY_HIGHEST 22
77 #elif defined(LIBVLC_USE_PTHREAD)
78 # define VLC_THREAD_PRIORITY_LOW 0
79 # define VLC_THREAD_PRIORITY_INPUT 10
80 # define VLC_THREAD_PRIORITY_AUDIO 5
81 # define VLC_THREAD_PRIORITY_VIDEO 0
82 # define VLC_THREAD_PRIORITY_OUTPUT 15
83 # define VLC_THREAD_PRIORITY_HIGHEST 20
85 #elif defined(WIN32) || defined(UNDER_CE)
86 /* Define different priorities for WinNT/2K/XP and Win9x/Me */
87 # define VLC_THREAD_PRIORITY_LOW 0
88 # define VLC_THREAD_PRIORITY_INPUT \
89 THREAD_PRIORITY_ABOVE_NORMAL
90 # define VLC_THREAD_PRIORITY_AUDIO \
91 THREAD_PRIORITY_HIGHEST
92 # define VLC_THREAD_PRIORITY_VIDEO 0
93 # define VLC_THREAD_PRIORITY_OUTPUT \
94 THREAD_PRIORITY_ABOVE_NORMAL
95 # define VLC_THREAD_PRIORITY_HIGHEST \
96 THREAD_PRIORITY_TIME_CRITICAL
98 #elif defined(__OS2__)
99 # define VLC_THREAD_PRIORITY_LOW 0
100 # define VLC_THREAD_PRIORITY_INPUT MAKESHORT( PRTYD_MAXIMUM / 2, PRTYC_REGULAR )
101 # define VLC_THREAD_PRIORITY_AUDIO MAKESHORT( PRTYD_MAXIMUM, PRTYC_REGULAR )
102 # define VLC_THREAD_PRIORITY_VIDEO 0
103 # define VLC_THREAD_PRIORITY_OUTPUT MAKESHORT( PRTYD_MAXIMUM / 2, PRTYC_REGULAR )
104 # define VLC_THREAD_PRIORITY_HIGHEST MAKESHORT( 0, PRTYC_TIMECRITICAL )
107 # define VLC_THREAD_PRIORITY_LOW 0
108 # define VLC_THREAD_PRIORITY_INPUT 0
109 # define VLC_THREAD_PRIORITY_AUDIO 0
110 # define VLC_THREAD_PRIORITY_VIDEO 0
111 # define VLC_THREAD_PRIORITY_OUTPUT 0
112 # define VLC_THREAD_PRIORITY_HIGHEST 0
116 /*****************************************************************************
118 *****************************************************************************/
120 #if defined (LIBVLC_USE_PTHREAD)
121 typedef pthread_t vlc_thread_t
;
122 typedef pthread_mutex_t vlc_mutex_t
;
123 #define VLC_STATIC_MUTEX PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER
124 typedef pthread_cond_t vlc_cond_t
;
125 #define VLC_STATIC_COND PTHREAD_COND_INITIALIZER
126 typedef pthread_rwlock_t vlc_rwlock_t
;
127 #define VLC_STATIC_RWLOCK PTHREAD_RWLOCK_INITIALIZER
128 typedef pthread_key_t vlc_threadvar_t
;
129 typedef struct vlc_timer
*vlc_timer_t
;
131 #if defined (__APPLE__)
132 typedef semaphore_t vlc_sem_t
;
134 typedef sem_t vlc_sem_t
;
137 #elif defined( WIN32 )
138 typedef struct vlc_thread
*vlc_thread_t
;
148 unsigned long contention
;
150 CRITICAL_SECTION mutex
;
153 #define VLC_STATIC_MUTEX { false, { { false, 0 } } }
160 #define VLC_STATIC_COND { 0, 0 }
162 typedef HANDLE vlc_sem_t
;
168 unsigned long readers
;
169 unsigned long writers
;
172 #define VLC_STATIC_RWLOCK \
173 { VLC_STATIC_MUTEX, VLC_STATIC_COND, 0, 0, 0 }
175 typedef struct vlc_threadvar
*vlc_threadvar_t
;
176 typedef struct vlc_timer
*vlc_timer_t
;
178 #elif defined( __OS2__ )
179 typedef struct vlc_thread
*vlc_thread_t
;
189 unsigned long contention
;
195 #define VLC_STATIC_MUTEX { false, { { false, 0 } } }
203 #define VLC_STATIC_COND { 0, 0 }
217 unsigned long readers
;
218 unsigned long writers
;
221 #define VLC_STATIC_RWLOCK \
222 { VLC_STATIC_MUTEX, VLC_STATIC_COND, 0, 0, 0 }
224 typedef struct vlc_threadvar
*vlc_threadvar_t
;
225 typedef struct vlc_timer
*vlc_timer_t
;
229 #if defined( WIN32 ) && !defined ETIMEDOUT
230 # define ETIMEDOUT 10060 /* This is the value in winsock.h. */
233 /*****************************************************************************
234 * Function definitions
235 *****************************************************************************/
236 VLC_API
void vlc_mutex_init( vlc_mutex_t
* );
237 VLC_API
void vlc_mutex_init_recursive( vlc_mutex_t
* );
238 VLC_API
void vlc_mutex_destroy( vlc_mutex_t
* );
239 VLC_API
void vlc_mutex_lock( vlc_mutex_t
* );
240 VLC_API
int vlc_mutex_trylock( vlc_mutex_t
* ) VLC_USED
;
241 VLC_API
void vlc_mutex_unlock( vlc_mutex_t
* );
242 VLC_API
void vlc_cond_init( vlc_cond_t
* );
243 VLC_API
void vlc_cond_init_daytime( vlc_cond_t
* );
244 VLC_API
void vlc_cond_destroy( vlc_cond_t
* );
245 VLC_API
void vlc_cond_signal(vlc_cond_t
*);
246 VLC_API
void vlc_cond_broadcast(vlc_cond_t
*);
247 VLC_API
void vlc_cond_wait(vlc_cond_t
*, vlc_mutex_t
*);
248 VLC_API
int vlc_cond_timedwait(vlc_cond_t
*, vlc_mutex_t
*, mtime_t
);
249 VLC_API
void vlc_sem_init(vlc_sem_t
*, unsigned);
250 VLC_API
void vlc_sem_destroy(vlc_sem_t
*);
251 VLC_API
int vlc_sem_post(vlc_sem_t
*);
252 VLC_API
void vlc_sem_wait(vlc_sem_t
*);
254 VLC_API
void vlc_rwlock_init(vlc_rwlock_t
*);
255 VLC_API
void vlc_rwlock_destroy(vlc_rwlock_t
*);
256 VLC_API
void vlc_rwlock_rdlock(vlc_rwlock_t
*);
257 VLC_API
void vlc_rwlock_wrlock(vlc_rwlock_t
*);
258 VLC_API
void vlc_rwlock_unlock(vlc_rwlock_t
*);
259 VLC_API
int vlc_threadvar_create(vlc_threadvar_t
* , void (*) (void *) );
260 VLC_API
void vlc_threadvar_delete(vlc_threadvar_t
*);
261 VLC_API
int vlc_threadvar_set(vlc_threadvar_t
, void *);
262 VLC_API
void * vlc_threadvar_get(vlc_threadvar_t
);
264 VLC_API
int vlc_clone(vlc_thread_t
*, void * (*) (void *), void *, int) VLC_USED
;
265 VLC_API
void vlc_cancel(vlc_thread_t
);
266 VLC_API
void vlc_join(vlc_thread_t
, void **);
267 VLC_API
void vlc_control_cancel (int cmd
, ...);
269 VLC_API mtime_t
mdate(void);
270 VLC_API
void mwait(mtime_t deadline
);
271 VLC_API
void msleep(mtime_t delay
);
273 #define VLC_HARD_MIN_SLEEP 10000 /* 10 milliseconds = 1 tick at 100Hz */
274 #define VLC_SOFT_MIN_SLEEP 9000000 /* 9 seconds */
276 #if VLC_GCC_VERSION(4,3)
277 /* Linux has 100, 250, 300 or 1000Hz
279 * HZ=100 by default on FreeBSD, but some architectures use a 1000Hz timer
283 __attribute__((unused
))
284 __attribute__((noinline
))
285 __attribute__((error("sorry, cannot sleep for such short a time")))
286 mtime_t
impossible_delay( mtime_t delay
)
289 return VLC_HARD_MIN_SLEEP
;
293 __attribute__((unused
))
294 __attribute__((noinline
))
295 __attribute__((warning("use proper event handling instead of short delay")))
296 mtime_t
harmful_delay( mtime_t delay
)
301 # define check_delay( d ) \
302 ((__builtin_constant_p(d < VLC_HARD_MIN_SLEEP) \
303 && (d < VLC_HARD_MIN_SLEEP)) \
304 ? impossible_delay(d) \
305 : ((__builtin_constant_p(d < VLC_SOFT_MIN_SLEEP) \
306 && (d < VLC_SOFT_MIN_SLEEP)) \
311 __attribute__((unused
))
312 __attribute__((noinline
))
313 __attribute__((error("deadlines can not be constant")))
314 mtime_t
impossible_deadline( mtime_t deadline
)
319 # define check_deadline( d ) \
320 (__builtin_constant_p(d) ? impossible_deadline(d) : d)
322 # define check_delay(d) (d)
323 # define check_deadline(d) (d)
326 #define msleep(d) msleep(check_delay(d))
327 #define mwait(d) mwait(check_deadline(d))
329 VLC_API
int vlc_timer_create(vlc_timer_t
*, void (*) (void *), void *) VLC_USED
;
330 VLC_API
void vlc_timer_destroy(vlc_timer_t
);
331 VLC_API
void vlc_timer_schedule(vlc_timer_t
, bool, mtime_t
, mtime_t
);
332 VLC_API
unsigned vlc_timer_getoverrun(vlc_timer_t
) VLC_USED
;
334 VLC_API
unsigned vlc_GetCPUCount(void);
336 #ifndef LIBVLC_USE_PTHREAD_CANCEL
343 VLC_API
int vlc_savecancel(void);
344 VLC_API
void vlc_restorecancel(int state
);
345 VLC_API
void vlc_testcancel(void);
347 #if defined (LIBVLC_USE_PTHREAD_CANCEL)
349 * Registers a new procedure to run if the thread is cancelled (or otherwise
350 * exits prematurely). Any call to vlc_cleanup_push() <b>must</b> paired with a
351 * call to either vlc_cleanup_pop() or vlc_cleanup_run(). Branching into or out
352 * of the block between these two function calls is not allowed (read: it will
353 * likely crash the whole process). If multiple procedures are registered,
354 * they are handled in last-in first-out order.
356 * @param routine procedure to call if the thread ends
357 * @param arg argument for the procedure
359 # define vlc_cleanup_push( routine, arg ) pthread_cleanup_push (routine, arg)
362 * Removes a cleanup procedure that was previously registered with
363 * vlc_cleanup_push().
365 # define vlc_cleanup_pop( ) pthread_cleanup_pop (0)
368 * Removes a cleanup procedure that was previously registered with
369 * vlc_cleanup_push(), and executes it.
371 # define vlc_cleanup_run( ) pthread_cleanup_pop (1)
373 typedef struct vlc_cleanup_t vlc_cleanup_t
;
378 void (*proc
) (void *);
382 /* This macros opens a code block on purpose. This is needed for multiple
383 * calls within a single function. This also prevent Win32 developers from
384 * writing code that would break on POSIX (POSIX opens a block as well). */
385 # define vlc_cleanup_push( routine, arg ) \
387 vlc_cleanup_t vlc_cleanup_data = { NULL, routine, arg, }; \
388 vlc_control_cancel (VLC_CLEANUP_PUSH, &vlc_cleanup_data)
390 # define vlc_cleanup_pop( ) \
391 vlc_control_cancel (VLC_CLEANUP_POP); \
394 # define vlc_cleanup_run( ) \
395 vlc_control_cancel (VLC_CLEANUP_POP); \
396 vlc_cleanup_data.proc (vlc_cleanup_data.data); \
399 #endif /* LIBVLC_USE_PTHREAD_CANCEL */
401 static inline void vlc_cleanup_lock (void *lock
)
403 vlc_mutex_unlock ((vlc_mutex_t
*)lock
);
405 #define mutex_cleanup_push( lock ) vlc_cleanup_push (vlc_cleanup_lock, lock)
407 # if defined (_POSIX_SPIN_LOCKS) && ((_POSIX_SPIN_LOCKS - 0) > 0)
408 typedef pthread_spinlock_t vlc_spinlock_t
;
411 * Initializes a spinlock.
413 static inline void vlc_spin_init (vlc_spinlock_t
*spin
)
415 if (pthread_spin_init (spin
, PTHREAD_PROCESS_PRIVATE
))
420 * Acquires a spinlock.
422 static inline void vlc_spin_lock (vlc_spinlock_t
*spin
)
424 pthread_spin_lock (spin
);
428 * Releases a spinlock.
430 static inline void vlc_spin_unlock (vlc_spinlock_t
*spin
)
432 pthread_spin_unlock (spin
);
436 * Deinitializes a spinlock.
438 static inline void vlc_spin_destroy (vlc_spinlock_t
*spin
)
440 pthread_spin_destroy (spin
);
443 #elif defined (WIN32) && !defined (UNDER_CE)
445 typedef CRITICAL_SECTION vlc_spinlock_t
;
448 * Initializes a spinlock.
450 static inline void vlc_spin_init (vlc_spinlock_t
*spin
)
452 if (!InitializeCriticalSectionAndSpinCount(spin
, 4000))
457 * Acquires a spinlock.
459 static inline void vlc_spin_lock (vlc_spinlock_t
*spin
)
461 EnterCriticalSection(spin
);
465 * Releases a spinlock.
467 static inline void vlc_spin_unlock (vlc_spinlock_t
*spin
)
469 LeaveCriticalSection(spin
);
473 * Deinitializes a spinlock.
475 static inline void vlc_spin_destroy (vlc_spinlock_t
*spin
)
477 DeleteCriticalSection(spin
);
482 /* Fallback to plain mutexes if spinlocks are not available */
483 typedef vlc_mutex_t vlc_spinlock_t
;
485 static inline void vlc_spin_init (vlc_spinlock_t
*spin
)
487 vlc_mutex_init (spin
);
490 # define vlc_spin_lock vlc_mutex_lock
491 # define vlc_spin_unlock vlc_mutex_unlock
492 # define vlc_spin_destroy vlc_mutex_destroy
496 * Issues a full memory barrier.
498 #if defined (__APPLE__)
499 # include <libkern/OSAtomic.h> /* OSMemoryBarrier() */
501 static inline void barrier (void)
503 #if defined (__GNUC__) && !defined (__APPLE__) && \
504 ((__GNUC__ > 4) || (__GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 1))
505 __sync_synchronize ();
506 #elif defined(__APPLE__)
508 #elif defined(__powerpc__)
509 asm volatile ("sync":::"memory");
510 #elif 0 // defined(__i386__) /* Requires SSE2 support */
511 asm volatile ("mfence":::"memory");
514 vlc_spin_init (&spin
);
515 vlc_spin_lock (&spin
);
516 vlc_spin_unlock (&spin
);
517 vlc_spin_destroy (&spin
);
523 * Helper C++ class to lock a mutex.
524 * The mutex is locked when the object is created, and unlocked when the object
527 class vlc_mutex_locker
532 vlc_mutex_locker (vlc_mutex_t
*m
) : lock (m
)
534 vlc_mutex_lock (lock
);
537 ~vlc_mutex_locker (void)
539 vlc_mutex_unlock (lock
);
545 VLC_AVCODEC_MUTEX
= 0,
550 /* Insert new entry HERE */
554 VLC_API
void vlc_global_mutex( unsigned, bool );
555 #define vlc_global_lock( n ) vlc_global_mutex( n, true )
556 #define vlc_global_unlock( n ) vlc_global_mutex( n, false )
558 #endif /* !_VLC_THREADS_H */