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1 /* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 2 -*- */ | |
2 /* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public | |
3 * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this | |
4 * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */ | |
5 | |
6 #ifndef prthread_h___ | |
7 #define prthread_h___ | |
8 | |
9 /* | |
10 ** API for NSPR threads. On some architectures (Mac OS Classic | |
11 ** notably) pre-emptibility is not guaranteed. Hard priority scheduling | |
12 ** is not guaranteed, so programming using priority based synchronization | |
13 ** is a no-no. | |
14 ** | |
15 ** NSPR threads are scheduled based loosely on their client set priority. | |
16 ** In general, a thread of a higher priority has a statistically better | |
17 ** chance of running relative to threads of lower priority. However, | |
18 ** NSPR uses multiple strategies to provide execution vehicles for thread | |
19 ** abstraction of various host platforms. As it turns out, there is little | |
20 ** NSPR can do to affect the scheduling attributes of "GLOBAL" threads. | |
21 ** However, a semblance of GLOBAL threads is used to implement "LOCAL" | |
22 ** threads. An arbitrary number of such LOCAL threads can be assigned to | |
23 ** a single GLOBAL thread. | |
24 ** | |
25 ** For scheduling, NSPR will attempt to run the highest priority LOCAL | |
26 ** thread associated with a given GLOBAL thread. It is further assumed | |
27 ** that the host OS will apply some form of "fair" scheduling on the | |
28 ** GLOBAL threads. | |
29 ** | |
30 ** Threads have a "system flag" which when set indicates the thread | |
31 ** doesn't count for determining when the process should exit (the | |
32 ** process exits when the last user thread exits). | |
33 ** | |
34 ** Threads also have a "scope flag" which controls whether the threads | |
35 ** are scheduled in the local scope or scheduled by the OS globally. This | |
36 ** indicates whether a thread is permanently bound to a native OS thread. | |
37 ** An unbound thread competes for scheduling resources in the same process. | |
38 ** | |
39 ** Another flag is "state flag" which control whether the thread is joinable. | |
40 ** It allows other threads to wait for the created thread to reach completion. | |
41 ** | |
42 ** Threads can have "per-thread-data" attached to them. Each thread has a | |
43 ** per-thread error number and error string which are updated when NSPR | |
44 ** operations fail. | |
45 */ | |
46 #include "prtypes.h" | |
47 #include "prinrval.h" | |
48 | |
49 PR_BEGIN_EXTERN_C | |
50 | |
51 typedef struct PRThread PRThread; | |
52 typedef struct PRThreadStack PRThreadStack; | |
53 | |
54 typedef enum PRThreadType { | |
55 PR_USER_THREAD, | |
56 PR_SYSTEM_THREAD | |
57 } PRThreadType; | |
58 | |
59 typedef enum PRThreadScope { | |
60 PR_LOCAL_THREAD, | |
61 PR_GLOBAL_THREAD, | |
62 PR_GLOBAL_BOUND_THREAD | |
63 } PRThreadScope; | |
64 | |
65 typedef enum PRThreadState { | |
66 PR_JOINABLE_THREAD, | |
67 PR_UNJOINABLE_THREAD | |
68 } PRThreadState; | |
69 | |
70 typedef enum PRThreadPriority | |
71 { | |
72 PR_PRIORITY_FIRST = 0, /* just a placeholder */ | |
73 PR_PRIORITY_LOW = 0, /* the lowest possible priority */ | |
74 PR_PRIORITY_NORMAL = 1, /* most common expected priority */ | |
75 PR_PRIORITY_HIGH = 2, /* slightly more aggressive scheduling */ | |
76 PR_PRIORITY_URGENT = 3, /* it does little good to have more than one */ | |
77 PR_PRIORITY_LAST = 3 /* this is just a placeholder */ | |
78 } PRThreadPriority; | |
79 | |
80 /* | |
81 ** Create a new thread: | |
82 ** "type" is the type of thread to create | |
83 ** "start(arg)" will be invoked as the threads "main" | |
84 ** "priority" will be created thread's priority | |
85 ** "scope" will specify whether the thread is local or global | |
86 ** "state" will specify whether the thread is joinable or not | |
87 ** "stackSize" the size of the stack, in bytes. The value can be zero | |
88 ** and then a machine specific stack size will be chosen. | |
89 ** | |
90 ** This can return NULL if some kind of error occurs, such as if memory is | |
91 ** tight. | |
92 ** | |
93 ** If you want the thread to start up waiting for the creator to do | |
94 ** something, enter a lock before creating the thread and then have the | |
95 ** threads start routine enter and exit the same lock. When you are ready | |
96 ** for the thread to run, exit the lock. | |
97 ** | |
98 ** If you want to detect the completion of the created thread, the thread | |
99 ** should be created joinable. Then, use PR_JoinThread to synchrnoize the | |
100 ** termination of another thread. | |
101 ** | |
102 ** When the start function returns the thread exits. If it is the last | |
103 ** PR_USER_THREAD to exit then the process exits. | |
104 */ | |
105 NSPR_API(PRThread*) PR_CreateThread(PRThreadType type, | |
106 void (PR_CALLBACK *start)(void *arg), | |
107 void *arg, | |
108 PRThreadPriority priority, | |
109 PRThreadScope scope, | |
110 PRThreadState state, | |
111 PRUint32 stackSize); | |
112 | |
113 /* | |
114 ** Wait for thread termination: | |
115 ** "thread" is the target thread | |
116 ** | |
117 ** This can return PR_FAILURE if no joinable thread could be found | |
118 ** corresponding to the specified target thread. | |
119 ** | |
120 ** The calling thread is blocked until the target thread completes. | |
121 ** Several threads cannot wait for the same thread to complete; one thread | |
122 ** will operate successfully and others will terminate with an error PR_FAILURE. | |
123 ** The calling thread will not be blocked if the target thread has already | |
124 ** terminated. | |
125 */ | |
126 NSPR_API(PRStatus) PR_JoinThread(PRThread *thread); | |
127 | |
128 /* | |
129 ** Return the current thread object for the currently running code. | |
130 ** Never returns NULL. | |
131 */ | |
132 NSPR_API(PRThread*) PR_GetCurrentThread(void); | |
133 #ifndef NO_NSPR_10_SUPPORT | |
134 #define PR_CurrentThread() PR_GetCurrentThread() /* for nspr1.0 compat. */ | |
135 #endif /* NO_NSPR_10_SUPPORT */ | |
136 | |
137 /* | |
138 ** Get the priority of "thread". | |
139 */ | |
140 NSPR_API(PRThreadPriority) PR_GetThreadPriority(const PRThread *thread); | |
141 | |
142 /* | |
143 ** Change the priority of the "thread" to "priority". | |
144 */ | |
145 NSPR_API(void) PR_SetThreadPriority(PRThread *thread, PRThreadPriority priority)
; | |
146 | |
147 /* | |
148 ** Set the name of the current thread, which will be visible in a debugger | |
149 ** and accessible via a call to PR_GetThreadName(). | |
150 */ | |
151 NSPR_API(PRStatus) PR_SetCurrentThreadName(const char *name); | |
152 | |
153 /* | |
154 ** Return the name of "thread", if set. Otherwise return NULL. | |
155 */ | |
156 NSPR_API(const char *) PR_GetThreadName(const PRThread *thread); | |
157 | |
158 /* | |
159 ** This routine returns a new index for per-thread-private data table. | |
160 ** The index is visible to all threads within a process. This index can | |
161 ** be used with the PR_SetThreadPrivate() and PR_GetThreadPrivate() routines | |
162 ** to save and retrieve data associated with the index for a thread. | |
163 ** | |
164 ** Each index is associationed with a destructor function ('dtor'). The function | |
165 ** may be specified as NULL when the index is created. If it is not NULL, the | |
166 ** function will be called when: | |
167 ** - the thread exits and the private data for the associated index | |
168 ** is not NULL, | |
169 ** - new thread private data is set and the current private data is | |
170 ** not NULL. | |
171 ** | |
172 ** The index independently maintains specific values for each binding thread. | |
173 ** A thread can only get access to its own thread-specific-data. | |
174 ** | |
175 ** Upon a new index return the value associated with the index for all threads | |
176 ** is NULL, and upon thread creation the value associated with all indices for | |
177 ** that thread is NULL. | |
178 ** | |
179 ** Returns PR_FAILURE if the total number of indices will exceed the maximun | |
180 ** allowed. | |
181 */ | |
182 typedef void (PR_CALLBACK *PRThreadPrivateDTOR)(void *priv); | |
183 | |
184 NSPR_API(PRStatus) PR_NewThreadPrivateIndex( | |
185 PRUintn *newIndex, PRThreadPrivateDTOR destructor); | |
186 | |
187 /* | |
188 ** Define some per-thread-private data. | |
189 ** "tpdIndex" is an index into the per-thread private data table | |
190 ** "priv" is the per-thread-private data | |
191 ** | |
192 ** If the per-thread private data table has a previously registered | |
193 ** destructor function and a non-NULL per-thread-private data value, | |
194 ** the destructor function is invoked. | |
195 ** | |
196 ** This can return PR_FAILURE if the index is invalid. | |
197 */ | |
198 NSPR_API(PRStatus) PR_SetThreadPrivate(PRUintn tpdIndex, void *priv); | |
199 | |
200 /* | |
201 ** Recover the per-thread-private data for the current thread. "tpdIndex" is | |
202 ** the index into the per-thread private data table. | |
203 ** | |
204 ** The returned value may be NULL which is indistinguishable from an error | |
205 ** condition. | |
206 ** | |
207 ** A thread can only get access to its own thread-specific-data. | |
208 */ | |
209 NSPR_API(void*) PR_GetThreadPrivate(PRUintn tpdIndex); | |
210 | |
211 /* | |
212 ** This routine sets the interrupt request for a target thread. The interrupt | |
213 ** request remains in the thread's state until it is delivered exactly once | |
214 ** or explicitly canceled. | |
215 ** | |
216 ** A thread that has been interrupted will fail all NSPR blocking operations | |
217 ** that return a PRStatus (I/O, waiting on a condition, etc). | |
218 ** | |
219 ** PR_Interrupt may itself fail if the target thread is invalid. | |
220 */ | |
221 NSPR_API(PRStatus) PR_Interrupt(PRThread *thread); | |
222 | |
223 /* | |
224 ** Clear the interrupt request for the calling thread. If no such request | |
225 ** is pending, this operation is a noop. | |
226 */ | |
227 NSPR_API(void) PR_ClearInterrupt(void); | |
228 | |
229 /* | |
230 ** Block the interrupt for the calling thread. | |
231 */ | |
232 NSPR_API(void) PR_BlockInterrupt(void); | |
233 | |
234 /* | |
235 ** Unblock the interrupt for the calling thread. | |
236 */ | |
237 NSPR_API(void) PR_UnblockInterrupt(void); | |
238 | |
239 /* | |
240 ** Make the current thread sleep until "ticks" time amount of time | |
241 ** has expired. If "ticks" is PR_INTERVAL_NO_WAIT then the call is | |
242 ** equivalent to calling PR_Yield. Calling PR_Sleep with an argument | |
243 ** equivalent to PR_INTERVAL_NO_TIMEOUT is an error and will result | |
244 ** in a PR_FAILURE error return. | |
245 */ | |
246 NSPR_API(PRStatus) PR_Sleep(PRIntervalTime ticks); | |
247 | |
248 /* | |
249 ** Get the scoping of this thread. | |
250 */ | |
251 NSPR_API(PRThreadScope) PR_GetThreadScope(const PRThread *thread); | |
252 | |
253 /* | |
254 ** Get the type of this thread. | |
255 */ | |
256 NSPR_API(PRThreadType) PR_GetThreadType(const PRThread *thread); | |
257 | |
258 /* | |
259 ** Get the join state of this thread. | |
260 */ | |
261 NSPR_API(PRThreadState) PR_GetThreadState(const PRThread *thread); | |
262 | |
263 PR_END_EXTERN_C | |
264 | |
265 #endif /* prthread_h___ */ | |
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