coroutine.h (10423B)
1/* 2 * QEMU coroutine implementation 3 * 4 * Copyright IBM, Corp. 2011 5 * 6 * Authors: 7 * Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@linux.vnet.ibm.com> 8 * Kevin Wolf <kwolf@redhat.com> 9 * 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. 12 * 13 */ 14 15#ifndef QEMU_COROUTINE_H 16#define QEMU_COROUTINE_H 17 18#include "qemu/queue.h" 19#include "qemu/timer.h" 20 21/** 22 * Coroutines are a mechanism for stack switching and can be used for 23 * cooperative userspace threading. These functions provide a simple but 24 * useful flavor of coroutines that is suitable for writing sequential code, 25 * rather than callbacks, for operations that need to give up control while 26 * waiting for events to complete. 27 * 28 * These functions are re-entrant and may be used outside the global mutex. 29 */ 30 31/** 32 * Mark a function that executes in coroutine context 33 * 34 * Functions that execute in coroutine context cannot be called directly from 35 * normal functions. In the future it would be nice to enable compiler or 36 * static checker support for catching such errors. This annotation might make 37 * it possible and in the meantime it serves as documentation. 38 * 39 * For example: 40 * 41 * static void coroutine_fn foo(void) { 42 * .... 43 * } 44 */ 45#define coroutine_fn 46 47typedef struct Coroutine Coroutine; 48 49/** 50 * Coroutine entry point 51 * 52 * When the coroutine is entered for the first time, opaque is passed in as an 53 * argument. 54 * 55 * When this function returns, the coroutine is destroyed automatically and 56 * execution continues in the caller who last entered the coroutine. 57 */ 58typedef void coroutine_fn CoroutineEntry(void *opaque); 59 60/** 61 * Create a new coroutine 62 * 63 * Use qemu_coroutine_enter() to actually transfer control to the coroutine. 64 * The opaque argument is passed as the argument to the entry point. 65 */ 66Coroutine *qemu_coroutine_create(CoroutineEntry *entry, void *opaque); 67 68/** 69 * Transfer control to a coroutine 70 */ 71void qemu_coroutine_enter(Coroutine *coroutine); 72 73/** 74 * Transfer control to a coroutine if it's not active (i.e. part of the call 75 * stack of the running coroutine). Otherwise, do nothing. 76 */ 77void qemu_coroutine_enter_if_inactive(Coroutine *co); 78 79/** 80 * Transfer control to a coroutine and associate it with ctx 81 */ 82void qemu_aio_coroutine_enter(AioContext *ctx, Coroutine *co); 83 84/** 85 * Transfer control back to a coroutine's caller 86 * 87 * This function does not return until the coroutine is re-entered using 88 * qemu_coroutine_enter(). 89 */ 90void coroutine_fn qemu_coroutine_yield(void); 91 92/** 93 * Get the AioContext of the given coroutine 94 */ 95AioContext *coroutine_fn qemu_coroutine_get_aio_context(Coroutine *co); 96 97/** 98 * Get the currently executing coroutine 99 */ 100Coroutine *coroutine_fn qemu_coroutine_self(void); 101 102/** 103 * Return whether or not currently inside a coroutine 104 * 105 * This can be used to write functions that work both when in coroutine context 106 * and when not in coroutine context. Note that such functions cannot use the 107 * coroutine_fn annotation since they work outside coroutine context. 108 */ 109bool qemu_in_coroutine(void); 110 111/** 112 * Return true if the coroutine is currently entered 113 * 114 * A coroutine is "entered" if it has not yielded from the current 115 * qemu_coroutine_enter() call used to run it. This does not mean that the 116 * coroutine is currently executing code since it may have transferred control 117 * to another coroutine using qemu_coroutine_enter(). 118 * 119 * When several coroutines enter each other there may be no way to know which 120 * ones have already been entered. In such situations this function can be 121 * used to avoid recursively entering coroutines. 122 */ 123bool qemu_coroutine_entered(Coroutine *co); 124 125/** 126 * Provides a mutex that can be used to synchronise coroutines 127 */ 128struct CoWaitRecord; 129struct CoMutex { 130 /* Count of pending lockers; 0 for a free mutex, 1 for an 131 * uncontended mutex. 132 */ 133 unsigned locked; 134 135 /* Context that is holding the lock. Useful to avoid spinning 136 * when two coroutines on the same AioContext try to get the lock. :) 137 */ 138 AioContext *ctx; 139 140 /* A queue of waiters. Elements are added atomically in front of 141 * from_push. to_pop is only populated, and popped from, by whoever 142 * is in charge of the next wakeup. This can be an unlocker or, 143 * through the handoff protocol, a locker that is about to go to sleep. 144 */ 145 QSLIST_HEAD(, CoWaitRecord) from_push, to_pop; 146 147 unsigned handoff, sequence; 148 149 Coroutine *holder; 150}; 151 152/** 153 * Initialises a CoMutex. This must be called before any other operation is used 154 * on the CoMutex. 155 */ 156void qemu_co_mutex_init(CoMutex *mutex); 157 158/** 159 * Locks the mutex. If the lock cannot be taken immediately, control is 160 * transferred to the caller of the current coroutine. 161 */ 162void coroutine_fn qemu_co_mutex_lock(CoMutex *mutex); 163 164/** 165 * Unlocks the mutex and schedules the next coroutine that was waiting for this 166 * lock to be run. 167 */ 168void coroutine_fn qemu_co_mutex_unlock(CoMutex *mutex); 169 170/** 171 * Assert that the current coroutine holds @mutex. 172 */ 173static inline coroutine_fn void qemu_co_mutex_assert_locked(CoMutex *mutex) 174{ 175 /* 176 * mutex->holder doesn't need any synchronisation if the assertion holds 177 * true because the mutex protects it. If it doesn't hold true, we still 178 * don't mind if another thread takes or releases mutex behind our back, 179 * because the condition will be false no matter whether we read NULL or 180 * the pointer for any other coroutine. 181 */ 182 assert(qatomic_read(&mutex->locked) && 183 mutex->holder == qemu_coroutine_self()); 184} 185 186/** 187 * CoQueues are a mechanism to queue coroutines in order to continue executing 188 * them later. They are similar to condition variables, but they need help 189 * from an external mutex in order to maintain thread-safety. 190 */ 191typedef struct CoQueue { 192 QSIMPLEQ_HEAD(, Coroutine) entries; 193} CoQueue; 194 195/** 196 * Initialise a CoQueue. This must be called before any other operation is used 197 * on the CoQueue. 198 */ 199void qemu_co_queue_init(CoQueue *queue); 200 201/** 202 * Adds the current coroutine to the CoQueue and transfers control to the 203 * caller of the coroutine. The mutex is unlocked during the wait and 204 * locked again afterwards. 205 */ 206#define qemu_co_queue_wait(queue, lock) \ 207 qemu_co_queue_wait_impl(queue, QEMU_MAKE_LOCKABLE(lock)) 208void coroutine_fn qemu_co_queue_wait_impl(CoQueue *queue, QemuLockable *lock); 209 210/** 211 * Removes the next coroutine from the CoQueue, and wake it up. 212 * Returns true if a coroutine was removed, false if the queue is empty. 213 * OK to run from coroutine and non-coroutine context. 214 */ 215bool qemu_co_queue_next(CoQueue *queue); 216 217/** 218 * Empties the CoQueue; all coroutines are woken up. 219 * OK to run from coroutine and non-coroutine context. 220 */ 221void qemu_co_queue_restart_all(CoQueue *queue); 222 223/** 224 * Removes the next coroutine from the CoQueue, and wake it up. Unlike 225 * qemu_co_queue_next, this function releases the lock during aio_co_wake 226 * because it is meant to be used outside coroutine context; in that case, the 227 * coroutine is entered immediately, before qemu_co_enter_next returns. 228 * 229 * If used in coroutine context, qemu_co_enter_next is equivalent to 230 * qemu_co_queue_next. 231 */ 232#define qemu_co_enter_next(queue, lock) \ 233 qemu_co_enter_next_impl(queue, QEMU_MAKE_LOCKABLE(lock)) 234bool qemu_co_enter_next_impl(CoQueue *queue, QemuLockable *lock); 235 236/** 237 * Checks if the CoQueue is empty. 238 */ 239bool qemu_co_queue_empty(CoQueue *queue); 240 241 242typedef struct CoRwTicket CoRwTicket; 243typedef struct CoRwlock { 244 CoMutex mutex; 245 246 /* Number of readers, or -1 if owned for writing. */ 247 int owners; 248 249 /* Waiting coroutines. */ 250 QSIMPLEQ_HEAD(, CoRwTicket) tickets; 251} CoRwlock; 252 253/** 254 * Initialises a CoRwlock. This must be called before any other operation 255 * is used on the CoRwlock 256 */ 257void qemu_co_rwlock_init(CoRwlock *lock); 258 259/** 260 * Read locks the CoRwlock. If the lock cannot be taken immediately because 261 * of a parallel writer, control is transferred to the caller of the current 262 * coroutine. 263 */ 264void qemu_co_rwlock_rdlock(CoRwlock *lock); 265 266/** 267 * Write Locks the CoRwlock from a reader. This is a bit more efficient than 268 * @qemu_co_rwlock_unlock followed by a separate @qemu_co_rwlock_wrlock. 269 * Note that if the lock cannot be upgraded immediately, control is transferred 270 * to the caller of the current coroutine; another writer might run while 271 * @qemu_co_rwlock_upgrade blocks. 272 */ 273void qemu_co_rwlock_upgrade(CoRwlock *lock); 274 275/** 276 * Downgrades a write-side critical section to a reader. Downgrading with 277 * @qemu_co_rwlock_downgrade never blocks, unlike @qemu_co_rwlock_unlock 278 * followed by @qemu_co_rwlock_rdlock. This makes it more efficient, but 279 * may also sometimes be necessary for correctness. 280 */ 281void qemu_co_rwlock_downgrade(CoRwlock *lock); 282 283/** 284 * Write Locks the mutex. If the lock cannot be taken immediately because 285 * of a parallel reader, control is transferred to the caller of the current 286 * coroutine. 287 */ 288void qemu_co_rwlock_wrlock(CoRwlock *lock); 289 290/** 291 * Unlocks the read/write lock and schedules the next coroutine that was 292 * waiting for this lock to be run. 293 */ 294void qemu_co_rwlock_unlock(CoRwlock *lock); 295 296typedef struct QemuCoSleep { 297 Coroutine *to_wake; 298} QemuCoSleep; 299 300/** 301 * Yield the coroutine for a given duration. Initializes @w so that, 302 * during this yield, it can be passed to qemu_co_sleep_wake() to 303 * terminate the sleep. 304 */ 305void coroutine_fn qemu_co_sleep_ns_wakeable(QemuCoSleep *w, 306 QEMUClockType type, int64_t ns); 307 308/** 309 * Yield the coroutine until the next call to qemu_co_sleep_wake. 310 */ 311void coroutine_fn qemu_co_sleep(QemuCoSleep *w); 312 313static inline void coroutine_fn qemu_co_sleep_ns(QEMUClockType type, int64_t ns) 314{ 315 QemuCoSleep w = { 0 }; 316 qemu_co_sleep_ns_wakeable(&w, type, ns); 317} 318 319/** 320 * Wake a coroutine if it is sleeping in qemu_co_sleep_ns. The timer will be 321 * deleted. @sleep_state must be the variable whose address was given to 322 * qemu_co_sleep_ns() and should be checked to be non-NULL before calling 323 * qemu_co_sleep_wake(). 324 */ 325void qemu_co_sleep_wake(QemuCoSleep *w); 326 327/** 328 * Yield until a file descriptor becomes readable 329 * 330 * Note that this function clobbers the handlers for the file descriptor. 331 */ 332void coroutine_fn yield_until_fd_readable(int fd); 333 334#include "qemu/lockable.h" 335 336#endif /* QEMU_COROUTINE_H */