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 <stdbool.h> 19#include "qemu-queue.h" 20#include "qemu-timer.h" 21 22/** 23 * Coroutines are a mechanism for stack switching and can be used for 24 * cooperative userspace threading. These functions provide a simple but 25 * useful flavor of coroutines that is suitable for writing sequential code, 26 * rather than callbacks, for operations that need to give up control while 27 * waiting for events to complete. 28 * 29 * These functions are re-entrant and may be used outside the global mutex. 30 */ 31 32/** 33 * Mark a function that executes in coroutine context 34 * 35 * Functions that execute in coroutine context cannot be called directly from 36 * normal functions. In the future it would be nice to enable compiler or 37 * static checker support for catching such errors. This annotation might make 38 * it possible and in the meantime it serves as documentation. 39 * 40 * For example: 41 * 42 * static void coroutine_fn foo(void) { 43 * .... 44 * } 45 */ 46#define coroutine_fn 47 48typedef struct Coroutine Coroutine; 49 50/** 51 * Coroutine entry point 52 * 53 * When the coroutine is entered for the first time, opaque is passed in as an 54 * argument. 55 * 56 * When this function returns, the coroutine is destroyed automatically and 57 * execution continues in the caller who last entered the coroutine. 58 */ 59typedef void coroutine_fn CoroutineEntry(void *opaque); 60 61/** 62 * Create a new coroutine 63 * 64 * Use qemu_coroutine_enter() to actually transfer control to the coroutine. 65 */ 66Coroutine *qemu_coroutine_create(CoroutineEntry *entry); 67 68/** 69 * Transfer control to a coroutine 70 * 71 * The opaque argument is passed as the argument to the entry point when 72 * entering the coroutine for the first time. It is subsequently ignored. 73 */ 74void qemu_coroutine_enter(Coroutine *coroutine, void *opaque); 75 76/** 77 * Transfer control back to a coroutine's caller 78 * 79 * This function does not return until the coroutine is re-entered using 80 * qemu_coroutine_enter(). 81 */ 82void coroutine_fn qemu_coroutine_yield(void); 83 84/** 85 * Get the currently executing coroutine 86 */ 87Coroutine *coroutine_fn qemu_coroutine_self(void); 88 89/** 90 * Return whether or not currently inside a coroutine 91 * 92 * This can be used to write functions that work both when in coroutine context 93 * and when not in coroutine context. Note that such functions cannot use the 94 * coroutine_fn annotation since they work outside coroutine context. 95 */ 96bool qemu_in_coroutine(void); 97 98 99 100/** 101 * CoQueues are a mechanism to queue coroutines in order to continue executing 102 * them later. They provide the fundamental primitives on which coroutine locks 103 * are built. 104 */ 105typedef struct CoQueue { 106 QTAILQ_HEAD(, Coroutine) entries; 107} CoQueue; 108 109/** 110 * Initialise a CoQueue. This must be called before any other operation is used 111 * on the CoQueue. 112 */ 113void qemu_co_queue_init(CoQueue *queue); 114 115/** 116 * Adds the current coroutine to the CoQueue and transfers control to the 117 * caller of the coroutine. 118 */ 119void coroutine_fn qemu_co_queue_wait(CoQueue *queue); 120 121/** 122 * Adds the current coroutine to the head of the CoQueue and transfers control to the 123 * caller of the coroutine. 124 */ 125void coroutine_fn qemu_co_queue_wait_insert_head(CoQueue *queue); 126 127/** 128 * Restarts the next coroutine in the CoQueue and removes it from the queue. 129 * 130 * Returns true if a coroutine was restarted, false if the queue is empty. 131 */ 132bool qemu_co_queue_next(CoQueue *queue); 133 134/** 135 * Restarts all coroutines in the CoQueue and leaves the queue empty. 136 */ 137void qemu_co_queue_restart_all(CoQueue *queue); 138 139/** 140 * Checks if the CoQueue is empty. 141 */ 142bool qemu_co_queue_empty(CoQueue *queue); 143 144 145/** 146 * Provides a mutex that can be used to synchronise coroutines 147 */ 148typedef struct CoMutex { 149 bool locked; 150 CoQueue queue; 151} CoMutex; 152 153/** 154 * Initialises a CoMutex. This must be called before any other operation is used 155 * on the CoMutex. 156 */ 157void qemu_co_mutex_init(CoMutex *mutex); 158 159/** 160 * Locks the mutex. If the lock cannot be taken immediately, control is 161 * transferred to the caller of the current coroutine. 162 */ 163void coroutine_fn qemu_co_mutex_lock(CoMutex *mutex); 164 165/** 166 * Unlocks the mutex and schedules the next coroutine that was waiting for this 167 * lock to be run. 168 */ 169void coroutine_fn qemu_co_mutex_unlock(CoMutex *mutex); 170 171typedef struct CoRwlock { 172 bool writer; 173 int reader; 174 CoQueue queue; 175} CoRwlock; 176 177/** 178 * Initialises a CoRwlock. This must be called before any other operation 179 * is used on the CoRwlock 180 */ 181void qemu_co_rwlock_init(CoRwlock *lock); 182 183/** 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. 187 */ 188void qemu_co_rwlock_rdlock(CoRwlock *lock); 189 190/** 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. 194 */ 195void qemu_co_rwlock_wrlock(CoRwlock *lock); 196 197/** 198 * Unlocks the read/write lock and schedules the next coroutine that was 199 * waiting for this lock to be run. 200 */ 201void qemu_co_rwlock_unlock(CoRwlock *lock); 202 203/** 204 * Yield the coroutine for a given duration 205 * 206 * Note this function uses timers and hence only works when a main loop is in 207 * use. See main-loop.h and do not use from qemu-tool programs. 208 */ 209void coroutine_fn co_sleep_ns(QEMUClock *clock, int64_t ns); 210 211#endif /* QEMU_COROUTINE_H */ 212