qemu/qemu-coroutine.h
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   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