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/typedefs.h" 20#include "qemu/queue.h" 21#include "qemu/timer.h" 22 23/** 24 * Coroutines are a mechanism for stack switching and can be used for 25 * cooperative userspace threading. These functions provide a simple but 26 * useful flavor of coroutines that is suitable for writing sequential code, 27 * rather than callbacks, for operations that need to give up control while 28 * waiting for events to complete. 29 * 30 * These functions are re-entrant and may be used outside the global mutex. 31 */ 32 33/** 34 * Mark a function that executes in coroutine context 35 * 36 * Functions that execute in coroutine context cannot be called directly from 37 * normal functions. In the future it would be nice to enable compiler or 38 * static checker support for catching such errors. This annotation might make 39 * it possible and in the meantime it serves as documentation. 40 * 41 * For example: 42 * 43 * static void coroutine_fn foo(void) { 44 * .... 45 * } 46 */ 47#define coroutine_fn 48 49typedef struct Coroutine Coroutine; 50 51/** 52 * Coroutine entry point 53 * 54 * When the coroutine is entered for the first time, opaque is passed in as an 55 * argument. 56 * 57 * When this function returns, the coroutine is destroyed automatically and 58 * execution continues in the caller who last entered the coroutine. 59 */ 60typedef void coroutine_fn CoroutineEntry(void *opaque); 61 62/** 63 * Create a new coroutine 64 * 65 * Use qemu_coroutine_enter() to actually transfer control to the coroutine. 66 */ 67Coroutine *qemu_coroutine_create(CoroutineEntry *entry); 68 69/** 70 * Transfer control to a coroutine 71 * 72 * The opaque argument is passed as the argument to the entry point when 73 * entering the coroutine for the first time. It is subsequently ignored. 74 */ 75void qemu_coroutine_enter(Coroutine *coroutine, void *opaque); 76 77/** 78 * Transfer control back to a coroutine's caller 79 * 80 * This function does not return until the coroutine is re-entered using 81 * qemu_coroutine_enter(). 82 */ 83void coroutine_fn qemu_coroutine_yield(void); 84 85/** 86 * Get the currently executing coroutine 87 */ 88Coroutine *coroutine_fn qemu_coroutine_self(void); 89 90/** 91 * Return whether or not currently inside a coroutine 92 * 93 * This can be used to write functions that work both when in coroutine context 94 * and when not in coroutine context. Note that such functions cannot use the 95 * coroutine_fn annotation since they work outside coroutine context. 96 */ 97bool qemu_in_coroutine(void); 98 99 100 101/** 102 * CoQueues are a mechanism to queue coroutines in order to continue executing 103 * them later. They provide the fundamental primitives on which coroutine locks 104 * are built. 105 */ 106typedef struct CoQueue { 107 QTAILQ_HEAD(, Coroutine) entries; 108 AioContext *ctx; 109} CoQueue; 110 111/** 112 * Initialise a CoQueue. This must be called before any other operation is used 113 * on the CoQueue. 114 */ 115void qemu_co_queue_init(CoQueue *queue); 116 117/** 118 * Adds the current coroutine to the CoQueue and transfers control to the 119 * caller of the coroutine. 120 */ 121void coroutine_fn qemu_co_queue_wait(CoQueue *queue); 122 123/** 124 * Adds the current coroutine to the head of the CoQueue and transfers control to the 125 * caller of the coroutine. 126 */ 127void coroutine_fn qemu_co_queue_wait_insert_head(CoQueue *queue); 128 129/** 130 * Restarts the next coroutine in the CoQueue and removes it from the queue. 131 * 132 * Returns true if a coroutine was restarted, false if the queue is empty. 133 */ 134bool coroutine_fn qemu_co_queue_next(CoQueue *queue); 135 136/** 137 * Restarts all coroutines in the CoQueue and leaves the queue empty. 138 */ 139void coroutine_fn qemu_co_queue_restart_all(CoQueue *queue); 140 141/** 142 * Enter the next coroutine in the queue 143 */ 144bool qemu_co_enter_next(CoQueue *queue); 145 146/** 147 * Checks if the CoQueue is empty. 148 */ 149bool qemu_co_queue_empty(CoQueue *queue); 150 151 152/** 153 * Provides a mutex that can be used to synchronise coroutines 154 */ 155typedef struct CoMutex { 156 bool locked; 157 CoQueue queue; 158} CoMutex; 159 160/** 161 * Initialises a CoMutex. This must be called before any other operation is used 162 * on the CoMutex. 163 */ 164void qemu_co_mutex_init(CoMutex *mutex); 165 166/** 167 * Locks the mutex. If the lock cannot be taken immediately, control is 168 * transferred to the caller of the current coroutine. 169 */ 170void coroutine_fn qemu_co_mutex_lock(CoMutex *mutex); 171 172/** 173 * Unlocks the mutex and schedules the next coroutine that was waiting for this 174 * lock to be run. 175 */ 176void coroutine_fn qemu_co_mutex_unlock(CoMutex *mutex); 177 178typedef struct CoRwlock { 179 bool writer; 180 int reader; 181 CoQueue queue; 182} CoRwlock; 183 184/** 185 * Initialises a CoRwlock. This must be called before any other operation 186 * is used on the CoRwlock 187 */ 188void qemu_co_rwlock_init(CoRwlock *lock); 189 190/** 191 * Read locks the CoRwlock. If the lock cannot be taken immediately because 192 * of a parallel writer, control is transferred to the caller of the current 193 * coroutine. 194 */ 195void qemu_co_rwlock_rdlock(CoRwlock *lock); 196 197/** 198 * Write Locks the mutex. If the lock cannot be taken immediately because 199 * of a parallel reader, control is transferred to the caller of the current 200 * coroutine. 201 */ 202void qemu_co_rwlock_wrlock(CoRwlock *lock); 203 204/** 205 * Unlocks the read/write lock and schedules the next coroutine that was 206 * waiting for this lock to be run. 207 */ 208void qemu_co_rwlock_unlock(CoRwlock *lock); 209 210/** 211 * Yield the coroutine for a given duration 212 * 213 * Note this function uses timers and hence only works when a main loop is in 214 * use. See main-loop.h and do not use from qemu-tool programs. 215 */ 216void coroutine_fn co_sleep_ns(QEMUClockType type, int64_t ns); 217 218/** 219 * Yield the coroutine for a given duration 220 * 221 * Behaves similarly to co_sleep_ns(), but the sleeping coroutine will be 222 * resumed when using qemu_aio_wait(). 223 */ 224void coroutine_fn co_aio_sleep_ns(AioContext *ctx, QEMUClockType type, 225 int64_t ns); 226 227/** 228 * Yield until a file descriptor becomes readable 229 * 230 * Note that this function clobbers the handlers for the file descriptor. 231 */ 232void coroutine_fn yield_until_fd_readable(int fd); 233#endif /* QEMU_COROUTINE_H */ 234