qemu/include/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 "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 */
 337