circuitpython/ports/unix/mpthreadport.c

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#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <errno.h>

#include "py/runtime.h"
#include "py/mpthread.h"
#include "py/gc.h"

#if MICROPY_PY_THREAD

#include <fcntl.h>
#include <signal.h>
#include <sched.h>
#include <semaphore.h>

#include "lib/utils/gchelper.h"

// Some platforms don't have SIGRTMIN but if we do have it, use it to avoid
// potential conflict with other uses of the more commonly used SIGUSR1.
#ifdef SIGRTMIN
#define MP_THREAD_GC_SIGNAL (SIGRTMIN + 5)
#else
#define MP_THREAD_GC_SIGNAL (SIGUSR1)
#endif

// This value seems to be about right for both 32-bit and 64-bit builds.
#define THREAD_STACK_OVERFLOW_MARGIN (8192)

// this structure forms a linked list, one node per active thread
typedef struct _thread_t {
    pthread_t id;           // system id of thread
    int ready;              // whether the thread is ready and running
    void *arg;              // thread Python args, a GC root pointer
    struct _thread_t *next;
} thread_t;

STATIC pthread_key_t tls_key;

// The mutex is used for any code in this port that needs to be thread safe.
// Specifically for thread management, access to the linked list is one example.
// But also, e.g. scheduler state.
STATIC pthread_mutex_t thread_mutex;
STATIC thread_t *thread;

// this is used to synchronise the signal handler of the thread
// it's needed because we can't use any pthread calls in a signal handler
#if defined(__APPLE__)
STATIC char thread_signal_done_name[25];
STATIC sem_t *thread_signal_done_p;
#else
STATIC sem_t thread_signal_done;
#endif

void mp_thread_unix_begin_atomic_section(void) {
    pthread_mutex_lock(&thread_mutex);
}

void mp_thread_unix_end_atomic_section(void) {
    pthread_mutex_unlock(&thread_mutex);
}

// this signal handler is used to scan the regs and stack of a thread
STATIC void mp_thread_gc(int signo, siginfo_t *info, void *context) {
    (void)info; // unused
    (void)context; // unused
    if (signo == MP_THREAD_GC_SIGNAL) {
        gc_helper_collect_regs_and_stack();
        // We have access to the context (regs, stack) of the thread but it seems
        // that we don't need the extra information, enough is captured by the
        // gc_collect_regs_and_stack function above
        // gc_collect_root((void**)context, sizeof(ucontext_t) / sizeof(uintptr_t));
        #if MICROPY_ENABLE_PYSTACK
        void **ptrs = (void **)(void *)MP_STATE_THREAD(pystack_start);
        gc_collect_root(ptrs, (MP_STATE_THREAD(pystack_cur) - MP_STATE_THREAD(pystack_start)) / sizeof(void *));
        #endif
        #if defined(__APPLE__)
        sem_post(thread_signal_done_p);
        #else
        sem_post(&thread_signal_done);
        #endif
    }
}

void mp_thread_init(void) {
    pthread_key_create(&tls_key, NULL);
    pthread_setspecific(tls_key, &mp_state_ctx.thread);

    // Needs to be a recursive mutex to emulate the behavior of
    // BEGIN_ATOMIC_SECTION on bare metal.
    pthread_mutexattr_t thread_mutex_attr;
    pthread_mutexattr_init(&thread_mutex_attr);
    pthread_mutexattr_settype(&thread_mutex_attr, PTHREAD_MUTEX_RECURSIVE);
    pthread_mutex_init(&thread_mutex, &thread_mutex_attr);

    // create first entry in linked list of all threads
    thread = malloc(sizeof(thread_t));
    thread->id = pthread_self();
    thread->ready = 1;
    thread->arg = NULL;
    thread->next = NULL;

    #if defined(__APPLE__)
    snprintf(thread_signal_done_name, sizeof(thread_signal_done_name), "micropython_sem_%d", (int)thread->id);
    thread_signal_done_p = sem_open(thread_signal_done_name, O_CREAT | O_EXCL, 0666, 0);
    #else
    sem_init(&thread_signal_done, 0, 0);
    #endif

    // enable signal handler for garbage collection
    struct sigaction sa;
    sa.sa_flags = SA_SIGINFO;
    sa.sa_sigaction = mp_thread_gc;
    sigemptyset(&sa.sa_mask);
    sigaction(MP_THREAD_GC_SIGNAL, &sa, NULL);
}

void mp_thread_deinit(void) {
    mp_thread_unix_begin_atomic_section();
    while (thread->next != NULL) {
        thread_t *th = thread;
        thread = thread->next;
        pthread_cancel(th->id);
        free(th);
    }
    mp_thread_unix_end_atomic_section();
    #if defined(__APPLE__)
    sem_close(thread_signal_done_p);
    sem_unlink(thread_signal_done_name);
    #endif
    assert(thread->id == pthread_self());
    free(thread);
}

// This function scans all pointers that are external to the current thread.
// It does this by signalling all other threads and getting them to scan their
// own registers and stack.  Note that there may still be some edge cases left
// with race conditions and root-pointer scanning: a given thread may manipulate
// the global root pointers (in mp_state_ctx) while another thread is doing a
// garbage collection and tracing these pointers.
void mp_thread_gc_others(void) {
    mp_thread_unix_begin_atomic_section();
    for (thread_t *th = thread; th != NULL; th = th->next) {
        gc_collect_root(&th->arg, 1);
        if (th->id == pthread_self()) {
            continue;
        }
        if (!th->ready) {
            continue;
        }
        pthread_kill(th->id, MP_THREAD_GC_SIGNAL);
        #if defined(__APPLE__)
        sem_wait(thread_signal_done_p);
        #else
        sem_wait(&thread_signal_done);
        #endif
    }
    mp_thread_unix_end_atomic_section();
}

mp_state_thread_t *mp_thread_get_state(void) {
    return (mp_state_thread_t *)pthread_getspecific(tls_key);
}

void mp_thread_set_state(mp_state_thread_t *state) {
    pthread_setspecific(tls_key, state);
}

void mp_thread_start(void) {
    pthread_setcanceltype(PTHREAD_CANCEL_ASYNCHRONOUS, NULL);
    mp_thread_unix_begin_atomic_section();
    for (thread_t *th = thread; th != NULL; th = th->next) {
        if (th->id == pthread_self()) {
            th->ready = 1;
            break;
        }
    }
    mp_thread_unix_end_atomic_section();
}

void mp_thread_create(void *(*entry)(void *), void *arg, size_t *stack_size) {
    // default stack size is 8k machine-words
    if (*stack_size == 0) {
        *stack_size = 8192 * BYTES_PER_WORD;
    }

    // minimum stack size is set by pthreads
    if (*stack_size < PTHREAD_STACK_MIN) {
        *stack_size = PTHREAD_STACK_MIN;
    }

    // ensure there is enough stack to include a stack-overflow margin
    if (*stack_size < 2 * THREAD_STACK_OVERFLOW_MARGIN) {
        *stack_size = 2 * THREAD_STACK_OVERFLOW_MARGIN;
    }

    // set thread attributes
    pthread_attr_t attr;
    int ret = pthread_attr_init(&attr);
    if (ret != 0) {
        goto er;
    }
    ret = pthread_attr_setstacksize(&attr, *stack_size);
    if (ret != 0) {
        goto er;
    }

    ret = pthread_attr_setdetachstate(&attr, PTHREAD_CREATE_DETACHED);
    if (ret != 0) {
        goto er;
    }

    mp_thread_unix_begin_atomic_section();

    // create thread
    pthread_t id;
    ret = pthread_create(&id, &attr, entry, arg);
    if (ret != 0) {
        mp_thread_unix_end_atomic_section();
        goto er;
    }

    // adjust stack_size to provide room to recover from hitting the limit
    *stack_size -= THREAD_STACK_OVERFLOW_MARGIN;

    // add thread to linked list of all threads
    thread_t *th = malloc(sizeof(thread_t));
    th->id = id;
    th->ready = 0;
    th->arg = arg;
    th->next = thread;
    thread = th;

    mp_thread_unix_end_atomic_section();

    return;

er:
    mp_raise_OSError(ret);
}

void mp_thread_finish(void) {
    mp_thread_unix_begin_atomic_section();
    thread_t *prev = NULL;
    for (thread_t *th = thread; th != NULL; th = th->next) {
        if (th->id == pthread_self()) {
            if (prev == NULL) {
                thread = th->next;
            } else {
                prev->next = th->next;
            }
            free(th);
            break;
        }
        prev = th;
    }
    mp_thread_unix_end_atomic_section();
}

void mp_thread_mutex_init(mp_thread_mutex_t *mutex) {
    pthread_mutex_init(mutex, NULL);
}

int mp_thread_mutex_lock(mp_thread_mutex_t *mutex, int wait) {
    int ret;
    if (wait) {
        ret = pthread_mutex_lock(mutex);
        if (ret == 0) {
            return 1;
        }
    } else {
        ret = pthread_mutex_trylock(mutex);
        if (ret == 0) {
            return 1;
        } else if (ret == EBUSY) {
            return 0;
        }
    }
    return -ret;
}

void mp_thread_mutex_unlock(mp_thread_mutex_t *mutex) {
    pthread_mutex_unlock(mutex);
    // TODO check return value
}

#endif // MICROPY_PY_THREAD