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

// 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 controls access to the linked list
STATIC pthread_mutex_t thread_mutex = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
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
STATIC volatile int thread_signal_done;

// 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 == SIGUSR1) {
        void gc_collect_regs_and_stack(void);
        gc_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
        thread_signal_done = 1;
    }
}

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

    // 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;

    // 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(SIGUSR1, &sa, NULL);
}

// 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) {
    pthread_mutex_lock(&thread_mutex);
    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;
        }
        thread_signal_done = 0;
        pthread_kill(th->id, SIGUSR1);
        while (thread_signal_done == 0) {
            sched_yield();
        }
    }
    pthread_mutex_unlock(&thread_mutex);
}

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

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

void mp_thread_start(void) {
    pthread_mutex_lock(&thread_mutex);
    for (thread_t *th = thread; th != NULL; th = th->next) {
        if (th->id == pthread_self()) {
            th->ready = 1;
            break;
        }
    }
    pthread_mutex_unlock(&thread_mutex);
}

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;
    }

    // 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;
    }

    pthread_mutex_lock(&thread_mutex);

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

    // adjust stack_size to provide room to recover from hitting the limit
    // this value seems to be about right for both 32-bit and 64-bit builds
    *stack_size -= 8192;

    // 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;

    pthread_mutex_unlock(&thread_mutex);

    return;

er:
    mp_raise_OSError(ret);
}

void mp_thread_finish(void) {
    pthread_mutex_lock(&thread_mutex);
    // TODO unlink from list
    for (thread_t *th = thread; th != NULL; th = th->next) {
        if (th->id == pthread_self()) {
            th->ready = 0;
            break;
        }
    }
    pthread_mutex_unlock(&thread_mutex);
}

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