src/base/thread.cc

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// Copyright (c) 2006-2009 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.

#include "base/thread.h"

#include "base/string_util.h"
#include "base/thread_local.h"
#include "base/waitable_event.h"
#include "GeckoProfiler.h"
#include "mozilla/EventQueue.h"
#include "mozilla/IOInterposer.h"
#include "mozilla/ThreadEventQueue.h"
#include "nsThreadUtils.h"
#include "nsThreadManager.h"

namespace base {

// This task is used to trigger the message loop to exit.
class ThreadQuitTask : public mozilla::Runnable {
 public:
  ThreadQuitTask() : mozilla::Runnable("ThreadQuitTask") {}
  NS_IMETHOD Run() override {
    MessageLoop::current()->Quit();
    Thread::SetThreadWasQuitProperly(true);
    return NS_OK;
  }
};

// Used to pass data to ThreadMain.  This structure is allocated on the stack
// from within StartWithOptions.
struct Thread::StartupData {
  // We get away with a const reference here because of how we are allocated.
  const Thread::Options& options;

  // Used to synchronize thread startup.
  WaitableEvent event;

  explicit StartupData(const Options& opt)
      : options(opt), event(false, false) {}
};

Thread::Thread(const char* name)
    : startup_data_(NULL),
      thread_(0),
      message_loop_(NULL),
      thread_id_(0),
      name_(name) {
  MOZ_COUNT_CTOR(base::Thread);
}

Thread::~Thread() {
  MOZ_COUNT_DTOR(base::Thread);
  Stop();
}

namespace {

// We use this thread-local variable to record whether or not a thread exited
// because its Stop method was called.  This allows us to catch cases where
// MessageLoop::Quit() is called directly, which is unexpected when using a
// Thread to setup and run a MessageLoop.

static base::ThreadLocalBoolean& get_tls_bool() {
  static base::ThreadLocalBoolean tls_ptr;
  return tls_ptr;
}

}  // namespace

void Thread::SetThreadWasQuitProperly(bool flag) { get_tls_bool().Set(flag); }

bool Thread::GetThreadWasQuitProperly() {
  bool quit_properly = true;
#ifndef NDEBUG
  quit_properly = get_tls_bool().Get();
#endif
  return quit_properly;
}

bool Thread::Start() { return StartWithOptions(Options()); }

bool Thread::StartWithOptions(const Options& options) {
  DCHECK(!message_loop_);

  SetThreadWasQuitProperly(false);

  StartupData startup_data(options);
  startup_data_ = &startup_data;

  if (!PlatformThread::Create(options.stack_size, this, &thread_)) {
    DLOG(ERROR) << "failed to create thread";
    startup_data_ = NULL;  // Record that we failed to start.
    return false;
  }

  // Wait for the thread to start and initialize message_loop_
  startup_data.event.Wait();

  DCHECK(message_loop_);
  return true;
}

void Thread::Stop() {
  if (!thread_was_started()) return;

  // We should only be called on the same thread that started us.
  DCHECK_NE(thread_id_, PlatformThread::CurrentId());

  // StopSoon may have already been called.
  if (message_loop_) {
    RefPtr<ThreadQuitTask> task = new ThreadQuitTask();
    message_loop_->PostTask(task.forget());
  }

  // Wait for the thread to exit.  It should already have terminated but make
  // sure this assumption is valid.
  //
  // TODO(darin): Unfortunately, we need to keep message_loop_ around until
  // the thread exits.  Some consumers are abusing the API.  Make them stop.
  //
  PlatformThread::Join(thread_);

  // The thread can't receive messages anymore.
  message_loop_ = NULL;

  // The thread no longer needs to be joined.
  startup_data_ = NULL;
}

void Thread::StopSoon() {
  if (!message_loop_) return;

  // We should only be called on the same thread that started us.
  DCHECK_NE(thread_id_, PlatformThread::CurrentId());

  // We had better have a message loop at this point!  If we do not, then it
  // most likely means that the thread terminated unexpectedly, probably due
  // to someone calling Quit() on our message loop directly.
  DCHECK(message_loop_);

  RefPtr<ThreadQuitTask> task = new ThreadQuitTask();
  message_loop_->PostTask(task.forget());
}

void Thread::ThreadMain() {
  nsCOMPtr<nsIThread> xpcomThread;
  auto loopType = startup_data_->options.message_loop_type;
  if (loopType == MessageLoop::TYPE_MOZILLA_NONMAINTHREAD ||
      loopType == MessageLoop::TYPE_MOZILLA_NONMAINUITHREAD) {
    auto queue = mozilla::MakeRefPtr<mozilla::ThreadEventQueue>(
        mozilla::MakeUnique<mozilla::EventQueue>());
    xpcomThread = nsThreadManager::get().CreateCurrentThread(
        queue, nsThread::NOT_MAIN_THREAD);
  } else {
    xpcomThread = NS_GetCurrentThread();
  }

  AUTO_PROFILER_REGISTER_THREAD(name_.c_str());
  mozilla::IOInterposer::RegisterCurrentThread();

  // The message loop for this thread.
  MessageLoop message_loop(startup_data_->options.message_loop_type,
                           xpcomThread);

  xpcomThread = nullptr;

  // Complete the initialization of our Thread object.
  thread_id_ = PlatformThread::CurrentId();
  PlatformThread::SetName(name_.c_str());
  NS_SetCurrentThreadName(name_.c_str());
  message_loop.set_thread_name(name_);
  message_loop.set_hang_timeouts(startup_data_->options.transient_hang_timeout,
                                 startup_data_->options.permanent_hang_timeout);
  message_loop_ = &message_loop;

  // Let the thread do extra initialization.
  // Let's do this before signaling we are started.
  Init();

  startup_data_->event.Signal();
  // startup_data_ can't be touched anymore since the starting thread is now
  // unlocked.

  message_loop.Run();

  // Let the thread do extra cleanup.
  CleanUp();

  // Assert that MessageLoop::Quit was called by ThreadQuitTask.
  DCHECK(GetThreadWasQuitProperly());

  mozilla::IOInterposer::UnregisterCurrentThread();

  // We can't receive messages anymore.
  message_loop_ = NULL;
  thread_id_ = 0;
}

}  // namespace base