xref: /qemu/include/qemu/coroutine.h (revision 727385c4)
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 
47 typedef 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  */
58 typedef 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  */
66 Coroutine *qemu_coroutine_create(CoroutineEntry *entry, void *opaque);
67 
68 /**
69  * Transfer control to a coroutine
70  */
71 void 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  */
77 void qemu_coroutine_enter_if_inactive(Coroutine *co);
78 
79 /**
80  * Transfer control to a coroutine and associate it with ctx
81  */
82 void 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  */
90 void coroutine_fn qemu_coroutine_yield(void);
91 
92 /**
93  * Get the AioContext of the given coroutine
94  */
95 AioContext *coroutine_fn qemu_coroutine_get_aio_context(Coroutine *co);
96 
97 /**
98  * Get the currently executing coroutine
99  */
100 Coroutine *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  */
109 bool 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  */
123 bool qemu_coroutine_entered(Coroutine *co);
124 
125 /**
126  * Provides a mutex that can be used to synchronise coroutines
127  */
128 struct CoWaitRecord;
129 struct 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  */
156 void 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  */
162 void 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  */
168 void coroutine_fn qemu_co_mutex_unlock(CoMutex *mutex);
169 
170 /**
171  * Assert that the current coroutine holds @mutex.
172  */
173 static 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  */
191 typedef 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  */
199 void 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))
208 void 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  */
215 bool 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  */
221 void 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))
234 bool qemu_co_enter_next_impl(CoQueue *queue, QemuLockable *lock);
235 
236 /**
237  * Checks if the CoQueue is empty.
238  */
239 bool qemu_co_queue_empty(CoQueue *queue);
240 
241 
242 typedef struct CoRwTicket CoRwTicket;
243 typedef 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  */
257 void 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  */
264 void 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  */
273 void 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  */
281 void 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  */
288 void 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  */
294 void qemu_co_rwlock_unlock(CoRwlock *lock);
295 
296 typedef 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  */
305 void 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  */
311 void coroutine_fn qemu_co_sleep(QemuCoSleep *w);
312 
313 static 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  */
325 void 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  */
332 void coroutine_fn yield_until_fd_readable(int fd);
333 
334 #include "qemu/lockable.h"
335 
336 #endif /* QEMU_COROUTINE_H */
337