xref: /qemu/util/defer-call.c (revision ec6f3fc3)
1 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
2 /*
3  * Deferred calls
4  *
5  * Copyright Red Hat.
6  *
7  * This API defers a function call within a defer_call_begin()/defer_call_end()
8  * section, allowing multiple calls to batch up. This is a performance
9  * optimization that is used in the block layer to submit several I/O requests
10  * at once instead of individually:
11  *
12  *   defer_call_begin(); <-- start of section
13  *   ...
14  *   defer_call(my_func, my_obj); <-- deferred my_func(my_obj) call
15  *   defer_call(my_func, my_obj); <-- another
16  *   defer_call(my_func, my_obj); <-- another
17  *   ...
18  *   defer_call_end(); <-- end of section, my_func(my_obj) is called once
19  */
20 
21 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
22 #include "qemu/coroutine-tls.h"
23 #include "qemu/notify.h"
24 #include "qemu/thread.h"
25 #include "qemu/defer-call.h"
26 
27 /* A function call that has been deferred until defer_call_end() */
28 typedef struct {
29     void (*fn)(void *);
30     void *opaque;
31 } DeferredCall;
32 
33 /* Per-thread state */
34 typedef struct {
35     unsigned nesting_level;
36     GArray *deferred_call_array;
37 } DeferCallThreadState;
38 
39 /* Use get_ptr_defer_call_thread_state() to fetch this thread-local value */
40 QEMU_DEFINE_STATIC_CO_TLS(DeferCallThreadState, defer_call_thread_state);
41 
42 /* Called at thread cleanup time */
43 static void defer_call_atexit(Notifier *n, void *value)
44 {
45     DeferCallThreadState *thread_state = get_ptr_defer_call_thread_state();
46     g_array_free(thread_state->deferred_call_array, TRUE);
47 }
48 
49 /* This won't involve coroutines, so use __thread */
50 static __thread Notifier defer_call_atexit_notifier;
51 
52 /**
53  * defer_call:
54  * @fn: a function pointer to be invoked
55  * @opaque: a user-defined argument to @fn()
56  *
57  * Call @fn(@opaque) immediately if not within a
58  * defer_call_begin()/defer_call_end() section.
59  *
60  * Otherwise defer the call until the end of the outermost
61  * defer_call_begin()/defer_call_end() section in this thread. If the same
62  * @fn/@opaque pair has already been deferred, it will only be called once upon
63  * defer_call_end() so that accumulated calls are batched into a single call.
64  *
65  * The caller must ensure that @opaque is not freed before @fn() is invoked.
66  */
67 void defer_call(void (*fn)(void *), void *opaque)
68 {
69     DeferCallThreadState *thread_state = get_ptr_defer_call_thread_state();
70 
71     /* Call immediately if we're not deferring calls */
72     if (thread_state->nesting_level == 0) {
73         fn(opaque);
74         return;
75     }
76 
77     GArray *array = thread_state->deferred_call_array;
78     if (!array) {
79         array = g_array_new(FALSE, FALSE, sizeof(DeferredCall));
80         thread_state->deferred_call_array = array;
81         defer_call_atexit_notifier.notify = defer_call_atexit;
82         qemu_thread_atexit_add(&defer_call_atexit_notifier);
83     }
84 
85     DeferredCall *fns = (DeferredCall *)array->data;
86     DeferredCall new_fn = {
87         .fn = fn,
88         .opaque = opaque,
89     };
90 
91     /*
92      * There won't be many, so do a linear search. If this becomes a bottleneck
93      * then a binary search (glib 2.62+) or different data structure could be
94      * used.
95      */
96     for (guint i = 0; i < array->len; i++) {
97         if (memcmp(&fns[i], &new_fn, sizeof(new_fn)) == 0) {
98             return; /* already exists */
99         }
100     }
101 
102     g_array_append_val(array, new_fn);
103 }
104 
105 /**
106  * defer_call_begin: Defer defer_call() functions until defer_call_end()
107  *
108  * defer_call_begin() and defer_call_end() are thread-local operations. The
109  * caller must ensure that each defer_call_begin() has a matching
110  * defer_call_end() in the same thread.
111  *
112  * Nesting is supported. defer_call() functions are only called at the
113  * outermost defer_call_end().
114  */
115 void defer_call_begin(void)
116 {
117     DeferCallThreadState *thread_state = get_ptr_defer_call_thread_state();
118 
119     assert(thread_state->nesting_level < UINT32_MAX);
120 
121     thread_state->nesting_level++;
122 }
123 
124 /**
125  * defer_call_end: Run any pending defer_call() functions
126  *
127  * There must have been a matching defer_call_begin() call in the same thread
128  * prior to this defer_call_end() call.
129  */
130 void defer_call_end(void)
131 {
132     DeferCallThreadState *thread_state = get_ptr_defer_call_thread_state();
133 
134     assert(thread_state->nesting_level > 0);
135 
136     if (--thread_state->nesting_level > 0) {
137         return;
138     }
139 
140     GArray *array = thread_state->deferred_call_array;
141     if (!array) {
142         return;
143     }
144 
145     DeferredCall *fns = (DeferredCall *)array->data;
146 
147     for (guint i = 0; i < array->len; i++) {
148         fns[i].fn(fns[i].opaque);
149     }
150 
151     /*
152      * This resets the array without freeing memory so that appending is cheap
153      * in the future.
154      */
155     g_array_set_size(array, 0);
156 }
157