/*****************************************************************************
* threads.c : threads implementation for the VideoLAN client
*****************************************************************************
* Copyright (C) 1999-2007 the VideoLAN team
* $Id$
*
* Authors: Jean-Marc Dressler <polux@via.ecp.fr>
* Samuel Hocevar <sam@zoy.org>
* Gildas Bazin <gbazin@netcourrier.com>
* Clément Sténac
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston MA 02110-1301, USA.
*****************************************************************************/
#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
# include "config.h"
#endif
#include "vlc_common.h"
#include "libvlc.h"
#include <assert.h>
#ifdef HAVE_UNISTD_H
# include <unistd.h>
#endif
#include <signal.h>
#define VLC_THREADS_UNINITIALIZED 0
#define VLC_THREADS_PENDING 1
#define VLC_THREADS_ERROR 2
#define VLC_THREADS_READY 3
/*****************************************************************************
* Global mutex for lazy initialization of the threads system
*****************************************************************************/
static volatile unsigned i_initializations = 0;
#if defined( LIBVLC_USE_PTHREAD )
# include <sched.h>
static pthread_mutex_t once_mutex = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
#endif
/**
* Global process-wide VLC object.
* Contains inter-instance data, such as the module cache and global mutexes.
*/
static libvlc_global_data_t *p_root;
libvlc_global_data_t *vlc_global( void )
{
assert( i_initializations > 0 );
return p_root;
}
#ifndef NDEBUG
/**
* Object running the current thread
*/
static vlc_threadvar_t thread_object_key;
vlc_object_t *vlc_threadobj (void)
{
return vlc_threadvar_get (&thread_object_key);
}
#endif
vlc_threadvar_t msg_context_global_key;
#if defined(LIBVLC_USE_PTHREAD)
static inline unsigned long vlc_threadid (void)
{
union { pthread_t th; unsigned long int i; } v = { };
v.th = pthread_self ();
return v.i;
}
#if defined(HAVE_EXECINFO_H) && defined(HAVE_BACKTRACE)
# include <execinfo.h>
#endif
/*****************************************************************************
* vlc_thread_fatal: Report an error from the threading layer
*****************************************************************************
* This is mostly meant for debugging.
*****************************************************************************/
void vlc_pthread_fatal (const char *action, int error,
const char *file, unsigned line)
{
fprintf (stderr, "LibVLC fatal error %s in thread %lu at %s:%u: %d\n",
action, vlc_threadid (), file, line, error);
/* Sometimes strerror_r() crashes too, so make sure we print an error
* message before we invoke it */
#ifdef __GLIBC__
/* Avoid the strerror_r() prototype brain damage in glibc */
errno = error;
fprintf (stderr, " Error message: %m at:\n");
#else
char buf[1000];
const char *msg;
switch (strerror_r (error, buf, sizeof (buf)))
{
case 0:
msg = buf;
break;
case ERANGE: /* should never happen */
msg = "unknwon (too big to display)";
break;
default:
msg = "unknown (invalid error number)";
break;
}
fprintf (stderr, " Error message: %s\n", msg);
#endif
fflush (stderr);
#ifdef HAVE_BACKTRACE
void *stack[20];
int len = backtrace (stack, sizeof (stack) / sizeof (stack[0]));
backtrace_symbols_fd (stack, len, 2);
#endif
abort ();
}
#else
void vlc_pthread_fatal (const char *action, int error,
const char *file, unsigned line)
{
(void)action; (void)error; (void)file; (void)line;
abort();
}
#endif
/*****************************************************************************
* vlc_threads_init: initialize threads system
*****************************************************************************
* This function requires lazy initialization of a global lock in order to
* keep the library really thread-safe. Some architectures don't support this
* and thus do not guarantee the complete reentrancy.
*****************************************************************************/
int vlc_threads_init( void )
{
int i_ret = VLC_SUCCESS;
/* If we have lazy mutex initialization, use it. Otherwise, we just
* hope nothing wrong happens. */
#if defined( LIBVLC_USE_PTHREAD )
pthread_mutex_lock( &once_mutex );
#endif
if( i_initializations == 0 )
{
p_root = vlc_custom_create( (vlc_object_t *)NULL, sizeof( *p_root ),
VLC_OBJECT_GENERIC, "root" );
if( p_root == NULL )
{
i_ret = VLC_ENOMEM;
goto out;
}
/* We should be safe now. Do all the initialization stuff we want. */
#ifndef NDEBUG
vlc_threadvar_create( &thread_object_key, NULL );
#endif
vlc_threadvar_create( &msg_context_global_key, msg_StackDestroy );
}
i_initializations++;
out:
/* If we have lazy mutex initialization support, unlock the mutex.
* Otherwize, we are screwed. */
#if defined( LIBVLC_USE_PTHREAD )
pthread_mutex_unlock( &once_mutex );
#endif
return i_ret;
}
/*****************************************************************************
* vlc_threads_end: stop threads system
*****************************************************************************
* FIXME: This function is far from being threadsafe.
*****************************************************************************/
void vlc_threads_end( void )
{
#if defined( LIBVLC_USE_PTHREAD )
pthread_mutex_lock( &once_mutex );
#endif
assert( i_initializations > 0 );
if( i_initializations == 1 )
{
vlc_object_release( p_root );
vlc_threadvar_delete( &msg_context_global_key );
#ifndef NDEBUG
vlc_threadvar_delete( &thread_object_key );
#endif
}
i_initializations--;
#if defined( LIBVLC_USE_PTHREAD )
pthread_mutex_unlock( &once_mutex );
#endif
}
#if defined (__GLIBC__) && (__GLIBC_MINOR__ < 6)
/* This is not prototyped under glibc, though it exists. */
int pthread_mutexattr_setkind_np( pthread_mutexattr_t *attr, int kind );
#endif
/*****************************************************************************
* vlc_mutex_init: initialize a mutex
*****************************************************************************/
int vlc_mutex_init( vlc_mutex_t *p_mutex )
{
#if defined( LIBVLC_USE_PTHREAD )
pthread_mutexattr_t attr;
int i_result;
pthread_mutexattr_init( &attr );
# ifndef NDEBUG
/* Create error-checking mutex to detect problems more easily. */
# if defined (__GLIBC__) && (__GLIBC_MINOR__ < 6)
pthread_mutexattr_setkind_np( &attr, PTHREAD_MUTEX_ERRORCHECK_NP );
# else
pthread_mutexattr_settype( &attr, PTHREAD_MUTEX_ERRORCHECK );
# endif
# endif
i_result = pthread_mutex_init( p_mutex, &attr );
pthread_mutexattr_destroy( &attr );
return i_result;
#elif defined( UNDER_CE )
InitializeCriticalSection( &p_mutex->csection );
return 0;
#elif defined( WIN32 )
*p_mutex = CreateMutex( 0, FALSE, 0 );
return (*p_mutex != NULL) ? 0 : ENOMEM;
#elif defined( HAVE_KERNEL_SCHEDULER_H )
/* check the arguments and whether it's already been initialized */
if( p_mutex == NULL )
{
return B_BAD_VALUE;
}
if( p_mutex->init == 9999 )
{
return EALREADY;
}
p_mutex->lock = create_sem( 1, "BeMutex" );
if( p_mutex->lock < B_NO_ERROR )
{
return( -1 );
}
p_mutex->init = 9999;
return B_OK;
#endif
}
/*****************************************************************************
* vlc_mutex_init: initialize a recursive mutex (Do not use)
*****************************************************************************/
int vlc_mutex_init_recursive( vlc_mutex_t *p_mutex )
{
#if defined( LIBVLC_USE_PTHREAD )
pthread_mutexattr_t attr;
int i_result;
pthread_mutexattr_init( &attr );
# if defined (__GLIBC__) && (__GLIBC_MINOR__ < 6)
pthread_mutexattr_setkind_np( &attr, PTHREAD_MUTEX_RECURSIVE_NP );
# else
pthread_mutexattr_settype( &attr, PTHREAD_MUTEX_RECURSIVE );
# endif
i_result = pthread_mutex_init( p_mutex, &attr );
pthread_mutexattr_destroy( &attr );
return( i_result );
#elif defined( WIN32 )
/* Create mutex returns a recursive mutex */
*p_mutex = CreateMutex( 0, FALSE, 0 );
return (*p_mutex != NULL) ? 0 : ENOMEM;
#else
# error Unimplemented!
#endif
}
/*****************************************************************************
* vlc_mutex_destroy: destroy a mutex, inner version
*****************************************************************************/
void __vlc_mutex_destroy( const char * psz_file, int i_line, vlc_mutex_t *p_mutex )
{
#if defined( LIBVLC_USE_PTHREAD )
int val = pthread_mutex_destroy( p_mutex );
VLC_THREAD_ASSERT ("destroying mutex");
#elif defined( UNDER_CE )
VLC_UNUSED( psz_file); VLC_UNUSED( i_line );
DeleteCriticalSection( &p_mutex->csection );
#elif defined( WIN32 )
VLC_UNUSED( psz_file); VLC_UNUSED( i_line );
CloseHandle( *p_mutex );
#elif defined( HAVE_KERNEL_SCHEDULER_H )
if( p_mutex->init == 9999 )
delete_sem( p_mutex->lock );
p_mutex->init = 0;
#endif
}
/*****************************************************************************
* vlc_cond_init: initialize a condition
*****************************************************************************/
int __vlc_cond_init( vlc_cond_t *p_condvar )
{
#if defined( LIBVLC_USE_PTHREAD )
pthread_condattr_t attr;
int ret;
ret = pthread_condattr_init (&attr);
if (ret)
return ret;
# if !defined (_POSIX_CLOCK_SELECTION)
/* Fairly outdated POSIX support (that was defined in 2001) */
# define _POSIX_CLOCK_SELECTION (-1)
# endif
# if (_POSIX_CLOCK_SELECTION >= 0)
/* NOTE: This must be the same clock as the one in mtime.c */
pthread_condattr_setclock (&attr, CLOCK_MONOTONIC);
# endif
ret = pthread_cond_init (p_condvar, &attr);
pthread_condattr_destroy (&attr);
return ret;
#elif defined( UNDER_CE ) || defined( WIN32 )
/* Create an auto-reset event. */
*p_condvar = CreateEvent( NULL, /* no security */
FALSE, /* auto-reset event */
FALSE, /* start non-signaled */
NULL ); /* unnamed */
return *p_condvar ? 0 : ENOMEM;
#elif defined( HAVE_KERNEL_SCHEDULER_H )
if( !p_condvar )
{
return B_BAD_VALUE;
}
if( p_condvar->init == 9999 )
{
return EALREADY;
}
p_condvar->thread = -1;
p_condvar->init = 9999;
return 0;
#endif
}
/*****************************************************************************
* vlc_cond_destroy: destroy a condition, inner version
*****************************************************************************/
void __vlc_cond_destroy( const char * psz_file, int i_line, vlc_cond_t *p_condvar )
{
#if defined( LIBVLC_USE_PTHREAD )
int val = pthread_cond_destroy( p_condvar );
VLC_THREAD_ASSERT ("destroying condition");
#elif defined( UNDER_CE ) || defined( WIN32 )
VLC_UNUSED( psz_file); VLC_UNUSED( i_line );
CloseHandle( *p_condvar );
#elif defined( HAVE_KERNEL_SCHEDULER_H )
p_condvar->init = 0;
#endif
}
/*****************************************************************************
* vlc_tls_create: create a thread-local variable
*****************************************************************************/
int vlc_threadvar_create( vlc_threadvar_t *p_tls, void (*destr) (void *) )
{
int i_ret;
#if defined( LIBVLC_USE_PTHREAD )
i_ret = pthread_key_create( p_tls, destr );
#elif defined( UNDER_CE )
i_ret = ENOSYS;
#elif defined( WIN32 )
/* FIXME: remember/use the destr() callback and stop leaking whatever */
*p_tls = TlsAlloc();
i_ret = (*p_tls == TLS_OUT_OF_INDEXES) ? EAGAIN : 0;
#else
# error Unimplemented!
#endif
return i_ret;
}
void vlc_threadvar_delete (vlc_threadvar_t *p_tls)
{
#if defined( LIBVLC_USE_PTHREAD )
pthread_key_delete (*p_tls);
#elif defined( UNDER_CE )
#elif defined( WIN32 )
TlsFree (*p_tls);
#else
# error Unimplemented!
#endif
}
struct vlc_thread_boot
{
void * (*entry) (vlc_object_t *);
vlc_object_t *object;
};
#if defined (LIBVLC_USE_PTHREAD)
# define THREAD_RTYPE void *
# define THREAD_RVAL NULL
#elif defined (WIN32)
# define THREAD_RTYPE __stdcall unsigned
# define THREAD_RVAL 0
#endif
static THREAD_RTYPE thread_entry (void *data)
{
vlc_object_t *obj = ((struct vlc_thread_boot *)data)->object;
void *(*func) (vlc_object_t *) = ((struct vlc_thread_boot *)data)->entry;
free (data);
#ifndef NDEBUG
vlc_threadvar_set (&thread_object_key, obj);
#endif
msg_Dbg (obj, "thread started");
func (obj);
msg_Dbg (obj, "thread ended");
return THREAD_RVAL;
}
/*****************************************************************************
* vlc_thread_create: create a thread, inner version
*****************************************************************************
* Note that i_priority is only taken into account on platforms supporting
* userland real-time priority threads.
*****************************************************************************/
int __vlc_thread_create( vlc_object_t *p_this, const char * psz_file, int i_line,
const char *psz_name, void * ( *func ) ( vlc_object_t * ),
int i_priority, bool b_wait )
{
int i_ret;
vlc_object_internals_t *p_priv = vlc_internals( p_this );
struct vlc_thread_boot *boot = malloc (sizeof (*boot));
if (boot == NULL)
return errno;
boot->entry = func;
boot->object = p_this;
vlc_object_lock( p_this );
/* Make sure we don't re-create a thread if the object has already one */
assert( !p_priv->b_thread );
#if defined( LIBVLC_USE_PTHREAD )
pthread_attr_t attr;
pthread_attr_init (&attr);
/* Block the signals that signals interface plugin handles.
* If the LibVLC caller wants to handle some signals by itself, it should
* block these before whenever invoking LibVLC. And it must obviously not
* start the VLC signals interface plugin.
*
* LibVLC will normally ignore any interruption caused by an asynchronous
* signal during a system call. But there may well be some buggy cases
* where it fails to handle EINTR (bug reports welcome). Some underlying
* libraries might also not handle EINTR properly.
*/
sigset_t set, oldset;
sigemptyset (&set);
sigdelset (&set, SIGHUP);
sigaddset (&set, SIGINT);
sigaddset (&set, SIGQUIT);
sigaddset (&set, SIGTERM);
sigaddset (&set, SIGPIPE); /* We don't want this one, really! */
pthread_sigmask (SIG_BLOCK, &set, &oldset);
#ifndef __APPLE__
if( config_GetInt( p_this, "rt-priority" ) > 0 )
#endif
{
struct sched_param p = { .sched_priority = i_priority, };
int policy;
/* Hack to avoid error msg */
if( config_GetType( p_this, "rt-offset" ) )
p.sched_priority += config_GetInt( p_this, "rt-offset" );
if( p.sched_priority <= 0 )
p.sched_priority += sched_get_priority_max (policy = SCHED_OTHER);
else
p.sched_priority += sched_get_priority_min (policy = SCHED_RR);
pthread_attr_setschedpolicy (&attr, policy);
pthread_attr_setschedparam (&attr, &p);
}
i_ret = pthread_create( &p_priv->thread_id, &attr, thread_entry, boot );
pthread_sigmask (SIG_SETMASK, &oldset, NULL);
pthread_attr_destroy (&attr);
#elif defined( WIN32 ) || defined( UNDER_CE )
/* When using the MSVCRT C library you have to use the _beginthreadex
* function instead of CreateThread, otherwise you'll end up with
* memory leaks and the signal functions not working (see Microsoft
* Knowledge Base, article 104641) */
#if defined( UNDER_CE )
HANDLE hThread = CreateThread( NULL, 0, thread_entry,
(LPVOID)boot, CREATE_SUSPENDED, NULL );
#else
HANDLE hThread = (HANDLE)(uintptr_t)
_beginthreadex( NULL, 0, thread_entry, boot, CREATE_SUSPENDED, NULL );
#endif
if( hThread )
{
p_priv->thread_id = hThread;
ResumeThread (hThread);
i_ret = 0;
if( i_priority && !SetThreadPriority (hThread, i_priority) )
{
msg_Warn( p_this, "couldn't set a faster priority" );
i_priority = 0;
}
}
else
i_ret = errno;
#elif defined( HAVE_KERNEL_SCHEDULER_H )
p_priv->thread_id = spawn_thread( (thread_func)thread_entry, psz_name,
i_priority, p_data );
i_ret = resume_thread( p_priv->thread_id );
#endif
if( i_ret == 0 )
{
if( b_wait )
{
msg_Dbg( p_this, "waiting for thread initialization" );
vlc_object_wait( p_this );
}
p_priv->b_thread = true;
msg_Dbg( p_this, "thread %lu (%s) created at priority %d (%s:%d)",
(unsigned long)p_priv->thread_id, psz_name, i_priority,
psz_file, i_line );
}
else
{
errno = i_ret;
msg_Err( p_this, "%s thread could not be created at %s:%d (%m)",
psz_name, psz_file, i_line );
}
vlc_object_unlock( p_this );
return i_ret;
}
/*****************************************************************************
* vlc_thread_set_priority: set the priority of the current thread when we
* couldn't set it in vlc_thread_create (for instance for the main thread)
*****************************************************************************/
int __vlc_thread_set_priority( vlc_object_t *p_this, const char * psz_file,
int i_line, int i_priority )
{
vlc_object_internals_t *p_priv = vlc_internals( p_this );
if( !p_priv->b_thread )
{
msg_Err( p_this, "couldn't set priority of non-existent thread" );
return ESRCH;
}
#if defined( LIBVLC_USE_PTHREAD )
# ifndef __APPLE__
if( config_GetInt( p_this, "rt-priority" ) > 0 )
# endif
{
int i_error, i_policy;
struct sched_param param;
memset( ¶m, 0, sizeof(struct sched_param) );
if( config_GetType( p_this, "rt-offset" ) )
i_priority += config_GetInt( p_this, "rt-offset" );
if( i_priority <= 0 )
{
param.sched_priority = (-1) * i_priority;
i_policy = SCHED_OTHER;
}
else
{
param.sched_priority = i_priority;
i_policy = SCHED_RR;
}
if( (i_error = pthread_setschedparam( p_priv->thread_id,
i_policy, ¶m )) )
{
errno = i_error;
msg_Warn( p_this, "couldn't set thread priority (%s:%d): %m",
psz_file, i_line );
i_priority = 0;
}
}
#elif defined( WIN32 ) || defined( UNDER_CE )
VLC_UNUSED( psz_file); VLC_UNUSED( i_line );
if( !SetThreadPriority(p_priv->thread_id, i_priority) )
{
msg_Warn( p_this, "couldn't set a faster priority" );
return 1;
}
#endif
return 0;
}
/*****************************************************************************
* vlc_thread_join: wait until a thread exits, inner version
*****************************************************************************/
void __vlc_thread_join( vlc_object_t *p_this, const char * psz_file, int i_line )
{
vlc_object_internals_t *p_priv = vlc_internals( p_this );
int i_ret = 0;
#if defined( LIBVLC_USE_PTHREAD )
/* Make sure we do return if we are calling vlc_thread_join()
* from the joined thread */
if (pthread_equal (pthread_self (), p_priv->thread_id))
{
msg_Warn (p_this, "joining the active thread (VLC might crash)");
i_ret = pthread_detach (p_priv->thread_id);
}
else
i_ret = pthread_join (p_priv->thread_id, NULL);
#elif defined( UNDER_CE ) || defined( WIN32 )
HMODULE hmodule;
BOOL (WINAPI *OurGetThreadTimes)( HANDLE, FILETIME*, FILETIME*,
FILETIME*, FILETIME* );
FILETIME create_ft, exit_ft, kernel_ft, user_ft;
int64_t real_time, kernel_time, user_time;
HANDLE hThread;
/*
** object will close its thread handle when destroyed, duplicate it here
** to be on the safe side
*/
if( ! DuplicateHandle(GetCurrentProcess(),
p_priv->thread_id,
GetCurrentProcess(),
&hThread,
0,
FALSE,
DUPLICATE_SAME_ACCESS) )
{
p_priv->b_thread = false;
i_ret = GetLastError();
goto error;
}
WaitForSingleObject( hThread, INFINITE );
#if defined( UNDER_CE )
hmodule = GetModuleHandle( _T("COREDLL") );
#else
hmodule = GetModuleHandle( _T("KERNEL32") );
#endif
OurGetThreadTimes = (BOOL (WINAPI*)( HANDLE, FILETIME*, FILETIME*,
FILETIME*, FILETIME* ))
GetProcAddress( hmodule, _T("GetThreadTimes") );
if( OurGetThreadTimes &&
OurGetThreadTimes( hThread,
&create_ft, &exit_ft, &kernel_ft, &user_ft ) )
{
real_time =
((((int64_t)exit_ft.dwHighDateTime)<<32)| exit_ft.dwLowDateTime) -
((((int64_t)create_ft.dwHighDateTime)<<32)| create_ft.dwLowDateTime);
real_time /= 10;
kernel_time =
((((int64_t)kernel_ft.dwHighDateTime)<<32)|
kernel_ft.dwLowDateTime) / 10;
user_time =
((((int64_t)user_ft.dwHighDateTime)<<32)|
user_ft.dwLowDateTime) / 10;
msg_Dbg( p_this, "thread times: "
"real %"PRId64"m%fs, kernel %"PRId64"m%fs, user %"PRId64"m%fs",
real_time/60/1000000,
(double)((real_time%(60*1000000))/1000000.0),
kernel_time/60/1000000,
(double)((kernel_time%(60*1000000))/1000000.0),
user_time/60/1000000,
(double)((user_time%(60*1000000))/1000000.0) );
}
CloseHandle( hThread );
error:
#elif defined( HAVE_KERNEL_SCHEDULER_H )
int32_t exit_value;
i_ret = (B_OK == wait_for_thread( p_priv->thread_id, &exit_value ));
#endif
if( i_ret )
{
errno = i_ret;
msg_Err( p_this, "thread_join(%lu) failed at %s:%d (%m)",
(unsigned long)p_priv->thread_id, psz_file, i_line );
}
else
msg_Dbg( p_this, "thread %lu joined (%s:%d)",
(unsigned long)p_priv->thread_id, psz_file, i_line );
p_priv->b_thread = false;
}