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18 #define OVS_THREAD_H 1
22 #include <sys/types.h>
23 #include "ovs-atomic.h"
28 struct OVS_LOCKABLE ovs_mutex {
30 const char *where; /* NULL if and only if uninitialized. */
33 /* "struct ovs_mutex" initializer. */
34 #ifdef PTHREAD_ERRORCHECK_MUTEX_INITIALIZER_NP
35 #define OVS_MUTEX_INITIALIZER { PTHREAD_ERRORCHECK_MUTEX_INITIALIZER_NP, \
38 #define OVS_MUTEX_INITIALIZER { PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER, "<unlocked>" }
41 #ifdef PTHREAD_ADAPTIVE_MUTEX_INITIALIZER_NP
42 #define OVS_ADAPTIVE_MUTEX_INITIALIZER \
43 { PTHREAD_ADAPTIVE_MUTEX_INITIALIZER_NP, "<unlocked>" }
45 #define OVS_ADAPTIVE_MUTEX_INITIALIZER OVS_MUTEX_INITIALIZER
48 /* ovs_mutex functions analogous to pthread_mutex_*() functions.
50 * Most of these functions abort the process with an error message on any
51 * error. ovs_mutex_trylock() is an exception: it passes through a 0 or EBUSY
52 * return value to the caller and aborts on any other error. */
53 void ovs_mutex_init(const struct ovs_mutex *);
54 void ovs_mutex_init_recursive(const struct ovs_mutex *);
55 void ovs_mutex_init_adaptive(const struct ovs_mutex *);
56 void ovs_mutex_destroy(const struct ovs_mutex *);
57 void ovs_mutex_unlock(const struct ovs_mutex *mutex) OVS_RELEASES(mutex);
58 void ovs_mutex_lock_at(const struct ovs_mutex *mutex, const char *where)
60 #define ovs_mutex_lock(mutex) \
61 ovs_mutex_lock_at(mutex, SOURCE_LOCATOR)
63 int ovs_mutex_trylock_at(const struct ovs_mutex *mutex, const char *where)
64 OVS_TRY_LOCK(0, mutex);
65 #define ovs_mutex_trylock(mutex) \
66 ovs_mutex_trylock_at(mutex, SOURCE_LOCATOR)
68 void ovs_mutex_cond_wait(pthread_cond_t *, const struct ovs_mutex *);
70 /* Wrappers for pthread_mutex_*() that abort the process on any error.
71 * This is still needed when ovs-atomic-pthreads.h is used. */
72 void xpthread_mutex_lock(pthread_mutex_t *mutex);
73 void xpthread_mutex_unlock(pthread_mutex_t *mutex);
75 /* Wrappers for pthread_mutexattr_*() that abort the process on any error. */
76 void xpthread_mutexattr_init(pthread_mutexattr_t *);
77 void xpthread_mutexattr_destroy(pthread_mutexattr_t *);
78 void xpthread_mutexattr_settype(pthread_mutexattr_t *, int type);
79 void xpthread_mutexattr_gettype(pthread_mutexattr_t *, int *typep);
83 * An ovs_rwlock does not support recursive readers, because POSIX allows
84 * taking the reader lock recursively to deadlock when a thread is waiting on
85 * the write-lock. (NetBSD does deadlock.) glibc rwlocks in their default
86 * configuration do not deadlock, but ovs_rwlock_init() initializes rwlocks as
87 * non-recursive (which will deadlock) for two reasons:
89 * - glibc only provides fairness to writers in this mode.
91 * - It's better to find bugs in the primary Open vSwitch target rather
92 * than exposing them only to porters. */
93 struct OVS_LOCKABLE ovs_rwlock {
94 pthread_rwlock_t lock;
95 const char *where; /* NULL if and only if uninitialized. */
99 #ifdef PTHREAD_RWLOCK_WRITER_NONRECURSIVE_INITIALIZER_NP
100 #define OVS_RWLOCK_INITIALIZER \
101 { PTHREAD_RWLOCK_WRITER_NONRECURSIVE_INITIALIZER_NP, "<unlocked>" }
103 #define OVS_RWLOCK_INITIALIZER { PTHREAD_RWLOCK_INITIALIZER, "<unlocked>" }
106 /* ovs_rwlock functions analogous to pthread_rwlock_*() functions.
108 * Most of these functions abort the process with an error message on any
109 * error. The "trylock" functions are exception: they pass through a 0 or
110 * EBUSY return value to the caller and abort on any other error. */
111 void ovs_rwlock_init(const struct ovs_rwlock *);
112 void ovs_rwlock_destroy(const struct ovs_rwlock *);
113 void ovs_rwlock_unlock(const struct ovs_rwlock *rwlock) OVS_RELEASES(rwlock);
115 /* Wrappers for pthread_rwlockattr_*() that abort the process on any error. */
116 void xpthread_rwlockattr_init(pthread_rwlockattr_t *);
117 void xpthread_rwlockattr_destroy(pthread_rwlockattr_t *);
118 #ifdef PTHREAD_RWLOCK_WRITER_NONRECURSIVE_INITIALIZER_NP
119 void xpthread_rwlockattr_setkind_np(pthread_rwlockattr_t *, int kind);
122 void ovs_rwlock_wrlock_at(const struct ovs_rwlock *rwlock, const char *where)
123 OVS_ACQ_WRLOCK(rwlock);
124 #define ovs_rwlock_wrlock(rwlock) \
125 ovs_rwlock_wrlock_at(rwlock, SOURCE_LOCATOR)
127 int ovs_rwlock_trywrlock_at(const struct ovs_rwlock *rwlock, const char *where)
128 OVS_TRY_WRLOCK(0, rwlock);
129 #define ovs_rwlock_trywrlock(rwlock) \
130 ovs_rwlock_trywrlock_at(rwlock, SOURCE_LOCATOR)
132 void ovs_rwlock_rdlock_at(const struct ovs_rwlock *rwlock, const char *where)
133 OVS_ACQ_RDLOCK(rwlock);
134 #define ovs_rwlock_rdlock(rwlock) \
135 ovs_rwlock_rdlock_at(rwlock, SOURCE_LOCATOR)
137 int ovs_rwlock_tryrdlock_at(const struct ovs_rwlock *rwlock, const char *where)
138 OVS_TRY_RDLOCK(0, rwlock);
139 #define ovs_rwlock_tryrdlock(rwlock) \
140 ovs_rwlock_tryrdlock_at(rwlock, SOURCE_LOCATOR)
142 /* Wrappers for xpthread_cond_*() that abort the process on any error.
144 * Use ovs_mutex_cond_wait() to wait for a condition. */
145 void xpthread_cond_init(pthread_cond_t *, pthread_condattr_t *);
146 void xpthread_cond_destroy(pthread_cond_t *);
147 void xpthread_cond_signal(pthread_cond_t *);
148 void xpthread_cond_broadcast(pthread_cond_t *);
150 /* Wrappers for pthread_barrier_*() that abort the process on any error. */
151 void xpthread_barrier_init(pthread_barrier_t *, pthread_barrierattr_t *,
153 int xpthread_barrier_wait(pthread_barrier_t *);
154 void xpthread_barrier_destroy(pthread_barrier_t *);
156 void xpthread_key_create(pthread_key_t *, void (*destructor)(void *));
157 void xpthread_key_delete(pthread_key_t);
158 void xpthread_setspecific(pthread_key_t, const void *);
161 void xpthread_sigmask(int, const sigset_t *, sigset_t *);
164 pthread_t ovs_thread_create(const char *name, void *(*)(void *), void *);
165 void xpthread_join(pthread_t, void **);
173 * Multiple forms of standard per-thread data exist, each with its own pluses
174 * and minuses. In general, if one of these forms is appropriate, then it's a
175 * good idea to use it:
177 * - POSIX per-thread data via pthread_key_t is portable to any pthreads
178 * implementation, and allows a destructor function to be defined. It
179 * only (directly) supports per-thread pointers, which are always
180 * initialized to NULL. It requires once-only allocation of a
181 * pthread_key_t value. It is relatively slow. Typically few
182 * "pthread_key_t"s are available (POSIX requires only at least 128,
183 * glibc supplies only 1024).
185 * - The thread_local feature newly defined in C11 <threads.h> works with
186 * any data type and initializer, and it is fast. thread_local does not
187 * require once-only initialization like pthread_key_t. C11 does not
188 * define what happens if one attempts to access a thread_local object
189 * from a thread other than the one to which that object belongs. There
190 * is no provision to call a user-specified destructor when a thread
191 * ends. Typical implementations allow for an arbitrary amount of
192 * thread_local storage, but statically allocated only.
194 * - The __thread keyword is a GCC extension similar to thread_local but
195 * with a longer history. __thread is not portable to every GCC version
196 * or environment. __thread does not restrict the use of a thread-local
197 * object outside its own thread.
199 * Here's a handy summary:
201 * pthread_key_t thread_local __thread
202 * ------------- ------------ -------------
203 * portability high low medium
204 * speed low high high
205 * supports destructors? yes no no
206 * needs key allocation? yes no no
207 * arbitrary initializer? no yes yes
208 * cross-thread access? yes no yes
209 * amount available? few arbitrary arbitrary
210 * dynamically allocated? yes no no
216 * OVS provides some extensions and wrappers:
218 * - In a situation where the performance of thread_local or __thread is
219 * desirable, but portability is required, DEFINE_STATIC_PER_THREAD_DATA
220 * and DECLARE_EXTERN_PER_THREAD_DATA/DEFINE_EXTERN_PER_THREAD_DATA may
221 * be appropriate (see below).
223 * - DEFINE_PER_THREAD_MALLOCED_DATA can be convenient for simple
224 * per-thread malloc()'d buffers.
226 * - struct ovs_tsd provides an alternative to pthread_key_t that isn't
227 * limited to a small number of keys.
230 /* For static data, use this macro in a source file:
232 * DEFINE_STATIC_PER_THREAD_DATA(TYPE, NAME, INITIALIZER).
234 * For global data, "declare" the data in the header and "define" it in
235 * the source file, with:
237 * DECLARE_EXTERN_PER_THREAD_DATA(TYPE, NAME).
238 * DEFINE_EXTERN_PER_THREAD_DATA(NAME, INITIALIZER).
240 * One should prefer to use POSIX per-thread data, via pthread_key_t, when its
241 * performance is acceptable, because of its portability (see the table above).
242 * This macro is an alternatives that takes advantage of thread_local (and
243 * __thread), for its performance, when it is available, and falls back to
244 * POSIX per-thread data otherwise.
246 * Defines per-thread variable NAME with the given TYPE, initialized to
247 * INITIALIZER (which must be valid as an initializer for a variable with
250 * The public interface to the variable is:
252 * TYPE *NAME_get(void)
253 * TYPE *NAME_get_unsafe(void)
255 * Returns the address of this thread's instance of NAME.
257 * Use NAME_get() in a context where this might be the first use of the
258 * per-thread variable in the program. Use NAME_get_unsafe(), which
259 * avoids a conditional test and is thus slightly faster, in a context
260 * where one knows that NAME_get() has already been called previously.
262 * There is no "NAME_set()" (or "NAME_set_unsafe()") function. To set the
263 * value of the per-thread variable, dereference the pointer returned by
264 * TYPE_get() or TYPE_get_unsafe(), e.g. *TYPE_get() = 0.
266 #if HAVE_THREAD_LOCAL || HAVE___THREAD
268 #if HAVE_THREAD_LOCAL
271 #define thread_local __thread
276 #define DEFINE_STATIC_PER_THREAD_DATA(TYPE, NAME, ...) \
277 typedef TYPE NAME##_type; \
279 static NAME##_type * \
280 NAME##_get_unsafe(void) \
282 static thread_local NAME##_type var = __VA_ARGS__; \
286 static NAME##_type * \
289 return NAME##_get_unsafe(); \
291 #define DECLARE_EXTERN_PER_THREAD_DATA(TYPE, NAME) \
292 typedef TYPE NAME##_type; \
293 extern thread_local NAME##_type NAME##_var; \
295 static inline NAME##_type * \
296 NAME##_get_unsafe(void) \
298 return &NAME##_var; \
301 static inline NAME##_type * \
304 return NAME##_get_unsafe(); \
306 #define DEFINE_EXTERN_PER_THREAD_DATA(NAME, ...) \
307 thread_local NAME##_type NAME##_var = __VA_ARGS__;
308 #else /* no C implementation support for thread-local storage */
309 #define DEFINE_STATIC_PER_THREAD_DATA(TYPE, NAME, ...) \
310 typedef TYPE NAME##_type; \
311 static pthread_key_t NAME##_key; \
313 static NAME##_type * \
314 NAME##_get_unsafe(void) \
316 return pthread_getspecific(NAME##_key); \
320 NAME##_once_init(void) \
322 if (pthread_key_create(&NAME##_key, free)) { \
327 static NAME##_type * \
330 static pthread_once_t once = PTHREAD_ONCE_INIT; \
331 NAME##_type *value; \
333 pthread_once(&once, NAME##_once_init); \
334 value = NAME##_get_unsafe(); \
336 static const NAME##_type initial_value = __VA_ARGS__; \
338 value = malloc(sizeof *value); \
339 if (value == NULL) { \
342 *value = initial_value; \
343 xpthread_setspecific(NAME##_key, value); \
347 #define DECLARE_EXTERN_PER_THREAD_DATA(TYPE, NAME) \
348 typedef TYPE NAME##_type; \
349 static pthread_key_t NAME##_key; \
351 static inline NAME##_type * \
352 NAME##_get_unsafe(void) \
354 return pthread_getspecific(NAME##_key); \
357 NAME##_type *NAME##_get(void);
358 #define DEFINE_EXTERN_PER_THREAD_DATA(NAME, ...) \
360 NAME##_once_init(void) \
362 if (pthread_key_create(&NAME##_key, free)) { \
370 static pthread_once_t once = PTHREAD_ONCE_INIT; \
371 NAME##_type *value; \
373 pthread_once(&once, NAME##_once_init); \
374 value = NAME##_get_unsafe(); \
376 static const NAME##_type initial_value = __VA_ARGS__; \
378 value = malloc(sizeof *value); \
379 if (value == NULL) { \
382 *value = initial_value; \
383 xpthread_setspecific(NAME##_key, value); \
389 /* DEFINE_PER_THREAD_MALLOCED_DATA(TYPE, NAME).
391 * This is a simple wrapper around POSIX per-thread data primitives. It
392 * defines per-thread variable NAME with the given TYPE, which must be a
393 * pointer type. In each thread, the per-thread variable is initialized to
394 * NULL. When a thread terminates, the variable is freed with free().
396 * The public interface to the variable is:
398 * TYPE NAME_get(void)
399 * TYPE NAME_get_unsafe(void)
401 * Returns the value of per-thread variable NAME in this thread.
403 * Use NAME_get() in a context where this might be the first use of the
404 * per-thread variable in the program. Use NAME_get_unsafe(), which
405 * avoids a conditional test and is thus slightly faster, in a context
406 * where one knows that NAME_get() has already been called previously.
408 * TYPE NAME_set(TYPE new_value)
409 * TYPE NAME_set_unsafe(TYPE new_value)
411 * Sets the value of per-thread variable NAME to 'new_value' in this
412 * thread, and returns its previous value.
414 * Use NAME_set() in a context where this might be the first use of the
415 * per-thread variable in the program. Use NAME_set_unsafe(), which
416 * avoids a conditional test and is thus slightly faster, in a context
417 * where one knows that NAME_set() has already been called previously.
419 #define DEFINE_PER_THREAD_MALLOCED_DATA(TYPE, NAME) \
420 static pthread_key_t NAME##_key; \
423 NAME##_once_init(void) \
425 if (pthread_key_create(&NAME##_key, free)) { \
433 static pthread_once_t once = PTHREAD_ONCE_INIT; \
434 pthread_once(&once, NAME##_once_init); \
438 NAME##_get_unsafe(void) \
440 return pthread_getspecific(NAME##_key); \
443 static OVS_UNUSED TYPE \
447 return NAME##_get_unsafe(); \
451 NAME##_set_unsafe(TYPE value) \
453 TYPE old_value = NAME##_get_unsafe(); \
454 xpthread_setspecific(NAME##_key, value); \
458 static OVS_UNUSED TYPE \
459 NAME##_set(TYPE value) \
462 return NAME##_set_unsafe(value); \
465 /* Dynamically allocated thread-specific data with lots of slots.
467 * pthread_key_t can provide as few as 128 pieces of thread-specific data (even
468 * glibc is limited to 1,024). Thus, one must be careful to allocate only a
469 * few keys globally. One cannot, for example, allocate a key for every
470 * instance of a data structure if there might be an arbitrary number of those
473 * This API is similar to the pthread one (simply search and replace pthread_
474 * by ovsthread_) but it a much larger limit that can be raised if necessary
475 * (by recompiling). Thus, one may more freely use this form of
476 * thread-specific data.
478 * ovsthread_key_t also differs from pthread_key_t in the following ways:
480 * - Destructors must not access thread-specific data (via ovsthread_key).
482 * - The pthread_key_t API allows concurrently exiting threads to start
483 * executing the destructor after pthread_key_delete() returns. The
484 * ovsthread_key_t API guarantees that, when ovsthread_key_delete()
485 * returns, all destructors have returned and no new ones will start
488 typedef struct ovsthread_key *ovsthread_key_t;
490 void ovsthread_key_create(ovsthread_key_t *, void (*destructor)(void *));
491 void ovsthread_key_delete(ovsthread_key_t);
493 void ovsthread_setspecific(ovsthread_key_t, const void *);
494 void *ovsthread_getspecific(ovsthread_key_t);
496 /* Convenient once-only execution.
502 * POSIX provides pthread_once_t and pthread_once() as primitives for running a
503 * set of code only once per process execution. They are used like this:
505 * static void run_once(void) { ...initialization... }
506 * static pthread_once_t once = PTHREAD_ONCE_INIT;
508 * pthread_once(&once, run_once);
510 * pthread_once() does not allow passing any parameters to the initialization
511 * function, which is often inconvenient, because it means that the function
512 * can only access data declared at file scope.
518 * Use ovsthread_once, like this, instead:
520 * static struct ovsthread_once once = OVSTHREAD_ONCE_INITIALIZER;
522 * if (ovsthread_once_start(&once)) {
523 * ...initialization...
524 * ovsthread_once_done(&once);
528 struct ovsthread_once {
530 struct ovs_mutex mutex;
533 #define OVSTHREAD_ONCE_INITIALIZER \
535 ATOMIC_VAR_INIT(false), \
536 OVS_MUTEX_INITIALIZER, \
539 static inline bool ovsthread_once_start(struct ovsthread_once *once)
540 OVS_TRY_LOCK(true, once->mutex);
541 void ovsthread_once_done(struct ovsthread_once *once)
542 OVS_RELEASES(once->mutex);
544 bool ovsthread_once_start__(struct ovsthread_once *once)
545 OVS_TRY_LOCK(false, once->mutex);
548 ovsthread_once_is_done__(struct ovsthread_once *once)
552 atomic_read_explicit(&once->done, &done, memory_order_relaxed);
556 /* Returns true if this is the first call to ovsthread_once_start() for
557 * 'once'. In this case, the caller should perform whatever initialization
558 * actions it needs to do, then call ovsthread_once_done() for 'once'.
560 * Returns false if this is not the first call to ovsthread_once_start() for
561 * 'once'. In this case, the call will not return until after
562 * ovsthread_once_done() has been called. */
564 ovsthread_once_start(struct ovsthread_once *once)
566 return OVS_UNLIKELY(!ovsthread_once_is_done__(once)
567 && !ovsthread_once_start__(once));
572 * pthread_t isn't so nice for some purposes. Its size and representation are
573 * implementation dependent, which means that there is no way to hash it.
574 * This thread ID avoids the problem.
577 DECLARE_EXTERN_PER_THREAD_DATA(unsigned int, ovsthread_id);
579 /* Returns a per-thread identifier unique within the lifetime of the
581 static inline unsigned int
582 ovsthread_id_self(void)
584 return *ovsthread_id_get();
587 /* Simulated global counter.
589 * Incrementing such a counter is meant to be cheaper than incrementing a
590 * global counter protected by a lock. It is probably more expensive than
591 * incrementing a truly thread-local variable, but such a variable has no
592 * straightforward way to get the sum.
598 * Fully thread-safe. */
600 struct ovsthread_stats {
601 struct ovs_mutex mutex;
602 void *volatile buckets[16];
605 void ovsthread_stats_init(struct ovsthread_stats *);
606 void ovsthread_stats_destroy(struct ovsthread_stats *);
608 void *ovsthread_stats_bucket_get(struct ovsthread_stats *,
609 void *(*new_bucket)(void));
611 #define OVSTHREAD_STATS_FOR_EACH_BUCKET(BUCKET, IDX, STATS) \
612 for ((IDX) = ovs_thread_stats_next_bucket(STATS, 0); \
613 ((IDX) < ARRAY_SIZE((STATS)->buckets) \
614 ? ((BUCKET) = (STATS)->buckets[IDX], true) \
616 (IDX) = ovs_thread_stats_next_bucket(STATS, (IDX) + 1))
617 size_t ovs_thread_stats_next_bucket(const struct ovsthread_stats *, size_t);
619 bool single_threaded(void);
621 void assert_single_threaded_at(const char *where);
622 #define assert_single_threaded() assert_single_threaded_at(SOURCE_LOCATOR)
625 pid_t xfork_at(const char *where);
626 #define xfork() xfork_at(SOURCE_LOCATOR)
629 void forbid_forking(const char *reason);
632 /* Useful functions related to threading. */
634 int count_cpu_cores(void);
636 #endif /* ovs-thread.h */