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19 cede; 19 cede;
20 20
21=head1 DESCRIPTION 21=head1 DESCRIPTION
22 22
23This module collection manages coroutines. Coroutines are similar to 23This module collection manages coroutines. Coroutines are similar to
24Threads but don't run in parallel. 24threads but don't run in parallel.
25
26This module is still experimental, see the BUGS section below.
27 25
28In this module, coroutines are defined as "callchain + lexical variables 26In this module, coroutines are defined as "callchain + lexical variables
29+ @_ + $_ + $@ + $^W + C stack), that is, a coroutine has it's own 27+ @_ + $_ + $@ + $^W + C stack), that is, a coroutine has it's own
30callchain, it's own set of lexicals and it's own set of perl's most 28callchain, it's own set of lexicals and it's own set of perl's most
31important global variables. 29important global variables.
32 30
33=cut 31=cut
34 32
35package Coro; 33package Coro;
36 34
35use strict;
36no warnings "uninitialized";
37
37use Coro::State; 38use Coro::State;
38 39
39use base Exporter; 40use base qw(Coro::State Exporter);
40 41
41$VERSION = 0.13; 42our $idle; # idle handler
43our $main; # main coroutine
44our $current; # current coroutine
42 45
46our $VERSION = '2.5';
47
43@EXPORT = qw(async cede schedule terminate current); 48our @EXPORT = qw(async cede schedule terminate current);
44@EXPORT_OK = qw($current); 49our %EXPORT_TAGS = (
50 prio => [qw(PRIO_MAX PRIO_HIGH PRIO_NORMAL PRIO_LOW PRIO_IDLE PRIO_MIN)],
51);
52our @EXPORT_OK = @{$EXPORT_TAGS{prio}};
45 53
46{ 54{
47 my @async; 55 my @async;
48 my $init; 56 my $init;
49 57
50 # this way of handling attributes simply is NOT scalable ;() 58 # this way of handling attributes simply is NOT scalable ;()
51 sub import { 59 sub import {
60 no strict 'refs';
61
52 Coro->export_to_level(1, @_); 62 Coro->export_to_level(1, @_);
63
53 my $old = *{(caller)[0]."::MODIFY_CODE_ATTRIBUTES"}{CODE}; 64 my $old = *{(caller)[0]."::MODIFY_CODE_ATTRIBUTES"}{CODE};
54 *{(caller)[0]."::MODIFY_CODE_ATTRIBUTES"} = sub { 65 *{(caller)[0]."::MODIFY_CODE_ATTRIBUTES"} = sub {
55 my ($package, $ref) = (shift, shift); 66 my ($package, $ref) = (shift, shift);
56 my @attrs; 67 my @attrs;
57 for (@_) { 68 for (@_) {
72 }; 83 };
73 } 84 }
74 85
75} 86}
76 87
88=over 4
89
77=item $main 90=item $main
78 91
79This coroutine represents the main program. 92This coroutine represents the main program.
80 93
81=cut 94=cut
82 95
83our $main = new Coro; 96$main = new Coro;
84 97
85=item $current (or as function: current) 98=item $current (or as function: current)
86 99
87The current coroutine (the last coroutine switched to). The initial value is C<$main> (of course). 100The current coroutine (the last coroutine switched to). The initial value
101is C<$main> (of course).
102
103This variable is B<strictly> I<read-only>. It is provided for performance
104reasons. If performance is not essentiel you are encouraged to use the
105C<Coro::current> function instead.
88 106
89=cut 107=cut
90 108
91# maybe some other module used Coro::Specific before... 109# maybe some other module used Coro::Specific before...
92if ($current) { 110if ($current) {
93 $main->{specific} = $current->{specific}; 111 $main->{specific} = $current->{specific};
94} 112}
95 113
96our $current = $main; 114$current = $main;
97 115
98sub current() { $current } 116sub current() { $current }
99 117
100=item $idle 118=item $idle
101 119
102The coroutine to switch to when no other coroutine is running. The default 120A callback that is called whenever the scheduler finds no ready coroutines
103implementation prints "FATAL: deadlock detected" and exits. 121to run. The default implementation prints "FATAL: deadlock detected" and
122exits.
104 123
105=cut 124This hook is overwritten by modules such as C<Coro::Timer> and
125C<Coro::Event> to wait on an external event that hopefully wakes up some
126coroutine.
106 127
107# should be done using priorities :( 128=cut
108our $idle = new Coro sub { 129
130$idle = sub {
109 print STDERR "FATAL: deadlock detected\n"; 131 print STDERR "FATAL: deadlock detected\n";
110 exit(51); 132 exit (51);
111}; 133};
112 134
113# this coroutine is necessary because a coroutine 135# this coroutine is necessary because a coroutine
114# cannot destroy itself. 136# cannot destroy itself.
115my @destroy; 137my @destroy;
116my $manager = new Coro sub { 138my $manager; $manager = new Coro sub {
117 while() { 139 while () {
118 delete ((pop @destroy)->{_coro_state}) while @destroy; 140 # by overwriting the state object with the manager we destroy it
141 # while still being able to schedule this coroutine (in case it has
142 # been readied multiple times. this is harmless since the manager
143 # can be called as many times as neccessary and will always
144 # remove itself from the runqueue
145 while (@destroy) {
146 my $coro = pop @destroy;
147 $coro->{status} ||= [];
148 $_->ready for @{delete $coro->{join} || []};
149
150 # the next line destroys the coro state, but keeps the
151 # process itself intact (we basically make it a zombie
152 # process that always runs the manager thread, so it's possible
153 # to transfer() to this process).
154 $coro->_clone_state_from ($manager);
155 }
119 &schedule; 156 &schedule;
120 } 157 }
121}; 158};
122 159
123# we really need priorities...
124my @ready; # the ready queue. hehe, rather broken ;)
125
126# static methods. not really. 160# static methods. not really.
161
162=back
127 163
128=head2 STATIC METHODS 164=head2 STATIC METHODS
129 165
130Static methods are actually functions that operate on the current process only. 166Static methods are actually functions that operate on the current process only.
131 167
134=item async { ... } [@args...] 170=item async { ... } [@args...]
135 171
136Create a new asynchronous process and return it's process object 172Create a new asynchronous process and return it's process object
137(usually unused). When the sub returns the new process is automatically 173(usually unused). When the sub returns the new process is automatically
138terminated. 174terminated.
175
176When the coroutine dies, the program will exit, just as in the main
177program.
139 178
140 # create a new coroutine that just prints its arguments 179 # create a new coroutine that just prints its arguments
141 async { 180 async {
142 print "@_\n"; 181 print "@_\n";
143 } 1,2,3,4; 182 } 1,2,3,4;
144 183
145The coderef you submit MUST NOT be a closure that refers to variables
146in an outer scope. This does NOT work. Pass arguments into it instead.
147
148=cut 184=cut
149 185
150sub async(&@) { 186sub async(&@) {
151 my $pid = new Coro @_; 187 my $pid = new Coro @_;
152 $manager->ready; # this ensures that the stack is cloned from the manager
153 $pid->ready; 188 $pid->ready;
154 $pid; 189 $pid
155} 190}
156 191
157=item schedule 192=item schedule
158 193
159Calls the scheduler. Please note that the current process will not be put 194Calls the scheduler. Please note that the current process will not be put
160into the ready queue, so calling this function usually means you will 195into the ready queue, so calling this function usually means you will
161never be called again. 196never be called again.
162 197
163=cut 198=cut
164 199
165my $prev;
166
167sub schedule {
168 # should be done using priorities :(
169 ($prev, $current) = ($current, shift @ready || $idle);
170 Coro::State::transfer($prev, $current);
171}
172
173=item cede 200=item cede
174 201
175"Cede" to other processes. This function puts the current process into the 202"Cede" to other processes. This function puts the current process into the
176ready queue and calls C<schedule>, which has the effect of giving up the 203ready queue and calls C<schedule>, which has the effect of giving up the
177current "timeslice" to other coroutines of the same or higher priority. 204current "timeslice" to other coroutines of the same or higher priority.
178 205
179=cut 206=cut
180 207
181sub cede {
182 $current->ready;
183 &schedule;
184}
185
186=item terminate 208=item terminate [arg...]
187 209
188Terminates the current process. 210Terminates the current process with the given status values (see L<cancel>).
189
190Future versions of this function will allow result arguments.
191 211
192=cut 212=cut
193 213
194sub terminate { 214sub terminate {
195 push @destroy, $current; 215 $current->cancel (@_);
196 $manager->ready;
197 &schedule;
198 # NORETURN
199} 216}
200 217
201=back 218=back
202 219
203# dynamic methods 220# dynamic methods
209=over 4 226=over 4
210 227
211=item new Coro \&sub [, @args...] 228=item new Coro \&sub [, @args...]
212 229
213Create a new process and return it. When the sub returns the process 230Create a new process and return it. When the sub returns the process
214automatically terminates. To start the process you must first put it into 231automatically terminates as if C<terminate> with the returned values were
232called. To make the process run you must first put it into the ready queue
215the ready queue by calling the ready method. 233by calling the ready method.
216 234
217The coderef you submit MUST NOT be a closure that refers to variables
218in an outer scope. This does NOT work. Pass arguments into it instead.
219
220=cut 235=cut
221 236
222sub _newcoro { 237sub _new_coro {
238 $current->_clear_idle_sp; # (re-)set the idle sp on the following cede
239 _set_cede_self; # ensures that cede cede's us first
240 cede;
223 terminate &{+shift}; 241 terminate &{+shift};
224} 242}
225 243
226sub new { 244sub new {
227 my $class = shift; 245 my $class = shift;
228 bless { 246
229 _coro_state => (new Coro::State $_[0] && \&_newcoro, @_), 247 $class->SUPER::new (\&_new_coro, @_)
230 }, $class;
231} 248}
232 249
233=item $process->ready 250=item $process->ready
234 251
235Put the current process into the ready queue. 252Put the given process into the ready queue.
236 253
237=cut 254=cut
238 255
239sub ready { 256=item $process->cancel (arg...)
240 push @ready, $_[0]; 257
258Terminates the given process and makes it return the given arguments as
259status (default: the empty list).
260
261=cut
262
263sub cancel {
264 my $self = shift;
265 $self->{status} = [@_];
266 push @destroy, $self;
267 $manager->ready;
268 &schedule if $current == $self;
269}
270
271=item $process->join
272
273Wait until the coroutine terminates and return any values given to the
274C<terminate> or C<cancel> functions. C<join> can be called multiple times
275from multiple processes.
276
277=cut
278
279sub join {
280 my $self = shift;
281 unless ($self->{status}) {
282 push @{$self->{join}}, $current;
283 &schedule;
284 }
285 wantarray ? @{$self->{status}} : $self->{status}[0];
286}
287
288=item $oldprio = $process->prio ($newprio)
289
290Sets (or gets, if the argument is missing) the priority of the
291process. Higher priority processes get run before lower priority
292processes. Priorities are small signed integers (currently -4 .. +3),
293that you can refer to using PRIO_xxx constants (use the import tag :prio
294to get then):
295
296 PRIO_MAX > PRIO_HIGH > PRIO_NORMAL > PRIO_LOW > PRIO_IDLE > PRIO_MIN
297 3 > 1 > 0 > -1 > -3 > -4
298
299 # set priority to HIGH
300 current->prio(PRIO_HIGH);
301
302The idle coroutine ($Coro::idle) always has a lower priority than any
303existing coroutine.
304
305Changing the priority of the current process will take effect immediately,
306but changing the priority of processes in the ready queue (but not
307running) will only take effect after the next schedule (of that
308process). This is a bug that will be fixed in some future version.
309
310=item $newprio = $process->nice ($change)
311
312Similar to C<prio>, but subtract the given value from the priority (i.e.
313higher values mean lower priority, just as in unix).
314
315=item $olddesc = $process->desc ($newdesc)
316
317Sets (or gets in case the argument is missing) the description for this
318process. This is just a free-form string you can associate with a process.
319
320=cut
321
322sub desc {
323 my $old = $_[0]{desc};
324 $_[0]{desc} = $_[1] if @_ > 1;
325 $old;
241} 326}
242 327
243=back 328=back
244 329
245=cut 330=cut
246 331
2471; 3321;
248 333
249=head1 BUGS/LIMITATIONS 334=head1 BUGS/LIMITATIONS
250 335
251 - could be faster, especially when the core would introduce special 336 - you must make very sure that no coro is still active on global
252 support for coroutines (like it does for threads). 337 destruction. very bad things might happen otherwise (usually segfaults).
253 - there is still a memleak on coroutine termination that I could not 338
254 identify. Could be as small as a single SV.
255 - this module is not well-tested.
256 - if variables or arguments "disappear" (become undef) or become
257 corrupted please contact the author so he cen iron out the
258 remaining bugs.
259 - this module is not thread-safe. You must only ever use this module from 339 - this module is not thread-safe. You should only ever use this module
260 the same thread (this requirement might be loosened in the future to 340 from the same thread (this requirement might be losened in the future
261 allow per-thread schedulers, but Coro::State does not yet allow this). 341 to allow per-thread schedulers, but Coro::State does not yet allow
342 this).
262 343
263=head1 SEE ALSO 344=head1 SEE ALSO
264 345
265L<Coro::Channel>, L<Coro::Cont>, L<Coro::Specific>, L<Coro::Semaphore>, 346Support/Utility: L<Coro::Cont>, L<Coro::Specific>, L<Coro::State>, L<Coro::Util>.
266L<Coro::Signal>, L<Coro::State>, L<Coro::Event>, L<Coro::RWLock>, 347
267L<Coro::Handle>, L<Coro::Socket>. 348Locking/IPC: L<Coro::Signal>, L<Coro::Channel>, L<Coro::Semaphore>, L<Coro::SemaphoreSet>, L<Coro::RWLock>.
349
350Event/IO: L<Coro::Timer>, L<Coro::Event>, L<Coro::Handle>, L<Coro::Socket>, L<Coro::Select>.
351
352Embedding: L<Coro:MakeMaker>
268 353
269=head1 AUTHOR 354=head1 AUTHOR
270 355
271 Marc Lehmann <pcg@goof.com> 356 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
272 http://www.goof.com/pcg/marc/ 357 http://home.schmorp.de/
273 358
274=cut 359=cut
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