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14 14
15 sub some_func : Coro { 15 sub some_func : Coro {
16 # some more async code 16 # some more async code
17 } 17 }
18 18
19 yield; 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), that is, a coroutine has it's own callchain, it's 27+ @_ + $_ + $@ + $^W + C stack), that is, a coroutine has it's own
30own set of lexicals and it's own set of perl's most important global 28callchain, it's own set of lexicals and it's own set of perl's most
31variables. 29important global variables.
32
33WARNING: When using this module, make sure that, at program end, no
34coroutines are still running OR just call exit before falling off the
35end. The reason for this is that some coroutine of yours might have called
36into a C function, and falling off the end of main:: results in returning
37to that C function instead if to the main C interpreter.
38 30
39=cut 31=cut
40 32
41package Coro; 33package Coro;
42 34
35use strict;
36no warnings "uninitialized";
37
43use Coro::State; 38use Coro::State;
44 39
45use base Exporter; 40use base qw(Coro::State Exporter);
46 41
47$VERSION = 0.10; 42our $idle; # idle handler
43our $main; # main coroutine
44our $current; # current coroutine
48 45
46our $VERSION = '2.5';
47
49@EXPORT = qw(async yield schedule terminate current); 48our @EXPORT = qw(async cede schedule terminate current);
50@EXPORT_OK = qw($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}};
51 53
52{ 54{
53 my @async; 55 my @async;
56 my $init;
54 57
55 # this way of handling attributes simply is NOT scalable ;() 58 # this way of handling attributes simply is NOT scalable ;()
56 sub import { 59 sub import {
60 no strict 'refs';
61
57 Coro->export_to_level(1, @_); 62 Coro->export_to_level(1, @_);
63
58 my $old = *{(caller)[0]."::MODIFY_CODE_ATTRIBUTES"}{CODE}; 64 my $old = *{(caller)[0]."::MODIFY_CODE_ATTRIBUTES"}{CODE};
59 *{(caller)[0]."::MODIFY_CODE_ATTRIBUTES"} = sub { 65 *{(caller)[0]."::MODIFY_CODE_ATTRIBUTES"} = sub {
60 my ($package, $ref) = (shift, shift); 66 my ($package, $ref) = (shift, shift);
61 my @attrs; 67 my @attrs;
62 for (@_) { 68 for (@_) {
63 if ($_ eq "Coro") { 69 if ($_ eq "Coro") {
64 push @async, $ref; 70 push @async, $ref;
71 unless ($init++) {
72 eval q{
73 sub INIT {
74 &async(pop @async) while @async;
75 }
76 };
77 }
65 } else { 78 } else {
66 push @attrs, $_; 79 push @attrs, $_;
67 } 80 }
68 } 81 }
69 return $old ? $old->($package, $ref, @attrs) : @attrs; 82 return $old ? $old->($package, $ref, @attrs) : @attrs;
70 }; 83 };
71 } 84 }
72 85
73 sub INIT {
74 &async(pop @async) while @async;
75 }
76} 86}
87
88=over 4
77 89
78=item $main 90=item $main
79 91
80This coroutine represents the main program. 92This coroutine represents the main program.
81 93
82=cut 94=cut
83 95
84our $main = new Coro; 96$main = new Coro;
85 97
86=item $current (or as function: current) 98=item $current (or as function: current)
87 99
88The current coroutine (the last coroutine switched to). The initial value is C<$main> (of course). 100The current coroutine (the last coroutine switched to). The initial value
101is C<$main> (of course).
102
103This variable is B<strictly> I<read-only>. It is provided for performance
104reasons. If performance is not essentiel you are encouraged to use the
105C<Coro::current> function instead.
89 106
90=cut 107=cut
91 108
92# maybe some other module used Coro::Specific before... 109# maybe some other module used Coro::Specific before...
93if ($current) { 110if ($current) {
94 $main->{specific} = $current->{specific}; 111 $main->{specific} = $current->{specific};
95} 112}
96 113
97our $current = $main; 114$current = $main;
98 115
99sub current() { $current } 116sub current() { $current }
100 117
101=item $idle 118=item $idle
102 119
103The coroutine to switch to when no other coroutine is running. The default 120A callback that is called whenever the scheduler finds no ready coroutines
104implementation prints "FATAL: deadlock detected" and exits. 121to run. The default implementation prints "FATAL: deadlock detected" and
122exits.
105 123
106=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.
107 127
108# should be done using priorities :( 128=cut
109our $idle = new Coro sub { 129
130$idle = sub {
110 print STDERR "FATAL: deadlock detected\n"; 131 print STDERR "FATAL: deadlock detected\n";
111 exit(51); 132 exit (51);
112}; 133};
113 134
114# we really need priorities... 135# this coroutine is necessary because a coroutine
115my @ready; # the ready queue. hehe, rather broken ;) 136# cannot destroy itself.
137my @destroy;
138my $manager;
139$manager = new Coro sub {
140 while () {
141 # by overwriting the state object with the manager we destroy it
142 # while still being able to schedule this coroutine (in case it has
143 # been readied multiple times. this is harmless since the manager
144 # can be called as many times as neccessary and will always
145 # remove itself from the runqueue
146 while (@destroy) {
147 my $coro = pop @destroy;
148 $coro->{status} ||= [];
149 $_->ready for @{delete $coro->{join} || []};
150
151 # the next line destroys the coro state, but keeps the
152 # process itself intact (we basically make it a zombie
153 # process that always runs the manager thread, so it's possible
154 # to transfer() to this process).
155 $coro->_clone_state_from ($manager);
156 }
157 &schedule;
158 }
159};
116 160
117# static methods. not really. 161# static methods. not really.
162
163=back
118 164
119=head2 STATIC METHODS 165=head2 STATIC METHODS
120 166
121Static methods are actually functions that operate on the current process only. 167Static methods are actually functions that operate on the current process only.
122 168
125=item async { ... } [@args...] 171=item async { ... } [@args...]
126 172
127Create a new asynchronous process and return it's process object 173Create a new asynchronous process and return it's process object
128(usually unused). When the sub returns the new process is automatically 174(usually unused). When the sub returns the new process is automatically
129terminated. 175terminated.
176
177When the coroutine dies, the program will exit, just as in the main
178program.
130 179
131 # create a new coroutine that just prints its arguments 180 # create a new coroutine that just prints its arguments
132 async { 181 async {
133 print "@_\n"; 182 print "@_\n";
134 } 1,2,3,4; 183 } 1,2,3,4;
135 184
136The coderef you submit MUST NOT be a closure that refers to variables
137in an outer scope. This does NOT work. Pass arguments into it instead.
138
139=cut 185=cut
140 186
141sub async(&@) { 187sub async(&@) {
142 my $pid = new Coro @_; 188 my $pid = new Coro @_;
143 $pid->ready; 189 $pid->ready;
144 $pid; 190 $pid
145} 191}
146 192
147=item schedule 193=item schedule
148 194
149Calls the scheduler. Please note that the current process will not be put 195Calls the scheduler. Please note that the current process will not be put
150into the ready queue, so calling this function usually means you will 196into the ready queue, so calling this function usually means you will
151never be called again. 197never be called again.
152 198
153=cut 199=cut
154 200
155my $prev;
156
157sub schedule {
158 # should be done using priorities :(
159 ($prev, $current) = ($current, shift @ready || $idle);
160 Coro::State::transfer($prev, $current);
161}
162
163=item yield 201=item cede
164 202
165Yield to other processes. This function puts the current process into the 203"Cede" to other processes. This function puts the current process into the
166ready queue and calls C<schedule>. 204ready queue and calls C<schedule>, which has the effect of giving up the
205current "timeslice" to other coroutines of the same or higher priority.
167 206
168=cut 207=cut
169 208
170sub yield {
171 $current->ready;
172 &schedule;
173}
174
175=item terminate 209=item terminate [arg...]
176 210
177Terminates the current process. 211Terminates the current process with the given status values (see L<cancel>).
178
179Future versions of this function will allow result arguments.
180 212
181=cut 213=cut
182 214
183sub terminate { 215sub terminate {
184 $current->{_results} = [@_]; 216 $current->cancel (@_);
185 delete $current->{_coro_state};
186 &schedule;
187} 217}
188 218
189=back 219=back
190 220
191# dynamic methods 221# dynamic methods
197=over 4 227=over 4
198 228
199=item new Coro \&sub [, @args...] 229=item new Coro \&sub [, @args...]
200 230
201Create a new process and return it. When the sub returns the process 231Create a new process and return it. When the sub returns the process
202automatically terminates. To start the process you must first put it into 232automatically terminates as if C<terminate> with the returned values were
233called. To make the process run you must first put it into the ready queue
203the ready queue by calling the ready method. 234by calling the ready method.
204 235
205The coderef you submit MUST NOT be a closure that refers to variables
206in an outer scope. This does NOT work. Pass arguments into it instead.
207
208=cut 236=cut
209 237
210sub _newcoro { 238sub _new_coro {
239 $current->_clear_idle_sp; # set the idle sp on the following cede
240 _set_cede_self; # ensures that cede cede's us first
241 cede;
211 terminate &{+shift}; 242 terminate &{+shift};
212} 243}
213 244
214sub new { 245sub new {
215 my $class = shift; 246 my $class = shift;
216 bless { 247
217 _coro_state => (new Coro::State $_[0] && \&_newcoro, @_), 248 $class->SUPER::new (\&_new_coro, @_)
218 }, $class;
219} 249}
220 250
221=item $process->ready 251=item $process->ready
222 252
223Put the current process into the ready queue. 253Put the given process into the ready queue.
224 254
225=cut 255=cut
226 256
227sub ready { 257=item $process->cancel (arg...)
228 push @ready, $_[0]; 258
259Terminates the given process and makes it return the given arguments as
260status (default: the empty list).
261
262=cut
263
264sub cancel {
265 my $self = shift;
266 $self->{status} = [@_];
267 push @destroy, $self;
268 $manager->ready;
269 &schedule if $current == $self;
270}
271
272=item $process->join
273
274Wait until the coroutine terminates and return any values given to the
275C<terminate> or C<cancel> functions. C<join> can be called multiple times
276from multiple processes.
277
278=cut
279
280sub join {
281 my $self = shift;
282 unless ($self->{status}) {
283 push @{$self->{join}}, $current;
284 &schedule;
285 }
286 wantarray ? @{$self->{status}} : $self->{status}[0];
287}
288
289=item $oldprio = $process->prio ($newprio)
290
291Sets (or gets, if the argument is missing) the priority of the
292process. Higher priority processes get run before lower priority
293processes. Priorities are small signed integers (currently -4 .. +3),
294that you can refer to using PRIO_xxx constants (use the import tag :prio
295to get then):
296
297 PRIO_MAX > PRIO_HIGH > PRIO_NORMAL > PRIO_LOW > PRIO_IDLE > PRIO_MIN
298 3 > 1 > 0 > -1 > -3 > -4
299
300 # set priority to HIGH
301 current->prio(PRIO_HIGH);
302
303The idle coroutine ($Coro::idle) always has a lower priority than any
304existing coroutine.
305
306Changing the priority of the current process will take effect immediately,
307but changing the priority of processes in the ready queue (but not
308running) will only take effect after the next schedule (of that
309process). This is a bug that will be fixed in some future version.
310
311=item $newprio = $process->nice ($change)
312
313Similar to C<prio>, but subtract the given value from the priority (i.e.
314higher values mean lower priority, just as in unix).
315
316=item $olddesc = $process->desc ($newdesc)
317
318Sets (or gets in case the argument is missing) the description for this
319process. This is just a free-form string you can associate with a process.
320
321=cut
322
323sub desc {
324 my $old = $_[0]{desc};
325 $_[0]{desc} = $_[1] if @_ > 1;
326 $old;
229} 327}
230 328
231=back 329=back
232 330
233=cut 331=cut
234 332
2351; 3331;
236 334
237=head1 BUGS/LIMITATIONS 335=head1 BUGS/LIMITATIONS
238 336
239 - could be faster, especially when the core would introduce special 337 - you must make very sure that no coro is still active on global
240 support for coroutines (like it does for threads). 338 destruction. very bad things might happen otherwise (usually segfaults).
241 - there is still a memleak on coroutine termination that I could not 339
242 identify. Could be as small as a single SV.
243 - this module is not well-tested.
244 - if variables or arguments "disappear" (become undef) or become
245 corrupted please contact the author so he cen iron out the
246 remaining bugs.
247 - this module is not thread-safe. You must only ever use this module from 340 - this module is not thread-safe. You should only ever use this module
248 the same thread (this requirement might be loosened in the future to 341 from the same thread (this requirement might be losened in the future
249 allow per-thread schedulers, but Coro::State does not yet allow this). 342 to allow per-thread schedulers, but Coro::State does not yet allow
343 this).
250 344
251=head1 SEE ALSO 345=head1 SEE ALSO
252 346
253L<Coro::Channel>, L<Coro::Cont>, L<Coro::Specific>, L<Coro::Semaphore>, 347Support/Utility: L<Coro::Cont>, L<Coro::Specific>, L<Coro::State>, L<Coro::Util>.
254L<Coro::Signal>, L<Coro::State>, L<Coro::Event>. 348
349Locking/IPC: L<Coro::Signal>, L<Coro::Channel>, L<Coro::Semaphore>, L<Coro::SemaphoreSet>, L<Coro::RWLock>.
350
351Event/IO: L<Coro::Timer>, L<Coro::Event>, L<Coro::Handle>, L<Coro::Socket>, L<Coro::Select>.
352
353Embedding: L<Coro:MakeMaker>
255 354
256=head1 AUTHOR 355=head1 AUTHOR
257 356
258 Marc Lehmann <pcg@goof.com> 357 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
259 http://www.goof.com/pcg/marc/ 358 http://home.schmorp.de/
260 359
261=cut 360=cut
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