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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 25
26This module is still experimental, see the BUGS section below. 26In this module, coroutines are defined as "callchain + lexical variables
27+ @_ + $_ + $@ + $^W + C stack), that is, a coroutine has it's own
28callchain, it's own set of lexicals and it's own set of perl's most
29important global variables.
27 30
28=cut 31=cut
29 32
30package Coro; 33package Coro;
31 34
35use strict;
36no warnings "uninitialized";
37
32use Coro::State; 38use Coro::State;
33 39
34use base Exporter; 40use base qw(Coro::State Exporter);
35 41
42our $idle; # idle handler
43our $main; # main coroutine
44our $current; # current coroutine
45
36$VERSION = 0.09; 46our $VERSION = '3.0';
37 47
38@EXPORT = qw(async yield schedule terminate); 48our @EXPORT = qw(async cede schedule terminate current);
39@EXPORT_OK = qw($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}};
40 53
41{ 54{
42 use subs 'async';
43
44 my @async; 55 my @async;
56 my $init;
45 57
46 # this way of handling attributes simply is NOT scalable ;() 58 # this way of handling attributes simply is NOT scalable ;()
47 sub import { 59 sub import {
60 no strict 'refs';
61
48 Coro->export_to_level(1, @_); 62 Coro->export_to_level(1, @_);
63
49 my $old = *{(caller)[0]."::MODIFY_CODE_ATTRIBUTES"}{CODE}; 64 my $old = *{(caller)[0]."::MODIFY_CODE_ATTRIBUTES"}{CODE};
50 *{(caller)[0]."::MODIFY_CODE_ATTRIBUTES"} = sub { 65 *{(caller)[0]."::MODIFY_CODE_ATTRIBUTES"} = sub {
51 my ($package, $ref) = (shift, shift); 66 my ($package, $ref) = (shift, shift);
52 my @attrs; 67 my @attrs;
53 for (@_) { 68 for (@_) {
54 if ($_ eq "Coro") { 69 if ($_ eq "Coro") {
55 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 }
56 } else { 78 } else {
57 push @attrs, $_; 79 push @attrs, $_;
58 } 80 }
59 } 81 }
60 return $old ? $old->($package, $ref, @attrs) : @attrs; 82 return $old ? $old->($package, $ref, @attrs) : @attrs;
61 }; 83 };
62 } 84 }
63 85
64 sub INIT {
65 async pop @async while @async;
66 }
67} 86}
87
88=over 4
68 89
69=item $main 90=item $main
70 91
71This coroutine represents the main program. 92This coroutine represents the main program.
72 93
73=cut 94=cut
74 95
75our $main = new Coro; 96$main = new Coro;
76 97
77=item $current 98=item $current (or as function: current)
78 99
79The current coroutine (the last coroutine switched to). The initial value is C<$main> (of course). 100The current coroutine (the last coroutine switched to). The initial value
101is C<$main> (of course).
102
103This variable is B<strictly> I<read-only>. It is provided for performance
104reasons. If performance is not essentiel you are encouraged to use the
105C<Coro::current> function instead.
80 106
81=cut 107=cut
82 108
83# maybe some other module used Coro::Specific before... 109# maybe some other module used Coro::Specific before...
84if ($current) { 110if ($current) {
85 $main->{specific} = $current->{specific}; 111 $main->{specific} = $current->{specific};
86} 112}
87 113
88our $current = $main; 114$current = $main;
115
116sub current() { $current }
89 117
90=item $idle 118=item $idle
91 119
92The coroutine to switch to when no other coroutine is running. The default 120A callback that is called whenever the scheduler finds no ready coroutines
93implementation prints "FATAL: deadlock detected" and exits. 121to run. The default implementation prints "FATAL: deadlock detected" and
122exits, because the program has no other way to continue.
94 123
95=cut 124This hook is overwritten by modules such as C<Coro::Timer> and
125C<Coro::Event> to wait on an external event that hopefully wake up a
126coroutine so the scheduler can run it.
96 127
97# should be done using priorities :( 128Please note that if your callback recursively invokes perl (e.g. for event
98our $idle = new Coro sub { 129handlers), then it must be prepared to be called recursively.
130
131=cut
132
133$idle = sub {
99 print STDERR "FATAL: deadlock detected\n"; 134 print STDERR "FATAL: deadlock detected\n";
100 exit(51); 135 exit (51);
101}; 136};
102 137
103# we really need priorities... 138# this coroutine is necessary because a coroutine
104my @ready; # the ready queue. hehe, rather broken ;) 139# cannot destroy itself.
140my @destroy;
141my $manager; $manager = new Coro sub {
142 while () {
143 # by overwriting the state object with the manager we destroy it
144 # while still being able to schedule this coroutine (in case it has
145 # been readied multiple times. this is harmless since the manager
146 # can be called as many times as neccessary and will always
147 # remove itself from the runqueue
148 while (@destroy) {
149 my $coro = pop @destroy;
150 $coro->{status} ||= [];
151 $_->ready for @{delete $coro->{join} || []};
152
153 # the next line destroys the coro state, but keeps the
154 # process itself intact (we basically make it a zombie
155 # process that always runs the manager thread, so it's possible
156 # to transfer() to this process).
157 $coro->_clone_state_from ($manager);
158 }
159 &schedule;
160 }
161};
105 162
106# static methods. not really. 163# static methods. not really.
164
165=back
107 166
108=head2 STATIC METHODS 167=head2 STATIC METHODS
109 168
110Static methods are actually functions that operate on the current process only. 169Static methods are actually functions that operate on the current process only.
111 170
114=item async { ... } [@args...] 173=item async { ... } [@args...]
115 174
116Create a new asynchronous process and return it's process object 175Create a new asynchronous process and return it's process object
117(usually unused). When the sub returns the new process is automatically 176(usually unused). When the sub returns the new process is automatically
118terminated. 177terminated.
178
179Calling C<exit> in a coroutine will not work correctly, so do not do that.
180
181When the coroutine dies, the program will exit, just as in the main
182program.
119 183
120 # create a new coroutine that just prints its arguments 184 # create a new coroutine that just prints its arguments
121 async { 185 async {
122 print "@_\n"; 186 print "@_\n";
123 } 1,2,3,4; 187 } 1,2,3,4;
124 188
125The coderef you submit MUST NOT be a closure that refers to variables
126in an outer scope. This does NOT work. Pass arguments into it instead.
127
128=cut 189=cut
129 190
130sub async(&@) { 191sub async(&@) {
131 my $pid = new Coro @_; 192 my $pid = new Coro @_;
132 $pid->ready; 193 $pid->ready;
133 $pid; 194 $pid
134} 195}
135 196
136=item schedule 197=item schedule
137 198
138Calls the scheduler. Please note that the current process will not be put 199Calls the scheduler. Please note that the current process will not be put
139into the ready queue, so calling this function usually means you will 200into the ready queue, so calling this function usually means you will
140never be called again. 201never be called again unless something else (e.g. an event handler) calls
202ready.
141 203
142=cut 204The canonical way to wait on external events is this:
143 205
144my $prev; 206 {
207 # remember current process
208 my $current = $Coro::current;
145 209
146sub schedule { 210 # register a hypothetical event handler
147 # should be done using priorities :( 211 on_event_invoke sub {
148 ($prev, $current) = ($current, shift @ready || $idle); 212 # wake up sleeping coroutine
149 Coro::State::transfer($prev, $current); 213 $current->ready;
150} 214 undef $current;
215 };
151 216
217 # call schedule until event occured.
218 # in case we are woken up for other reasons
219 # (current still defined), loop.
220 Coro::schedule while $current;
221 }
222
223=cut
224
152=item yield 225=item cede
153 226
154Yield to other processes. This function puts the current process into the 227"Cede" to other processes. This function puts the current process into the
155ready queue and calls C<schedule>. 228ready queue and calls C<schedule>, which has the effect of giving up the
229current "timeslice" to other coroutines of the same or higher priority.
156 230
157=cut 231=cut
158 232
159sub yield {
160 $current->ready;
161 &schedule;
162}
163
164=item terminate 233=item terminate [arg...]
165 234
166Terminates the current process. 235Terminates the current process with the given status values (see L<cancel>).
167
168Future versions of this function will allow result arguments.
169 236
170=cut 237=cut
171 238
172sub terminate { 239sub terminate {
173 $current->{_results} = [@_]; 240 $current->cancel (@_);
174 &schedule;
175} 241}
176 242
177=back 243=back
178 244
179# dynamic methods 245# dynamic methods
185=over 4 251=over 4
186 252
187=item new Coro \&sub [, @args...] 253=item new Coro \&sub [, @args...]
188 254
189Create a new process and return it. When the sub returns the process 255Create a new process and return it. When the sub returns the process
190automatically terminates. To start the process you must first put it into 256automatically terminates as if C<terminate> with the returned values were
257called. To make the process run you must first put it into the ready queue
191the ready queue by calling the ready method. 258by calling the ready method.
192 259
193The coderef you submit MUST NOT be a closure that refers to variables 260Calling C<exit> in a coroutine will not work correctly, so do not do that.
194in an outer scope. This does NOT work. Pass arguments into it instead.
195 261
196=cut 262=cut
197 263
198sub _newcoro { 264sub _new_coro {
199 terminate &{+shift}; 265 terminate &{+shift};
200} 266}
201 267
202sub new { 268sub new {
203 my $class = shift; 269 my $class = shift;
204 bless {
205 _coro_state => (new Coro::State $_[0] && \&_newcoro, @_),
206 }, $class;
207}
208 270
271 $class->SUPER::new (\&_new_coro, @_)
272}
273
209=item $process->ready 274=item $success = $process->ready
210 275
211Put the current process into the ready queue. 276Put the given process into the ready queue (according to it's priority)
277and return true. If the process is already in the ready queue, do nothing
278and return false.
212 279
213=cut 280=item $is_ready = $process->is_ready
214 281
215sub ready { 282Return wether the process is currently the ready queue or not,
216 push @ready, $_[0]; 283
284=item $process->cancel (arg...)
285
286Terminates the given process and makes it return the given arguments as
287status (default: the empty list).
288
289=cut
290
291sub cancel {
292 my $self = shift;
293 $self->{status} = [@_];
294 push @destroy, $self;
295 $manager->ready;
296 &schedule if $current == $self;
297}
298
299=item $process->join
300
301Wait until the coroutine terminates and return any values given to the
302C<terminate> or C<cancel> functions. C<join> can be called multiple times
303from multiple processes.
304
305=cut
306
307sub join {
308 my $self = shift;
309 unless ($self->{status}) {
310 push @{$self->{join}}, $current;
311 &schedule;
312 }
313 wantarray ? @{$self->{status}} : $self->{status}[0];
314}
315
316=item $oldprio = $process->prio ($newprio)
317
318Sets (or gets, if the argument is missing) the priority of the
319process. Higher priority processes get run before lower priority
320processes. Priorities are small signed integers (currently -4 .. +3),
321that you can refer to using PRIO_xxx constants (use the import tag :prio
322to get then):
323
324 PRIO_MAX > PRIO_HIGH > PRIO_NORMAL > PRIO_LOW > PRIO_IDLE > PRIO_MIN
325 3 > 1 > 0 > -1 > -3 > -4
326
327 # set priority to HIGH
328 current->prio(PRIO_HIGH);
329
330The idle coroutine ($Coro::idle) always has a lower priority than any
331existing coroutine.
332
333Changing the priority of the current process will take effect immediately,
334but changing the priority of processes in the ready queue (but not
335running) will only take effect after the next schedule (of that
336process). This is a bug that will be fixed in some future version.
337
338=item $newprio = $process->nice ($change)
339
340Similar to C<prio>, but subtract the given value from the priority (i.e.
341higher values mean lower priority, just as in unix).
342
343=item $olddesc = $process->desc ($newdesc)
344
345Sets (or gets in case the argument is missing) the description for this
346process. This is just a free-form string you can associate with a process.
347
348=cut
349
350sub desc {
351 my $old = $_[0]{desc};
352 $_[0]{desc} = $_[1] if @_ > 1;
353 $old;
217} 354}
218 355
219=back 356=back
220 357
221=cut 358=cut
222 359
2231; 3601;
224 361
225=head1 BUGS/LIMITATIONS 362=head1 BUGS/LIMITATIONS
226 363
227 - could be faster, especially when the core would introduce special 364 - you must make very sure that no coro is still active on global
228 support for coroutines (like it does for threads). 365 destruction. very bad things might happen otherwise (usually segfaults).
229 - there is still a memleak on coroutine termination that I could not 366
230 identify. Could be as small as a single SV.
231 - this module is not well-tested.
232 - if variables or arguments "disappear" (become undef) or become
233 corrupted please contact the author so he cen iron out the
234 remaining bugs.
235 - this module is not thread-safe. You must only ever use this module from 367 - this module is not thread-safe. You should only ever use this module
236 the same thread (this requirement might be loosened in the future to 368 from the same thread (this requirement might be losened in the future
237 allow per-thread schedulers, but Coro::Satte does not yet allow this). 369 to allow per-thread schedulers, but Coro::State does not yet allow
370 this).
238 371
239=head1 SEE ALSO 372=head1 SEE ALSO
240 373
241L<Coro::Channel>, L<Coro::Cont>, L<Coro::Specific>, L<Coro::Semaphore>, 374Support/Utility: L<Coro::Cont>, L<Coro::Specific>, L<Coro::State>, L<Coro::Util>.
242L<Coro::Signal>, L<Coro::State>, L<Coro::Event>. 375
376Locking/IPC: L<Coro::Signal>, L<Coro::Channel>, L<Coro::Semaphore>, L<Coro::SemaphoreSet>, L<Coro::RWLock>.
377
378Event/IO: L<Coro::Timer>, L<Coro::Event>, L<Coro::Handle>, L<Coro::Socket>, L<Coro::Select>.
379
380Embedding: L<Coro:MakeMaker>
243 381
244=head1 AUTHOR 382=head1 AUTHOR
245 383
246 Marc Lehmann <pcg@goof.com> 384 Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de>
247 http://www.goof.com/pcg/marc/ 385 http://home.schmorp.de/
248 386
249=cut 387=cut
250 388

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