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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+ @_ + $_ + $@ + $^W + C stack), that is, a coroutine has it's own
30own set of lexicals and it's own set of perl's most important global 28callchain, it's own set of lexicals and it's own set of perl's most
31variables. 29important global variables.
32
33WARNING: When using this module, make sure that, at program end, no
34coroutines are still running OR just call exit before falling off the
35end. The reason for this is that some coroutine of yours might have called
36into a C function, and falling off the end of main:: results in returning
37to that C function instead if to the main C interpreter.
38 30
39=cut 31=cut
40 32
41package Coro; 33package Coro;
42 34
35BEGIN { eval { require warnings } && warnings->unimport ("uninitialized") }
36
43use Coro::State; 37use Coro::State;
44 38
39use vars qw($idle $main $current);
40
45use base Exporter; 41use base Exporter;
46 42
47$VERSION = 0.10; 43$VERSION = 0.97;
48 44
49@EXPORT = qw(async yield schedule terminate current); 45@EXPORT = qw(async cede schedule terminate current);
50@EXPORT_OK = qw($current); 46%EXPORT_TAGS = (
47 prio => [qw(PRIO_MAX PRIO_HIGH PRIO_NORMAL PRIO_LOW PRIO_IDLE PRIO_MIN)],
48);
49@EXPORT_OK = @{$EXPORT_TAGS{prio}};
51 50
52{ 51{
53 my @async; 52 my @async;
53 my $init;
54 54
55 # this way of handling attributes simply is NOT scalable ;() 55 # this way of handling attributes simply is NOT scalable ;()
56 sub import { 56 sub import {
57 Coro->export_to_level(1, @_); 57 Coro->export_to_level(1, @_);
58 my $old = *{(caller)[0]."::MODIFY_CODE_ATTRIBUTES"}{CODE}; 58 my $old = *{(caller)[0]."::MODIFY_CODE_ATTRIBUTES"}{CODE};
60 my ($package, $ref) = (shift, shift); 60 my ($package, $ref) = (shift, shift);
61 my @attrs; 61 my @attrs;
62 for (@_) { 62 for (@_) {
63 if ($_ eq "Coro") { 63 if ($_ eq "Coro") {
64 push @async, $ref; 64 push @async, $ref;
65 unless ($init++) {
66 eval q{
67 sub INIT {
68 &async(pop @async) while @async;
69 }
70 };
71 }
65 } else { 72 } else {
66 push @attrs, $_; 73 push @attrs, $_;
67 } 74 }
68 } 75 }
69 return $old ? $old->($package, $ref, @attrs) : @attrs; 76 return $old ? $old->($package, $ref, @attrs) : @attrs;
70 }; 77 };
71 } 78 }
72 79
73 sub INIT {
74 &async(pop @async) while @async;
75 }
76} 80}
81
82=over 4
77 83
78=item $main 84=item $main
79 85
80This coroutine represents the main program. 86This coroutine represents the main program.
81 87
82=cut 88=cut
83 89
84our $main = new Coro; 90$main = new Coro;
85 91
86=item $current (or as function: current) 92=item $current (or as function: current)
87 93
88The current coroutine (the last coroutine switched to). The initial value is C<$main> (of course). 94The current coroutine (the last coroutine switched to). The initial value is C<$main> (of course).
89 95
92# maybe some other module used Coro::Specific before... 98# maybe some other module used Coro::Specific before...
93if ($current) { 99if ($current) {
94 $main->{specific} = $current->{specific}; 100 $main->{specific} = $current->{specific};
95} 101}
96 102
97our $current = $main; 103$current = $main;
98 104
99sub current() { $current } 105sub current() { $current }
100 106
101=item $idle 107=item $idle
102 108
104implementation prints "FATAL: deadlock detected" and exits. 110implementation prints "FATAL: deadlock detected" and exits.
105 111
106=cut 112=cut
107 113
108# should be done using priorities :( 114# should be done using priorities :(
109our $idle = new Coro sub { 115$idle = new Coro sub {
110 print STDERR "FATAL: deadlock detected\n"; 116 print STDERR "FATAL: deadlock detected\n";
111 exit(51); 117 exit(51);
112}; 118};
113 119
114# we really need priorities... 120# this coroutine is necessary because a coroutine
115my @ready; # the ready queue. hehe, rather broken ;) 121# cannot destroy itself.
122my @destroy;
123my $manager;
124$manager = new Coro sub {
125 while () {
126 # by overwriting the state object with the manager we destroy it
127 # while still being able to schedule this coroutine (in case it has
128 # been readied multiple times. this is harmless since the manager
129 # can be called as many times as neccessary and will always
130 # remove itself from the runqueue
131 while (@destroy) {
132 my $coro = pop @destroy;
133 $coro->{status} ||= [];
134 $_->ready for @{delete $coro->{join} || []};
135
136 # the next line destroys the _coro_state, but keeps the
137 # process itself intact (we basically make it a zombie
138 # process that always runs the manager thread, so it's possible
139 # to transfer() to this process).
140 $coro->{_coro_state} = $manager->{_coro_state};
141 }
142 &schedule;
143 }
144};
116 145
117# static methods. not really. 146# static methods. not really.
147
148=back
118 149
119=head2 STATIC METHODS 150=head2 STATIC METHODS
120 151
121Static methods are actually functions that operate on the current process only. 152Static methods are actually functions that operate on the current process only.
122 153
131 # create a new coroutine that just prints its arguments 162 # create a new coroutine that just prints its arguments
132 async { 163 async {
133 print "@_\n"; 164 print "@_\n";
134 } 1,2,3,4; 165 } 1,2,3,4;
135 166
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 167=cut
140 168
141sub async(&@) { 169sub async(&@) {
142 my $pid = new Coro @_; 170 my $pid = new Coro @_;
171 $manager->ready; # this ensures that the stack is cloned from the manager
143 $pid->ready; 172 $pid->ready;
144 $pid; 173 $pid;
145} 174}
146 175
147=item schedule 176=item schedule
150into the ready queue, so calling this function usually means you will 179into the ready queue, so calling this function usually means you will
151never be called again. 180never be called again.
152 181
153=cut 182=cut
154 183
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 184=item cede
164 185
165Yield to other processes. This function puts the current process into the 186"Cede" to other processes. This function puts the current process into the
166ready queue and calls C<schedule>. 187ready queue and calls C<schedule>, which has the effect of giving up the
188current "timeslice" to other coroutines of the same or higher priority.
167 189
168=cut 190=cut
169 191
170sub yield {
171 $current->ready;
172 &schedule;
173}
174
175=item terminate 192=item terminate [arg...]
176 193
177Terminates the current process. 194Terminates the current process with the given status values (see L<cancel>).
178
179Future versions of this function will allow result arguments.
180 195
181=cut 196=cut
182 197
183sub terminate { 198sub terminate {
184 $current->{_results} = [@_]; 199 $current->cancel (@_);
185 delete $current->{_coro_state};
186 &schedule;
187} 200}
188 201
189=back 202=back
190 203
191# dynamic methods 204# dynamic methods
197=over 4 210=over 4
198 211
199=item new Coro \&sub [, @args...] 212=item new Coro \&sub [, @args...]
200 213
201Create a new process and return it. When the sub returns the process 214Create a new process and return it. When the sub returns the process
202automatically terminates. To start the process you must first put it into 215automatically terminates as if C<terminate> with the returned values were
216called. To make the process run you must first put it into the ready queue
203the ready queue by calling the ready method. 217by calling the ready method.
204
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.
207 218
208=cut 219=cut
209 220
210sub _newcoro { 221sub _newcoro {
211 terminate &{+shift}; 222 terminate &{+shift};
218 }, $class; 229 }, $class;
219} 230}
220 231
221=item $process->ready 232=item $process->ready
222 233
223Put the current process into the ready queue. 234Put the given process into the ready queue.
224 235
225=cut 236=cut
226 237
227sub ready { 238=item $process->cancel (arg...)
228 push @ready, $_[0]; 239
240Temrinates the given process and makes it return the given arguments as
241status (default: the empty list).
242
243=cut
244
245sub cancel {
246 my $self = shift;
247 $self->{status} = [@_];
248 push @destroy, $self;
249 $manager->ready;
250 &schedule if $current == $self;
251}
252
253=item $process->join
254
255Wait until the coroutine terminates and return any values given to the
256C<terminate> or C<cancel> functions. C<join> can be called multiple times
257from multiple processes.
258
259=cut
260
261sub join {
262 my $self = shift;
263 unless ($self->{status}) {
264 push @{$self->{join}}, $current;
265 &schedule;
266 }
267 wantarray ? @{$self->{status}} : $self->{status}[0];
268}
269
270=item $oldprio = $process->prio($newprio)
271
272Sets (or gets, if the argument is missing) the priority of the
273process. Higher priority processes get run before lower priority
274processes. Priorities are small signed integers (currently -4 .. +3),
275that you can refer to using PRIO_xxx constants (use the import tag :prio
276to get then):
277
278 PRIO_MAX > PRIO_HIGH > PRIO_NORMAL > PRIO_LOW > PRIO_IDLE > PRIO_MIN
279 3 > 1 > 0 > -1 > -3 > -4
280
281 # set priority to HIGH
282 current->prio(PRIO_HIGH);
283
284The idle coroutine ($Coro::idle) always has a lower priority than any
285existing coroutine.
286
287Changing the priority of the current process will take effect immediately,
288but changing the priority of processes in the ready queue (but not
289running) will only take effect after the next schedule (of that
290process). This is a bug that will be fixed in some future version.
291
292=cut
293
294sub prio {
295 my $old = $_[0]{prio};
296 $_[0]{prio} = $_[1] if @_ > 1;
297 $old;
298}
299
300=item $newprio = $process->nice($change)
301
302Similar to C<prio>, but subtract the given value from the priority (i.e.
303higher values mean lower priority, just as in unix).
304
305=cut
306
307sub nice {
308 $_[0]{prio} -= $_[1];
309}
310
311=item $olddesc = $process->desc($newdesc)
312
313Sets (or gets in case the argument is missing) the description for this
314process. This is just a free-form string you can associate with a process.
315
316=cut
317
318sub desc {
319 my $old = $_[0]{desc};
320 $_[0]{desc} = $_[1] if @_ > 1;
321 $old;
229} 322}
230 323
231=back 324=back
232 325
233=cut 326=cut
234 327
2351; 3281;
236 329
237=head1 BUGS/LIMITATIONS 330=head1 BUGS/LIMITATIONS
238 331
239 - could be faster, especially when the core would introduce special 332 - you must make very sure that no coro is still active on global
240 support for coroutines (like it does for threads). 333 destruction. very bad things might happen otherwise (usually segfaults).
241 - there is still a memleak on coroutine termination that I could not 334
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 335 - 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 336 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). 337 to allow per-thread schedulers, but Coro::State does not yet allow
338 this).
250 339
251=head1 SEE ALSO 340=head1 SEE ALSO
252 341
253L<Coro::Channel>, L<Coro::Cont>, L<Coro::Specific>, L<Coro::Semaphore>, 342L<Coro::Channel>, L<Coro::Cont>, L<Coro::Specific>, L<Coro::Semaphore>,
254L<Coro::Signal>, L<Coro::State>, L<Coro::Event>. 343L<Coro::Signal>, L<Coro::State>, L<Coro::Timer>, L<Coro::Event>,
344L<Coro::L<Coro::RWLock>, Handle>, L<Coro::Socket>.
255 345
256=head1 AUTHOR 346=head1 AUTHOR
257 347
258 Marc Lehmann <pcg@goof.com> 348 Marc Lehmann <pcg@goof.com>
259 http://www.goof.com/pcg/marc/ 349 http://www.goof.com/pcg/marc/

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