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=head1 NAME |
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Coro - coroutine process abstraction |
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=head1 SYNOPSIS |
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use Coro; |
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async { |
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# some asynchronous thread of execution |
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}; |
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# alternatively create an async coroutine like this: |
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sub some_func : Coro { |
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# some more async code |
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} |
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cede; |
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=head1 DESCRIPTION |
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This module collection manages coroutines. Coroutines are similar |
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to threads but don't run in parallel at the same time even on SMP |
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machines. The specific flavor of coroutine use din this module also |
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guarentees you that it will not switch between coroutines unless |
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necessary, at easily-identified points in your program, so locking and |
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parallel access are rarely an issue, making coroutine programming much |
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safer than threads programming. |
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(Perl, however, does not natively support real threads but instead does a |
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very slow and memory-intensive emulation of processes using threads. This |
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is a performance win on Windows machines, and a loss everywhere else). |
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In this module, coroutines are defined as "callchain + lexical variables + |
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@_ + $_ + $@ + $/ + C stack), that is, a coroutine has its own callchain, |
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its own set of lexicals and its own set of perls most important global |
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=cut |
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package Coro; |
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use strict; |
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no warnings "uninitialized"; |
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use Coro::State; |
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use base qw(Coro::State Exporter); |
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our $idle; # idle handler |
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our $main; # main coroutine |
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our $current; # current coroutine |
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our $VERSION = '3.3'; |
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our @EXPORT = qw(async async_pool cede schedule terminate current unblock_sub); |
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our %EXPORT_TAGS = ( |
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prio => [qw(PRIO_MAX PRIO_HIGH PRIO_NORMAL PRIO_LOW PRIO_IDLE PRIO_MIN)], |
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our @EXPORT_OK = (@{$EXPORT_TAGS{prio}}, qw(nready)); |
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my @async; |
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my $init; |
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# this way of handling attributes simply is NOT scalable ;() |
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sub import { |
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no strict 'refs'; |
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Coro->export_to_level (1, @_); |
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my $old = *{(caller)[0]."::MODIFY_CODE_ATTRIBUTES"}{CODE}; |
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*{(caller)[0]."::MODIFY_CODE_ATTRIBUTES"} = sub { |
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my ($package, $ref) = (shift, shift); |
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my @attrs; |
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for (@_) { |
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if ($_ eq "Coro") { |
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push @async, $ref; |
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unless ($init++) { |
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eval q{ |
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sub INIT { |
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&async(pop @async) while @async; |
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} |
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}; |
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} else { |
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push @attrs, $_; |
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} |
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return $old ? $old->($package, $ref, @attrs) : @attrs; |
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}; |
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} |
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} |
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=over 4 |
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=item $main |
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This coroutine represents the main program. |
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$main = new Coro; |
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=item $current (or as function: current) |
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The current coroutine (the last coroutine switched to). The initial value |
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This variable is B<strictly> I<read-only>. It is provided for performance |
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reasons. If performance is not essentiel you are encouraged to use the |
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C<Coro::current> function instead. |
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# maybe some other module used Coro::Specific before... |
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$main->{specific} = $current->{specific} |
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if $current; |
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_set_current $main; |
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sub current() { $current } |
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=item $idle |
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A callback that is called whenever the scheduler finds no ready coroutines |
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to run. The default implementation prints "FATAL: deadlock detected" and |
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exits, because the program has no other way to continue. |
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This hook is overwritten by modules such as C<Coro::Timer> and |
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C<Coro::Event> to wait on an external event that hopefully wake up a |
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coroutine so the scheduler can run it. |
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Please note that if your callback recursively invokes perl (e.g. for event |
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handlers), then it must be prepared to be called recursively. |
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$idle = sub { |
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require Carp; |
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Carp::croak ("FATAL: deadlock detected"); |
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sub _cancel { |
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my ($self) = @_; |
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# free coroutine data and mark as destructed |
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$self->_destroy |
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# call all destruction callbacks |
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$_->(@{$self->{status}}) |
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for @{(delete $self->{destroy_cb}) || []}; |
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} |
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my @destroy; |
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my $manager; |
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$manager = new Coro sub { |
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(shift @destroy)->_cancel |
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&schedule; |
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$manager->prio (PRIO_MAX); |
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# static methods. not really. |
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=back |
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=head2 STATIC METHODS |
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Static methods are actually functions that operate on the current coroutine only. |
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=item async { ... } [@args...] |
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Create a new asynchronous coroutine and return it's coroutine object |
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(usually unused). When the sub returns the new coroutine is automatically |
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terminated. |
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Calling C<exit> in a coroutine will not work correctly, so do not do that. |
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When the coroutine dies, the program will exit, just as in the main |
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# create a new coroutine that just prints its arguments |
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async { |
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print "@_\n"; |
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sub async(&@) { |
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my $coro = new Coro @_; |
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$coro->ready; |
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=item async_pool { ... } [@args...] |
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Similar to C<async>, but uses a coroutine pool, so you should not call |
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terminate or join (although you are allowed to), and you get a coroutine |
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that might have executed other code already (which can be good or bad :). |
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Also, the block is executed in an C<eval> context and a warning will be |
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issued in case of an exception instead of terminating the program, as C<async> does. |
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The priority will be reset to C<0> after each job, otherwise the coroutine |
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will be re-used "as-is". |
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The pool size is limited to 8 idle coroutines (this can be adjusted by |
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changing $Coro::POOL_SIZE), and there can be as many non-idle coros as |
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single C<async_pool> used a lot of stackspace you can e.g. C<async_pool { |
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terminate }> once per second or so to slowly replenish the pool. |
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our $POOL_SIZE = 8; |
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our @pool; |
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sub pool_handler { |
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sub async_pool(&@) { |
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my $coro = (pop @pool or new Coro \&pool_handler); |
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$coro->{_invoke} = [@_]; |
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=item schedule |
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Calls the scheduler. Please note that the current coroutine will not be put |
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=item cede |
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"Cede" to other coroutines. This function puts the current coroutine into the |
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ready queue and calls C<schedule>, which has the effect of giving up the |
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current "timeslice" to other coroutines of the same or higher priority. |
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=item Coro::cede_notself |
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Works like cede, but is not exported by default and will cede to any |
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Terminates the current coroutine with the given status values (see L<cancel>). |
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sub terminate { |
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# dynamic methods |
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=head2 COROUTINE METHODS |
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These are the methods you can call on coroutine objects. |
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=item new Coro \&sub [, @args...] |
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Create a new coroutine and return it. When the sub returns the coroutine |
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automatically terminates as if C<terminate> with the returned values were |
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called. To make the coroutine run you must first put it into the ready queue |
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by calling the ready method. |
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Calling C<exit> in a coroutine will not work correctly, so do not do that. |
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sub _run_coro { |
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terminate &{+shift}; |
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=item $success = $coroutine->ready |
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Put the given coroutine into the ready queue (according to it's priority) |
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=item $is_ready = $coroutine->is_ready |
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Return wether the coroutine is currently the ready queue or not, |
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=item $coroutine->cancel (arg...) |
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Terminates the given coroutine and makes it return the given arguments as |
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sub cancel { |
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$self->{status} = [@_]; |
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$manager->ready; |
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&schedule while 1; |
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=item $coroutine->join |
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Wait until the coroutine terminates and return any values given to the |
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C<terminate> or C<cancel> functions. C<join> can be called multiple times |
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sub join { |
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my $current = $current; |
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but before it is joined. The callback gets passed the terminate arguments, |
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sub on_destroy { |
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my ($self, $cb) = @_; |
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push @{ $self->{destroy_cb} }, $cb; |
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=item $oldprio = $coroutine->prio ($newprio) |
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Sets (or gets, if the argument is missing) the priority of the |
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coroutine. Higher priority coroutines get run before lower priority |
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coroutines. Priorities are small signed integers (currently -4 .. +3), |
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that you can refer to using PRIO_xxx constants (use the import tag :prio |
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to get then): |
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PRIO_MAX > PRIO_HIGH > PRIO_NORMAL > PRIO_LOW > PRIO_IDLE > PRIO_MIN |
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3 > 1 > 0 > -1 > -3 > -4 |
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# set priority to HIGH |
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current->prio(PRIO_HIGH); |
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The idle coroutine ($Coro::idle) always has a lower priority than any |
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existing coroutine. |
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Changing the priority of the current coroutine will take effect immediately, |
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but changing the priority of coroutines in the ready queue (but not |
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running) will only take effect after the next schedule (of that |
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coroutine). This is a bug that will be fixed in some future version. |
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=item $newprio = $coroutine->nice ($change) |
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Similar to C<prio>, but subtract the given value from the priority (i.e. |
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higher values mean lower priority, just as in unix). |
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=item $olddesc = $coroutine->desc ($newdesc) |
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Sets (or gets in case the argument is missing) the description for this |
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coroutine. This is just a free-form string you can associate with a coroutine. |
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sub desc { |
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my $old = $_[0]{desc}; |
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$_[0]{desc} = $_[1] if @_ > 1; |
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$old; |
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} |
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=back |
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=head2 GLOBAL FUNCTIONS |
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=over 4 |
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=item Coro::nready |
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Returns the number of coroutines that are currently in the ready state, |
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i.e. that can be swicthed to. The value C<0> means that the only runnable |
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coroutine is the currently running one, so C<cede> would have no effect, |
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and C<schedule> would cause a deadlock unless there is an idle handler |
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that wakes up some coroutines. |
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=item my $guard = Coro::guard { ... } |
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This creates and returns a guard object. Nothing happens until the objetc |
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gets destroyed, in which case the codeblock given as argument will be |
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executed. This is useful to free locks or other resources in case of a |
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runtime error or when the coroutine gets canceled, as in both cases the |
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guard block will be executed. The guard object supports only one method, |
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C<< ->cancel >>, which will keep the codeblock from being executed. |
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Example: set some flag and clear it again when the coroutine gets canceled |
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or the function returns: |
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sub do_something { |
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my $guard = Coro::guard { $busy = 0 }; |
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$busy = 1; |
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# do something that requires $busy to be true |
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} |
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sub guard(&) { |
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bless \(my $cb = $_[0]), "Coro::guard" |
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} |
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sub Coro::guard::cancel { |
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${$_[0]} = sub { }; |
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} |
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sub Coro::guard::DESTROY { |
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${$_[0]}->(); |
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} |
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=item unblock_sub { ... } |
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This utility function takes a BLOCK or code reference and "unblocks" it, |
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returning the new coderef. This means that the new coderef will return |
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immediately without blocking, returning nothing, while the original code |
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ref will be called (with parameters) from within its own coroutine. |
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The reason this fucntion exists is that many event libraries (such as the |
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venerable L<Event|Event> module) are not coroutine-safe (a weaker form |
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of thread-safety). This means you must not block within event callbacks, |
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otherwise you might suffer from crashes or worse. |
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This function allows your callbacks to block by executing them in another |
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coroutine where it is safe to block. One example where blocking is handy |
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is when you use the L<Coro::AIO|Coro::AIO> functions to save results to |
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disk. |
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In short: simply use C<unblock_sub { ... }> instead of C<sub { ... }> when |
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creating event callbacks that want to block. |
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=cut |
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our @unblock_queue; |
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# we create a special coro because we want to cede, |
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# to reduce pressure on the coro pool (because most callbacks |
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# return immediately and can be reused) and because we cannot cede |
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# inside an event callback. |
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our $unblock_scheduler = async { |
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while () { |
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while (my $cb = pop @unblock_queue) { |
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# this is an inlined copy of async_pool |
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my $coro = (pop @pool or new Coro \&pool_handler); |
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$coro->{_invoke} = $cb; |
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$coro->ready; |
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cede; # for short-lived callbacks, this reduces pressure on the coro pool |
533 |
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1.92 |
} |
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schedule; # sleep well |
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1.92 |
} |
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}; |
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sub unblock_sub(&) { |
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my $cb = shift; |
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sub { |
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unshift @unblock_queue, [$cb, @_]; |
543 |
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1.92 |
$unblock_scheduler->ready; |
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} |
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} |
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=back |
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1.8 |
=cut |
550 |
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1.2 |
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1.8 |
1; |
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1.14 |
|
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1.17 |
=head1 BUGS/LIMITATIONS |
554 |
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1.14 |
|
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1.52 |
- you must make very sure that no coro is still active on global |
556 |
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1.53 |
destruction. very bad things might happen otherwise (usually segfaults). |
557 |
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1.52 |
|
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- this module is not thread-safe. You should only ever use this module |
559 |
|
|
from the same thread (this requirement might be losened in the future |
560 |
|
|
to allow per-thread schedulers, but Coro::State does not yet allow |
561 |
|
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this). |
562 |
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1.9 |
|
563 |
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=head1 SEE ALSO |
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|
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1.67 |
Support/Utility: L<Coro::Cont>, L<Coro::Specific>, L<Coro::State>, L<Coro::Util>. |
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|
567 |
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Locking/IPC: L<Coro::Signal>, L<Coro::Channel>, L<Coro::Semaphore>, L<Coro::SemaphoreSet>, L<Coro::RWLock>. |
568 |
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|
569 |
|
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Event/IO: L<Coro::Timer>, L<Coro::Event>, L<Coro::Handle>, L<Coro::Socket>, L<Coro::Select>. |
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|
571 |
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Embedding: L<Coro:MakeMaker> |
572 |
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1.1 |
|
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=head1 AUTHOR |
574 |
|
|
|
575 |
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1.66 |
Marc Lehmann <schmorp@schmorp.de> |
576 |
root |
1.64 |
http://home.schmorp.de/ |
577 |
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1.1 |
|
578 |
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=cut |
579 |
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