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diff --git a/libguile/threads.h b/libguile/threads.h
index df83f75c8..a3bdb2d91 100644
--- a/libguile/threads.h
+++ b/libguile/threads.h
@@ -56,72 +56,152 @@
/* smob tags for the thread datatypes */
SCM_API scm_t_bits scm_tc16_thread;
SCM_API scm_t_bits scm_tc16_mutex;
+SCM_API scm_t_bits scm_tc16_fair_mutex;
SCM_API scm_t_bits scm_tc16_condvar;
+SCM_API scm_t_bits scm_tc16_fair_condvar;
-#define SCM_THREADP(x) SCM_TYP16_PREDICATE (scm_tc16_thread, x)
-#define SCM_THREAD_DATA(x) ((void *) SCM_CELL_WORD_1 (x))
+#define SCM_THREADP(x) SCM_TYP16_PREDICATE (scm_tc16_thread, x)
+#define SCM_THREAD_DATA(x) ((scm_thread *) SCM_CELL_WORD_1 (x))
-#define SCM_MUTEXP(x) SCM_TYP16_PREDICATE (scm_tc16_mutex, x)
-#define SCM_MUTEX_DATA(x) ((void *) SCM_CELL_WORD_1 (x))
+#define SCM_MUTEXP(x) SCM_TYP16_PREDICATE (scm_tc16_mutex, x)
+#define SCM_FAIR_MUTEX_P(x) SCM_TYP16_PREDICATE (scm_tc16_fair_mutex, x)
+#define SCM_MUTEX_DATA(x) ((void *) SCM_CELL_WORD_1 (x))
-#define SCM_CONDVARP(x) SCM_TYP16_PREDICATE (scm_tc16_condvar, x)
-#define SCM_CONDVAR_DATA(x) ((void *) SCM_CELL_WORD_1 (x))
+#define SCM_CONDVARP(x) SCM_TYP16_PREDICATE (scm_tc16_condvar, x)
+#define SCM_FAIR_CONDVAR_P(x) SCM_TYP16_PREDICATE (scm_tc16_fair_condvar, x)
+#define SCM_CONDVAR_DATA(x) ((void *) SCM_CELL_WORD_1 (x))
#define SCM_VALIDATE_THREAD(pos, a) \
SCM_MAKE_VALIDATE_MSG (pos, a, THREADP, "thread")
#define SCM_VALIDATE_MUTEX(pos, a) \
- SCM_MAKE_VALIDATE_MSG (pos, a, MUTEXP, "mutex")
+ SCM_ASSERT_TYPE (SCM_MUTEXP (a) || SCM_FAIR_MUTEX_P (a), \
+ a, pos, FUNC_NAME, "mutex");
#define SCM_VALIDATE_CONDVAR(pos, a) \
- SCM_MAKE_VALIDATE_MSG (pos, a, CONDVARP, "condition variable")
+ SCM_ASSERT_TYPE (SCM_CONDVARP (a) || SCM_FAIR_CONDVAR_P (a), \
+ a, pos, FUNC_NAME, "condition variable");
SCM_API void scm_threads_mark_stacks (void);
SCM_API void scm_init_threads (SCM_STACKITEM *);
SCM_API void scm_init_thread_procs (void);
+/*----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/* Low-level C API */
+
+/* The purpose of this API is seamless, simple and thread package
+ independent interaction with Guile threads from the application.
+ */
+
+/* MDJ 021209 <djurfeldt@nada.kth.se>:
+ The separation of the plugin interface (currently in
+ pthread-threads.h and null-threads.h) and the low-level C API needs
+ to be completed in a sensible way.
+ */
+
+/* Deprecate this name and rename to scm_thread_create?
+ Introduce the other two arguments in pthread_create to prepare for
+ the future?
+ */
SCM_API SCM scm_spawn_thread (scm_t_catch_body body, void *body_data,
scm_t_catch_handler handler, void *handler_data);
+#define scm_thread_join scm_i_plugin_thread_join
+#define scm_thread_detach scm_i_plugin_thread_detach
+#define scm_thread_self scm_i_plugin_thread_self
+
+#define scm_mutex_init scm_i_plugin_mutex_init
+#define scm_mutex_destroy scm_i_plugin_mutex_destroy
+SCM_API int scm_mutex_lock (scm_t_mutex *m);
+#define scm_mutex_trylock scm_i_plugin_mutex_trylock
+#define scm_mutex_unlock scm_i_plugin_mutex_unlock
+
+#define scm_cond_init scm_i_plugin_cond_init
+#define scm_cond_destroy scm_i_plugin_cond_destroy
+SCM_API int scm_cond_wait (scm_t_cond *c, scm_t_mutex *m);
+SCM_API int scm_cond_timedwait (scm_t_cond *c,
+ scm_t_mutex *m,
+ const struct timespec *t);
+#define scm_cond_signal scm_i_plugin_cond_signal
+#define scm_cond_broadcast scm_i_plugin_cond_broadcast
+
+#define scm_key_create scm_i_plugin_key_create
+#define scm_key_delete scm_i_plugin_key_delete
+#define scm_setspecific scm_i_plugin_setspecific
+#define scm_getspecific scm_i_plugin_getspecific
+
+#define scm_thread_select scm_internal_select
+
+/* The application must scm_leave_guile() before entering any piece of
+ code which can
+ 1. block, or
+ 2. execute for any longer period of time without calling SCM_TICK
+
+ Note, though, that it is *not* necessary to use these calls
+ together with any call in this API.
+ */
+
+SCM_API void scm_enter_guile (void);
+SCM_API void scm_leave_guile (void);
+
+/* Better versions (although we need the former ones also in order to
+ avoid forcing code restructuring in existing applications): */
+/*fixme* Not implemented yet! */
+SCM_API void *scm_in_guile (void (*func) (void*), void *data);
+SCM_API void *scm_outside_guile (void (*func) (void*), void *data);
+
/* These are versions of the ordinary sleep and usleep functions
that play nicely with the thread system. */
SCM_API unsigned long scm_thread_sleep (unsigned long);
SCM_API unsigned long scm_thread_usleep (unsigned long);
+/* End of low-level C API */
+/*----------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+typedef struct scm_thread scm_thread;
+
+SCM_API void scm_i_enter_guile (scm_thread *t);
+SCM_API scm_thread *scm_i_leave_guile (void);
+
/* Critical sections */
-/* Since only one thread can be active anyway, we don't need to do
- anything special around critical sections. In fact, that's the
- reason we do only support cooperative threading: Guile's critical
- regions have not been completely identified yet. (I think.) */
+SCM_API scm_t_mutex scm_i_section_mutex;
+
+/* This is the generic critical section for places where we are too
+ lazy to allocate a specific mutex. */
+SCM_DECLARE_NONREC_CRITICAL_SECTION (scm_i_critical_section);
+#define SCM_CRITICAL_SECTION_START \
+ SCM_NONREC_CRITICAL_SECTION_START (scm_i_critical_section)
+#define SCM_CRITICAL_SECTION_END \
+ SCM_NONREC_CRITICAL_SECTION_END (scm_i_critical_section)
-#define SCM_CRITICAL_SECTION_START
-#define SCM_CRITICAL_SECTION_END
+/* This is the temporary support for the old ALLOW/DEFER ints sections */
+SCM_DECLARE_REC_CRITICAL_SECTION (scm_i_defer);
-/* Switching */
+extern int scm_i_thread_go_to_sleep;
-SCM_API int scm_i_switch_counter;
-#define SCM_I_THREAD_SWITCH_COUNT 50
+void scm_i_thread_put_to_sleep (void);
+void scm_i_thread_wake_up (void);
+void scm_i_thread_sleep_for_gc (void);
+void scm_threads_prehistory (void);
+void scm_threads_init_first_thread (void);
#define SCM_THREAD_SWITCHING_CODE \
do { \
- scm_i_switch_counter--; \
- if (scm_i_switch_counter == 0) \
- { \
- scm_i_switch_counter = SCM_I_THREAD_SWITCH_COUNT; \
- scm_yield(); \
- } \
+ if (scm_i_thread_go_to_sleep) \
+ scm_i_thread_sleep_for_gc (); \
} while (0)
/* The C versions of the Scheme-visible thread functions. */
-SCM_API SCM scm_yield (void);
SCM_API SCM scm_call_with_new_thread (SCM thunk, SCM handler);
SCM_API SCM scm_join_thread (SCM t);
SCM_API SCM scm_make_mutex (void);
+SCM_API SCM scm_make_fair_mutex (void);
SCM_API SCM scm_lock_mutex (SCM m);
SCM_API SCM scm_try_mutex (SCM m);
SCM_API SCM scm_unlock_mutex (SCM m);
SCM_API SCM scm_make_condition_variable (void);
+SCM_API SCM scm_make_fair_condition_variable (void);
SCM_API SCM scm_wait_condition_variable (SCM cond, SCM mutex);
SCM_API SCM scm_timed_wait_condition_variable (SCM cond, SCM mutex,
SCM abstime);
@@ -136,10 +216,16 @@ SCM_API SCM scm_thread_exited_p (SCM thread);
SCM_API scm_root_state *scm_i_thread_root (SCM thread);
-SCM_API void *scm_i_thread_data;
-SCM_API void scm_i_set_thread_data (void *);
-#define SCM_THREAD_LOCAL_DATA scm_i_thread_data
+#define SCM_CURRENT_THREAD \
+ ((scm_thread *) scm_i_plugin_getspecific (scm_i_thread_key))
+extern scm_t_key scm_i_thread_key;
+
+/* These macros have confusing names.
+ They really refer to the root state of the running thread. */
+#define SCM_THREAD_LOCAL_DATA (scm_i_plugin_getspecific (scm_i_root_state_key))
#define SCM_SET_THREAD_LOCAL_DATA(x) scm_i_set_thread_data(x)
+extern scm_t_key scm_i_root_state_key;
+SCM_API void scm_i_set_thread_data (void *);
#ifndef HAVE_STRUCT_TIMESPEC
/* POSIX.4 structure for a time value. This is like a `struct timeval' but
@@ -151,7 +237,7 @@ struct timespec
};
#endif
-#ifdef USE_COPT_THREADS
+#ifdef USE_PTHREAD_THREADS
#include "libguile/pthread-threads.h"
#else
#include "libguile/null-threads.h"