2 * Thread handling stuff for Citadel server
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24 #include <sys/types.h>
26 #include <sys/socket.h>
33 #if TIME_WITH_SYS_TIME
34 # include <sys/time.h>
38 # include <sys/time.h>
47 # if HAVE_SYS_SYSCALL_H
48 # include <sys/syscall.h>
52 #include <libcitadel.h>
55 #include "ctdl_module.h"
56 #include "modules_init.h"
57 #include "housekeeping.h"
59 #include "citserver.h"
60 #include "sysdep_decls.h"
65 * To create a thread you must call one of the create thread functions.
66 * You must pass it the address of (a pointer to a CtdlThreadNode initialised to NULL) like this
67 * struct CtdlThreadNode *node = NULL;
69 * If the thread is created *node will point to the thread control structure for the created thread.
70 * If the thread creation fails *node remains NULL
71 * Do not free the memory pointed to by *node, it doesn't belong to you.
72 * This new interface duplicates much of the eCrash stuff. We should go for closer integration since that would
73 * remove the need for the calls to eCrashRegisterThread and friends
76 static int num_threads = 0; /* Current number of threads */
77 static int num_workers = 0; /* Current number of worker threads */
79 CtdlThreadNode *CtdlThreadList = NULL;
80 CtdlThreadNode *CtdlThreadSchedList = NULL;
82 static CtdlThreadNode *GC_thread = NULL;
83 static char *CtdlThreadStates[CTDL_THREAD_LAST_STATE];
84 double CtdlThreadLoadAvg = 0;
85 double CtdlThreadWorkerAvg = 0;
86 citthread_key_t ThreadKey;
88 citthread_mutex_t Critters[MAX_SEMAPHORES]; /* Things needing locking */
92 void InitialiseSemaphores(void)
96 /* Set up a bunch of semaphores to be used for critical sections */
97 for (i=0; i<MAX_SEMAPHORES; ++i) {
98 citthread_mutex_init(&Critters[i], NULL);
106 * Obtain a semaphore lock to begin a critical section.
107 * but only if no one else has one
109 int try_critical_section(int which_one)
111 /* For all types of critical sections except those listed here,
112 * ensure nobody ever tries to do a critical section within a
113 * transaction; this could lead to deadlock.
115 if ( (which_one != S_FLOORCACHE)
116 && (which_one != S_RPLIST)
120 return (citthread_mutex_trylock(&Critters[which_one]));
125 * Obtain a semaphore lock to begin a critical section.
127 void begin_critical_section(int which_one)
129 /* syslog(LOG_DEBUG, "begin_critical_section(%d)\n", which_one); */
131 /* For all types of critical sections except those listed here,
132 * ensure nobody ever tries to do a critical section within a
133 * transaction; this could lead to deadlock.
135 if ( (which_one != S_FLOORCACHE)
136 && (which_one != S_RPLIST)
140 citthread_mutex_lock(&Critters[which_one]);
144 * Release a semaphore lock to end a critical section.
146 void end_critical_section(int which_one)
148 citthread_mutex_unlock(&Critters[which_one]);
153 * A function to destroy the TSD
155 static void ctdl_thread_internal_dest_tsd(void *arg)
165 * A function to initialise the thread TSD
167 void ctdl_thread_internal_init_tsd(void)
171 if ((ret = citthread_key_create(&ThreadKey, ctdl_thread_internal_dest_tsd))) {
172 syslog(LOG_EMERG, "citthread_key_create: %s\n", strerror(ret));
178 * Ensure that we have a key for thread-specific data.
180 * This should be called immediately after startup by any thread
183 void CtdlThreadAllocTSD(void)
187 if (citthread_getspecific(ThreadKey) != NULL)
190 tsd = malloc(sizeof(ThreadTSD));
194 memset(tsd->cursors, 0, sizeof tsd->cursors);
197 citthread_setspecific(ThreadKey, tsd);
201 void ctdl_thread_internal_free_tsd(void)
203 ctdl_thread_internal_dest_tsd(citthread_getspecific(ThreadKey));
204 citthread_setspecific(ThreadKey, NULL);
208 void ctdl_thread_internal_cleanup(void)
211 CtdlThreadNode *this_thread, *that_thread;
213 for (i=0; i<CTDL_THREAD_LAST_STATE; i++)
215 free (CtdlThreadStates[i]);
218 /* Clean up the scheduled thread list */
219 this_thread = CtdlThreadSchedList;
222 that_thread = this_thread;
223 this_thread = this_thread->next;
224 citthread_mutex_destroy(&that_thread->ThreadMutex);
225 citthread_cond_destroy(&that_thread->ThreadCond);
226 citthread_mutex_destroy(&that_thread->SleepMutex);
227 citthread_cond_destroy(&that_thread->SleepCond);
228 citthread_attr_destroy(&that_thread->attr);
231 ctdl_thread_internal_free_tsd();
234 void ctdl_thread_internal_init(void)
236 CtdlThreadNode *this_thread;
239 CtdlThreadStates[CTDL_THREAD_INVALID] = strdup ("Invalid Thread");
240 CtdlThreadStates[CTDL_THREAD_VALID] = strdup("Valid Thread");
241 CtdlThreadStates[CTDL_THREAD_CREATE] = strdup("Thread being Created");
242 CtdlThreadStates[CTDL_THREAD_CANCELLED] = strdup("Thread Cancelled");
243 CtdlThreadStates[CTDL_THREAD_EXITED] = strdup("Thread Exited");
244 CtdlThreadStates[CTDL_THREAD_STOPPING] = strdup("Thread Stopping");
245 CtdlThreadStates[CTDL_THREAD_STOP_REQ] = strdup("Thread Stop Requested");
246 CtdlThreadStates[CTDL_THREAD_SLEEPING] = strdup("Thread Sleeping");
247 CtdlThreadStates[CTDL_THREAD_RUNNING] = strdup("Thread Running");
248 CtdlThreadStates[CTDL_THREAD_BLOCKED] = strdup("Thread Blocked");
250 /* Get ourself a thread entry */
251 this_thread = malloc(sizeof(CtdlThreadNode));
252 if (this_thread == NULL) {
253 syslog(LOG_EMERG, "Thread system, can't allocate CtdlThreadNode, exiting\n");
256 // Ensuring this is zero'd means we make sure the thread doesn't start doing its thing until we are ready.
257 memset (this_thread, 0, sizeof(CtdlThreadNode));
259 citthread_mutex_init (&(this_thread->ThreadMutex), NULL);
260 citthread_cond_init (&(this_thread->ThreadCond), NULL);
261 citthread_mutex_init (&(this_thread->SleepMutex), NULL);
262 citthread_cond_init (&(this_thread->SleepCond), NULL);
264 /* We are garbage collector so create us as running */
265 this_thread->state = CTDL_THREAD_RUNNING;
267 if ((ret = citthread_attr_init(&this_thread->attr))) {
268 syslog(LOG_EMERG, "Thread system, citthread_attr_init: %s\n", strerror(ret));
273 this_thread->name = "Garbage Collection Thread";
275 this_thread->tid = citthread_self();
276 GC_thread = this_thread;
279 num_threads++; // Increase the count of threads in the system.
281 this_thread->next = CtdlThreadList;
282 CtdlThreadList = this_thread;
283 if (this_thread->next)
284 this_thread->next->prev = this_thread;
285 /* Set up start times */
286 gettimeofday(&this_thread->start_time, NULL); /* Time this thread started */
287 memcpy(&this_thread->last_state_change, &this_thread->start_time, sizeof (struct timeval)); /* Changed state so mark it. */
292 * A function to chenge the state of a thread
294 void ctdl_thread_internal_change_state (CtdlThreadNode *this_thread, enum CtdlThreadState new_state)
297 * Wether we change state or not we need update the load values
299 /* This mutex not needed here? */
300 citthread_mutex_lock(&this_thread->ThreadMutex); /* To prevent race condition of a sleeping thread */
301 if ((new_state == CTDL_THREAD_STOP_REQ) && (this_thread->state > CTDL_THREAD_STOP_REQ))
302 this_thread->state = new_state;
303 if (((new_state == CTDL_THREAD_SLEEPING) || (new_state == CTDL_THREAD_BLOCKED)) && (this_thread->state == CTDL_THREAD_RUNNING))
304 this_thread->state = new_state;
305 if ((new_state == CTDL_THREAD_RUNNING) && ((this_thread->state == CTDL_THREAD_SLEEPING) || (this_thread->state == CTDL_THREAD_BLOCKED)))
306 this_thread->state = new_state;
307 citthread_mutex_unlock(&this_thread->ThreadMutex);
312 * A function to tell all threads to exit
314 void CtdlThreadStopAll(void)
316 /* First run any registered shutdown hooks. This probably doesn't belong here. */
317 PerformSessionHooks(EVT_SHUTDOWN);
319 /* then close all tcp ports so nobody else can talk to us anymore. */
320 CtdlShutdownServiceHooks();
321 //FIXME: The signalling of the condition should not be in the critical_section
322 // We need to build a list of threads we are going to signal and then signal them afterwards
324 CtdlThreadNode *this_thread;
326 begin_critical_section(S_THREAD_LIST);
327 this_thread = CtdlThreadList;
328 // Ask the GC thread to stop first so everything knows we are shutting down.
329 GC_thread->state = CTDL_THREAD_STOP_REQ;
332 if (!citthread_equal(this_thread->tid, GC_thread->tid))
333 citthread_kill(this_thread->tid, SIGHUP);
335 ctdl_thread_internal_change_state (this_thread, CTDL_THREAD_STOP_REQ);
336 citthread_cond_signal(&this_thread->ThreadCond);
337 citthread_cond_signal(&this_thread->SleepCond);
338 this_thread->stop_ticker = time(NULL);
339 syslog(LOG_DEBUG, "Thread system stopping thread \"%s\" (0x%08lx).\n",
340 this_thread->name, this_thread->tid);
341 this_thread = this_thread->next;
343 end_critical_section(S_THREAD_LIST);
348 * A function to wake up all sleeping threads
350 void CtdlThreadWakeAll(void)
352 CtdlThreadNode *this_thread;
354 syslog(LOG_DEBUG, "Thread system waking all threads.\n");
356 begin_critical_section(S_THREAD_LIST);
357 this_thread = CtdlThreadList;
360 if (!this_thread->thread_func)
362 citthread_cond_signal(&this_thread->ThreadCond);
363 citthread_cond_signal(&this_thread->SleepCond);
365 this_thread = this_thread->next;
367 end_critical_section(S_THREAD_LIST);
372 * A function to return the number of threads running in the system
374 int CtdlThreadGetCount(void)
379 int CtdlThreadGetWorkers(void)
384 double CtdlThreadGetWorkerAvg(void)
388 begin_critical_section(S_THREAD_LIST);
389 ret = CtdlThreadWorkerAvg;
390 end_critical_section(S_THREAD_LIST);
394 double CtdlThreadGetLoadAvg(void)
396 double load_avg[3] = {0.0, 0.0, 0.0};
401 /* Borrowed this straight from procps */
402 smp_num_cpus = sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN);
403 if(smp_num_cpus<1) smp_num_cpus=1; /* SPARC glibc is buggy */
405 #ifdef HAVE_GETLOADAVG
406 ret = getloadavg(load_avg, 3);
410 return load_avg[0] / smp_num_cpus;
412 * This old chunk of code return a value that indicated the load on citserver
413 * This value could easily reach 100 % even when citserver was doing very little and
414 * hence the machine has much more spare capacity.
415 * Because this value was used to determine if the machine was under heavy load conditions
416 * from other processes in the system then citserver could be strangled un-necesarily
417 * What we are actually trying to achieve is to strangle citserver if the machine is heavily loaded.
418 * So we have changed this.
420 begin_critical_section(S_THREAD_LIST);
421 ret = CtdlThreadLoadAvg;
422 end_critical_section(S_THREAD_LIST);
431 * A function to rename a thread
432 * Returns a const char *
434 const char *CtdlThreadName(const char *name)
436 const char *old_name;
440 syslog(LOG_WARNING, "Thread system WARNING. Attempt to CtdlThreadRename() a non thread. %s\n", name);
451 * A function to force a thread to exit
453 void CtdlThreadCancel(CtdlThreadNode *thread)
455 CtdlThreadNode *this_thread;
460 this_thread = thread;
463 syslog(LOG_EMERG, "Thread system PANIC. Attempt to CtdlThreadCancel() a non thread.\n");
468 if (!this_thread->thread_func)
470 syslog(LOG_EMERG, "Thread system PANIC. Attempt to CtdlThreadCancel() the garbage collector.\n");
475 ctdl_thread_internal_change_state (this_thread, CTDL_THREAD_CANCELLED);
476 citthread_cancel(this_thread->tid);
481 * A function for a thread to check if it has been asked to stop
483 int CtdlThreadCheckStop(void)
489 syslog(LOG_EMERG, "Thread system PANIC, CtdlThreadCheckStop() called by a non thread.\n");
498 syslog(LOG_DEBUG, "Thread \"%s\" caught signal %d.\n", CT->name, CT->signal);
499 if (CT->signal == SIGHUP)
500 CT->state = CTDL_THREAD_STOP_REQ;
503 if(state == CTDL_THREAD_STOP_REQ)
505 CT->state = CTDL_THREAD_STOPPING;
508 else if((state < CTDL_THREAD_STOP_REQ) && (state > CTDL_THREAD_CREATE))
517 * A function to ask a thread to exit
518 * The thread must call CtdlThreadCheckStop() periodically to determine if it should exit
520 void CtdlThreadStop(CtdlThreadNode *thread)
522 CtdlThreadNode *this_thread;
527 this_thread = thread;
530 if (!(this_thread->thread_func))
531 return; // Don't stop garbage collector
533 if (!citthread_equal(this_thread->tid, GC_thread->tid))
534 citthread_kill(this_thread->tid, SIGHUP);
536 ctdl_thread_internal_change_state (this_thread, CTDL_THREAD_STOP_REQ);
537 citthread_cond_signal(&this_thread->ThreadCond);
538 citthread_cond_signal(&this_thread->SleepCond);
539 this_thread->stop_ticker = time(NULL);
543 * So we now have a sleep command that works with threads but it is in seconds
545 void CtdlThreadSleep(int secs)
547 struct timespec wake_time;
548 struct timeval time_now;
553 syslog(LOG_WARNING, "CtdlThreadSleep() called by something that is not a thread. Should we die?\n");
557 memset (&wake_time, 0, sizeof(struct timespec));
558 gettimeofday(&time_now, NULL);
559 wake_time.tv_sec = time_now.tv_sec + secs;
560 wake_time.tv_nsec = time_now.tv_usec * 10;
562 ctdl_thread_internal_change_state (CT, CTDL_THREAD_SLEEPING);
564 citthread_mutex_lock(&CT->ThreadMutex); /* Prevent something asking us to awaken before we've gone to sleep */
565 citthread_cond_timedwait(&CT->SleepCond, &CT->ThreadMutex, &wake_time);
566 citthread_mutex_unlock(&CT->ThreadMutex);
568 ctdl_thread_internal_change_state (CT, CTDL_THREAD_RUNNING);
573 * Routine to clean up our thread function on exit
575 static void ctdl_internal_thread_cleanup(void *arg)
578 * In here we were called by the current thread because it is exiting
579 * NB. WE ARE THE CURRENT THREAD
583 const char *name = CT->name;
584 const pid_t tid = CT->tid;
586 syslog(LOG_NOTICE, "Thread \"%s\" (0x%08lx) exited.\n", name, (unsigned long) tid);
590 syslog(LOG_NOTICE, "some ((unknown ? ? ?) Thread exited.\n");
593 #ifdef HAVE_BACKTRACE
594 /// eCrash_UnregisterThread();
597 citthread_mutex_lock(&CT->ThreadMutex);
598 CT->state = CTDL_THREAD_EXITED; // needs to be last thing else house keeping will unlink us too early
599 citthread_mutex_unlock(&CT->ThreadMutex);
603 * Garbage collection routine.
604 * Gets called by main() in a loop to clean up the thread list periodically.
606 void CtdlThreadGC (void)
611 /* FIXME this is a big deal, but I think it's causing corruption */
614 CtdlThreadNode *this_thread, *that_thread;
615 int workers = 0, sys_workers;
618 begin_critical_section(S_THREAD_LIST);
620 /* Handle exiting of garbage collector thread */
622 CtdlThreadList->state = CTDL_THREAD_EXITED;
624 #ifdef WITH_THREADLOG
625 syslog(LOG_DEBUG, "Thread system running garbage collection.\n");
628 * Woke up to do garbage collection
630 this_thread = CtdlThreadList;
633 that_thread = this_thread;
634 this_thread = this_thread->next;
636 if ((that_thread->state == CTDL_THREAD_STOP_REQ || that_thread->state == CTDL_THREAD_STOPPING)
637 && (!citthread_equal(that_thread->tid, citthread_self())))
639 syslog(LOG_DEBUG, "Waiting for thread %s (0x%08lx) to exit.\n", that_thread->name, that_thread->tid);
640 terminate_stuck_sessions();
645 * Catch the situation where a worker was asked to stop but couldn't and we are not
648 that_thread->stop_ticker = 0;
651 if (that_thread->stop_ticker + 5 == time(NULL))
653 syslog(LOG_DEBUG, "Thread System: The thread \"%s\" (0x%08lx) failed to self terminate within 5 ticks. It would be cancelled now.\n", that_thread->name, that_thread->tid);
654 if ((that_thread->flags & CTDLTHREAD_WORKER) == 0)
655 syslog(LOG_INFO, "Thread System: A non worker thread would have been canceled this may cause message loss.\n");
656 // that_thread->state = CTDL_THREAD_CANCELLED;
657 that_thread->stop_ticker++;
658 // citthread_cancel(that_thread->tid);
662 /* Do we need to clean up this thread? */
663 if ((that_thread->state != CTDL_THREAD_EXITED) && (that_thread->state != CTDL_THREAD_CANCELLED))
665 if(that_thread->flags & CTDLTHREAD_WORKER)
666 workers++; /* Sanity check on number of worker threads */
670 if (citthread_equal(that_thread->tid, citthread_self()) && that_thread->thread_func)
672 end_critical_section(S_THREAD_LIST);
673 syslog(LOG_EMERG, "Thread system PANIC, a thread is trying to clean up after itself.\n");
678 if (num_threads <= 0)
680 end_critical_section(S_THREAD_LIST);
681 syslog(LOG_EMERG, "Thread system PANIC, num_threads <= 0 and trying to do Garbage Collection.\n");
686 if(that_thread->flags & CTDLTHREAD_WORKER)
687 num_workers--; /* This is a wroker thread so reduce the count. */
689 /* If we are unlinking the list head then the next becomes the list head */
690 if(that_thread->prev)
691 that_thread->prev->next = that_thread->next;
693 CtdlThreadList = that_thread->next;
694 if(that_thread->next)
695 that_thread->next->prev = that_thread->prev;
697 citthread_cond_signal(&that_thread->ThreadCond);
698 citthread_cond_signal(&that_thread->SleepCond); // Make sure this thread is awake
699 citthread_mutex_lock(&that_thread->ThreadMutex); // Make sure it has done what its doing
700 citthread_mutex_unlock(&that_thread->ThreadMutex);
702 * Join on the thread to do clean up and prevent memory leaks
703 * Also makes sure the thread has cleaned up after itself before we remove it from the list
704 * We can join on the garbage collector thread the join should just return EDEADLCK
706 ret = citthread_join (that_thread->tid, NULL);
708 syslog(LOG_DEBUG, "Garbage collection on own thread.\n");
709 else if (ret == EINVAL)
710 syslog(LOG_DEBUG, "Garbage collection, that thread already joined on.\n");
711 else if (ret == ESRCH)
712 syslog(LOG_DEBUG, "Garbage collection, no thread to join on.\n");
714 syslog(LOG_DEBUG, "Garbage collection, citthread_join returned an unknown error(%d).\n", ret);
716 * Now we own that thread entry
718 syslog(LOG_INFO, "Garbage Collection for thread \"%s\" (0x%08lx).\n",
719 that_thread->name, that_thread->tid);
720 citthread_mutex_destroy(&that_thread->ThreadMutex);
721 citthread_cond_destroy(&that_thread->ThreadCond);
722 citthread_mutex_destroy(&that_thread->SleepMutex);
723 citthread_cond_destroy(&that_thread->SleepCond);
724 citthread_attr_destroy(&that_thread->attr);
727 sys_workers = num_workers;
728 end_critical_section(S_THREAD_LIST);
730 /* Sanity check number of worker threads */
731 if (workers != sys_workers)
734 "Thread system PANIC, discrepancy in number of worker threads. Counted %d, should be %d.\n",
745 * Runtime function for a Citadel Thread.
746 * This initialises the threads environment and then calls the user supplied thread function
747 * Note that this is the REAL thread function and wraps the users thread function.
749 static void *ctdl_internal_thread_func (void *arg)
751 CtdlThreadNode *this_thread;
754 /* lock and unlock the thread list.
755 * This causes this thread to wait until all its creation stuff has finished before it
756 * can continue its execution.
758 begin_critical_section(S_THREAD_LIST);
759 this_thread = (CtdlThreadNode *) arg;
760 gettimeofday(&this_thread->start_time, NULL); /* Time this thread started */
762 // Register the cleanup function to take care of when we exit.
763 citthread_cleanup_push(ctdl_internal_thread_cleanup, NULL);
764 // Get our thread data structure
765 CtdlThreadAllocTSD();
767 this_thread->pid = getpid();
768 memcpy(&this_thread->last_state_change, &this_thread->start_time, sizeof (struct timeval)); /* Changed state so mark it. */
769 /* Only change to running state if we weren't asked to stop during the create cycle
770 * Other wise there is a window to allow this threads creation to continue to full grown and
771 * therby prevent a shutdown of the server.
773 if (!CtdlThreadCheckStop())
775 citthread_mutex_lock(&this_thread->ThreadMutex);
776 this_thread->state = CTDL_THREAD_RUNNING;
777 citthread_mutex_unlock(&this_thread->ThreadMutex);
779 end_critical_section(S_THREAD_LIST);
781 // Register for tracing
782 #ifdef HAVE_BACKTRACE
783 /// eCrash_RegisterThread(this_thread->name, 0);
786 // Tell the world we are here
787 #if defined(HAVE_SYSCALL_H) && defined (SYS_gettid)
788 this_thread->reltid = syscall(SYS_gettid);
790 syslog(LOG_NOTICE, "Created a new thread \"%s\" (0x%08lx).\n",
791 this_thread->name, this_thread->tid);
794 * run the thread to do the work but only if we haven't been asked to stop
796 if (!CtdlThreadCheckStop())
797 ret = (this_thread->thread_func)(this_thread->user_args);
800 * Our thread is exiting either because it wanted to end or because the server is stopping
801 * We need to clean up
803 citthread_cleanup_pop(1); // Execute our cleanup routine and remove it
812 * Function to initialise an empty thread structure
814 CtdlThreadNode *ctdl_internal_init_thread_struct(CtdlThreadNode *this_thread, long flags)
818 // Ensuring this is zero'd means we make sure the thread doesn't start doing its thing until we are ready.
819 memset (this_thread, 0, sizeof(CtdlThreadNode));
821 /* Create the mutex's early so we can use them */
822 citthread_mutex_init (&(this_thread->ThreadMutex), NULL);
823 citthread_cond_init (&(this_thread->ThreadCond), NULL);
824 citthread_mutex_init (&(this_thread->SleepMutex), NULL);
825 citthread_cond_init (&(this_thread->SleepCond), NULL);
827 this_thread->state = CTDL_THREAD_CREATE;
829 if ((ret = citthread_attr_init(&this_thread->attr))) {
830 citthread_mutex_unlock(&this_thread->ThreadMutex);
831 citthread_mutex_destroy(&(this_thread->ThreadMutex));
832 citthread_cond_destroy(&(this_thread->ThreadCond));
833 citthread_mutex_destroy(&(this_thread->SleepMutex));
834 citthread_cond_destroy(&(this_thread->SleepCond));
835 syslog(LOG_EMERG, "Thread system, citthread_attr_init: %s\n", strerror(ret));
840 /* Our per-thread stacks need to be bigger than the default size,
841 * otherwise the MIME parser crashes on FreeBSD, and the IMAP service
842 * crashes on 64-bit Linux.
844 if (flags & CTDLTHREAD_BIGSTACK)
846 #ifdef WITH_THREADLOG
847 syslog(LOG_INFO, "Thread system. Creating BIG STACK thread.\n");
849 if ((ret = citthread_attr_setstacksize(&this_thread->attr, THREADSTACKSIZE))) {
850 citthread_mutex_unlock(&this_thread->ThreadMutex);
851 citthread_mutex_destroy(&(this_thread->ThreadMutex));
852 citthread_cond_destroy(&(this_thread->ThreadCond));
853 citthread_mutex_destroy(&(this_thread->SleepMutex));
854 citthread_cond_destroy(&(this_thread->SleepCond));
855 citthread_attr_destroy(&this_thread->attr);
856 syslog(LOG_EMERG, "Thread system, citthread_attr_setstacksize: %s\n",
863 /* Set this new thread with an avg_blocked of 2. We do this so that its creation affects the
864 * load average for the system. If we don't do this then we create a mass of threads at the same time
865 * because the creation didn't affect the load average.
867 this_thread->avg_blocked = 2;
869 return (this_thread);
876 * Internal function to create a thread.
878 CtdlThreadNode *ctdl_internal_create_thread(char *name, long flags, void *(*thread_func) (void *arg), void *args)
881 CtdlThreadNode *this_thread;
883 if (num_threads >= 32767)
885 syslog(LOG_EMERG, "Thread system. Thread list full.\n");
889 this_thread = malloc(sizeof(CtdlThreadNode));
890 if (this_thread == NULL) {
891 syslog(LOG_EMERG, "Thread system, can't allocate CtdlThreadNode, exiting\n");
895 /* Initialise the thread structure */
896 if (ctdl_internal_init_thread_struct(this_thread, flags) == NULL)
899 syslog(LOG_EMERG, "Thread system, can't initialise CtdlThreadNode, exiting\n");
903 * If we got here we are going to create the thread so we must initilise the structure
904 * first because most implimentations of threading can't create it in a stopped state
905 * and it might want to do things with its structure that aren't initialised otherwise.
909 this_thread->name = name;
913 this_thread->name = "Un-named Thread";
916 this_thread->flags = flags;
917 this_thread->thread_func = thread_func;
918 this_thread->user_args = args;
920 begin_critical_section(S_THREAD_LIST);
922 * We pass this_thread into the thread as its args so that it can find out information
923 * about itself and it has a bit of storage space for itself, not to mention that the REAL
924 * thread function needs to finish off the setup of the structure
926 if ((ret = citthread_create(&this_thread->tid, &this_thread->attr, ctdl_internal_thread_func, this_thread) != 0))
928 end_critical_section(S_THREAD_LIST);
929 syslog(LOG_ALERT, "Thread system, Can't create thread: %s\n",
931 citthread_mutex_unlock(&this_thread->ThreadMutex);
932 citthread_mutex_destroy(&(this_thread->ThreadMutex));
933 citthread_cond_destroy(&(this_thread->ThreadCond));
934 citthread_mutex_destroy(&(this_thread->SleepMutex));
935 citthread_cond_destroy(&(this_thread->SleepCond));
936 citthread_attr_destroy(&this_thread->attr);
940 num_threads++; // Increase the count of threads in the system.
941 if(this_thread->flags & CTDLTHREAD_WORKER)
944 this_thread->next = CtdlThreadList;
945 CtdlThreadList = this_thread;
946 if (this_thread->next)
947 this_thread->next->prev = this_thread;
949 end_critical_section(S_THREAD_LIST);
955 * Wrapper function to create a thread
956 * ensures the critical section and other protections are in place.
957 * char *name = name to give to thread, if NULL, use generic name
958 * int flags = flags to determine type of thread and standard facilities
960 CtdlThreadNode *CtdlThreadCreate(char *name, long flags, void *(*thread_func) (void *arg), void *args)
962 CtdlThreadNode *ret = NULL;
964 ret = ctdl_internal_create_thread(name, flags, thread_func, args);
970 CtdlThreadNode *ctdl_thread_internal_start_scheduled (CtdlThreadNode *this_thread)
974 begin_critical_section(S_THREAD_LIST);
976 * We pass this_thread into the thread as its args so that it can find out information
977 * about itself and it has a bit of storage space for itself, not to mention that the REAL
978 * thread function needs to finish off the setup of the structure
980 if ((ret = citthread_create(&this_thread->tid, &this_thread->attr, ctdl_internal_thread_func, this_thread) != 0))
982 end_critical_section(S_THREAD_LIST);
983 syslog(LOG_DEBUG, "Failed to start scheduled thread \"%s\": %s\n", this_thread->name, strerror(ret));
984 citthread_mutex_destroy(&(this_thread->ThreadMutex));
985 citthread_cond_destroy(&(this_thread->ThreadCond));
986 citthread_mutex_destroy(&(this_thread->SleepMutex));
987 citthread_cond_destroy(&(this_thread->SleepCond));
988 citthread_attr_destroy(&this_thread->attr);
994 num_threads++; // Increase the count of threads in the system.
995 if(this_thread->flags & CTDLTHREAD_WORKER)
998 this_thread->next = CtdlThreadList;
999 CtdlThreadList = this_thread;
1000 if (this_thread->next)
1001 this_thread->next->prev = this_thread;
1003 end_critical_section(S_THREAD_LIST);
1011 void ctdl_thread_internal_check_scheduled(void)
1013 CtdlThreadNode *this_thread, *that_thread;
1016 /* Don't start scheduled threads if the system wants single user mode */
1017 if (CtdlWantSingleUser())
1020 if (try_critical_section(S_SCHEDULE_LIST))
1021 return; /* If this list is locked we wait till the next chance */
1025 #ifdef WITH_THREADLOG
1026 syslog(LOG_DEBUG, "Checking for scheduled threads to start.\n");
1029 this_thread = CtdlThreadSchedList;
1032 that_thread = this_thread;
1033 this_thread = this_thread->next;
1035 if (now > that_thread->when)
1037 /* Unlink from schedule list */
1038 if (that_thread->prev)
1039 that_thread->prev->next = that_thread->next;
1041 CtdlThreadSchedList = that_thread->next;
1042 if (that_thread->next)
1043 that_thread->next->prev = that_thread->prev;
1045 that_thread->next = that_thread->prev = NULL;
1046 #ifdef WITH_THREADLOG
1047 syslog(LOG_DEBUG, "About to start scheduled thread \"%s\".\n", that_thread->name);
1049 if (CT->state > CTDL_THREAD_STOP_REQ)
1050 { /* Only start it if the system is not stopping */
1051 if (ctdl_thread_internal_start_scheduled (that_thread))
1053 #ifdef WITH_THREADLOG
1054 syslog(LOG_INFO, "Thread system, Started a scheduled thread \"%s\" (0x%08lx).\n",
1055 that_thread->name, that_thread->tid);
1060 #ifdef WITH_THREADLOG
1063 syslog(LOG_DEBUG, "Thread \"%s\" will start in %ld seconds.\n",
1064 that_thread->name, that_thread->when - time(NULL));
1068 end_critical_section(S_SCHEDULE_LIST);
1073 * A warapper function for select so we can show a thread as blocked
1075 int CtdlThreadSelect(int n, fd_set *readfds, fd_set *writefds, fd_set *exceptfds, struct timeval *timeout)
1079 ctdl_thread_internal_change_state(CT, CTDL_THREAD_BLOCKED);
1080 if (!CtdlThreadCheckStop())
1081 ret = select(n, readfds, writefds, exceptfds, timeout);
1083 * If the select returned <= 0 then it failed due to an error
1084 * or timeout so this thread could stop if asked to do so.
1085 * Anything else means it needs to continue unless the system is shutting down
1090 * The select says this thread needs to do something useful.
1091 * This thread was in an idle state so it may have been asked to stop
1092 * but if the system isn't shutting down this thread is no longer
1093 * idle and select has given it a task to do so it must not stop
1094 * In this condition we need to force it into the running state.
1095 * CtdlThreadGC will clear its ticker for us.
1097 * FIXME: there is still a small hole here. It is possible for the sequence of locking
1098 * to allow the state to get changed to STOP_REQ just after this code if the other thread
1099 * has decided to change the state before this lock, it there fore has to wait till the lock
1100 * completes but it will continue to change the state. We need something a bit better here.
1102 citthread_mutex_lock(&CT->ThreadMutex); /* To prevent race condition of a sleeping thread */
1103 if (GC_thread->state > CTDL_THREAD_STOP_REQ && CT->state <= CTDL_THREAD_STOP_REQ)
1105 syslog(LOG_DEBUG, "Thread %s (0x%08lx) refused stop request.\n", CT->name, CT->tid);
1106 CT->state = CTDL_THREAD_RUNNING;
1108 citthread_mutex_unlock(&CT->ThreadMutex);
1111 ctdl_thread_internal_change_state(CT, CTDL_THREAD_RUNNING);
1118 void *new_worker_thread(void *arg);
1119 extern void close_masters (void);
1123 void go_threading(void)
1126 CtdlThreadNode *last_worker;
1129 * Initialise the thread system
1131 ctdl_thread_internal_init();
1133 /* Second call to module init functions now that threading is up */
1134 initialise_modules(1);
1135 CtdlThreadCreate("select_on_master", CTDLTHREAD_BIGSTACK, select_on_master, NULL);
1138 * This thread is now used for garbage collection of other threads in the thread list
1140 syslog(LOG_INFO, "Startup thread %ld becoming garbage collector,\n", (long) citthread_self());
1143 * We do a lot of locking and unlocking of the thread list in here.
1144 * We do this so that we can repeatedly release time for other threads
1145 * that may be waiting on the thread list.
1146 * We are a low priority thread so we can afford to do this
1149 while (CtdlThreadGetCount())
1152 exit_signal = CT->signal;
1155 CtdlThreadStopAll();
1157 check_sched_shutdown();
1158 if (CT->state > CTDL_THREAD_STOP_REQ)
1160 begin_critical_section(S_THREAD_LIST);
1161 end_critical_section(S_THREAD_LIST);
1163 ctdl_thread_internal_check_scheduled(); /* start scheduled threads */
1166 /* Reduce the size of the worker thread pool if necessary. */
1167 if ((CtdlThreadGetWorkers() > config.c_min_workers + 1) && (CtdlThreadWorkerAvg < 20) && (CT->state > CTDL_THREAD_STOP_REQ))
1169 /* Ask a worker thread to stop as we no longer need it */
1170 begin_critical_section(S_THREAD_LIST);
1171 last_worker = CtdlThreadList;
1174 citthread_mutex_lock(&last_worker->ThreadMutex);
1175 if (last_worker->flags & CTDLTHREAD_WORKER && (last_worker->state > CTDL_THREAD_STOPPING) && (last_worker->Context == NULL))
1177 citthread_mutex_unlock(&last_worker->ThreadMutex);
1180 citthread_mutex_unlock(&last_worker->ThreadMutex);
1181 last_worker = last_worker->next;
1183 end_critical_section(S_THREAD_LIST);
1186 #ifdef WITH_THREADLOG
1187 syslog(LOG_DEBUG, "Thread system, stopping excess worker thread \"%s\" (0x%08lx).\n",
1192 CtdlThreadStop(last_worker);
1197 * If all our workers are working hard, start some more to help out
1200 /* FIXME: come up with a better way to dynamically alter the number of threads
1201 * based on the system load
1203 if ( (((CtdlThreadGetWorkers() < config.c_max_workers)
1204 && (CtdlThreadGetWorkerAvg() > 60))
1205 || CtdlThreadGetWorkers() < config.c_min_workers)
1206 && (CT->state > CTDL_THREAD_STOP_REQ)
1209 /* Only start new threads if we are not going to overload the machine */
1210 /* Temporarily set to 10 should be enough to make sure we don't stranglew the server
1211 * at least until we make this a config option */
1212 if (CtdlThreadGetLoadAvg() < ((double)10.00)) {
1213 for (i=0; i<5 ; i++) {
1214 CtdlThreadCreate("Worker Thread",
1215 CTDLTHREAD_BIGSTACK + CTDLTHREAD_WORKER,
1222 syslog(LOG_WARNING, "Server strangled due to machine load average too high.\n");
1227 if (CtdlThreadGetCount() <= 1) // Shutting down clean up the garbage collector
1232 #ifdef THREADS_USESIGNALS
1233 if (CtdlThreadGetCount() && CT->state > CTDL_THREAD_STOP_REQ)
1235 if (CtdlThreadGetCount())
1240 * If the above loop exits we must be shutting down since we obviously have no threads
1242 ctdl_thread_internal_cleanup();