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| 1 | /** @file pmutil.h lock-free queue for building MIDI | ||
| 2 | applications with PortMidi. | ||
| 3 | |||
| 4 | PortMidi is not reentrant, and locks can suffer from priority | ||
| 5 | inversion. To support coordination between system callbacks, a | ||
| 6 | high-priority thread created with PortTime, and the main | ||
| 7 | application thread, PortMidi uses a lock-free, non-blocking | ||
| 8 | queue. The queue implementation is not particular to MIDI and is | ||
| 9 | available for other uses. | ||
| 10 | */ | ||
| 11 | |||
| 12 | #ifndef PORTMIDI_PMUTIL_H | ||
| 13 | #define PORTMIDI_PMUTIL_H | ||
| 14 | |||
| 15 | #ifdef __cplusplus | ||
| 16 | extern "C" { | ||
| 17 | #endif /* __cplusplus */ | ||
| 18 | |||
| 19 | /** @defgroup grp_pmutil Lock-free Queue | ||
| 20 | @{ | ||
| 21 | */ | ||
| 22 | |||
| 23 | /** The queue representation is opaque. Declare a queue as PmQueue * */ | ||
| 24 | typedef void PmQueue; | ||
| 25 | |||
| 26 | /** create a single-reader, single-writer queue. | ||
| 27 | |||
| 28 | @param num_msgs the number of messages the queue can hold | ||
| 29 | |||
| 30 | @param the fixed message size | ||
| 31 | |||
| 32 | @return the allocated and initialized queue, or NULL if memory | ||
| 33 | cannot be allocated. Allocation uses #pm_malloc(). | ||
| 34 | |||
| 35 | The queue only accepts fixed sized messages. | ||
| 36 | |||
| 37 | This queue implementation uses the "light pipe" algorithm which | ||
| 38 | operates correctly even with multi-processors and out-of-order | ||
| 39 | memory writes. (see Alexander Dokumentov, "Lock-free Interprocess | ||
| 40 | Communication," Dr. Dobbs Portal, http://www.ddj.com/, | ||
| 41 | articleID=189401457, June 15, 2006. This algorithm requires that | ||
| 42 | messages be translated to a form where no words contain | ||
| 43 | zeros. Each word becomes its own "data valid" tag. Because of this | ||
| 44 | translation, we cannot return a pointer to data still in the queue | ||
| 45 | when the "peek" method is called. Instead, a buffer is | ||
| 46 | preallocated so that data can be copied there. Pm_QueuePeek() | ||
| 47 | dequeues a message into this buffer and returns a pointer to it. A | ||
| 48 | subsequent Pm_Dequeue() will copy from this buffer. | ||
| 49 | |||
| 50 | This implementation does not try to keep reader/writer data in | ||
| 51 | separate cache lines or prevent thrashing on cache lines. | ||
| 52 | However, this algorithm differs by doing inserts/removals in | ||
| 53 | units of messages rather than units of machine words. Some | ||
| 54 | performance improvement might be obtained by not clearing data | ||
| 55 | immediately after a read, but instead by waiting for the end | ||
| 56 | of the cache line, especially if messages are smaller than | ||
| 57 | cache lines. See the Dokumentov article for explanation. | ||
| 58 | |||
| 59 | The algorithm is extended to handle "overflow" reporting. To | ||
| 60 | report an overflow, the sender writes the current tail position to | ||
| 61 | a field. The receiver must acknowlege receipt by zeroing the | ||
| 62 | field. The sender will not send more until the field is zeroed. | ||
| 63 | */ | ||
| 64 | PMEXPORT PmQueue *Pm_QueueCreate(long num_msgs, int32_t bytes_per_msg); | ||
| 65 | |||
| 66 | /** destroy a queue and free its storage. | ||
| 67 | |||
| 68 | @param queue a queue created by #Pm_QueueCreate(). | ||
| 69 | |||
| 70 | @return pmNoError or an error code. | ||
| 71 | |||
| 72 | Uses #pm_free(). | ||
| 73 | |||
| 74 | */ | ||
| 75 | PMEXPORT PmError Pm_QueueDestroy(PmQueue *queue); | ||
| 76 | |||
| 77 | /** remove one message from the queue, copying it into \p msg. | ||
| 78 | |||
| 79 | @param queue a queue created by #Pm_QueueCreate(). | ||
| 80 | |||
| 81 | @param msg address to which the message, if any, is copied. | ||
| 82 | |||
| 83 | @return 1 if successful, and 0 if the queue is empty. Returns | ||
| 84 | #pmBufferOverflow if what would have been the next thing in the | ||
| 85 | queue was dropped due to overflow. (So when overflow occurs, the | ||
| 86 | receiver can receive a queue full of messages before getting the | ||
| 87 | overflow report. This protocol ensures that the reader will be | ||
| 88 | notified when data is lost due to overflow. | ||
| 89 | */ | ||
| 90 | PMEXPORT PmError Pm_Dequeue(PmQueue *queue, void *msg); | ||
| 91 | |||
| 92 | /** insert one message into the queue, copying it from \p msg. | ||
| 93 | |||
| 94 | @param queue a queue created by #Pm_QueueCreate(). | ||
| 95 | |||
| 96 | @param msg address of the message to be enqueued. | ||
| 97 | |||
| 98 | @return #pmNoError if successful and #pmBufferOverflow if the | ||
| 99 | queue was already full. If #pmBufferOverflow is returned, the | ||
| 100 | overflow flag is set. | ||
| 101 | */ | ||
| 102 | PMEXPORT PmError Pm_Enqueue(PmQueue *queue, void *msg); | ||
| 103 | |||
| 104 | /** test if the queue is full. | ||
| 105 | |||
| 106 | @param queue a queue created by #Pm_QueueCreate(). | ||
| 107 | |||
| 108 | @return non-zero iff the queue is empty, and @pmBadPtr if \p queue | ||
| 109 | is NULL. | ||
| 110 | |||
| 111 | The full condition may change immediately because a parallel | ||
| 112 | dequeue operation could be in progress. The result is | ||
| 113 | pessimistic: if it returns false (zero) to the single writer, then | ||
| 114 | #Pm_Enqueue() is guaranteed to succeed. | ||
| 115 | */ | ||
| 116 | PMEXPORT int Pm_QueueFull(PmQueue *queue); | ||
| 117 | |||
| 118 | /** test if the queue is empty. | ||
| 119 | |||
| 120 | @param queue a queue created by #Pm_QueueCreate(). | ||
| 121 | |||
| 122 | @return zero iff the queue is either empty or NULL. | ||
| 123 | |||
| 124 | The empty condition may change immediately because a parallel | ||
| 125 | enqueue operation could be in progress. Furthermore, the | ||
| 126 | result is optimistic: it may say false, when due to | ||
| 127 | out-of-order writes, the full message has not arrived. Therefore, | ||
| 128 | #Pm_Dequeue() could still return 0 after #Pm_QueueEmpty() returns | ||
| 129 | false. | ||
| 130 | */ | ||
| 131 | PMEXPORT int Pm_QueueEmpty(PmQueue *queue); | ||
| 132 | |||
| 133 | /** get a pointer to the item at the head of the queue. | ||
| 134 | |||
| 135 | @param queue a queue created by #Pm_QueueCreate(). | ||
| 136 | |||
| 137 | @result a pointer to the head message or NULL if the queue is empty. | ||
| 138 | |||
| 139 | The message is not removed from the queue. #Pm_QueuePeek() will | ||
| 140 | not indicate when an overflow occurs. If you want to get and check | ||
| 141 | #pmBufferOverflow messages, use the return value of | ||
| 142 | #Pm_QueuePeek() *only* as an indication that you should call | ||
| 143 | #Pm_Dequeue(). At the point where a direct call to #Pm_Dequeue() | ||
| 144 | would return #pmBufferOverflow, #Pm_QueuePeek() will return NULL, | ||
| 145 | but internally clear the #pmBufferOverflow flag, enabling | ||
| 146 | #Pm_Enqueue() to resume enqueuing messages. A subsequent call to | ||
| 147 | #Pm_QueuePeek() will return a pointer to the first message *after* | ||
| 148 | the overflow. Using this as an indication to call #Pm_Dequeue(), | ||
| 149 | the first call to #Pm_Dequeue() will return #pmBufferOverflow. The | ||
| 150 | second call will return success, copying the same message pointed | ||
| 151 | to by the previous #Pm_QueuePeek(). | ||
| 152 | |||
| 153 | When to use #Pm_QueuePeek(): (1) when you need to look at the message | ||
| 154 | data to decide who should be called to receive it. (2) when you need | ||
| 155 | to know a message is ready but cannot accept the message. | ||
| 156 | |||
| 157 | Note that #Pm_QueuePeek() is not a fast check, so if possible, you | ||
| 158 | might as well just call #Pm_Dequeue() and accept the data if it is there. | ||
| 159 | */ | ||
| 160 | PMEXPORT void *Pm_QueuePeek(PmQueue *queue); | ||
| 161 | |||
| 162 | /** allows the writer (enqueuer) to signal an overflow | ||
| 163 | condition to the reader (dequeuer). | ||
| 164 | |||
| 165 | @param queue a queue created by #Pm_QueueCreate(). | ||
| 166 | |||
| 167 | @return #pmNoError if overflow is set, or #pmBadPtr if queue is | ||
| 168 | NULL, or #pmBufferOverflow if buffer is already in an overflow | ||
| 169 | state. | ||
| 170 | |||
| 171 | E.g., when transfering data from the OS to an application, if the | ||
| 172 | OS indicates a buffer overrun, #Pm_SetOverflow() can be used to | ||
| 173 | insure that the reader receives a #pmBufferOverflow result from | ||
| 174 | #Pm_Dequeue(). | ||
| 175 | */ | ||
| 176 | PMEXPORT PmError Pm_SetOverflow(PmQueue *queue); | ||
| 177 | |||
| 178 | /** @} */ | ||
| 179 | |||
| 180 | #ifdef __cplusplus | ||
| 181 | } | ||
| 182 | #endif /* __cplusplus */ | ||
| 183 | |||
| 184 | #endif // PORTMIDI_PMUTIL_H | ||
