=begin = monitor.rb Copyright (C) 2001 Shugo Maeda This library is distributed under the terms of the Ruby license. You can freely distribute/modify this library. == example This is a simple example. require 'monitor.rb' buf = [] buf.extend(MonitorMixin) empty_cond = buf.new_cond # consumer Thread.start do loop do buf.synchronize do empty_cond.wait_while { buf.empty? } print buf.shift end end end # producer while line = ARGF.gets buf.synchronize do buf.push(line) empty_cond.signal end end The consumer thread waits for the producer thread to push a line to buf while buf.empty?, and the producer thread (main thread) reads a line from ARGF and push it to buf, then call empty_cond.signal. =end # # Adds monitor functionality to an arbitrary object by mixing the module with # +include+. For example: # # require 'monitor.rb' # # buf = [] # buf.extend(MonitorMixin) # empty_cond = buf.new_cond # # # consumer # Thread.start do # loop do # buf.synchronize do # empty_cond.wait_while { buf.empty? } # print buf.shift # end # end # end # # # producer # while line = ARGF.gets # buf.synchronize do # buf.push(line) # empty_cond.signal # end # end # # The consumer thread waits for the producer thread to push a line # to buf while buf.empty?, and the producer thread (main thread) # reads a line from ARGF and push it to buf, then call # empty_cond.signal. # module MonitorMixin # # FIXME: This isn't documented in Nutshell. # # Since MonitorMixin.new_cond returns a ConditionVariable, and the example # above calls while_wait and signal, this class should be documented. # class ConditionVariable class Timeout < Exception; end # Create a new timer with the argument timeout, and add the # current thread to the list of waiters. Then the thread is # stopped. It will be resumed when a corresponding #signal # occurs. def wait(timeout = nil) @monitor.instance_eval {mon_check_owner()} timer = create_timer(timeout) Thread.critical = true count = @monitor.instance_eval {mon_exit_for_cond()} @waiters.push(Thread.current) begin Thread.stop return true rescue Timeout return false ensure Thread.critical = true if timer && timer.alive? Thread.kill(timer) end if @waiters.include?(Thread.current) # interrupted? @waiters.delete(Thread.current) end @monitor.instance_eval {mon_enter_for_cond(count)} Thread.critical = false end end # call #wait while the supplied block returns +true+. def wait_while while yield wait end end # call #wait until the supplied block returns +true+. def wait_until until yield wait end end # Wake up and run the next waiter def signal @monitor.instance_eval {mon_check_owner()} Thread.critical = true t = @waiters.shift t.wakeup if t Thread.critical = false Thread.pass end # Wake up all the waiters. def broadcast @monitor.instance_eval {mon_check_owner()} Thread.critical = true for t in @waiters t.wakeup end @waiters.clear Thread.critical = false Thread.pass end def count_waiters return @waiters.length end private def initialize(monitor) @monitor = monitor @waiters = [] end def create_timer(timeout) if timeout waiter = Thread.current return Thread.start { Thread.pass sleep(timeout) Thread.critical = true waiter.raise(Timeout.new) } else return nil end end end def self.extend_object(obj) super(obj) obj.instance_eval {mon_initialize()} end # # Attempts to enter exclusive section. Returns +false+ if lock fails. # def mon_try_enter result = false Thread.critical = true if @mon_owner.nil? @mon_owner = Thread.current end if @mon_owner == Thread.current @mon_count += 1 result = true end Thread.critical = false return result end # For backward compatibility alias try_mon_enter mon_try_enter # # Enters exclusive section. # def mon_enter Thread.critical = true mon_acquire(@mon_entering_queue) @mon_count += 1 Thread.critical = false end # # Leaves exclusive section. # def mon_exit mon_check_owner Thread.critical = true @mon_count -= 1 if @mon_count == 0 mon_release end Thread.critical = false Thread.pass end # # Enters exclusive section and executes the block. Leaves the exclusive # section automatically when the block exits. See example under # +MonitorMixin+. # def mon_synchronize mon_enter begin yield ensure mon_exit end end alias synchronize mon_synchronize # # FIXME: This isn't documented in Nutshell. # # Create a new condition variable for this monitor. # This facilitates control of the monitor with #signal and #wait. # def new_cond return ConditionVariable.new(self) end private def initialize(*args) super mon_initialize end # called by initialize method to set defaults for instance variables. def mon_initialize @mon_owner = nil @mon_count = 0 @mon_entering_queue = [] @mon_waiting_queue = [] end # Throw a ThreadError exception if the current thread # does't own the monitor def mon_check_owner if @mon_owner != Thread.current raise ThreadError, "current thread not owner" end end def mon_acquire(queue) while @mon_owner && @mon_owner != Thread.current queue.push(Thread.current) Thread.stop Thread.critical = true end @mon_owner = Thread.current end def mon_release @mon_owner = nil t = @mon_waiting_queue.shift t = @mon_entering_queue.shift unless t t.wakeup if t end def mon_enter_for_cond(count) mon_acquire(@mon_waiting_queue) @mon_count = count end def mon_exit_for_cond count = @mon_count @mon_count = 0 mon_release return count end end # Monitors provide means of mutual exclusion for Thread programming. # A critical region is created by means of the synchronize method, # which takes a block. # The condition variables (created with #new_cond) may be used # to control the execution of a monitor with #signal and #wait. # # the Monitor class wraps MonitorMixin, and provides aliases # alias try_enter try_mon_enter # alias enter mon_enter # alias exit mon_exit # to access its methods more concisely. class Monitor include MonitorMixin alias try_enter try_mon_enter alias enter mon_enter alias exit mon_exit end # Documentation comments: # - All documentation comes from Nutshell. # - MonitorMixin.new_cond appears in the example, but is not documented in # Nutshell. # - All the internals (internal modules Accessible and Initializable, class # ConditionVariable) appear in RDoc. It might be good to hide them, by # making them private, or marking them :nodoc:, etc. # - The entire example from the RD section at the top is replicated in the RDoc # comment for MonitorMixin. Does the RD section need to remain? # - RDoc doesn't recognise aliases, so we have mon_synchronize documented, but # not synchronize. # - mon_owner is in Nutshell, but appears as an accessor in a separate module # here, so is hard/impossible to RDoc. Some other useful accessors # (mon_count and some queue stuff) are also in this module, and don't appear # directly in the RDoc output. # - in short, it may be worth changing the code layout in this file to make the # documentation easier # Local variables: # mode: Ruby # tab-width: 8 # End: