package threads::shared;
-
use strict;
use warnings;
use Config;
-use Scalar::Util qw(weaken);
-use attributes qw(reftype);
-BEGIN {
- if($Config{'useithreads'} && $Config::threads) {
- *share = \&share_enabled;
+require Exporter;
+our @ISA = qw(Exporter);
+our @EXPORT = qw(share cond_wait cond_broadcast cond_signal _refcnt _id _thrcnt);
+our $VERSION = '0.90';
+
+use Attribute::Handlers;
+
+
+if ($Config{'useithreads'}) {
+ *cond_wait = \&cond_wait_enabled;
+ *cond_signal = \&cond_signal_enabled;
+ *cond_broadcast = \&cond_broadcast_enabled;
+ require XSLoader;
+ XSLoader::load('threads::shared',$VERSION);
+}
+else {
+ *share = \&share_disabled;
*cond_wait = \&cond_wait_disabled;
*cond_signal = \&cond_signal_disabled;
*cond_broadcast = \&cond_broadcast_disabled;
- *unlock = \&unlock_disabled;
- *lock = \&lock_disabled;
- } else {
- *share = \&share_enabled;
- }
}
-require Exporter;
-require DynaLoader;
-our @ISA = qw(Exporter DynaLoader);
-
-our @EXPORT = qw(share cond_wait cond_broadcast cond_signal unlock lock);
-our $VERSION = '0.01';
-
-our %shared;
sub cond_wait_disabled { return @_ };
sub cond_signal_disabled { return @_};
sub cond_broadcast_disabled { return @_};
-sub unlock_disabled { 1 };
-sub lock_disabled { 1 }
sub share_disabled { return @_}
-sub share_enabled (\[$@%]) { # \]
- my $value = $_[0];
- my $ref = reftype($value);
- if($ref eq 'SCALAR') {
- my $obj = \threads::shared::sv->new($$value);
- bless $obj, 'threads::shared::sv';
- $shared{$$obj} = $value;
- weaken($shared{$$obj});
- } elsif($ref eq "ARRAY") {
- tie @$value, 'threads::shared::av', $value;
- } else {
- die "You cannot share ref of type $_[0]\n";
- }
-}
+$threads::shared::threads_shared = 1;
-sub CLONE {
- return unless($_[0] eq "threads::shared");
- foreach my $ptr (keys %shared) {
- if($ptr) {
- thrcnt_inc($shared{$ptr});
- }
- }
-}
+sub _thrcnt { 42 }
-sub DESTROY {
- my $self = shift;
- delete($shared{$$self});
+sub threads::shared::tie::SPLICE
+{
+ die "Splice not implemented for shared arrays";
}
-package threads::shared::sv;
-use base 'threads::shared';
-
-sub DESTROY {}
-
-package threads::shared::av;
-use base 'threads::shared';
-use Scalar::Util qw(weaken);
-sub TIEARRAY {
- my $class = shift;
- my $value = shift;
- my $self = bless \threads::shared::av->new($value),'threads::shared::av';
- $shared{$self->ptr} = $value;
- weaken($shared{$self->ptr});
- return $self;
+sub UNIVERSAL::shared : ATTR {
+ my ($package, $symbol, $referent, $attr, $data, $phase) = @_;
+ share($referent);
}
-package threads::shared::hv;
-use base 'threads::shared';
-
-bootstrap threads::shared $VERSION;
-
__END__
=head1 NAME
my $bar = share([]);
$hash{bar} = share({});
- lock(\%hash);
- unlock(\%hash);
+ lock(%hash);
+ unlock(%hash);
cond_wait($scalar);
- cond_broadcast(\@array);
- cond_signal($scalar);
+ cond_broadcast(@array);
+ cond_signal(%hash);
=head1 DESCRIPTION
then be shared across different threads (and pseudoforks on
win32). They are used together with the threads module.
-=head2 EXPORT
+=head1 EXPORT
+
+C<share>, C<lock>, C<unlock>, C<cond_wait>, C<cond_signal>, C<cond_broadcast>
+
+=head1 FUNCTIONS
+
+=over 4
+
+=item share VARIABLE
+
+C<share> takes a value and marks it as shared, you can share a scalar, array, hash
+scalar ref, array ref and hash ref, C<share> will return the shared value.
+
+C<share> will traverse up references exactly I<one> level.
+C<share(\$a)> is equivalent to C<share($a)>, while C<share(\\$a)> is not.
+
+=item lock VARIABLE
+
+C<lock> places a lock on a variable until the lock goes out of scope. If
+the variable is locked by another thread, the C<lock> call will block until
+it's available. C<lock> is recursive, so multiple calls to C<lock> are
+safe--the variable will remain locked until the outermost lock on the
+variable goes out of scope or C<unlock> is called enough times to match
+the number of calls to <lock>.
+
+If a container object, such as a hash or array, is locked, all the elements
+of that container are not locked. For example, if a thread does a C<lock
+@a>, any other thread doing a C<lock($a[12])> won't block.
-share(), lock(), unlock(), cond_wait, cond_signal, cond_broadcast
+C<lock> will traverse up references exactly I<one> level.
+C<lock(\$a)> is equivalent to C<lock($a)>, while C<lock(\\$a)> is not.
+
+
+=item unlock VARIABLE
+
+C<unlock> takes a locked shared value and decrements the lock count.
+If the lock count is zero the variable is unlocked. It is not necessary
+to call C<unlock> but it can be usefull to reduce lock contention.
+
+C<unlock> will traverse up references exactly I<one> level.
+C<unlock(\$a)> is equivalent to C<unlock($a)>, while C<unlock(\\$a)> is not.
+
+=item cond_wait VARIABLE
+
+The C<cond_wait> function takes a B<locked> variable as a parameter,
+unlocks the variable, and blocks until another thread does a C<cond_signal>
+or C<cond_broadcast> for that same locked variable. The variable that
+C<cond_wait> blocked on is relocked after the C<cond_wait> is satisfied.
+If there are multiple threads C<cond_wait>ing on the same variable, all but
+one will reblock waiting to reaquire the lock on the variable. (So if
+you're only using C<cond_wait> for synchronization, give up the lock as
+soon as possible)
+
+It is important to note that the variable can be notified even if no
+thread C<cond_signal> or C<cond_broadcast> on the variable. It is therefore
+important to check the value of the variable and go back to waiting if the
+requirment is not fullfilled.
+
+=item cond_signal VARIABLE
+
+The C<cond_signal> function takes a B<locked> variable as a parameter and
+unblocks one thread that's C<cond_wait>ing on that variable. If more than
+one thread is blocked in a C<cond_wait> on that variable, only one (and
+which one is indeterminate) will be unblocked.
+
+If there are no threads blocked in a C<cond_wait> on the variable, the
+signal is discarded.
+
+=item cond_broadcast VARIABLE
+
+The C<cond_broadcast> function works similarly to C<cond_signal>.
+C<cond_broadcast>, though, will unblock B<all> the threads that are blocked
+in a C<cond_wait> on the locked variable, rather than only one.
+
+
+=head1 NOTES
+
+threads::shared is designed to disable itself silently if threads are
+not available. If you want access to threads, you must C<use threads>
+before you C<use threads::shared>. threads will emit a warning if you
+use it after threads::shared.
=head1 BUGS
-Not stress tested!
+C<bless> is not supported on shared references, in the current version
+C<bless> will only bless the thread local reference and the blessing
+will not propagate to the other threads, this is expected to be implmented
+in the future.
+
Does not support splice on arrays!
=head1 AUTHOR
threads::shared is released under the same license as Perl
+Documentation borrowed from Thread.pm
+
=head1 SEE ALSO
L<perl> L<threads>
=cut
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