// Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved. // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be // found in the LICENSE file. // WARNING: You should *NOT* be using this class directly. PlatformThread is // the low-level platform-specific abstraction to the OS's threading interface. // You should instead be using a message-loop driven Thread, see thread.h. #ifndef BASE_THREADING_PLATFORM_THREAD_H_ #define BASE_THREADING_PLATFORM_THREAD_H_ #include <stddef.h> #include "base/base_export.h" #include "base/macros.h" #include "base/time/time.h" #include "build/build_config.h" #if defined(OS_WIN) #include "base/win/windows_types.h" #elif defined(OS_FUCHSIA) #include <zircon/types.h> #elif defined(OS_MACOSX) #include <mach/mach_types.h> #elif defined(OS_POSIX) #include <pthread.h> #include <unistd.h> #endif namespace base { // Used for logging. Always an integer value. #if defined(OS_WIN) typedef DWORD PlatformThreadId; #elif defined(OS_FUCHSIA) typedef zx_handle_t PlatformThreadId; #elif defined(OS_MACOSX) typedef mach_port_t PlatformThreadId; #elif defined(OS_POSIX) typedef pid_t PlatformThreadId; #endif // Used for thread checking and debugging. // Meant to be as fast as possible. // These are produced by PlatformThread::CurrentRef(), and used to later // check if we are on the same thread or not by using ==. These are safe // to copy between threads, but can't be copied to another process as they // have no meaning there. Also, the internal identifier can be re-used // after a thread dies, so a PlatformThreadRef cannot be reliably used // to distinguish a new thread from an old, dead thread. class PlatformThreadRef { public: #if defined(OS_WIN) typedef DWORD RefType; #else // OS_POSIX typedef pthread_t RefType; #endif constexpr PlatformThreadRef() : id_(0) {} explicit constexpr PlatformThreadRef(RefType id) : id_(id) {} bool operator==(PlatformThreadRef other) const { return id_ == other.id_; } bool operator!=(PlatformThreadRef other) const { return id_ != other.id_; } bool is_null() const { return id_ == 0; } private: RefType id_; }; // Used to operate on threads. class PlatformThreadHandle { public: #if defined(OS_WIN) typedef void* Handle; #elif defined(OS_POSIX) || defined(OS_FUCHSIA) typedef pthread_t Handle; #endif constexpr PlatformThreadHandle() : handle_(0) {} explicit constexpr PlatformThreadHandle(Handle handle) : handle_(handle) {} bool is_equal(const PlatformThreadHandle& other) const { return handle_ == other.handle_; } bool is_null() const { return !handle_; } Handle platform_handle() const { return handle_; } private: Handle handle_; }; const PlatformThreadId kInvalidThreadId(0); // Valid values for priority of Thread::Options and SimpleThread::Options, and // SetCurrentThreadPriority(), listed in increasing order of importance. enum class ThreadPriority : int { // Suitable for threads that shouldn't disrupt high priority work. BACKGROUND, // Default priority level. NORMAL, // Suitable for threads which generate data for the display (at ~60Hz). DISPLAY, // Suitable for low-latency, glitch-resistant audio. REALTIME_AUDIO, }; // A namespace for low-level thread functions. class BASE_EXPORT PlatformThread { public: // Implement this interface to run code on a background thread. Your // ThreadMain method will be called on the newly created thread. class BASE_EXPORT Delegate { public: virtual void ThreadMain() = 0; protected: virtual ~Delegate() = default; }; // Gets the current thread id, which may be useful for logging purposes. static PlatformThreadId CurrentId(); // Gets the current thread reference, which can be used to check if // we're on the right thread quickly. static PlatformThreadRef CurrentRef(); // Get the handle representing the current thread. On Windows, this is a // pseudo handle constant which will always represent the thread using it and // hence should not be shared with other threads nor be used to differentiate // the current thread from another. static PlatformThreadHandle CurrentHandle(); // Yield the current thread so another thread can be scheduled. static void YieldCurrentThread(); // Sleeps for the specified duration. static void Sleep(base::TimeDelta duration); // Sets the thread name visible to debuggers/tools. This will try to // initialize the context for current thread unless it's a WorkerThread. static void SetName(const std::string& name); // Gets the thread name, if previously set by SetName. static const char* GetName(); // Creates a new thread. The |stack_size| parameter can be 0 to indicate // that the default stack size should be used. Upon success, // |*thread_handle| will be assigned a handle to the newly created thread, // and |delegate|'s ThreadMain method will be executed on the newly created // thread. // NOTE: When you are done with the thread handle, you must call Join to // release system resources associated with the thread. You must ensure that // the Delegate object outlives the thread. static bool Create(size_t stack_size, Delegate* delegate, PlatformThreadHandle* thread_handle) { return CreateWithPriority(stack_size, delegate, thread_handle, ThreadPriority::NORMAL); } // CreateWithPriority() does the same thing as Create() except the priority of // the thread is set based on |priority|. static bool CreateWithPriority(size_t stack_size, Delegate* delegate, PlatformThreadHandle* thread_handle, ThreadPriority priority); // CreateNonJoinable() does the same thing as Create() except the thread // cannot be Join()'d. Therefore, it also does not output a // PlatformThreadHandle. static bool CreateNonJoinable(size_t stack_size, Delegate* delegate); // CreateNonJoinableWithPriority() does the same thing as CreateNonJoinable() // except the priority of the thread is set based on |priority|. static bool CreateNonJoinableWithPriority(size_t stack_size, Delegate* delegate, ThreadPriority priority); // Joins with a thread created via the Create function. This function blocks // the caller until the designated thread exits. This will invalidate // |thread_handle|. static void Join(PlatformThreadHandle thread_handle); // Detaches and releases the thread handle. The thread is no longer joinable // and |thread_handle| is invalidated after this call. static void Detach(PlatformThreadHandle thread_handle); // Returns true if SetCurrentThreadPriority() can be used to increase the // priority of the current thread. static bool CanIncreaseCurrentThreadPriority(); // Toggles the current thread's priority at runtime. // // A thread may not be able to raise its priority back up after lowering it if // the process does not have a proper permission, e.g. CAP_SYS_NICE on Linux. // A thread may not be able to lower its priority back down after raising it // to REALTIME_AUDIO. // // This function must not be called from the main thread on Mac. This is to // avoid performance regressions (https://crbug.com/601270). // // Since changing other threads' priority is not permitted in favor of // security, this interface is restricted to change only the current thread // priority (https://crbug.com/399473). static void SetCurrentThreadPriority(ThreadPriority priority); static ThreadPriority GetCurrentThreadPriority(); #if defined(OS_LINUX) // Toggles a specific thread's priority at runtime. This can be used to // change the priority of a thread in a different process and will fail // if the calling process does not have proper permissions. The // SetCurrentThreadPriority() function above is preferred in favor of // security but on platforms where sandboxed processes are not allowed to // change priority this function exists to allow a non-sandboxed process // to change the priority of sandboxed threads for improved performance. // Warning: Don't use this for a main thread because that will change the // whole thread group's (i.e. process) priority. static void SetThreadPriority(PlatformThreadId thread_id, ThreadPriority priority); #endif private: DISALLOW_IMPLICIT_CONSTRUCTORS(PlatformThread); }; } // namespace base #endif // BASE_THREADING_PLATFORM_THREAD_H_