source: branches/1.1.x/src/org/armedbear/lisp/threads.lisp

;;; threads.lisp
;;;
;;; Copyright (C) 2009-2010 Erik Huelsmann <ehuelsmann@common-lisp.net>
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;;; $Id: threads.lisp 14106 2012-08-17 10:45:00Z ehuelsmann $
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(in-package #:threads)


(export '(make-mailbox mailbox-send mailbox-empty-p
          mailbox-read mailbox-peek
          make-thread-lock with-thread-lock
          make-mutex get-mutex release-mutex with-mutex))


;;
;; MAKE-THREAD helper to establish restarts
;;

(defun thread-function-wrapper (fun)
  (restart-case
      (funcall fun)
    (abort () :report "Abort thread.")))

;;
;; Mailbox implementation
;;

;; this export statement is also in autoloads.lisp
(export '(make-mailbox mailbox-send mailbox-empty-p mailbox-read mailbox-peek))

(defstruct mailbox
  queue)

(defun mailbox-send (mailbox item)
  "Sends an item into the mailbox, notifying 1 waiter
to wake up for retrieval of that object."
  (threads:synchronized-on mailbox
     (push item (mailbox-queue mailbox))
     (threads:object-notify mailbox)))

(defun mailbox-empty-p (mailbox)
  "Returns non-NIL if the mailbox can be read from, NIL otherwise."
  ;; Because we're just checking the value of an object reference,
  ;; (which are atomically gotten and set) we don't need to lock
  ;; the mailbox before operating on it.
  (null (mailbox-queue mailbox)))

(defun mailbox-read (mailbox)
  "Blocks on the mailbox until an item is available for reading.
When an item is available, it is returned."
  (threads:synchronized-on mailbox
     (loop
        (unless (mailbox-empty-p mailbox)
          (return))
        (object-wait mailbox))
     (pop (mailbox-queue mailbox))))

(defun mailbox-peek (mailbox)
  "Returns two values. The second returns non-NIL when the mailbox
is empty. The first is the next item to be read from the mailbox.

Note that due to multi-threading, the first value returned upon
peek, may be different from the one returned upon next read in the
calling thread."
  (threads:synchronized-on mailbox
     (values (car (mailbox-queue mailbox))
             (null (mailbox-queue mailbox)))))



;;
;; Mutex implementation
;;


;; this export statement is also in autoloads.lisp
(export '(make-mutex get-mutex release-mutex))

(defstruct mutex
  in-use)

(defun get-mutex (mutex)
  "Acquires a lock on the `mutex'."
  (synchronized-on mutex
    (loop
       while (mutex-in-use mutex)
       do (object-wait mutex))
    (setf (mutex-in-use mutex) T)))

(defun release-mutex (mutex)
  "Releases a lock on the `mutex'."
  (synchronized-on mutex
    (setf (mutex-in-use mutex) NIL)
    (object-notify mutex)))

(defmacro with-mutex ((mutex) &body body)
  "Acquires a lock on `mutex', executes the body
and releases the lock."
  (let ((m (gensym)))
    `(let ((,m ,mutex))
       (when (get-mutex ,m)
         (unwind-protect
          (progn
            ,@body)
          (release-mutex ,m))))))


;;
;; Lock implementation
;;

(defun make-thread-lock ()
  "Returns an object to be used with the `with-thread-lock' macro."
  (gensym))

(defmacro with-thread-lock ((lock) &body body)
  "Acquires a lock on the `lock', executes `body' and releases the lock."
  (let ((glock (gensym)))
    `(let ((,glock ,lock))
       (synchronized-on ,glock
          ,@body))))