Paul Davis
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git-svn-id: svn://localhost/ardour2/branches/3.0@12076 d708f5d6-7413-0410-9779-e7cbd77b26cf
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3.4 KiB
C++
104 lines
3.4 KiB
C++
/*
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Copyright (C) 2000-2007 Paul Davis
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This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
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(at your option) any later version.
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This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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GNU General Public License for more details.
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You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
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Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
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*/
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#ifndef __pbd__crossthread_h__
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#define __pbd__crossthread_h__
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#ifdef check
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#undef check
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#endif
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#include <glibmm/main.h>
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/** A simple abstraction of a mechanism of signalling one thread from another.
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* The signaller calls ::wakeup() to tell the signalled thread to check for
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* work to be done.
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*
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* This implementation provides both ::selectable() for use in direct
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* poll/select-based event loops, and a Glib::IOSource via ::ios() for use
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* in Glib main loop based situations.
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*/
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class CrossThreadChannel {
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public:
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/** if @a non_blocking is true, the channel will not cause blocking
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* when used in an event loop based on poll/select or the glib main
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* loop.
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*/
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CrossThreadChannel(bool non_blocking);
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~CrossThreadChannel();
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/** Tell the listening thread that is has work to do.
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*/
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void wakeup();
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/* if the listening thread cares about the precise message
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* it is being sent, then ::deliver() can be used to send
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* a single byte message rather than a simple wakeup. These
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* two mechanisms should not be used on the same CrossThreadChannel
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* because there is no way to know which byte value will be used
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* for ::wakeup()
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*/
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int deliver (char msg);
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/** if using ::deliver() to wakeup the listening thread, then
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* the listener should call ::receive() to fetch the message
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* type from the channel.
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*/
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int receive (char& msg);
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/** empty the channel of all requests.
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* Typically this is done as soon as input
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* is noticed on the channel, because the
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* handler will look at a separately managed work
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* queue. The actual number of queued "wakeups"
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* in the channel will not be important.
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*/
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void drain ();
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static void drain (int fd);
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/** File descriptor that can be used with poll/select to
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* detect when wakeup() has been called on this channel.
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* It be marked as readable/input-ready when this condition
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* is true. It has already been marked non-blocking.
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*/
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int selectable() const { return fds[0]; }
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/* glibmm 2.22 and earlier has a terrifying bug that will
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cause crashes whenever a Source is removed from
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a MainContext (including the destruction of the MainContext),
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because the Source is destroyed "out from under the nose of"
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the RefPtr. I (Paul) have fixed this (https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=561885)
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but in the meantime, we need a hack to get around the issue.
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*/
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Glib::RefPtr<Glib::IOSource> ios();
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void drop_ios ();
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/** returns true if the CrossThreadChannel was
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* correctly constructed.
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*/
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bool ok() const { return fds[0] >= 0 && fds[1] >= 0; }
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private:
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Glib::RefPtr<Glib::IOSource>* _ios; // lazily constructed
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int fds[2]; // current implementation uses a pipe/fifo
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};
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#endif /* __pbd__crossthread_h__ */
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