1 /* Copyright (c) 2006-2016. The SimGrid Team. All rights reserved. */
3 /* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
4 * under the terms of the license (GNU LGPL) which comes with this package. */
6 #ifndef SIMGRID_S4U_ACTOR_HPP
7 #define SIMGRID_S4U_ACTOR_HPP
13 #include <type_traits>
16 #include <xbt/functional.hpp>
18 #include <simgrid/simix.h>
19 #include <simgrid/s4u/forward.hpp>
26 * An actor is an independent stream of execution in your distributed application.
28 * You can think of an actor as a process in your distributed application, or as a thread in a multithreaded program.
29 * This is the only component in SimGrid that actually does something on its own, executing its own code.
30 * A resource will not get used if you don't schedule activities on them. This is the code of Actors that create and schedule these activities.
32 * An actor is located on a (simulated) host, but it can interact
33 * with the whole simulated platform.
35 * The s4u::Actor API is strongly inspired from the C++11 threads.
36 * The <a href="http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/thread">documentation
37 * of this standard</a> may help to understand the philosophy of the S4U
40 * @section s4u_actor_def Defining the skeleton of an Actor
42 * %As in the <a href="http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/thread">C++11
43 * standard</a>, you can declare the code of your actor either as a
44 * pure function or as an object. It is very simple with functions:
47 * #include "s4u/actor.hpp"
49 * // Declare the code of your worker
51 * printf("Hello s4u");
52 * simgrid::s4u::this_actor::execute(5*1024*1024); // Get the worker executing a task of 5 MFlops
55 * // From your main or from another actor, create your actor on the host Jupiter
56 * // The following line actually creates a new actor, even if there is no "new".
57 * Actor("Alice", simgrid::s4u::Host::by_name("Jupiter"), worker);
60 * But some people prefer to encapsulate their actors in classes and
61 * objects to save the actor state in a cleanly dedicated location.
62 * The syntax is slightly more complicated, but not much.
65 * #include "s4u/actor.hpp"
67 * // Declare the class representing your actors
70 * void operator()() { // Two pairs of () because this defines the method called ()
71 * printf("Hello s4u");
72 * simgrid::s4u::this_actor::execute(5*1024*1024); // Get the worker executing a task of 5 MFlops
76 * // From your main or from another actor, create your actor. Note the () after Worker
77 * Actor("Bob", simgrid::s4u::Host::by_name("Jupiter"), Worker());
80 * @section s4u_actor_flesh Fleshing your actor
82 * The body of your actor can use the functions of the
83 * simgrid::s4u::this_actor namespace to interact with the world.
84 * This namespace contains the methods to start new activities
85 * (executions, communications, etc), and to get informations about
86 * the currently running thread (its location, etc).
88 * Please refer to the @link simgrid::s4u::this_actor full API @endlink.
91 * @section s4u_actor_deploy Using a deployment file
93 * @warning This is currently not working with S4U. Sorry about that.
95 * The best practice is to use an external deployment file as
96 * follows, because it makes it easier to test your application in
97 * differing settings. Load this file with
98 * s4u::Engine::loadDeployment() before the simulation starts.
99 * Refer to the @ref deployment section for more information.
102 * <?xml version='1.0'?>
103 * <!DOCTYPE platform SYSTEM "http://simgrid.gforge.inria.fr/simgrid/simgrid.dtd">
104 * <platform version="4">
106 * <!-- Start a process called 'master' on the host called 'Tremblay' -->
107 * <process host="Tremblay" function="master">
108 * <!-- Here come the parameter that you want to feed to this instance of master -->
109 * <argument value="20"/> <!-- argv[1] -->
110 * <argument value="50000000"/> <!-- argv[2] -->
111 * <argument value="1000000"/> <!-- argv[3] -->
112 * <argument value="5"/> <!-- argv[4] -->
115 * <!-- Start a process called 'worker' on the host called 'Jupiter' -->
116 * <process host="Jupiter" function="worker"/> <!-- Don't provide any parameter ->>
124 /** @brief Simulation Agent (see \ref s4u_actor)*/
125 XBT_PUBLIC_CLASS Actor {
129 /** Wrap a (possibly non-copyable) single-use task into a `std::function` */
130 template<class F, class... Args>
131 static std::function<void()> wrap_task(F f, Args... args)
133 typedef decltype(f(std::move(args)...)) R;
134 auto task = std::make_shared<simgrid::xbt::Task<R()>>(
135 simgrid::xbt::makeTask(std::move(f), std::move(args)...));
141 Actor() : pimpl_(nullptr) {}
142 Actor(smx_process_t smx_proc) :
143 pimpl_(SIMIX_process_ref(smx_proc)) {}
146 SIMIX_process_unref(pimpl_);
149 // Copy+move (with the copy-and-swap idiom):
150 Actor(Actor const& actor) : pimpl_(SIMIX_process_ref(actor.pimpl_)) {}
151 friend void swap(Actor& first, Actor& second)
154 swap(first.pimpl_, second.pimpl_);
156 Actor& operator=(Actor actor)
161 Actor(Actor&& actor) : pimpl_(nullptr)
166 /** Create an actor using a function
168 * If the actor is restarted, the actor has a fresh copy of the function.
170 Actor(const char* name, s4u::Host *host, double killTime, std::function<void()> code);
172 Actor(const char* name, s4u::Host *host, std::function<void()> code)
173 : Actor(name, host, -1.0, std::move(code)) {};
175 /** Create an actor using code
177 * Using this constructor, move-only type can be used. The consequence is
178 * that we cannot copy the value and restart the process in its initial
179 * state. In order to use auto-restart, an explicit `function` must be passed
182 template<class F, class... Args,
183 // This constructor is enabled only if the call code(args...) is valid:
184 typename = typename std::result_of<F(Args...)>::type
186 Actor(const char* name, s4u::Host *host, F code, Args... args) :
187 Actor(name, host, wrap_task(std::move(code), std::move(args)...))
190 // Create actor from function name:
192 Actor(const char* name, s4u::Host *host, double killTime,
193 const char* function, std::vector<std::string> args);
195 Actor(const char* name, s4u::Host *host, const char* function,
196 std::vector<std::string> args)
197 : Actor(name, host, -1.0, function, std::move(args)) {}
199 /** Retrieves the actor that have the given PID (or NULL if not existing) */
200 //static Actor *byPid(int pid); not implemented
202 /** Retrieves the name of that actor */
203 const char* getName();
204 /** Retrieves the host on which that actor is running */
205 s4u::Host *getHost();
206 /** Retrieves the PID of that actor */
209 /** If set to true, the actor will automatically restart when its host reboots */
210 void setAutoRestart(bool autorestart);
211 /** Sets the time at which that actor should be killed */
212 void setKillTime(double time);
213 /** Retrieves the time at which that actor will be killed (or -1 if not set) */
214 double getKillTime();
216 /** Ask the actor to die.
218 * It will only notice your request when doing a simcall next time (a communication or similar).
219 * SimGrid sometimes have issues when you kill actors that are currently communicating and such. We are working on it to fix the issues.
223 static void kill(int pid);
224 static Actor forPid(int pid);
227 * Wait for the actor to finish.
231 // Static methods on all actors:
233 /** Ask kindly to all actors to die. Only the issuer will survive. */
234 static void killAll();
236 bool valid() const { return pimpl_ != nullptr; }
238 smx_process_t getInferior();
240 smx_process_t pimpl_ = nullptr;
244 * @brief Static methods working on the current actor (see @ref s4u::Actor) */
245 namespace this_actor {
247 /** Block the actor sleeping for that amount of seconds (may throws hostFailure) */
248 XBT_PUBLIC(void) sleep(double duration);
250 /** Block the actor, computing the given amount of flops */
251 XBT_PUBLIC(e_smx_state_t) execute(double flop);
253 /** Block the actor until it gets a message from the given mailbox.
255 * See \ref Comm for the full communication API (including non blocking communications).
257 XBT_PUBLIC(void*) recv(Mailbox &chan);
259 /** Block the actor until it delivers a message of the given simulated size to the given mailbox
261 * See \ref Comm for the full communication API (including non blocking communications).
263 XBT_PUBLIC(void) send(Mailbox &chan, void*payload, size_t simulatedSize);
266 * Return the PID of the current actor.
268 XBT_PUBLIC(int) getPid();
274 }} // namespace simgrid::s4u
277 #endif /* SIMGRID_S4U_ACTOR_HPP */