/* a fast and simple context switching library */
-/* Copyright (c) 2004-2008 the SimGrid team. */
-/* All rights reserved. */
+/* Copyright (c) 2009 - 2011. The SimGrid Team.
+ * All rights reserved. */
/* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
* under the terms of the license (GNU LGPL) which comes with this package. */
#include "portable.h"
#include "xbt/log.h"
#include "xbt/swag.h"
-#include "smx_context_private.h"
+#include "xbt/xbt_os_thread.h"
+#include "smx_private.h"
+#include "gras_config.h"
-XBT_LOG_NEW_DEFAULT_SUBCATEGORY(smx_context, simix, "Context switching mecanism");
+XBT_LOG_NEW_DEFAULT_SUBCATEGORY(simix_context, simix,
+ "Context switching mechanism");
-/* the context factory used to create the appropriate context
- * each context implementation define its own context factory
- * a context factory is responsable of the creation of the context
- * associated with the maestro and of all the context based on
- * the selected implementation.
- *
- * for example, the context switch based on java thread use the
- * java implementation of the context and the java factory build
- * the context depending of this implementation.
- */
+char* smx_context_factory_name = NULL; /* factory name specified by --cfg=contexts/factory:value */
+smx_ctx_factory_initializer_t smx_factory_initializer_to_use = NULL;
+int smx_context_stack_size = 128 * 1024;
-/**
- * This function is call by SIMIX_global_init() to initialize the context module.
+#ifdef HAVE_THREAD_LOCAL_STORAGE
+static __thread smx_context_t smx_current_context_parallel;
+#else
+static xbt_os_thread_key_t smx_current_context_key = 0;
+#endif
+static smx_context_t smx_current_context_serial;
+static int smx_parallel_contexts = 1;
+static int smx_parallel_threshold = 2;
+static e_xbt_parmap_mode_t smx_parallel_synchronization_mode = XBT_PARMAP_DEFAULT;
+
+/**
+ * This function is called by SIMIX_global_init() to initialize the context module.
*/
void SIMIX_context_mod_init(void)
{
if (!simix_global->context_factory) {
- /* select context factory to use to create the context(depends of the macro definitions) */
+ /* select the context factory to use to create the contexts */
+ if (smx_factory_initializer_to_use) {
+ smx_factory_initializer_to_use(&simix_global->context_factory);
+ }
+ else { /* use the factory specified by --cfg=contexts/factory:value */
-#ifdef CONTEXT_THREADS
- /* context switch based os thread */
- SIMIX_ctx_thread_factory_init(&simix_global->context_factory);
-#elif !defined(WIN32)
- /* context switch based ucontext */
+ if (smx_context_factory_name == NULL) {
+ /* use the default factory */
+ #ifdef HAVE_RAWCTX
+ SIMIX_ctx_raw_factory_init(&simix_global->context_factory);
+ #elif CONTEXT_UCONTEXT
SIMIX_ctx_sysv_factory_init(&simix_global->context_factory);
+ #else
+ SIMIX_ctx_thread_factory_init(&simix_global->context_factory);
+ #endif
+ }
+ else if (!strcmp(smx_context_factory_name, "ucontext")) {
+ /* use ucontext */
+#ifdef CONTEXT_UCONTEXT
+ SIMIX_ctx_sysv_factory_init(&simix_global->context_factory);
+#else
+ xbt_die("The context factory 'ucontext' unavailable on your system");
+#endif
+ }
+ else if (!strcmp(smx_context_factory_name, "thread")) {
+ /* use os threads (either pthreads or windows ones) */
+ SIMIX_ctx_thread_factory_init(&simix_global->context_factory);
+ }
+ else if (!strcmp(smx_context_factory_name, "raw")) {
+ /* use raw contexts */
+ SIMIX_ctx_raw_factory_init(&simix_global->context_factory);
+ }
+ else {
+ XBT_ERROR("Invalid context factory specified. Valid factories on this machine:");
+#ifdef HAVE_RAWCTX
+ XBT_ERROR(" raw: high performance context factory implemented specifically for SimGrid");
+#else
+ XBT_ERROR(" (raw contextes are disabled at compilation time on this machine -- check configure logs for details)");
+#endif
+#ifdef CONTEXT_UCONTEXT
+ XBT_ERROR(" ucontext: classical system V contextes (implemented with makecontext, swapcontext and friends)");
#else
- /* context switch is not allowed on Windows */
-#error ERROR [__FILE__, line __LINE__]: no context based implementation specified.
+ XBT_ERROR(" (ucontext is disabled at compilation time on this machine -- check configure logs for details)");
#endif
+ XBT_ERROR(" thread: slow portability layer using system threads (pthreads on UNIX, CreateThread() on windows)");
+ xbt_die("Please use a valid factory.");
+ }
+ }
}
+
+#if defined(CONTEXT_THREADS) && !defined(HAVE_THREAD_LOCAL_STORAGE)
+ /* the __thread storage class is not available on this platform:
+ * use getspecific/setspecific instead to store the current context in each thread */
+ xbt_os_thread_key_create(&smx_current_context_key);
+#endif
}
/**
if (simix_global->context_factory) {
smx_pfn_context_factory_finalize_t finalize_factory;
- /* if there are living processes then kill them (except maestro) */
- if(simix_global->process_list != NULL)
- SIMIX_process_killall();
-
/* finalize the context factory */
finalize_factory = simix_global->context_factory->finalize;
- (*finalize_factory) (&simix_global->context_factory);
+ finalize_factory(&simix_global->context_factory);
}
+ xbt_dict_remove((xbt_dict_t) _surf_cfg_set,"contexts/factory");
}
-/*******************************/
-/* Object creation/destruction */
-/*******************************/
/**
- * \param smx_process the simix process that contains this context
- * \param code a main function
+ * \brief Returns whether some parallel threads are used
+ * for the user contexts.
+ * \return 1 if parallelism is used
*/
-int SIMIX_context_new(smx_process_t *process, xbt_main_func_t code)
-{
- /* use the appropriate context factory to create the appropriate context */
- return (*(simix_global->context_factory->create_context)) (process, code);
+XBT_INLINE int SIMIX_context_is_parallel(void) {
+ return smx_parallel_contexts > 1;
}
-
-int SIMIX_context_create_maestro(smx_process_t *process)
-{
- return (*(simix_global->context_factory->create_maestro_context)) (process);
+/**
+ * \brief Returns the number of parallel threads used
+ * for the user contexts.
+ * \return the number of threads (1 means no parallelism)
+ */
+XBT_INLINE int SIMIX_context_get_nthreads(void) {
+ return smx_parallel_contexts;
}
-/* Scenario for the end of a context:
+/**
+ * \brief Sets the number of parallel threads to use
+ * for the user contexts.
*
- * CASE 1: death after end of function
- * __context_wrapper, called by os thread, calls smx_context_stop after user code stops
- * smx_context_stop calls user cleanup_func if any (in context settings),
- * add current to trashbin
- * yields back to maestro (destroy os thread on need)
- * From time to time, maestro calls smx_context_empty_trash,
- * which maps smx_context_free on the content
- * smx_context_free frees some more memory,
- * joins os thread
+ * This function should be called before initializing SIMIX.
+ * A value of 1 means no parallelism (1 thread only).
+ * If the value is greater than 1, the thread support must be enabled.
*
- * CASE 2: brutal death
- * smx_context_kill (from any context)
- * set context->wannadie to 1
- * yields to the context
- * the context is awaken in the middle of __yield.
- * At the end of it, it checks that wannadie == 1, and call smx_context_stop
- * (same than first case afterward)
+ * \param nb_threads the number of threads to use
*/
+XBT_INLINE void SIMIX_context_set_nthreads(int nb_threads) {
-
-/* Argument must be stopped first -- runs in maestro context */
-void SIMIX_context_free(smx_process_t process)
-{
- (*(simix_global->context_factory->free)) (process);
-}
-
-void SIMIX_context_kill(smx_process_t process)
-{
- (*(simix_global->context_factory->kill)) (process);
+ if (nb_threads<=0) {
+ nb_threads = xbt_os_get_numcores();
+ XBT_INFO("Auto-setting contexts/nthreads to %d",nb_threads);
+ }
+
+ if (nb_threads > 1) {
+#ifndef CONTEXT_THREADS
+ THROWF(arg_error, 0, "The thread factory cannot be run in parallel");
+#endif
+ }
+
+ smx_parallel_contexts = nb_threads;
}
/**
- * \param context the context to start
+ * \brief Returns the threshold above which user processes are run in parallel.
+ *
+ * If the number of threads is set to 1, there is no parallelism and this
+ * threshold has no effect.
*
- * Calling this function prepares \a process to be run. It will
- however run effectively only when calling #SIMIX_context_schedule
+ * \return when the number of user processes ready to run is above
+ * this threshold, they are run in parallel
*/
-void SIMIX_context_start(smx_process_t process)
-{
- (*(simix_global->context_factory->start)) (process);
+XBT_INLINE int SIMIX_context_get_parallel_threshold(void) {
+ return smx_parallel_threshold;
}
/**
- * Calling this function makes the current process yield. The process
- * that scheduled it returns from SIMIX_context_schedule as if nothing
- * had happened.
+ * \brief Sets the threshold above which user processes are run in parallel.
+ *
+ * If the number of threads is set to 1, there is no parallelism and this
+ * threshold has no effect.
*
- * Only the processes can call this function, giving back the control
- * to the maestro
+ * \param threshold when the number of user processes ready to run is above
+ * this threshold, they are run in parallel
*/
-void SIMIX_context_yield(void)
-{
- (*(simix_global->context_factory->yield)) ();
+XBT_INLINE void SIMIX_context_set_parallel_threshold(int threshold) {
+ smx_parallel_threshold = threshold;
}
/**
- * \param process to be scheduled
- *
- * Calling this function blocks the current process and schedule \a process.
- * When \a process would call SIMIX_context_yield, it will return
- * to this function as if nothing had happened.
- *
- * Only the maestro can call this function to run a given process.
+ * \brief Returns the synchronization mode used when processes are run in
+ * parallel.
+ * \return how threads are synchronized if processes are run in parallel
*/
-void SIMIX_context_schedule(smx_process_t process)
-{
- (*(simix_global->context_factory->schedule)) (process);
+XBT_INLINE e_xbt_parmap_mode_t SIMIX_context_get_parallel_mode(void) {
+ return smx_parallel_synchronization_mode;
}
-void SIMIX_context_stop(int exit_code)
-{
- (*(simix_global->context_factory->stop)) (exit_code);
+/**
+ * \brief Sets the synchronization mode to use when processes are run in
+ * parallel.
+ * \param mode how to synchronize threads if processes are run in parallel
+ */
+XBT_INLINE void SIMIX_context_set_parallel_mode(e_xbt_parmap_mode_t mode) {
+ smx_parallel_synchronization_mode = mode;
}
-int SIMIX_context_select_factory(const char *name)
+/**
+ * \brief Returns the current context of this thread.
+ * \return the current context of this thread
+ */
+XBT_INLINE smx_context_t SIMIX_context_get_current(void)
{
- /* if a factory is already instantiated (SIMIX_context_mod_init() was called) */
- if (simix_global->context_factory != NULL) {
- /* if the desired factory is different of the current factory, call SIMIX_context_mod_exit() */
- if (strcmp(simix_global->context_factory->name, name))
- SIMIX_context_mod_exit();
- else
- /* the same context factory is requested return directly */
- return 0;
+ if (SIMIX_context_is_parallel()) {
+#ifdef HAVE_THREAD_LOCAL_STORAGE
+ return smx_current_context_parallel;
+#else
+ return xbt_os_thread_get_specific(smx_current_context_key);
+#endif
+ }
+ else {
+ return smx_current_context_serial;
}
-
- /* get the desired factory */
- SIMIX_context_init_factory_by_name(&simix_global->context_factory, name);
-
- /* maestro process specialisation */
- (*(simix_global->context_factory->create_maestro_context)) (&simix_global->maestro_process);
-
- /* the current process is the process of the maestro */
- simix_global->current_process = simix_global->maestro_process;
-
- /* the current context doesn't want to die */
- simix_global->current_process->iwannadie = 0;
-
- /* insert the current context in the list of the contexts in use */
- xbt_swag_insert(simix_global->current_process, simix_global->process_list);
-
- return 0;
}
-void
-SIMIX_context_init_factory_by_name(smx_context_factory_t * factory,
- const char *name)
+/**
+ * \brief Sets the current context of this thread.
+ * \param context the context to set
+ */
+XBT_INLINE void SIMIX_context_set_current(smx_context_t context)
{
- if (!strcmp(name, "java"))
-#ifdef HAVE_JAVA
- SIMIX_ctx_java_factory_init(factory);
-#else
- THROW0(not_found_error, 0, "Factory 'Java' does not exist: Java support was not compiled in the SimGrid library");
-#endif /* HAVE_JAVA */
-
- else if (!strcmp(name, "thread"))
-#ifdef CONTEXT_THREADS
- SIMIX_ctx_thread_factory_init(factory);
+ if (SIMIX_context_is_parallel()) {
+#ifdef HAVE_THREAD_LOCAL_STORAGE
+ smx_current_context_parallel = context;
#else
- THROW0(not_found_error, 0, "Factory 'thread' does not exist: thread support was not compiled in the SimGrid library");
-#endif /* CONTEXT_THREADS */
-
- else if (!strcmp(name, "sysv"))
-#if !defined(WIN32) && !defined(CONTEXT_THREADS)
- SIMIX_ctx_sysv_factory_init(factory);
-#else
- THROW0(not_found_error, 0, "Factory 'sysv' does not exist: no System V thread support under Windows");
-#endif
- else
- THROW1(not_found_error, 0, "Factory '%s' does not exist", name);
-}
-
-/** Garbage collection
- *
- * Should be called some time to time to free the memory allocated for processes
- * that have finished (or killed).
- */
-void SIMIX_context_empty_trash(void)
-{
- smx_process_t process = NULL;
- int i;
-
- while ((process = xbt_swag_extract(simix_global->process_to_destroy))){
- free(process->name);
- process->name = NULL;
-
- if (process->argv) {
- for (i = 0; i < process->argc; i++)
- if (process->argv[i])
- free(process->argv[i]);
-
- free(process->argv);
- }
-
- free(process);
+ xbt_os_thread_set_specific(smx_current_context_key, context);
+#endif
+ }
+ else {
+ smx_current_context_serial = context;
}
}
+
