1 /* a fast and simple context switching library */
3 /* Copyright (c) 2009-2014. The SimGrid Team.
4 * All rights reserved. */
6 /* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
7 * under the terms of the license (GNU LGPL) which comes with this package. */
12 #include "xbt/xbt_os_thread.h"
13 #include "smx_private.h"
14 #include "simgrid/sg_config.h"
15 #include "internal_config.h"
16 #include "simgrid/modelchecker.h"
26 #define _aligned_malloc __mingw_aligned_malloc
27 #define _aligned_free __mingw_aligned_free
32 #ifdef HAVE_VALGRIND_VALGRIND_H
33 # include <valgrind/valgrind.h>
36 XBT_LOG_NEW_DEFAULT_SUBCATEGORY(simix_context, simix,
37 "Context switching mechanism");
39 char* smx_context_factory_name = NULL; /* factory name specified by --cfg=contexts/factory:value */
40 smx_ctx_factory_initializer_t smx_factory_initializer_to_use = NULL;
41 int smx_context_stack_size;
42 int smx_context_stack_size_was_set = 0;
43 int smx_context_guard_size;
44 int smx_context_guard_size_was_set = 0;
45 #ifdef HAVE_THREAD_LOCAL_STORAGE
46 static __thread smx_context_t smx_current_context_parallel;
48 static xbt_os_thread_key_t smx_current_context_key = 0;
50 static smx_context_t smx_current_context_serial;
51 static int smx_parallel_contexts = 1;
52 static int smx_parallel_threshold = 2;
53 static e_xbt_parmap_mode_t smx_parallel_synchronization_mode = XBT_PARMAP_DEFAULT;
56 * This function is called by SIMIX_global_init() to initialize the context module.
58 void SIMIX_context_mod_init(void)
60 #if defined(CONTEXT_THREADS) && !defined(HAVE_THREAD_LOCAL_STORAGE)
61 /* the __thread storage class is not available on this platform:
62 * use getspecific/setspecific instead to store the current context in each thread */
63 xbt_os_thread_key_create(&smx_current_context_key);
65 if (!simix_global->context_factory) {
66 /* select the context factory to use to create the contexts */
67 if (smx_factory_initializer_to_use) {
68 smx_factory_initializer_to_use(&simix_global->context_factory);
70 else { /* use the factory specified by --cfg=contexts/factory:value */
73 if (!strcmp(smx_context_factory_name, "thread")) {
74 /* use os threads (either pthreads or windows ones) */
75 SIMIX_ctx_thread_factory_init(&simix_global->context_factory);
77 #ifdef CONTEXT_UCONTEXT
78 else if (!strcmp(smx_context_factory_name, "ucontext")) {
80 SIMIX_ctx_sysv_factory_init(&simix_global->context_factory);
84 else if (!strcmp(smx_context_factory_name, "raw")) {
85 /* use raw contexts */
86 SIMIX_ctx_raw_factory_init(&simix_global->context_factory);
90 XBT_ERROR("Invalid context factory specified. Valid factories on this machine:");
92 XBT_ERROR(" raw: high performance context factory implemented specifically for SimGrid");
94 XBT_ERROR(" (raw contexts are disabled at compilation time on this machine -- check configure logs for details)");
96 #ifdef CONTEXT_UCONTEXT
97 XBT_ERROR(" ucontext: classical system V contexts (implemented with makecontext, swapcontext and friends)");
99 XBT_ERROR(" (ucontext is disabled at compilation time on this machine -- check configure logs for details)");
101 XBT_ERROR(" thread: slow portability layer using system threads (pthreads on UNIX, CreateThread() on windows)");
102 xbt_die("Please use a valid factory.");
109 * This function is called by SIMIX_clean() to finalize the context module.
111 void SIMIX_context_mod_exit(void)
113 if (simix_global->context_factory) {
114 smx_pfn_context_factory_finalize_t finalize_factory;
116 /* finalize the context factory */
117 finalize_factory = simix_global->context_factory->finalize;
118 finalize_factory(&simix_global->context_factory);
120 xbt_dict_remove((xbt_dict_t) _sg_cfg_set,"contexts/factory");
123 void *SIMIX_context_stack_new(void)
127 if (smx_context_guard_size > 0 && !MC_is_active()) {
128 size_t size = smx_context_stack_size + smx_context_guard_size;
130 /* Cannot use posix_memalign when HAVE_MC. Align stack by hand, and save the
131 * pointer returned by xbt_malloc0. */
132 char *alloc = xbt_malloc0(size + xbt_pagesize);
133 stack = alloc - ((uintptr_t)alloc & (xbt_pagesize - 1)) + xbt_pagesize;
134 *((void **)stack - 1) = alloc;
135 #elif !defined(WIN32)
136 if (posix_memalign(&stack, xbt_pagesize, size) != 0)
137 xbt_die("Failed to allocate stack.");
139 stack = _aligned_malloc(size, xbt_pagesize);
143 if (mprotect(stack, smx_context_guard_size, PROT_NONE) == -1) {
144 XBT_WARN("Failed to protect stack: %s", strerror(errno));
145 /* That's not fatal, pursue anyway. */
148 stack = (char *)stack + smx_context_guard_size;
150 stack = xbt_malloc0(smx_context_stack_size);
153 #ifdef HAVE_VALGRIND_VALGRIND_H
154 unsigned int valgrind_stack_id =
155 VALGRIND_STACK_REGISTER(stack, (char *)stack + smx_context_stack_size);
156 memcpy((char *)stack + smx_context_usable_stack_size, &valgrind_stack_id,
157 sizeof valgrind_stack_id);
163 void SIMIX_context_stack_delete(void *stack)
168 #ifdef HAVE_VALGRIND_VALGRIND_H
169 unsigned int valgrind_stack_id;
170 memcpy(&valgrind_stack_id, (char *)stack + smx_context_usable_stack_size,
171 sizeof valgrind_stack_id);
172 VALGRIND_STACK_DEREGISTER(valgrind_stack_id);
176 if (smx_context_guard_size > 0 && !MC_is_active()) {
177 stack = (char *)stack - smx_context_guard_size;
178 if (mprotect(stack, smx_context_guard_size,
179 PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE | PROT_EXEC) == -1) {
180 XBT_WARN("Failed to remove page protection: %s", strerror(errno));
181 /* try to pursue anyway */
184 /* Retrieve the saved pointer. See SIMIX_context_stack_new above. */
185 stack = *((void **)stack - 1);
194 * \brief Returns whether some parallel threads are used
195 * for the user contexts.
196 * \return 1 if parallelism is used
198 XBT_INLINE int SIMIX_context_is_parallel(void) {
199 return smx_parallel_contexts > 1;
203 * \brief Returns the number of parallel threads used
204 * for the user contexts.
205 * \return the number of threads (1 means no parallelism)
207 XBT_INLINE int SIMIX_context_get_nthreads(void) {
208 return smx_parallel_contexts;
212 * \brief Sets the number of parallel threads to use
213 * for the user contexts.
215 * This function should be called before initializing SIMIX.
216 * A value of 1 means no parallelism (1 thread only).
217 * If the value is greater than 1, the thread support must be enabled.
219 * \param nb_threads the number of threads to use
221 void SIMIX_context_set_nthreads(int nb_threads) {
223 nb_threads = xbt_os_get_numcores();
224 XBT_INFO("Auto-setting contexts/nthreads to %d",nb_threads);
227 if (nb_threads > 1) {
228 #ifndef CONTEXT_THREADS
229 THROWF(arg_error, 0, "The thread factory cannot be run in parallel");
232 smx_parallel_contexts = nb_threads;
236 * \brief Returns the threshold above which user processes are run in parallel.
238 * If the number of threads is set to 1, there is no parallelism and this
239 * threshold has no effect.
241 * \return when the number of user processes ready to run is above
242 * this threshold, they are run in parallel
244 XBT_INLINE int SIMIX_context_get_parallel_threshold(void) {
245 return smx_parallel_threshold;
249 * \brief Sets the threshold above which user processes are run in parallel.
251 * If the number of threads is set to 1, there is no parallelism and this
252 * threshold has no effect.
254 * \param threshold when the number of user processes ready to run is above
255 * this threshold, they are run in parallel
257 XBT_INLINE void SIMIX_context_set_parallel_threshold(int threshold) {
258 smx_parallel_threshold = threshold;
262 * \brief Returns the synchronization mode used when processes are run in
264 * \return how threads are synchronized if processes are run in parallel
266 XBT_INLINE e_xbt_parmap_mode_t SIMIX_context_get_parallel_mode(void) {
267 return smx_parallel_synchronization_mode;
271 * \brief Sets the synchronization mode to use when processes are run in
273 * \param mode how to synchronize threads if processes are run in parallel
275 XBT_INLINE void SIMIX_context_set_parallel_mode(e_xbt_parmap_mode_t mode) {
276 smx_parallel_synchronization_mode = mode;
280 * \brief Returns the current context of this thread.
281 * \return the current context of this thread
283 XBT_INLINE smx_context_t SIMIX_context_get_current(void)
285 if (SIMIX_context_is_parallel()) {
286 #ifdef HAVE_THREAD_LOCAL_STORAGE
287 return smx_current_context_parallel;
289 return xbt_os_thread_get_specific(smx_current_context_key);
293 return smx_current_context_serial;
298 * \brief Sets the current context of this thread.
299 * \param context the context to set
301 XBT_INLINE void SIMIX_context_set_current(smx_context_t context)
303 if (SIMIX_context_is_parallel()) {
304 #ifdef HAVE_THREAD_LOCAL_STORAGE
305 smx_current_context_parallel = context;
307 xbt_os_thread_set_specific(smx_current_context_key, context);
311 smx_current_context_serial = context;