// Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved. // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be // found in the LICENSE file. #ifndef BASE_THREADING_THREAD_H_ #define BASE_THREADING_THREAD_H_ #include #include #include #include "base/base_export.h" #include "base/callback.h" #include "base/macros.h" #include "base/message_loop/message_loop.h" #include "base/message_loop/timer_slack.h" #include "base/sequence_checker.h" #include "base/single_thread_task_runner.h" #include "base/synchronization/atomic_flag.h" #include "base/synchronization/lock.h" #include "base/synchronization/waitable_event.h" #include "base/threading/platform_thread.h" #include "build/build_config.h" namespace base { class MessagePump; class RunLoop; // IMPORTANT: Instead of creating a base::Thread, consider using // base::Create(Sequenced|SingleTreaded)TaskRunnerWithTraits(). // // A simple thread abstraction that establishes a MessageLoop on a new thread. // The consumer uses the MessageLoop of the thread to cause code to execute on // the thread. When this object is destroyed the thread is terminated. All // pending tasks queued on the thread's message loop will run to completion // before the thread is terminated. // // WARNING! SUBCLASSES MUST CALL Stop() IN THEIR DESTRUCTORS! See ~Thread(). // // After the thread is stopped, the destruction sequence is: // // (1) Thread::CleanUp() // (2) MessageLoop::~MessageLoop // (3.b) MessageLoop::DestructionObserver::WillDestroyCurrentMessageLoop // // This API is not thread-safe: unless indicated otherwise its methods are only // valid from the owning sequence (which is the one from which Start() is // invoked -- should it differ from the one on which it was constructed). // // Sometimes it's useful to kick things off on the initial sequence (e.g. // construction, Start(), task_runner()), but to then hand the Thread over to a // pool of users for the last one of them to destroy it when done. For that use // case, Thread::DetachFromSequence() allows the owning sequence to give up // ownership. The caller is then responsible to ensure a happens-after // relationship between the DetachFromSequence() call and the next use of that // Thread object (including ~Thread()). class BASE_EXPORT Thread : PlatformThread::Delegate { public: struct BASE_EXPORT Options { typedef Callback()> MessagePumpFactory; Options(); Options(MessageLoop::Type type, size_t size); Options(const Options& other); ~Options(); // Specifies the type of message loop that will be allocated on the thread. // This is ignored if message_pump_factory.is_null() is false. MessageLoop::Type message_loop_type = MessageLoop::TYPE_DEFAULT; // Specifies timer slack for thread message loop. TimerSlack timer_slack = TIMER_SLACK_NONE; // Used to create the MessagePump for the MessageLoop. The callback is Run() // on the thread. If message_pump_factory.is_null(), then a MessagePump // appropriate for |message_loop_type| is created. Setting this forces the // MessageLoop::Type to TYPE_CUSTOM. MessagePumpFactory message_pump_factory; // Specifies the maximum stack size that the thread is allowed to use. // This does not necessarily correspond to the thread's initial stack size. // A value of 0 indicates that the default maximum should be used. size_t stack_size = 0; // Specifies the initial thread priority. ThreadPriority priority = ThreadPriority::NORMAL; // If false, the thread will not be joined on destruction. This is intended // for threads that want TaskShutdownBehavior::CONTINUE_ON_SHUTDOWN // semantics. Non-joinable threads can't be joined (must be leaked and // can't be destroyed or Stop()'ed). // TODO(gab): allow non-joinable instances to be deleted without causing // user-after-frees (proposal @ https://crbug.com/629139#c14) bool joinable = true; }; // Constructor. // name is a display string to identify the thread. explicit Thread(const std::string& name); // Destroys the thread, stopping it if necessary. // // NOTE: ALL SUBCLASSES OF Thread MUST CALL Stop() IN THEIR DESTRUCTORS (or // guarantee Stop() is explicitly called before the subclass is destroyed). // This is required to avoid a data race between the destructor modifying the // vtable, and the thread's ThreadMain calling the virtual method Run(). It // also ensures that the CleanUp() virtual method is called on the subclass // before it is destructed. ~Thread() override; #if defined(OS_WIN) // Causes the thread to initialize COM. This must be called before calling // Start() or StartWithOptions(). If |use_mta| is false, the thread is also // started with a TYPE_UI message loop. It is an error to call // init_com_with_mta(false) and then StartWithOptions() with any message loop // type other than TYPE_UI. void init_com_with_mta(bool use_mta) { DCHECK(!message_loop_); com_status_ = use_mta ? MTA : STA; } #endif // Starts the thread. Returns true if the thread was successfully started; // otherwise, returns false. Upon successful return, the message_loop() // getter will return non-null. // // Note: This function can't be called on Windows with the loader lock held; // i.e. during a DllMain, global object construction or destruction, atexit() // callback. bool Start(); // Starts the thread. Behaves exactly like Start in addition to allow to // override the default options. // // Note: This function can't be called on Windows with the loader lock held; // i.e. during a DllMain, global object construction or destruction, atexit() // callback. bool StartWithOptions(const Options& options); // Starts the thread and wait for the thread to start and run initialization // before returning. It's same as calling Start() and then // WaitUntilThreadStarted(). // Note that using this (instead of Start() or StartWithOptions() causes // jank on the calling thread, should be used only in testing code. bool StartAndWaitForTesting(); // Blocks until the thread starts running. Called within StartAndWait(). // Note that calling this causes jank on the calling thread, must be used // carefully for production code. bool WaitUntilThreadStarted() const; // Blocks until all tasks previously posted to this thread have been executed. void FlushForTesting(); // Signals the thread to exit and returns once the thread has exited. The // Thread object is completely reset and may be used as if it were newly // constructed (i.e., Start may be called again). Can only be called if // |joinable_|. // // Stop may be called multiple times and is simply ignored if the thread is // already stopped or currently stopping. // // Start/Stop are not thread-safe and callers that desire to invoke them from // different threads must ensure mutual exclusion. // // NOTE: If you are a consumer of Thread, it is not necessary to call this // before deleting your Thread objects, as the destructor will do it. // IF YOU ARE A SUBCLASS OF Thread, YOU MUST CALL THIS IN YOUR DESTRUCTOR. void Stop(); // Signals the thread to exit in the near future. // // WARNING: This function is not meant to be commonly used. Use at your own // risk. Calling this function will cause message_loop() to become invalid in // the near future. This function was created to workaround a specific // deadlock on Windows with printer worker thread. In any other case, Stop() // should be used. // // Call Stop() to reset the thread object once it is known that the thread has // quit. void StopSoon(); // Detaches the owning sequence, indicating that the next call to this API // (including ~Thread()) can happen from a different sequence (to which it // will be rebound). This call itself must happen on the current owning // sequence and the caller must ensure the next API call has a happens-after // relationship with this one. void DetachFromSequence(); // Returns the message loop for this thread. Use the MessageLoop's // PostTask methods to execute code on the thread. This only returns // non-null after a successful call to Start. After Stop has been called, // this will return nullptr. // // NOTE: You must not call this MessageLoop's Quit method directly. Use // the Thread's Stop method instead. // // In addition to this Thread's owning sequence, this can also safely be // called from the underlying thread itself. MessageLoop* message_loop() const { // This class doesn't provide synchronization around |message_loop_| and as // such only the owner should access it (and the underlying thread which // never sees it before it's set). In practice, many callers are coming from // unrelated threads but provide their own implicit (e.g. memory barriers // from task posting) or explicit (e.g. locks) synchronization making the // access of |message_loop_| safe... Changing all of those callers is // unfeasible; instead verify that they can reliably see // |message_loop_ != nullptr| without synchronization as a proof that their // external synchronization catches the unsynchronized effects of Start(). // TODO(gab): Despite all of the above this test has to be disabled for now // per crbug.com/629139#c6. // DCHECK(owning_sequence_checker_.CalledOnValidSequence() || // (id_event_.IsSignaled() && id_ == PlatformThread::CurrentId()) || // message_loop_); return message_loop_; } // Returns a TaskRunner for this thread. Use the TaskRunner's PostTask // methods to execute code on the thread. Returns nullptr if the thread is not // running (e.g. before Start or after Stop have been called). Callers can // hold on to this even after the thread is gone; in this situation, attempts // to PostTask() will fail. // // In addition to this Thread's owning sequence, this can also safely be // called from the underlying thread itself. scoped_refptr task_runner() const { // Refer to the DCHECK and comment inside |message_loop()|. DCHECK(owning_sequence_checker_.CalledOnValidSequence() || (id_event_.IsSignaled() && id_ == PlatformThread::CurrentId()) || message_loop_); return message_loop_ ? message_loop_->task_runner() : nullptr; } // Returns the name of this thread (for display in debugger too). const std::string& thread_name() const { return name_; } // Returns the thread ID. Should not be called before the first Start*() // call. Keeps on returning the same ID even after a Stop() call. The next // Start*() call renews the ID. // // WARNING: This function will block if the thread hasn't started yet. // // This method is thread-safe. PlatformThreadId GetThreadId() const; // Returns the current thread handle. If called before Start*() returns or // after Stop() returns, an empty thread handle will be returned. // // This method is thread-safe. // // TODO(robliao): Remove this when it no longer needs to be temporarily // exposed for http://crbug.com/717380. PlatformThreadHandle GetThreadHandle() const; // Returns true if the thread has been started, and not yet stopped. bool IsRunning() const; protected: // Called just prior to starting the message loop virtual void Init() {} // Called to start the run loop virtual void Run(RunLoop* run_loop); // Called just after the message loop ends virtual void CleanUp() {} static void SetThreadWasQuitProperly(bool flag); static bool GetThreadWasQuitProperly(); // Bind this Thread to an existing MessageLoop instead of starting a new one. void SetMessageLoop(MessageLoop* message_loop); bool using_external_message_loop() const { return using_external_message_loop_; } private: #if defined(OS_WIN) enum ComStatus { NONE, STA, MTA, }; #endif // PlatformThread::Delegate methods: void ThreadMain() override; void ThreadQuitHelper(); #if defined(OS_WIN) // Whether this thread needs to initialize COM, and if so, in what mode. ComStatus com_status_ = NONE; #endif // Mirrors the Options::joinable field used to start this thread. Verified // on Stop() -- non-joinable threads can't be joined (must be leaked). bool joinable_ = true; // If true, we're in the middle of stopping, and shouldn't access // |message_loop_|. It may non-nullptr and invalid. // Should be written on the thread that created this thread. Also read data // could be wrong on other threads. bool stopping_ = false; // True while inside of Run(). bool running_ = false; mutable base::Lock running_lock_; // Protects |running_|. // The thread's handle. PlatformThreadHandle thread_; mutable base::Lock thread_lock_; // Protects |thread_|. // The thread's id once it has started. PlatformThreadId id_ = kInvalidThreadId; // Protects |id_| which must only be read while it's signaled. mutable WaitableEvent id_event_; // The thread's MessageLoop and RunLoop. Valid only while the thread is alive. // Set by the created thread. MessageLoop* message_loop_ = nullptr; RunLoop* run_loop_ = nullptr; // True only if |message_loop_| was externally provided by |SetMessageLoop()| // in which case this Thread has no underlying |thread_| and should merely // drop |message_loop_| on Stop(). In that event, this remains true after // Stop() was invoked so that subclasses can use this state to build their own // cleanup logic as required. bool using_external_message_loop_ = false; // Stores Options::timer_slack_ until the message loop has been bound to // a thread. TimerSlack message_loop_timer_slack_ = TIMER_SLACK_NONE; // The name of the thread. Used for debugging purposes. const std::string name_; // Signaled when the created thread gets ready to use the message loop. mutable WaitableEvent start_event_; // This class is not thread-safe, use this to verify access from the owning // sequence of the Thread. SequenceChecker owning_sequence_checker_; DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(Thread); }; } // namespace base #endif // BASE_THREADING_THREAD_H_