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/*
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* Copyright 2007 Haiku Inc. All rights reserved.
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* Distributed under the terms of the MIT License.
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*
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* Authors:
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* Niels Sascha Reedijk <niels.reedijk@gmail.com>
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* Corresponds to:
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* /trunk/headers/os/support/TLS.h rev 19972
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*/
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/*!
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\file TLS.h
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\ingroup support
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\brief Functions to use Thread Local Storage.
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The Thread Local Storage API provides convenient methods to transform global
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variables in to thread-context sensetive variables. Some applications rely on
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global variables as a way of intercommunicating between functions and
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objects, but one of your demands might be that the contents of that variable
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differs between threads.
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The following example demonstrates how an imaginary thread manager that
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stores per thread data would function. The constructor of this
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\c ThreadManager allocates the TLS variables using tls_allocate(). This only
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has to be done once, and not in every spawned thread! Then, every spawned
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thread that interacts with this thread manager, should call the
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\c InitThread() function. This one associates the supplied thread data with
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the TLS index using tls_set(). Each thread can get their associated data with
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\c GetCurrentThreadData(), which uses tls_get() to retrieve the associated
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thread data at the provided index.
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\code
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int32 gThreadName;
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int32 gThreadData;
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class ThreadManager
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{
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public:
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// General initialisation
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ThreadManager() {
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gThreadName = tls_allocate();
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gThreadStatus = tls_allocate();
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};
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// Called from the thread entry function
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void InitThread(const char *name, void *data) {
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tls_set(gThreadName, (void *)name);
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tls_set(gThreadData, data);
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};
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// Can be called from any of the threads. The returned data will be that
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// which the thread explicitly set in the InitThread() function
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void *GetCurrentThreadData() {
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printf("Thread %s asked for its data.\n", (const char*)tls_get(gThreadName));
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return tls_get(gThreadData);
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};
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};
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\endcode
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\note
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-# It is impossible to get data other than from your thread.
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-# There is a limit to the number of TLS variables you can allocate. This
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limit is define by #TLS_MAX_KEYS, but do realize that you share this
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limit with all the libraries your application is linked to.
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-# The actual global variables, in the example \c gThreadName and
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\c gThreadData, are only indexes. You cannot use these variables to
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access data without the TLS API.
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*/
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/*!
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\def TLS_MAX_KEYS
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\brief The maximum number of thread local storage variables. This number is
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process wide.
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*/
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/*!
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\fn int32 tls_allocate(void)
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\brief Allocate a unique index to use for storing variables.
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You should only have to do this once to allocate the global index, which you
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can reuse in every thread.
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\return A unique index to which you can associate per thread data. If we
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overrun the maximum number of keys, as defined by #TLS_MAX_KEYS, the
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function will return \c B_NO_MEMORY.
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\see tls_get(), tls_set(), tls_address()
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*/
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/*!
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\fn void *tls_get(int32 index)
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\brief Retrieve the data stored for this thread at the provided \a index.
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\param index The \a index that you retrieved with tls_allocate().
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\return The data you set using tls_set() for this thread, or \c NULL if there
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is no data set, or the \a index is invalid.
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\see tls_allocate(), tls_set()
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*/
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/*!
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\fn void **tls_address(int32 index)
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\brief Retrieve the pointer that refers to the data of this thread at the
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provided \a index.
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You can use this pointer to directly manipulate your thread data.
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\param index The \a index that you retrieved with tls_allocate().
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\return The pointer to where your thread's data is, or \c NULL if the index
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is invalid.
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\see tls_allocate(), tls_set(), tls_get()
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*/
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/*!
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\fn void tls_set(int32 index, void *value)
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\brief Set the data of this thread at the provided \a index.
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It is up to you to make sure the \a index is valid. Any invalid indeces can
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lead to unpredicable results.
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\param index The \a index that you retrieved with tls_allocate().
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\param value The data that should be associated with the index for this
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thread.
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\see tls_allocate(), tls_get()
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*/
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