/* * alarm_mutex.c * * This is an enhancement to the alarm_thread.c program, which * created an "alarm thread" for each alarm command. This new * version uses a single alarm thread, which reads the next * entry in a list. The main thread places new requests onto the * list, in order of absolute expiration time. The list is * protected by a mutex, and the alarm thread sleeps for at * least 1 second, each iteration, to ensure that the main * thread can lock the mutex to add new work to the list. */ #include #include #include "errors.h" /* * The "alarm" structure now contains the time_t (time since the * Epoch, in seconds) for each alarm, so that they can be * sorted. Storing the requested number of seconds would not be * enough, since the "alarm thread" cannot tell how long it has * been on the list. */ typedef struct alarm_tag { struct alarm_tag *link; int seconds; time_t time; /* seconds from EPOCH */ char message[64]; } alarm_t; pthread_mutex_t alarm_mutex = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER; alarm_t *alarm_list = NULL; /* * The alarm thread's start routine. */ void *alarm_thread (void *arg) { alarm_t *alarm; int sleep_time; time_t now; int status; /* * Loop forever, processing commands. The alarm thread will * be disintegrated when the process exits. */ while (1) { status = pthread_mutex_lock (&alarm_mutex); if (status != 0) err_abort (status, "Lock mutex"); alarm = alarm_list; /* * If the alarm list is empty, wait for one second. This * allows the main thread to run, and read another * command. If the list is not empty, remove the first * item. Compute the number of seconds to wait -- if the * result is less than 0 (the time has passed), then set * the sleep_time to 0. */ if (alarm == NULL) sleep_time = 1; else { alarm_list = alarm->link; now = time (NULL); if (alarm->time <= now) sleep_time = 0; else sleep_time = alarm->time - now; #ifdef DEBUG printf ("[waiting: %d(%d)\"%s\"]\n", alarm->time, sleep_time, alarm->message); #endif } /* * Unlock the mutex before waiting, so that the main * thread can lock it to insert a new alarm request. If * the sleep_time is 0, then call sched_yield, giving * the main thread a chance to run if it has been * readied by user input, without delaying the message * if there's no input. */ status = pthread_mutex_unlock (&alarm_mutex); if (status != 0) err_abort (status, "Unlock mutex"); if (sleep_time > 0) sleep (sleep_time); else sched_yield (); /* * If a timer expired, print the message and free the * structure. */ if (alarm != NULL) { printf ("(%d) %s\n", alarm->seconds, alarm->message); free (alarm); } } } int main (int argc, char *argv[]) { int status; char line[128]; alarm_t *alarm, **last, *next; pthread_t thread; status = pthread_create ( &thread, NULL, alarm_thread, NULL); if (status != 0) err_abort (status, "Create alarm thread"); while (1) { printf ("alarm> "); if (fgets (line, sizeof (line), stdin) == NULL) exit (0); if (strlen (line) <= 1) continue; alarm = (alarm_t*)malloc (sizeof (alarm_t)); if (alarm == NULL) errno_abort ("Allocate alarm"); /* * Parse input line into seconds (%d) and a message * (%64[^\n]), consisting of up to 64 characters * separated from the seconds by whitespace. */ if (sscanf (line, "%d %64[^\n]", &alarm->seconds, alarm->message) < 2) { fprintf (stderr, "Bad command\n"); free (alarm); } else { status = pthread_mutex_lock (&alarm_mutex); if (status != 0) err_abort (status, "Lock mutex"); alarm->time = time (NULL) + alarm->seconds; /* * Insert the new alarm into the list of alarms, * sorted by expiration time. */ last = &alarm_list; next = *last; while (next != NULL) { if (next->time >= alarm->time) { alarm->link = next; *last = alarm; break; } last = &next->link; next = next->link; } /* * If we reached the end of the list, insert the new * alarm there. ("next" is NULL, and "last" points * to the link field of the last item, or to the * list header). */ if (next == NULL) { *last = alarm; alarm->link = NULL; } #ifdef DEBUG printf ("[list: "); for (next = alarm_list; next != NULL; next = next->link) printf ("%d(%d)[\"%s\"] ", next->time, next->time - time (NULL), next->message); printf ("]\n"); #endif status = pthread_mutex_unlock (&alarm_mutex); if (status != 0) err_abort (status, "Unlock mutex"); } } }