1 /* ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
3 * (c) The GHC Team, 2001-2006
7 * A Capability holds all the state an OS thread/task needs to run
8 * Haskell code: its STG registers, a pointer to its TSO, a nursery
9 * etc. During STG execution, a pointer to the Capabilitity is kept in
10 * a register (BaseReg).
12 * Only in a THREADED_RTS build will there be multiple capabilities,
13 * in the non-threaded RTS there is one global capability, called
16 * --------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
21 #include "sm/GC.h" // for evac_fn
28 // State required by the STG virtual machine when running Haskell
29 // code. During STG execution, the BaseReg register always points
30 // to the StgRegTable of the current Capability (&cap->r).
34 nat no; // capability number.
36 // The Task currently holding this Capability. This task has
37 // exclusive access to the contents of this Capability (apart from
38 // returning_tasks_hd/returning_tasks_tl).
39 // Locks required: cap->lock.
42 // true if this Capability is running Haskell code, used for
43 // catching unsafe call-ins.
46 // The run queue. The Task owning this Capability has exclusive
47 // access to its run queue, so can wake up threads without
48 // taking a lock, and the common path through the scheduler is
53 // Tasks currently making safe foreign calls. Doubly-linked.
54 // When returning, a task first acquires the Capability before
55 // removing itself from this list, so that the GC can find all
56 // the suspended TSOs easily. Hence, when migrating a Task from
57 // the returning_tasks list, we must also migrate its entry from
59 Task *suspended_ccalling_tasks;
61 // One mutable list per generation, so we don't need to take any
62 // locks when updating an old-generation thunk. This also lets us
63 // keep track of which closures this CPU has been mutating, so we
64 // can traverse them using the right thread during GC and avoid
65 // unnecessarily moving the data from one cache to another.
67 bdescr **saved_mut_lists; // tmp use during GC
69 // block for allocating pinned objects into
70 bdescr *pinned_object_block;
72 // Context switch flag. We used to have one global flag, now one
73 // per capability. Locks required : none (conflicts are harmless)
76 #if defined(THREADED_RTS)
77 // Worker Tasks waiting in the wings. Singly-linked.
80 // This lock protects running_task, returning_tasks_{hd,tl}, wakeup_queue.
83 // Tasks waiting to return from a foreign call, or waiting to make
84 // a new call-in using this Capability (NULL if empty).
85 // NB. this field needs to be modified by tasks other than the
86 // running_task, so it requires cap->lock to modify. A task can
87 // check whether it is NULL without taking the lock, however.
88 Task *returning_tasks_hd; // Singly-linked, with head/tail
89 Task *returning_tasks_tl;
91 // A list of threads to append to this Capability's run queue at
92 // the earliest opportunity. These are threads that have been
93 // woken up by another Capability.
94 StgTSO *wakeup_queue_hd;
95 StgTSO *wakeup_queue_tl;
99 // Stats on spark creation/conversion
101 nat sparks_converted;
105 // Per-capability STM-related data
106 StgTVarWatchQueue *free_tvar_watch_queues;
107 StgInvariantCheckQueue *free_invariant_check_queues;
108 StgTRecChunk *free_trec_chunks;
109 StgTRecHeader *free_trec_headers;
110 nat transaction_tokens;
111 } // typedef Capability is defined in RtsAPI.h
112 // Capabilities are stored in an array, so make sure that adjacent
113 // Capabilities don't share any cache-lines:
114 #ifndef mingw32_HOST_OS
115 ATTRIBUTE_ALIGNED(64)
120 #if defined(THREADED_RTS)
121 #define ASSERT_TASK_ID(task) ASSERT(task->id == osThreadId())
123 #define ASSERT_TASK_ID(task) /*empty*/
126 // These properties should be true when a Task is holding a Capability
127 #define ASSERT_FULL_CAPABILITY_INVARIANTS(cap,task) \
128 ASSERT(cap->running_task != NULL && cap->running_task == task); \
129 ASSERT(task->cap == cap); \
130 ASSERT_PARTIAL_CAPABILITY_INVARIANTS(cap,task)
132 // Sometimes a Task holds a Capability, but the Task is not associated
133 // with that Capability (ie. task->cap != cap). This happens when
134 // (a) a Task holds multiple Capabilities, and (b) when the current
135 // Task is bound, its thread has just blocked, and it may have been
136 // moved to another Capability.
137 #define ASSERT_PARTIAL_CAPABILITY_INVARIANTS(cap,task) \
138 ASSERT(cap->run_queue_hd == END_TSO_QUEUE ? \
139 cap->run_queue_tl == END_TSO_QUEUE : 1); \
140 ASSERT(myTask() == task); \
141 ASSERT_TASK_ID(task);
143 // Converts a *StgRegTable into a *Capability.
145 INLINE_HEADER Capability *
146 regTableToCapability (StgRegTable *reg)
148 return (Capability *)((void *)((unsigned char*)reg - STG_FIELD_OFFSET(Capability,r)));
151 // Initialise the available capabilities.
153 void initCapabilities (void);
155 // Release a capability. This is called by a Task that is exiting
156 // Haskell to make a foreign call, or in various other cases when we
157 // want to relinquish a Capability that we currently hold.
159 // ASSUMES: cap->running_task is the current Task.
161 #if defined(THREADED_RTS)
162 void releaseCapability (Capability* cap);
163 void releaseAndWakeupCapability (Capability* cap);
164 void releaseCapability_ (Capability* cap, rtsBool always_wakeup);
165 // assumes cap->lock is held
167 // releaseCapability() is empty in non-threaded RTS
168 INLINE_HEADER void releaseCapability (Capability* cap STG_UNUSED) {};
169 INLINE_HEADER void releaseAndWakeupCapability (Capability* cap STG_UNUSED) {};
170 INLINE_HEADER void releaseCapability_ (Capability* cap STG_UNUSED,
171 rtsBool always_wakeup STG_UNUSED) {};
174 // declared in includes/rts/Threads.h:
175 // extern Capability MainCapability;
177 // declared in includes/rts/Threads.h:
178 // extern nat n_capabilities;
180 // Array of all the capabilities
182 extern Capability *capabilities;
184 // The Capability that was last free. Used as a good guess for where
185 // to assign new threads.
187 extern Capability *last_free_capability;
189 // GC indicator, in scope for the scheduler
190 #define PENDING_GC_SEQ 1
191 #define PENDING_GC_PAR 2
192 extern volatile StgWord waiting_for_gc;
194 // Acquires a capability at a return point. If *cap is non-NULL, then
195 // this is taken as a preference for the Capability we wish to
198 // OS threads waiting in this function get priority over those waiting
199 // in waitForCapability().
201 // On return, *cap is non-NULL, and points to the Capability acquired.
203 void waitForReturnCapability (Capability **cap/*in/out*/, Task *task);
205 INLINE_HEADER void recordMutableCap (StgClosure *p, Capability *cap, nat gen);
207 #if defined(THREADED_RTS)
209 // Gives up the current capability IFF there is a higher-priority
210 // thread waiting for it. This happens in one of two ways:
212 // (a) we are passing the capability to another OS thread, so
213 // that it can run a bound Haskell thread, or
215 // (b) there is an OS thread waiting to return from a foreign call
217 // On return: *pCap is NULL if the capability was released. The
218 // current task should then re-acquire it using waitForCapability().
220 void yieldCapability (Capability** pCap, Task *task);
222 // Acquires a capability for doing some work.
224 // On return: pCap points to the capability.
226 void waitForCapability (Task *task, Mutex *mutex, Capability **pCap);
228 // Wakes up a thread on a Capability (probably a different Capability
229 // from the one held by the current Task).
231 void wakeupThreadOnCapability (Capability *my_cap, Capability *other_cap,
234 // Wakes up a worker thread on just one Capability, used when we
235 // need to service some global event.
237 void prodOneCapability (void);
238 void prodCapability (Capability *cap, Task *task);
240 // Similar to prodOneCapability(), but prods all of them.
242 void prodAllCapabilities (void);
244 // Waits for a capability to drain of runnable threads and workers,
245 // and then acquires it. Used at shutdown time.
247 void shutdownCapability (Capability *cap, Task *task, rtsBool wait_foreign);
249 // Attempt to gain control of a Capability if it is free.
251 rtsBool tryGrabCapability (Capability *cap, Task *task);
253 // Try to find a spark to run
255 StgClosure *findSpark (Capability *cap);
257 // True if any capabilities have sparks
259 rtsBool anySparks (void);
261 INLINE_HEADER rtsBool emptySparkPoolCap (Capability *cap);
262 INLINE_HEADER nat sparkPoolSizeCap (Capability *cap);
263 INLINE_HEADER void discardSparksCap (Capability *cap);
265 #else // !THREADED_RTS
267 // Grab a capability. (Only in the non-threaded RTS; in the threaded
268 // RTS one of the waitFor*Capability() functions must be used).
270 extern void grabCapability (Capability **pCap);
272 #endif /* !THREADED_RTS */
274 // cause all capabilities to context switch as soon as possible.
275 void setContextSwitches(void);
276 INLINE_HEADER void contextSwitchCapability(Capability *cap);
278 // Free all capabilities
279 void freeCapabilities (void);
282 void markSomeCapabilities (evac_fn evac, void *user, nat i0, nat delta,
283 rtsBool prune_sparks);
284 void markCapabilities (evac_fn evac, void *user);
285 void traverseSparkQueues (evac_fn evac, void *user);
287 /* -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
288 * INLINE functions... private below here
289 * -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
292 recordMutableCap (StgClosure *p, Capability *cap, nat gen)
296 // We must own this Capability in order to modify its mutable list.
297 ASSERT(cap->running_task == myTask());
298 bd = cap->mut_lists[gen];
299 if (bd->free >= bd->start + BLOCK_SIZE_W) {
301 new_bd = allocBlock_lock();
304 cap->mut_lists[gen] = bd;
306 *bd->free++ = (StgWord)p;
309 #if defined(THREADED_RTS)
310 INLINE_HEADER rtsBool
311 emptySparkPoolCap (Capability *cap)
312 { return looksEmpty(cap->sparks); }
315 sparkPoolSizeCap (Capability *cap)
316 { return sparkPoolSize(cap->sparks); }
319 discardSparksCap (Capability *cap)
320 { return discardSparks(cap->sparks); }
324 contextSwitchCapability (Capability *cap)
326 // setting HpLim to NULL ensures that the next heap check will
327 // fail, and the thread will return to the scheduler.
328 cap->r.rHpLim = NULL;
329 // But just in case it didn't work (the target thread might be
330 // modifying HpLim at the same time), we set the end-of-block
331 // context-switch flag too:
332 cap->context_switch = 1;
337 #endif /* CAPABILITY_H */