Introduce std::thread

Also removes:

* `std::task`
* `std::rt::task`
* `std::rt::thread`

Notes for the new API are in a follow-up commit.

Closes #18000

src/libstd/lib.rs

@@ -227,9 +227,9 @@ pub mod time;
 pub mod collections;
 pub mod hash;
 
-/* Tasks and communication */
+/* Threads and communication */
 
-pub mod task;
+pub mod thread;
 pub mod sync;
 pub mod comm;
 

src/libstd/rt/mod.rs

@@ -53,7 +53,9 @@ use failure;
 use os;
 use thunk::Thunk;
 use kinds::Send;
+use thread::Thread;
 use sys_common;
+use sys_common::thread::{mod, NewThread};
 
 // Reexport some of our utilities which are expected by other crates.
 pub use self::util::{default_sched_threads, min_stack, running_on_valgrind};
@@ -73,8 +75,6 @@ pub mod mutex;
 pub mod thread;
 pub mod exclusive;
 pub mod util;
-pub mod local;
-pub mod task;
 pub mod unwind;
 
 mod args;
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ pub fn init(argc: int, argv: *const *const u8) {
     // Need to propagate the unsafety to `start`.
     unsafe {
         args::init(argc, argv);
-        local_ptr::init();
-        thread::init();
+        sys::thread::guard::init();
+        sys::stack_overflow::init();
         unwind::register(failure::on_fail);
     }
 }
@@ -125,9 +125,6 @@ fn lang_start(main: *const u8, argc: int, argv: *const *const u8) -> int {
 /// This procedure is guaranteed to run on the thread calling this function, but
 /// the stack bounds for this rust task will *not* be set. Care must be taken
 /// for this function to not overflow its stack.
-///
-/// This function will only return once *all* native threads in the system have
-/// exited.
 pub fn start(argc: int, argv: *const *const u8, main: Thunk) -> int {
     use prelude::*;
     use rt;
@@ -143,11 +140,9 @@ pub fn start(argc: int, argv: *const *const u8, main: Thunk) -> int {
     // frames above our current position.
     let my_stack_bottom = my_stack_top + 20000 - OS_DEFAULT_STACK_ESTIMATE;
 
-    // When using libgreen, one of the first things that we do is to turn off
-    // the SIGPIPE signal (set it to ignore). By default, some platforms will
-    // send a *signal* when a EPIPE error would otherwise be delivered. This
-    // runtime doesn't install a SIGPIPE handler, causing it to kill the
-    // program, which isn't exactly what we want!
+    // By default, some platforms will send a *signal* when a EPIPE error would
+    // otherwise be delivered. This runtime doesn't install a SIGPIPE handler,
+    // causing it to kill the program, which isn't exactly what we want!
     //
     // Hence, we set SIGPIPE to ignore when the program starts up in order to
     // prevent this problem.
@@ -163,17 +158,18 @@ pub fn start(argc: int, argv: *const *const u8, main: Thunk) -> int {
 
     init(argc, argv);
     let mut exit_code = None;
-    let mut main = Some(main);
-    let mut task = box Task::new(Some((my_stack_bottom, my_stack_top)),
-                                 Some(rt::thread::main_guard_page()));
-    task.name = Some(str::Slice("<main>"));
-    drop(task.run(|| {
+
+    let thread: std::Thread = NewThread::new(Some("<main>".into_string()));
+    thread_info::set((my_stack_bottom, my_stack_top),
+                     unsafe { sys::thread::guard::main() },
+                     thread);
+    unwind::try(|| {
         unsafe {
             sys_common::stack::record_os_managed_stack_bounds(my_stack_bottom, my_stack_top);
         }
         (main.take().unwrap()).invoke(());
         exit_code = Some(os::get_exit_status());
-    }).destroy());
+    });
     unsafe { cleanup(); }
     // If the exit code wasn't set, then the task block must have panicked.
     return exit_code.unwrap_or(rt::DEFAULT_ERROR_CODE);
@@ -207,8 +203,7 @@ pub fn at_exit(f: proc():Send) {
 /// undefined behavior.
 pub unsafe fn cleanup() {
     args::cleanup();
-    thread::cleanup();
-    local_ptr::cleanup();
+    sys::stack_overflow::cleanup();
 }
 
 // FIXME: these probably shouldn't be public...

src/libstd/sys/common/thread_info.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+// Copyright 2014 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
+// http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
+// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
+// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
+// except according to those terms.
+
+struct ThreadInfo {
+    // This field holds the known bounds of the stack in (lo, hi)
+    // form. Not all threads necessarily know their precise bounds,
+    // hence this is optional.
+    stack_bounds: (uint, uint),
+    stack_guard: uint,
+    unwinder: Unwinder,
+    thread: Thread,
+}
+
+thread_local!(static THREAD_INFO: RefCell<Option<ThreadInfo>> = RefCell::new(None));
+
+impl ThreadInfo {
+    fn with<R>(f: |&ThreadInfo| -> R) -> R {
+        THREAD_INFO.with(|c| {
+            if c.borrow().is_none() {
+                *c.borrow_mut() = Some(ThreadInfo {
+                    stack_bounds: (0, 0),
+                    stack_guard: 0,
+                    unwinder: Unwinder::new(),
+                    thread: Thread::new(None),
+                })
+            }
+            f(c.borrow().as_ref().unwrap())
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn current_thread() -> Thread {
+    ThreadInfo::with(|info| info.thread.clone())
+}
+
+pub fn panicking() -> bool {
+    ThreadInfo::with(|info| info.unwinder.unwinding())
+}
+
+pub fn set(stack_bounds: (uint, uint), stack_guard: uint, thread: Thread) {
+    THREAD_INFO.with(|c| assert!(c.borrow().is_none()));
+    THREAD_INFO.with(|c| *c.borrow_mut() = Some(ThreadInfo{
+        stack_bounds: stack_bounds,
+        stack_guard: stack_guard,
+        unwinder: Unwinder::new(),
+        thread: thread,
+    }));
+}
+
+// a hack to get around privacy restrictions; implemented by `std::thread::Thread`
+pub trait NewThread {
+    fn new(name: Option<String>) -> Self;
+}