pthread_timechange_handler_np.c

/*
 * pthread_timechange_handler_np.c
 *
 * Description:
 * This translation unit implements miscellaneous thread functions.
 *
 * --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 *
 *      Pthreads-win32 - POSIX Threads Library for Win32
 *      Copyright(C) 1998 John E. Bossom
 *      Copyright(C) 1999,2003 Pthreads-win32 contributors
 * 
 *      Contact Email: rpj@callisto.canberra.edu.au
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 */

#include "pthread.h"
#include "implement.h"

/*
 * Notes on handling system time adjustments (especially negative ones).
 * ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 *
 * This solution was suggested by Alexander Terekhov, but any errors
 * in the implementation are mine - [Ross Johnson]
 *
 * 1) The problem: threads doing a timedwait on a CV may expect to timeout
 *    at a specific absolute time according to a system timer. If the
 *    system clock is adjusted backwards then those threads sleep longer than
 *    expected. Also, pthreads-win32 converts absolute times to intervals in
 *    order to make use of the underlying Win32, and so waiting threads may
 *    awake before their proper abstimes.
 *
 * 2) We aren't able to distinquish between threads on timed or untimed waits,
 *    so we wake them all at the time of the adjustment so that they can
 *    re-evaluate their conditions and re-compute their timeouts.
 *
 * 3) We rely on correctly written applications for this to work. Specifically,
 *    they must be able to deal properly with spurious wakeups. That is,
 *    they must re-test their condition upon wakeup and wait again if
 *    the condition is not satisfied.
 */

void *
pthread_timechange_handler_np (void *arg)
     /*
      * ------------------------------------------------------
      * DOCPUBLIC
      *      Broadcasts all CVs to force re-evaluation and
      *      new timeouts if required.
      *
      * PARAMETERS
      *      NONE
      *
      *
      * DESCRIPTION
      *      Broadcasts all CVs to force re-evaluation and
      *      new timeouts if required.
      *
      *      This routine may be passed directly to pthread_create()
      *      as a new thread in order to run asynchronously.
      *
      *
      * RESULTS
      *              0               successfully broadcast all CVs
      *              EAGAIN          Not all CVs were broadcast
      *
      * ------------------------------------------------------
      */
{
  int result = 0;
  pthread_cond_t cv;

  EnterCriticalSection (&ptw32_cond_list_lock);

  cv = ptw32_cond_list_head;

  while (cv != NULL && 0 == result)
    {
      result = pthread_cond_broadcast (&cv);
      cv = cv->next;
    }

  LeaveCriticalSection (&ptw32_cond_list_lock);

  return (void *) (result != 0 ? EAGAIN : 0);
}