// mvar.h /* Copyright 2009 10gen Inc. * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ namespace mongo { /* This is based on haskell's MVar synchronization primitive: * http://www.haskell.org/ghc/docs/latest/html/libraries/base-4.2.0.0/Control-Concurrent-MVar.html * * It is a thread-safe queue that can hold at most one object. * You can also think of it as a box that can be either full or empty. */ template class MVar { public: enum State {EMPTY=0, FULL}; // create an empty MVar MVar() : _state(EMPTY) {} // creates a full MVar MVar(const T& val) : _state(FULL) , _value(val) {} // puts val into the MVar and returns true or returns false if full // never blocks bool tryPut(const T& val){ // intentionally repeat test before and after lock if (_state == FULL) return false; Mutex::scoped_lock lock(_mutex); if (_state == FULL) return false; _state = FULL; _value = val; // unblock threads waiting to 'take' _condition.notify_all(); return true; } // puts val into the MVar // will block if the MVar is already full void put(const T& val){ Mutex::scoped_lock lock(_mutex); while (!tryPut(val)){ // unlocks lock while waiting and relocks before returning _condition.wait(lock); } } // takes val out of the MVar and returns true or returns false if empty // never blocks bool tryTake(T& out){ // intentionally repeat test before and after lock if (_state == EMPTY) return false; Mutex::scoped_lock lock(_mutex); if (_state == EMPTY) return false; _state = EMPTY; out = _value; // unblock threads waiting to 'put' _condition.notify_all(); return true; } // takes val out of the MVar // will block if the MVar is empty T take(){ T ret = T(); Mutex::scoped_lock lock(_mutex); while (!tryTake(ret)){ // unlocks lock while waiting and relocks before returning _condition.wait(lock); } return ret; } // Note: this is fast because there is no locking, but state could // change before you get a chance to act on it. // Mainly useful for sanity checks / asserts. State getState(){ return _state; } private: State _state; T _value; typedef boost::recursive_mutex Mutex; Mutex _mutex; boost::condition _condition; }; }