{-# LANGUAGE CPP, TupleSections, ConstraintKinds #-} {-# OPTIONS_GHC -fno-warn-duplicate-exports #-} -- | Extra functions for "Control.Concurrent". -- -- This module includes three new types of 'MVar', namely 'Lock' (no associated value), -- 'Var' (never empty) and 'Barrier' (filled at most once). See -- <http://neilmitchell.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/flavours-of-mvar_04.html this blog post> -- for examples and justification. -- -- If you need greater control of exceptions and threads -- see the <http://hackage.haskell.org/package/slave-thread slave-thread> package. -- If you need elaborate relationships between threads -- see the <http://hackage.haskell.org/package/async async> package. module Control.Concurrent.Extra( module Control.Concurrent, getNumCapabilities, setNumCapabilities, withNumCapabilities, forkFinally, once, onceFork, -- * Lock Lock, newLock, withLock, withLockTry, -- * Var Var, newVar, readVar, writeVar, modifyVar, modifyVar_, withVar, -- * Barrier Barrier, newBarrier, signalBarrier, waitBarrier, waitBarrierMaybe, ) where import Control.Concurrent import Control.Exception.Extra import Control.Monad.Extra import Data.Maybe import Data.Either.Extra import Data.Functor import Prelude -- | On GHC 7.6 and above with the @-threaded@ flag, brackets a call to 'setNumCapabilities'. -- On lower versions (which lack 'setNumCapabilities') this function just runs the argument action. withNumCapabilities :: Int -> IO a -> IO a withNumCapabilities new act | rtsSupportsBoundThreads = do old <- getNumCapabilities if old == new then act else bracket_ (setNumCapabilities new) (setNumCapabilities old) act withNumCapabilities _ act = act #if __GLASGOW_HASKELL__ < 702 -- | A version of 'getNumCapabilities' that works on all versions of GHC, but returns 1 before GHC 7.2. getNumCapabilities :: IO Int getNumCapabilities = return 1 #endif #if __GLASGOW_HASKELL__ < 706 -- | A version of 'setNumCapabilities' that works on all versions of GHC, but has no effect before GHC 7.6. setNumCapabilities :: Int -> IO () setNumCapabilities n = return () #endif #if __GLASGOW_HASKELL__ < 706 -- | fork a thread and call the supplied function when the thread is about -- to terminate, with an exception or a returned value. The function is -- called with asynchronous exceptions masked. -- -- @ -- forkFinally action and_then = -- mask $ \restore -> -- forkIO $ try (restore action) >>= and_then -- @ -- -- This function is useful for informing the parent when a child -- terminates, for example. forkFinally :: IO a -> (Either SomeException a -> IO ()) -> IO ThreadId forkFinally action and_then = mask $ \restore -> forkIO $ try (restore action) >>= and_then #endif -- | Given an action, produce a wrapped action that runs at most once. -- If the function raises an exception, the same exception will be reraised each time. -- -- > let x ||| y = do t1 <- onceFork x; t2 <- onceFork y; t1; t2 -- > \(x :: IO Int) -> void (once x) == return () -- > \(x :: IO Int) -> join (once x) == x -- > \(x :: IO Int) -> (do y <- once x; y; y) == x -- > \(x :: IO Int) -> (do y <- once x; y ||| y) == x once :: IO a -> IO (IO a) once act = do var <- newVar OncePending let run = either throwIO return return $ mask $ \unmask -> join $ modifyVar var $ \v -> case v of OnceDone x -> return (v, unmask $ run x) OnceRunning x -> return (v, unmask $ run =<< waitBarrier x) OncePending -> do b <- newBarrier return $ (OnceRunning b,) $ do res <- try_ $ unmask act signalBarrier b res modifyVar_ var $ \_ -> return $ OnceDone res run res data Once a = OncePending | OnceRunning (Barrier a) | OnceDone a -- | Like 'once', but immediately starts running the computation on a background thread. -- -- > \(x :: IO Int) -> join (onceFork x) == x -- > \(x :: IO Int) -> (do a <- onceFork x; a; a) == x onceFork :: IO a -> IO (IO a) onceFork act = do bar <- newBarrier forkFinally act $ signalBarrier bar return $ either throwIO return =<< waitBarrier bar --------------------------------------------------------------------- -- LOCK -- | Like an MVar, but has no value. -- Used to guarantees single-threaded access, typically to some system resource. -- As an example: -- -- @ -- lock <- 'newLock' -- let output = 'withLock' . putStrLn -- forkIO $ do ...; output \"hello\" -- forkIO $ do ...; output \"world\" -- @ -- -- Here we are creating a lock to ensure that when writing output our messages -- do not get interleaved. This use of MVar never blocks on a put. It is permissible, -- but rare, that a withLock contains a withLock inside it - but if so, -- watch out for deadlocks. newtype Lock = Lock (MVar ()) -- | Create a new 'Lock'. newLock :: IO Lock newLock = Lock <$> newMVar () -- | Perform some operation while holding 'Lock'. Will prevent all other -- operations from using the 'Lock' while the action is ongoing. withLock :: Lock -> IO a -> IO a withLock (Lock x) = withMVar x . const -- | Like 'withLock' but will never block. If the operation cannot be executed -- immediately it will return 'Nothing'. withLockTry :: Lock -> IO a -> IO (Maybe a) withLockTry (Lock m) act = bracket (tryTakeMVar m) (\v -> when (isJust v) $ putMVar m ()) (\v -> if isJust v then fmap Just act else return Nothing) --------------------------------------------------------------------- -- VAR -- | Like an MVar, but must always be full. -- Used to on a mutable variable in a thread-safe way. -- As an example: -- -- @ -- hits <- 'newVar' 0 -- forkIO $ do ...; 'modifyVar_' hits (+1); ... -- i <- 'readVar' hits -- print ("HITS",i) -- @ -- -- Here we have a variable which we modify atomically, so modifications are -- not interleaved. This use of MVar never blocks on a put. No modifyVar -- operation should ever block, and they should always complete in a reasonable -- timeframe. A Var should not be used to protect some external resource, only -- the variable contained within. Information from a readVar should not be subsequently -- inserted back into the Var. newtype Var a = Var (MVar a) -- | Create a new 'Var' with a value. newVar :: a -> IO (Var a) newVar = fmap Var . newMVar -- | Read the current value of the 'Var'. readVar :: Var a -> IO a readVar (Var x) = readMVar x -- | Write a value to become the new value of 'Var'. writeVar :: Var a -> a -> IO () writeVar v x = modifyVar_ v $ const $ return x -- | Modify a 'Var' producing a new value and a return result. modifyVar :: Var a -> (a -> IO (a, b)) -> IO b modifyVar (Var x) f = modifyMVar x f -- | Modify a 'Var', a restricted version of 'modifyVar'. modifyVar_ :: Var a -> (a -> IO a) -> IO () modifyVar_ (Var x) f = modifyMVar_ x f -- | Perform some operation using the value in the 'Var', -- a restricted version of 'modifyVar'. withVar :: Var a -> (a -> IO b) -> IO b withVar (Var x) f = withMVar x f --------------------------------------------------------------------- -- BARRIER -- | Starts out empty, then is filled exactly once. As an example: -- -- @ -- bar <- 'newBarrier' -- forkIO $ do ...; val <- ...; 'signalBarrier' bar val -- print =<< 'waitBarrier' bar -- @ -- -- Here we create a barrier which will contain some computed value. -- A thread is forked to fill the barrier, while the main thread waits -- for it to complete. A barrier has similarities to a future or promise -- from other languages, has been known as an IVar in other Haskell work, -- and in some ways is like a manually managed thunk. newtype Barrier a = Barrier (Var (Either (MVar ()) a)) -- Either a Left empty MVar you should wait or a Right result -- With base 4.7 and above readMVar is atomic so you probably can implement Barrier directly on MVar a -- | Create a new 'Barrier'. newBarrier :: IO (Barrier a) newBarrier = fmap Barrier $ newVar . Left =<< newEmptyMVar -- | Write a value into the Barrier, releasing anyone at 'waitBarrier'. -- Any subsequent attempts to signal the 'Barrier' will throw an exception. signalBarrier :: Partial => Barrier a -> a -> IO () signalBarrier (Barrier var) v = mask_ $ -- use mask so never in an inconsistent state join $ modifyVar var $ \x -> case x of Left bar -> return (Right v, putMVar bar ()) Right res -> error "Control.Concurrent.Extra.signalBarrier, attempt to signal a barrier that has already been signaled" -- | Wait until a barrier has been signaled with 'signalBarrier'. waitBarrier :: Barrier a -> IO a waitBarrier (Barrier var) = do x <- readVar var case x of Right res -> return res Left bar -> do readMVar bar x <- readVar var case x of Right res -> return res Left bar -> error "Control.Concurrent.Extra, internal invariant violated in Barrier" -- | A version of 'waitBarrier' that never blocks, returning 'Nothing' -- if the barrier has not yet been signaled. waitBarrierMaybe :: Barrier a -> IO (Maybe a) waitBarrierMaybe (Barrier bar) = eitherToMaybe <$> readVar bar