.. _threading: Threading and synchronization utilities ======================================= libuv provides cross-platform implementations for multiple threading and synchronization primitives. The API largely follows the pthreads API. Data types ---------- .. c:type:: uv_thread_t Thread data type. .. c:type:: void (*uv_thread_cb)(void* arg) Callback that is invoked to initialize thread execution. `arg` is the same value that was passed to :c:func:`uv_thread_create`. .. c:type:: uv_key_t Thread-local key data type. .. c:type:: uv_once_t Once-only initializer data type. .. c:type:: uv_mutex_t Mutex data type. .. c:type:: uv_rwlock_t Read-write lock data type. .. c:type:: uv_sem_t Semaphore data type. .. c:type:: uv_cond_t Condition data type. .. c:type:: uv_barrier_t Barrier data type. API --- Threads ^^^^^^^ .. c:type:: uv_thread_options_t Options for spawning a new thread (passed to :c:func:`uv_thread_create_ex`). :: typedef struct uv_thread_options_s { enum { UV_THREAD_NO_FLAGS = 0x00, UV_THREAD_HAS_STACK_SIZE = 0x01 } flags; size_t stack_size; } uv_thread_options_t; More fields may be added to this struct at any time, so its exact layout and size should not be relied upon. .. versionadded:: 1.26.0 .. c:function:: int uv_thread_create(uv_thread_t* tid, uv_thread_cb entry, void* arg) .. versionchanged:: 1.4.1 returns a UV_E* error code on failure .. c:function:: int uv_thread_create_ex(uv_thread_t* tid, const uv_thread_options_t* params, uv_thread_cb entry, void* arg) Like :c:func:`uv_thread_create`, but additionally specifies options for creating a new thread. If `UV_THREAD_HAS_STACK_SIZE` is set, `stack_size` specifies a stack size for the new thread. `0` indicates that the default value should be used, i.e. behaves as if the flag was not set. Other values will be rounded up to the nearest page boundary. .. versionadded:: 1.26.0 .. c:function:: int uv_thread_setaffinity(uv_thread_t* tid, char* cpumask, char* oldmask, size_t mask_size) Sets the specified thread's affinity to cpumask, which is specified in bytes. Optionally returning the previous affinity setting in oldmask. On Unix, uses :man:`pthread_getaffinity_np(3)` to get the affinity setting and maps the cpu_set_t to bytes in oldmask. Then maps the bytes in cpumask to a cpu_set_t and uses :man:`pthread_setaffinity_np(3)`. On Windows, maps the bytes in cpumask to a bitmask and uses SetThreadAffinityMask() which returns the previous affinity setting. The mask_size specifies the number of entries (bytes) in cpumask / oldmask, and must be greater-than-or-equal-to :c:func:`uv_cpumask_size`. .. note:: Thread affinity setting is not atomic on Windows. Unsupported on macOS. .. versionadded:: 1.45.0 .. c:function:: int uv_thread_getaffinity(uv_thread_t* tid, char* cpumask, size_t mask_size) Gets the specified thread's affinity setting. On Unix, this maps the cpu_set_t returned by :man:`pthread_getaffinity_np(3)` to bytes in cpumask. The mask_size specifies the number of entries (bytes) in cpumask, and must be greater-than-or-equal-to :c:func:`uv_cpumask_size`. .. note:: Thread affinity getting is not atomic on Windows. Unsupported on macOS. .. versionadded:: 1.45.0 .. c:function:: int uv_thread_getcpu(void) Gets the CPU number on which the calling thread is running. .. note:: Currently only implemented on Windows, Linux and FreeBSD. .. versionadded:: 1.45.0 .. c:function:: uv_thread_t uv_thread_self(void) .. c:function:: int uv_thread_join(uv_thread_t *tid) .. c:function:: int uv_thread_equal(const uv_thread_t* t1, const uv_thread_t* t2) .. c:function:: int uv_thread_setpriority(uv_thread_t tid, int priority) If the function succeeds, the return value is 0. If the function fails, the return value is less than zero. Sets the scheduling priority of the thread specified by tid. It requires elevated privilege to set specific priorities on some platforms. The priority can be set to the following constants. UV_THREAD_PRIORITY_HIGHEST, UV_THREAD_PRIORITY_ABOVE_NORMAL, UV_THREAD_PRIORITY_NORMAL, UV_THREAD_PRIORITY_BELOW_NORMAL, UV_THREAD_PRIORITY_LOWEST. .. c:function:: int uv_thread_getpriority(uv_thread_t tid, int* priority) If the function succeeds, the return value is 0. If the function fails, the return value is less than zero. Retrieves the scheduling priority of the thread specified by tid. The value in the output parameter priority is platform dependent. For Linux, when schedule policy is SCHED_OTHER (default), priority is 0. Thread-local storage ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ .. note:: The total thread-local storage size may be limited. That is, it may not be possible to create many TLS keys. .. c:function:: int uv_key_create(uv_key_t* key) .. c:function:: void uv_key_delete(uv_key_t* key) .. c:function:: void* uv_key_get(uv_key_t* key) .. c:function:: void uv_key_set(uv_key_t* key, void* value) Once-only initialization ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Runs a function once and only once. Concurrent calls to :c:func:`uv_once` with the same guard will block all callers except one (it's unspecified which one). The guard should be initialized statically with the UV_ONCE_INIT macro. .. c:function:: void uv_once(uv_once_t* guard, void (*callback)(void)) Mutex locks ^^^^^^^^^^^ Functions return 0 on success or an error code < 0 (unless the return type is void, of course). .. c:function:: int uv_mutex_init(uv_mutex_t* handle) .. c:function:: int uv_mutex_init_recursive(uv_mutex_t* handle) .. c:function:: void uv_mutex_destroy(uv_mutex_t* handle) .. c:function:: void uv_mutex_lock(uv_mutex_t* handle) .. c:function:: int uv_mutex_trylock(uv_mutex_t* handle) .. c:function:: void uv_mutex_unlock(uv_mutex_t* handle) Read-write locks ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Functions return 0 on success or an error code < 0 (unless the return type is void, of course). .. c:function:: int uv_rwlock_init(uv_rwlock_t* rwlock) .. c:function:: void uv_rwlock_destroy(uv_rwlock_t* rwlock) .. c:function:: void uv_rwlock_rdlock(uv_rwlock_t* rwlock) .. c:function:: int uv_rwlock_tryrdlock(uv_rwlock_t* rwlock) .. c:function:: void uv_rwlock_rdunlock(uv_rwlock_t* rwlock) .. c:function:: void uv_rwlock_wrlock(uv_rwlock_t* rwlock) .. c:function:: int uv_rwlock_trywrlock(uv_rwlock_t* rwlock) .. c:function:: void uv_rwlock_wrunlock(uv_rwlock_t* rwlock) Semaphores ^^^^^^^^^^ Functions return 0 on success or an error code < 0 (unless the return type is void, of course). .. c:function:: int uv_sem_init(uv_sem_t* sem, unsigned int value) .. c:function:: void uv_sem_destroy(uv_sem_t* sem) .. c:function:: void uv_sem_post(uv_sem_t* sem) .. c:function:: void uv_sem_wait(uv_sem_t* sem) .. c:function:: int uv_sem_trywait(uv_sem_t* sem) Conditions ^^^^^^^^^^ Functions return 0 on success or an error code < 0 (unless the return type is void, of course). .. note:: 1. Callers should be prepared to deal with spurious wakeups on :c:func:`uv_cond_wait` and :c:func:`uv_cond_timedwait`. 2. The timeout parameter for :c:func:`uv_cond_timedwait` is relative to the time at which function is called. 3. On z/OS, the timeout parameter for :c:func:`uv_cond_timedwait` is converted to an absolute system time at which the wait expires. If the current system clock time passes the absolute time calculated before the condition is signaled, an ETIMEDOUT error results. After the wait begins, the wait time is not affected by changes to the system clock. .. c:function:: int uv_cond_init(uv_cond_t* cond) .. c:function:: void uv_cond_destroy(uv_cond_t* cond) .. c:function:: void uv_cond_signal(uv_cond_t* cond) .. c:function:: void uv_cond_broadcast(uv_cond_t* cond) .. c:function:: void uv_cond_wait(uv_cond_t* cond, uv_mutex_t* mutex) .. c:function:: int uv_cond_timedwait(uv_cond_t* cond, uv_mutex_t* mutex, uint64_t timeout) Barriers ^^^^^^^^ Functions return 0 on success or an error code < 0 (unless the return type is void, of course). .. note:: :c:func:`uv_barrier_wait` returns a value > 0 to an arbitrarily chosen "serializer" thread to facilitate cleanup, i.e. :: if (uv_barrier_wait(&barrier) > 0) uv_barrier_destroy(&barrier); .. c:function:: int uv_barrier_init(uv_barrier_t* barrier, unsigned int count) .. c:function:: void uv_barrier_destroy(uv_barrier_t* barrier) .. c:function:: int uv_barrier_wait(uv_barrier_t* barrier)