Use POSIX threads in Linux/Genode hybrids

- Let hybrid Linux/Genode programs use POSIX threads for the
  implementation of the Thread API.
- Prevent linkage of cxx library to hybrid Linux/Genode programs because
  the cxx functionality is covered by glibc.
This commit is contained in:
Norman Feske 2011-12-22 17:17:44 +01:00 committed by Christian Helmuth
parent f904c2be09
commit defd6a9b58
5 changed files with 229 additions and 2 deletions

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@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ namespace Genode {
: tid(tid), pid(pid) { }
};
struct Thread_meta_data;
/**
* Native thread contains more thread-local data than just the ID
*
@ -71,7 +73,16 @@ namespace Genode {
int client; /* socket used as IPC client */
int server; /* socket used as IPC server */
Native_thread() : client(-1), server(-1) { }
/**
* Opaque pointer to additional thread-specific meta data
*
* This pointer is used by hybrid Linux/Genode program to maintain
* POSIX-thread-related meta data. For non-hybrid Genode programs, it
* remains unused.
*/
Thread_meta_data *meta_data;
Native_thread() : client(-1), server(-1), meta_data(0) { }
};
inline bool operator == (Native_thread_id t1, Native_thread_id t2) {

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@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ EXT_OBJECTS += $(shell cc -print-file-name=crtbegin.o)
EXT_OBJECTS += $(shell cc -print-file-name=crtend.o)
EXT_OBJECTS += $(shell cc -print-file-name=crtn.o)
EXT_OBJECTS += -lgcc -lgcc_s -lsupc++ -lc
EXT_OBJECTS += -lpthread
#
# Some header files installed on GNU/Linux test for the GNU compiler. For

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@ -18,13 +18,16 @@
extern "C" int raw_write_str(const char *str);
enum { verbose_atexit = false };
/**
* Dummy for symbol that is normally provided by '_main.cc'
*/
int genode___cxa_atexit(void (*func)(void*), void *arg, void *dso)
{
raw_write_str("genode___cxa_atexit called, not implemented\n");
if (verbose_atexit)
raw_write_str("genode___cxa_atexit called, not implemented\n");
return 0;
}
@ -45,3 +48,199 @@ __attribute__((constructor(101))) void lx_hybrid_init()
main_thread_bootstrap();
lx_environ = environ;
}
/************
** Thread **
************/
/*
* For hybrid Linux/Genode programs, Genode's thread API is implemented via
* POSIX threads.
*
* Hybrid Linux/Genode programs are linked against the glibc along with other
* native Linux libraries. Such libraries may use the 'pthread' API to spawn
* threads, which then may call Genode code. Vice versa, Genode threads may
* interact with code of a native Linux libraries. Hence, both worlds Genode
* and native Linux libraries should use the same underlying threading API.
* Furthermore, using the pthread API is a precondition to satisfy the glibc's
* assumption about thread-local storage, which is particularly important
* for the correct thread-local handling of 'errno'. As another benefit of
* using the pthread API over the normal Genode thread implementation, hybrid
* Linux/Genode programs comply with the GNU debugger's expectations. Such
* programs can be debugged as normal Linux programs.
*
* Genode's normal thread API for Linux was introduced to decouple Genode
* from the glibc. This is especially important when using Genode's libc
* Mixing both Genode's libc and glibc won't work.
*/
/* Genode includes */
#include <base/thread.h>
/* libc includes */
#include <pthread.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <errno.h>
using namespace Genode;
/**
* Return TLS key used to storing the thread meta data
*/
static pthread_key_t tls_key()
{
struct Tls_key
{
pthread_key_t key;
Tls_key()
{
pthread_key_create(&key, 0);
}
};
static Tls_key inst;
return inst.key;
}
namespace Genode {
struct Thread_meta_data
{
/**
* Used to block the constructor until the new thread has initialized
* 'id'
*/
Lock construct_lock;
/**
* Used to block the new thread until 'start' is called
*/
Lock start_lock;
/**
* Filled out by 'thread_start' function in the context of the new
* thread
*/
Thread_base * const thread_base;
/**
* POSIX thread handle
*/
pthread_t pt;
/**
* Constructor
*
* \param thread_base associated 'Thread_base' object
*/
Thread_meta_data(Thread_base *thread_base)
:
construct_lock(Lock::LOCKED), start_lock(Lock::LOCKED),
thread_base(thread_base)
{ }
};
}
static void empty_signal_handler(int) { }
static void *thread_start(void *arg)
{
/*
* Set signal handler such that canceled system calls get not
* transparently retried after a signal gets received.
*/
lx_sigaction(LX_SIGUSR1, empty_signal_handler);
/* assign 'Thread_meta_data' pointer to TLS entry */
pthread_setspecific(tls_key(), arg);
/* enable immediate cancellation when calling 'pthread_cancel' */
pthread_setcanceltype(PTHREAD_CANCEL_ASYNCHRONOUS, 0);
/*
* Initialize thread meta data
*/
Thread_meta_data *meta_data = (Thread_meta_data *)arg;
meta_data->thread_base->tid().tid = lx_gettid();
meta_data->thread_base->tid().pid = lx_getpid();
/* unblock 'Thread_base' constructor */
meta_data->construct_lock.unlock();
/* block until the 'Thread_base::start' gets called */
meta_data->start_lock.lock();
Thread_base::myself()->entry();
return 0;
}
Thread_base *Thread_base::myself()
{
void *tls = pthread_getspecific(tls_key());
bool const is_main_thread = (tls == 0);
return is_main_thread ? 0 : ((Thread_meta_data *)tls)->thread_base;
}
void Thread_base::start()
{
/*
* Unblock thread that is supposed to slumber in 'thread_start'.
*/
_tid.meta_data->start_lock.unlock();
}
Thread_base::Thread_base(const char *name, size_t stack_size)
: _list_element(this)
{
_tid.meta_data = new Thread_meta_data(this);
int const ret = pthread_create(&_tid.meta_data->pt, 0, thread_start,
_tid.meta_data);
if (ret) {
PERR("pthread_create failed (returned %d, errno=%d)",
ret, errno);
delete _tid.meta_data;
throw Context_alloc_failed();
}
_tid.meta_data->construct_lock.lock();
}
void Thread_base::cancel_blocking()
{
/*
* XXX implement interaction with CPU session
*/
}
Thread_base::~Thread_base()
{
{
int const ret = pthread_cancel(_tid.meta_data->pt);
if (ret)
PWRN("pthread_cancel unexpectedly returned with %d", ret);
}
{
int const ret = pthread_join(_tid.meta_data->pt, 0);
if (ret)
PWRN("pthread_join unexpectedly returned with %d (errno=%d)",
ret, errno);
}
delete _tid.meta_data;
_tid.meta_data = 0;
}

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@ -277,6 +277,10 @@ namespace Genode {
* \param name thread name for debugging
* \param stack_size stack size
*
* \throw Stack_too_large
* \throw Stack_alloc_failed
* \throw Context_alloc_failed
*
* The stack for the new thread will be allocated from the RAM
* session of the process environment. A small portion of the
* stack size is internally used by the framework for storing

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@ -132,6 +132,18 @@ LD_CMD += $(addprefix $(LD_SCRIPT_PREFIX), $(LD_SCRIPTS))
STATIC_LIBS := $(foreach l,$(FILTER_DEPS),$(LIB_CACHE_DIR)/$l/$l.lib.a)
STATIC_LIBS := $(sort $(wildcard $(STATIC_LIBS)))
#
# For hybrid Linux/Genode programs, prevent the linkage of the normal thread
# library. Because such programs use the glibc, we map Genode's thread API
# to 'pthreads' instead to improve inter-operability with native Linux
# libraries. Furthermore, we do not need Genode's cxx library for such
# programs because the cxx functionality is already provided by the glibc.
#
ifeq ($(USE_HOST_LD_SCRIPT),yes)
STATIC_LIBS := $(filter-out $(LIB_CACHE_DIR)/thread/thread.lib.a, $(STATIC_LIBS))
STATIC_LIBS := $(filter-out $(LIB_CACHE_DIR)/cxx/cxx.lib.a, $(STATIC_LIBS))
endif
#
# We need the linker option '--whole-archive' to make sure that all library
# constructors marked with '__attribute__((constructor))' end up int the