danos/library/kernel/thread.zig

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//! `runtime.Thread` — threads for danos, shaped like Zig's `std.Thread` but built on
//! danos's private thread ABI (docs/threading.md). Several tasks share one address
//! space; `spawn` starts one, the kernel delivers the closure pointer in the new
//! thread's rdi, a plain Zig trampoline runs the user function and calls `thread_exit`,
//! and `join` blocks on the thread's exit notification. See docs/threading.md for why
//! this mirrors `std.Thread`'s API rather than being the literal type.
//!
//! The closure (the function's captured args) lives at the **top of the thread's own
//! stack**, not the heap — each thread's stack is private, so there is no shared-heap
//! concurrency in the spawn/join machinery (the runtime heap is not yet thread-safe).
//! A binary must be built multi-threaded (`addThreadedUserBinary`) before it may spawn.
const std = @import("std");
const builtin = @import("builtin");
const abi = @import("abi");
const sc = @import("system-call");
// A thread allocates its own stack straight from the mmap syscall (not through the
// `memory` module) so `memory`'s heap can depend on this module's Mutex without a cycle.
inline fn mmapStack(len: usize) usize {
return sc.systemCall2(.mmap, len, abi.prot_read | abi.prot_write);
}
inline fn mmapFailed(ret: usize) bool {
return ret > ~@as(usize, 0) - 4095;
}
inline fn munmapStack(base: usize, len: usize) void {
_ = sc.systemCall2(.munmap, base, len);
}
/// True in a real danos binary; false when this module is compiled for host unit tests.
/// The `Futex` seam and the test blocks below branch on it so the lock/condvar state
/// machines can be exercised on the host against `std.Thread.Futex` (docs/threading-plan.md
/// M11), while the danos build uses the futex syscalls.
const on_danos = builtin.os.tag == .freestanding;
/// A thread stack, if the caller does not override it. 64 KiB of mmap'd, zeroed pages.
pub const default_stack_size: usize = 64 * 1024;
/// Bytes reserved at the top of each thread's stack for its per-thread TLS block (the
/// self-pointer plus scratch slots reachable via `%fs`). docs/threading-plan.md M10.
const tls_block_size: usize = 64;
pub const Thread = struct {
/// The kernel task id of the spawned thread — what `join` waits on.
tid: u32,
/// The mmap'd stack, reclaimed by `join` (or at process exit after `detach`).
stack_base: usize,
stack_size: usize,
pub const Id = u32;
pub const SpawnConfig = struct {
/// Bytes of stack, rounded up to whole pages by the kernel's mmap.
stack_size: usize = default_stack_size,
};
pub const SpawnError = error{
/// The kernel refused the thread, the stack mmap failed, or no endpoint was free.
SystemResources,
};
/// Start `function(args...)` on a new thread sharing this address space. Mirrors
/// `std.Thread.spawn`. The thread's return value is discarded (as in `std.Thread`);
/// return data through shared state.
pub fn spawn(config: SpawnConfig, comptime function: anytype, args: anytype) SpawnError!Thread {
const Args = @TypeOf(args);
const Closure = struct {
tls_base: usize,
args: Args,
/// Entered directly by the kernel with `self` in rdi (C ABI). Establishes this
/// thread's TLS pointer, runs the user function, then ends the thread.
fn entry(self_addr: usize) callconv(.c) noreturn {
const self: *@This() = @ptrFromInt(self_addr);
setThreadPointer(self.tls_base); // per-thread thread pointer before any user code
@call(.auto, function, self.args);
exitThread();
}
};
const base = mmapStack(config.stack_size);
if (mmapFailed(base)) return error.SystemResources;
// Top of the thread's own stack, downward: the closure, then a small per-thread TLS
// block (the thread pointer points here; slot 0 is the variant-II self-pointer, the rest is
// scratch for user TLS), then the stack proper (rsp starts below the TLS block, so
// the growing stack never overwrites either).
var closure_addr = (base + config.stack_size) - @sizeOf(Closure);
closure_addr &= ~@as(usize, @alignOf(Closure) - 1); // align the closure down
const tls_base = (closure_addr - tls_block_size) & ~@as(usize, 15);
const tls: [*]usize = @ptrFromInt(tls_base);
tls[0] = tls_base; // self-pointer (fs:0), as the x86_64 TLS ABI expects
const closure: *Closure = @ptrFromInt(closure_addr);
closure.* = .{ .tls_base = tls_base, .args = args };
var stack_top = tls_base & ~@as(usize, 15); // 16-align below the TLS block
stack_top -= 8; // ...then rsp % 16 == 8 at the C entry
const tid = threadSpawn(@intFromPtr(&Closure.entry), stack_top, closure_addr);
if (threadSpawnFailed(tid)) {
munmapStack(base, config.stack_size);
return error.SystemResources;
}
return .{ .tid = @intCast(tid), .stack_base = base, .stack_size = config.stack_size };
}
/// Block until this thread finishes, then reclaim its stack. Mirrors
/// `std.Thread.join`. The exit endpoint is private to this thread, so the first
/// child-exit notification on it is this thread's.
pub fn join(self: Thread) void {
_ = sc.systemCall1(.thread_join, self.tid); // block until the thread has exited
munmapStack(self.stack_base, self.stack_size); // reclaim its (now-vacated) stack
}
/// Relinquish the right to join: never wait for or reclaim this thread. Its stack is
/// reclaimed at process exit (docs/threading-plan.md M3 — kernel-reaper stack reclaim
/// for detached threads is a later refinement). Mirrors `std.Thread.detach`.
pub fn detach(self: Thread) void {
_ = self;
}
/// The calling thread's id (its kernel task id). Mirrors `std.Thread.getCurrentId`.
pub fn getCurrentId() Id {
return @intCast(sc.systemCall0(.thread_self));
}
/// The dense 0-based index of the core the calling thread is running on. A danos
/// extension beyond `std.Thread`, used to observe genuine cross-core parallelism.
pub fn currentCore() Id {
return @intCast(sc.systemCall0(.current_core));
}
/// Ask the kernel to end the calling thread. A WORKER never returns from this;
/// the process's MAIN thread gets the kernel's refusal (-EPERM — the group ends
/// only through exit, a fault, or process_kill, docs/shared-fate-plan.md) and
/// the call returns. Exists for exactly that refusal path; workers end through
/// the spawn trampoline, and a process ends through `system.exit`.
pub fn tryExitCurrent() void {
_ = sc.systemCall0(.thread_exit);
}
/// `std.Thread.Futex`-shaped block/wake on a `u32` atomic — the primitive the
/// blocking `Mutex`/`Condition`/`Semaphore` are built on. Waiters park in the
/// kernel (no busy-wait), so an idle core still halts (docs/halting.md).
pub const Futex = struct {
/// Block while `ptr.* == expect`. Returns when woken by `wake`, or promptly if
/// the value already differs (safe against spurious returns, as in std): the
/// caller re-checks its condition in a loop.
pub fn wait(ptr: *const std.atomic.Value(u32), expect: u32) void {
if (comptime on_danos) {
_ = futexWait(@intFromPtr(ptr), expect, 0);
} else {
// Host unit-test mock: spin+yield until the value changes (`wake` is a
// no-op — the callers re-check their condition in a loop anyway). Correct,
// if busy; fine for the state-machine tests.
while (ptr.load(.acquire) == expect) std.Thread.yield() catch {};
}
}
/// As `wait`, but returns `error.Timeout` if `timeout_ns` elapses first.
pub fn timedWait(ptr: *const std.atomic.Value(u32), expect: u32, timeout_ns: u64) error{Timeout}!void {
if (comptime on_danos) {
if (futexWait(@intFromPtr(ptr), expect, timeout_ns) == abi.futex_timed_out) return error.Timeout;
} else {
var spins: u64 = 0;
const limit = timeout_ns / 1000 + 1;
while (ptr.load(.acquire) == expect) : (spins += 1) {
if (spins >= limit) return error.Timeout;
std.Thread.yield() catch {};
}
}
}
/// Wake up to `max_waiters` threads blocked on `ptr`.
pub fn wake(ptr: *const std.atomic.Value(u32), max_waiters: u32) void {
if (comptime on_danos) {
_ = futexWake(@intFromPtr(ptr), max_waiters);
} else {
// host mock: spin-waiters re-check their condition, so no wake is needed.
}
}
};
/// A mutual-exclusion lock, `std.Thread.Mutex`-shaped. The classic three-state
/// futex mutex (unlocked / locked / contended): the fast path is a single CAS, and
/// only a contended lock ever enters the kernel.
pub const Mutex = struct {
state: std.atomic.Value(u32) = std.atomic.Value(u32).init(unlocked),
const unlocked: u32 = 0;
const locked: u32 = 1;
const contended: u32 = 2;
/// Try to take the lock without blocking; returns whether it was acquired.
pub fn tryLock(m: *Mutex) bool {
return m.state.cmpxchgStrong(unlocked, locked, .acquire, .monotonic) == null;
}
/// Acquire the lock, blocking in the kernel while it is contended.
pub fn lock(m: *Mutex) void {
if (m.state.cmpxchgStrong(unlocked, locked, .acquire, .monotonic) != null) m.lockSlow();
}
fn lockSlow(m: *Mutex) void {
@branchHint(.cold);
// Mark the lock contended and take it as soon as it falls unlocked; park on
// the futex while it stays contended. Marking contended may cause a spurious
// wake on unlock (harmless), never a missed one.
while (m.state.swap(contended, .acquire) != unlocked) {
Futex.wait(&m.state, contended);
}
}
/// Release the lock; wake one waiter if the lock was contended.
pub fn unlock(m: *Mutex) void {
if (m.state.swap(unlocked, .release) == contended) Futex.wake(&m.state, 1);
}
};
/// A condition variable, `std.Thread.Condition`-shaped. Spurious wakeups are
/// allowed — always wait in a predicate loop with the mutex held. Built on a futex
/// sequence counter: a waiter samples the seq, drops the mutex, and parks until the
/// seq changes (a signal that races the unlock bumps the seq, so it is not missed).
pub const Condition = struct {
seq: std.atomic.Value(u32) = std.atomic.Value(u32).init(0),
/// Atomically release `mutex` and block until signalled, then re-acquire it.
pub fn wait(c: *Condition, mutex: *Mutex) void {
const seq = c.seq.load(.acquire);
mutex.unlock();
Futex.wait(&c.seq, seq);
mutex.lock();
}
/// As `wait`, but returns `error.Timeout` if `timeout_ns` elapses first. The
/// mutex is re-acquired either way.
pub fn timedWait(c: *Condition, mutex: *Mutex, timeout_ns: u64) error{Timeout}!void {
const seq = c.seq.load(.acquire);
mutex.unlock();
const timed_out = if (Futex.timedWait(&c.seq, seq, timeout_ns)) |_| false else |_| true;
mutex.lock();
if (timed_out) return error.Timeout;
}
/// Wake one waiter.
pub fn signal(c: *Condition) void {
_ = c.seq.fetchAdd(1, .release);
Futex.wake(&c.seq, 1);
}
/// Wake all waiters.
pub fn broadcast(c: *Condition) void {
_ = c.seq.fetchAdd(1, .release);
Futex.wake(&c.seq, std.math.maxInt(u32));
}
};
/// A counting semaphore, `std.Thread.Semaphore`-shaped: a permit count guarded by a
/// `Mutex` + `Condition`.
pub const Semaphore = struct {
mutex: Mutex = .{},
cond: Condition = .{},
permits: usize = 0,
/// Take a permit, blocking until one is available.
pub fn wait(s: *Semaphore) void {
s.mutex.lock();
defer s.mutex.unlock();
while (s.permits == 0) s.cond.wait(&s.mutex);
s.permits -= 1;
}
/// Return a permit and wake a waiter.
pub fn post(s: *Semaphore) void {
s.mutex.lock();
defer s.mutex.unlock();
s.permits += 1;
s.cond.signal();
}
};
/// A reader/writer lock, `std.Thread.RwLock`-shaped: many concurrent readers OR one
/// exclusive writer. Reader-preferring (a steady stream of readers can delay a writer),
/// built on `Mutex` + `Condition` over a signed state: `>0` = that many readers hold
/// it, `-1` = a writer holds it, `0` = free.
pub const RwLock = struct {
mutex: Mutex = .{},
cond: Condition = .{},
state: i64 = 0,
/// Acquire shared (read) access, blocking while a writer holds the lock.
pub fn lockShared(rw: *RwLock) void {
rw.mutex.lock();
defer rw.mutex.unlock();
while (rw.state < 0) rw.cond.wait(&rw.mutex);
rw.state += 1;
}
/// Try to acquire shared access without blocking.
pub fn tryLockShared(rw: *RwLock) bool {
rw.mutex.lock();
defer rw.mutex.unlock();
if (rw.state < 0) return false;
rw.state += 1;
return true;
}
/// Release shared access; wake a waiting writer once the last reader leaves.
pub fn unlockShared(rw: *RwLock) void {
rw.mutex.lock();
defer rw.mutex.unlock();
rw.state -= 1;
if (rw.state == 0) rw.cond.broadcast();
}
/// Acquire exclusive (write) access, blocking until no readers or writer remain.
pub fn lock(rw: *RwLock) void {
rw.mutex.lock();
defer rw.mutex.unlock();
while (rw.state != 0) rw.cond.wait(&rw.mutex);
rw.state = -1;
}
/// Try to acquire exclusive access without blocking.
pub fn tryLock(rw: *RwLock) bool {
rw.mutex.lock();
defer rw.mutex.unlock();
if (rw.state != 0) return false;
rw.state = -1;
return true;
}
/// Release exclusive access; wake all waiters (they re-check their condition).
pub fn unlock(rw: *RwLock) void {
rw.mutex.lock();
defer rw.mutex.unlock();
rw.state = 0;
rw.cond.broadcast();
}
};
/// A `std.Thread.WaitGroup`-shaped counter: `start` before spawning work, `finish` as
/// each unit completes, `wait` blocks until the count returns to zero.
pub const WaitGroup = struct {
mutex: Mutex = .{},
cond: Condition = .{},
counter: usize = 0,
/// Register one pending unit of work.
pub fn start(wg: *WaitGroup) void {
wg.mutex.lock();
defer wg.mutex.unlock();
wg.counter += 1;
}
/// Mark one unit done; wake waiters if that was the last.
pub fn finish(wg: *WaitGroup) void {
wg.mutex.lock();
defer wg.mutex.unlock();
wg.counter -= 1;
if (wg.counter == 0) wg.cond.broadcast();
}
/// Block until every started unit has finished.
pub fn wait(wg: *WaitGroup) void {
wg.mutex.lock();
defer wg.mutex.unlock();
while (wg.counter != 0) wg.cond.wait(&wg.mutex);
}
};
};
/// thread_spawn(entry, stack_top, arg, exit_endpoint) -> tid, or a wrapped error.
fn threadSpawn(entry: usize, stack_top: usize, arg: usize) usize {
const exit_endpoint: usize = @intCast(abi.no_cap); // join uses thread_join, not an endpoint
return sc.systemCall4(.thread_spawn, entry, stack_top, arg, exit_endpoint);
}
/// The kernel returns a real (small) task id on success and a wrapped `-1` on failure;
/// no valid task id ever exceeds a u32.
inline fn threadSpawnFailed(ret: usize) bool {
return ret > std.math.maxInt(u32);
}
/// End the calling thread. Never returns.
fn exitThread() noreturn {
_ = sc.systemCall0(.thread_exit);
unreachable;
}
/// Set the calling thread's FS base (its user TLS thread pointer).
fn setThreadPointer(addr: usize) void {
_ = sc.systemCall1(.set_thread_pointer, addr);
}
/// futex_wait(addr, expect, timeout_ns) -> status (abi.futex_*).
fn futexWait(addr: usize, expect: u32, timeout_ns: u64) usize {
return sc.systemCall3(.futex_wait, addr, expect, timeout_ns);
}
/// futex_wake(addr, count) -> number woken.
fn futexWake(addr: usize, count: u32) usize {
return sc.systemCall2(.futex_wake, addr, count);
}
// --- host unit tests (docs/threading-plan.md M11) ---------------------------
//
// These run under `zig build test` on the host: the `Futex` seam above uses
// `std.Thread.Futex` off-danos, so the lock/condvar state machines can be exercised by
// real host threads. They are never compiled into a danos binary (test blocks only build
// under test), so their `std.Thread` use is fine even though `std.Thread` is unavailable
// on the freestanding target.
test "Mutex serialises concurrent increments across host threads" {
var m: Thread.Mutex = .{};
var counter: u64 = 0;
const workers = 8;
const per = 20_000;
const Ctx = struct {
m: *Thread.Mutex,
c: *u64,
fn run(ctx: @This()) void {
var i: usize = 0;
while (i < per) : (i += 1) {
ctx.m.lock();
ctx.c.* += 1;
ctx.m.unlock();
}
}
};
var handles: [workers]std.Thread = undefined;
for (&handles) |*h| h.* = try std.Thread.spawn(.{}, Ctx.run, .{Ctx{ .m = &m, .c = &counter }});
for (handles) |h| h.join();
try std.testing.expectEqual(@as(u64, workers * per), counter);
}
test "RwLock never lets a reader observe a half-written pair" {
var rw: Thread.RwLock = .{};
var a: u64 = 0;
var b: u64 = 0; // invariant while a lock is held: a == b
var stop = std.atomic.Value(bool).init(false);
var ok = std.atomic.Value(bool).init(true);
const Writer = struct {
rw: *Thread.RwLock,
a: *u64,
b: *u64,
stop: *std.atomic.Value(bool),
fn run(w: @This()) void {
var v: u64 = 1;
while (!w.stop.load(.acquire)) : (v +%= 1) {
w.rw.lock();
w.a.* = v; // update both halves under the exclusive lock...
w.b.* = v;
w.rw.unlock();
}
}
};
const Reader = struct {
rw: *Thread.RwLock,
a: *u64,
b: *u64,
ok: *std.atomic.Value(bool),
fn run(r: @This()) void {
var i: usize = 0;
while (i < 200_000) : (i += 1) {
r.rw.lockShared();
if (r.a.* != r.b.*) r.ok.store(false, .release); // ...so a reader must never see them differ
r.rw.unlockShared();
}
}
};
var writers: [2]std.Thread = undefined;
for (&writers) |*w| w.* = try std.Thread.spawn(.{}, Writer.run, .{Writer{ .rw = &rw, .a = &a, .b = &b, .stop = &stop }});
var readers: [4]std.Thread = undefined;
for (&readers) |*rd| rd.* = try std.Thread.spawn(.{}, Reader.run, .{Reader{ .rw = &rw, .a = &a, .b = &b, .ok = &ok }});
for (readers) |rd| rd.join();
stop.store(true, .release);
for (writers) |w| w.join();
try std.testing.expect(ok.load(.acquire));
}
test "WaitGroup blocks until every started unit finishes" {
var wg: Thread.WaitGroup = .{};
var done = std.atomic.Value(u32).init(0);
const n = 6;
const Ctx = struct {
wg: *Thread.WaitGroup,
done: *std.atomic.Value(u32),
fn run(c: @This()) void {
_ = c.done.fetchAdd(1, .monotonic);
c.wg.finish();
}
};
var i: usize = 0;
while (i < n) : (i += 1) wg.start();
var handles: [n]std.Thread = undefined;
for (&handles) |*h| h.* = try std.Thread.spawn(.{}, Ctx.run, .{Ctx{ .wg = &wg, .done = &done }});
wg.wait(); // must not return until all n finished
try std.testing.expectEqual(@as(u32, n), done.load(.acquire));
for (handles) |h| h.join();
}