gecko-dev/xpcom/threads/nsEventQueue.h

/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 8; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 2 -*- */
/* vim: set ts=8 sts=2 et sw=2 tw=80: */
/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
 * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
 * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */

#ifndef nsEventQueue_h__
#define nsEventQueue_h__

#include <stdlib.h>
#include "mozilla/ReentrantMonitor.h"
#include "nsIRunnable.h"

// A threadsafe FIFO event queue...
class nsEventQueue
{
  typedef mozilla::ReentrantMonitor ReentrantMonitor;

public:
  nsEventQueue();
  ~nsEventQueue();

  // This method adds a new event to the pending event queue.  The queue holds
  // a strong reference to the event after this method returns.  This method
  // cannot fail.
  void PutEvent(nsIRunnable* aEvent);

  // This method gets an event from the event queue.  If mayWait is true, then
  // the method will block the calling thread until an event is available.  If
  // the event is null, then the method returns immediately indicating whether
  // or not an event is pending.  When the resulting event is non-null, the
  // caller is responsible for releasing the event object.  This method does
  // not alter the reference count of the resulting event.
  bool GetEvent(bool aMayWait, nsIRunnable** aEvent);

  // This method returns true if there is a pending event.
  bool HasPendingEvent()
  {
    return GetEvent(false, nullptr);
  }

  // This method returns the next pending event or null.
  bool GetPendingEvent(nsIRunnable** runnable)
  {
    return GetEvent(false, runnable);
  }

  // Expose the event queue's monitor for "power users"
  ReentrantMonitor& GetReentrantMonitor()
  {
    return mReentrantMonitor;
  }

private:

  bool IsEmpty()
  {
    return !mHead || (mHead == mTail && mOffsetHead == mOffsetTail);
  }

  enum
  {
    EVENTS_PER_PAGE = 255
  };

  // Page objects are linked together to form a simple deque.

  struct Page
  {
    struct Page* mNext;
    nsIRunnable* mEvents[EVENTS_PER_PAGE];
  };

  static_assert((sizeof(Page) & (sizeof(Page) - 1)) == 0,
                "sizeof(Page) should be a power of two to avoid heap slop.");

  static Page* NewPage()
  {
    return static_cast<Page*>(moz_xcalloc(1, sizeof(Page)));
  }

  static void FreePage(Page* aPage)
  {
    free(aPage);
  }

  ReentrantMonitor mReentrantMonitor;

  Page* mHead;
  Page* mTail;

  uint16_t mOffsetHead;  // offset into mHead where next item is removed
  uint16_t mOffsetTail;  // offset into mTail where next item is added
};

#endif  // nsEventQueue_h__