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1 // Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
3 // found in the LICENSE file.
4 
5 // This file provides a macro ONLY for use in testing.
6 // DO NOT USE IN PRODUCTION CODE.  There are much better ways to wait.
7 
8 // This code is very helpful in testing multi-threaded code, without depending
9 // on almost any primitives.  This is especially helpful if you are testing
10 // those primitive multi-threaded constructs.
11 
12 // We provide a simple one argument spin wait (for 1 second), and a generic
13 // spin wait (for longer periods of time).
14 
15 #ifndef BASE_SYNCHRONIZATION_SPIN_WAIT_H_
16 #define BASE_SYNCHRONIZATION_SPIN_WAIT_H_
17 
18 #include "base/threading/platform_thread.h"
19 #include "base/time/time.h"
20 
21 // Provide a macro that will wait no longer than 1 second for an asynchronous
22 // change is the value of an expression.
23 // A typical use would be:
24 //
25 //   SPIN_FOR_1_SECOND_OR_UNTIL_TRUE(0 == f(x));
26 //
27 // The expression will be evaluated repeatedly until it is true, or until
28 // the time (1 second) expires.
29 // Since tests generally have a 5 second watch dog timer, this spin loop is
30 // typically used to get the padding needed on a given test platform to assure
31 // that the test passes, even if load varies, and external events vary.
32 
33 #define SPIN_FOR_1_SECOND_OR_UNTIL_TRUE(expression) \
34     SPIN_FOR_TIMEDELTA_OR_UNTIL_TRUE(base::TimeDelta::FromSeconds(1), \
35                                      (expression))
36 
37 #define SPIN_FOR_TIMEDELTA_OR_UNTIL_TRUE(delta, expression) do { \
38   base::TimeTicks start = base::TimeTicks::Now(); \
39   const base::TimeDelta kTimeout = delta; \
40     while (!(expression)) { \
41       if (kTimeout < base::TimeTicks::Now() - start) { \
42       EXPECT_LE((base::TimeTicks::Now() - start).InMilliseconds(), \
43                 kTimeout.InMilliseconds()) << "Timed out"; \
44         break; \
45       } \
46       base::PlatformThread::Sleep(base::TimeDelta::FromMilliseconds(50)); \
47     } \
48   } while (0)
49 
50 #endif  // BASE_SYNCHRONIZATION_SPIN_WAIT_H_
51