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1 // Copyright 2017 The Abseil Authors.
2 //
3 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
4 // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
5 // You may obtain a copy of the License at
6 //
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8 //
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12 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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14 //
15 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
16 // notification.h
17 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
18 //
19 // This header file defines a `Notification` abstraction, which allows threads
20 // to receive notification of a single occurrence of a single event.
21 //
22 // The `Notification` object maintains a private boolean "notified" state that
23 // transitions to `true` at most once. The `Notification` class provides the
24 // following primary member functions:
25 //   * `HasBeenNotified() `to query its state
26 //   * `WaitForNotification*()` to have threads wait until the "notified" state
27 //      is `true`.
28 //   * `Notify()` to set the notification's "notified" state to `true` and
29 //     notify all waiting threads that the event has occurred.
30 //     This method may only be called once.
31 //
32 // Note that while `Notify()` may only be called once, it is perfectly valid to
33 // call any of the `WaitForNotification*()` methods multiple times, from
34 // multiple threads -- even after the notification's "notified" state has been
35 // set -- in which case those methods will immediately return.
36 //
37 // Note that the lifetime of a `Notification` requires careful consideration;
38 // it might not be safe to destroy a notification after calling `Notify()` since
39 // it is still legal for other threads to call `WaitForNotification*()` methods
40 // on the notification. However, observers responding to a "notified" state of
41 // `true` can safely delete the notification without interfering with the call
42 // to `Notify()` in the other thread.
43 //
44 // Memory ordering: For any threads X and Y, if X calls `Notify()`, then any
45 // action taken by X before it calls `Notify()` is visible to thread Y after:
46 //  * Y returns from `WaitForNotification()`, or
47 //  * Y receives a `true` return value from either `HasBeenNotified()` or
48 //    `WaitForNotificationWithTimeout()`.
49 
50 #ifndef ABSL_SYNCHRONIZATION_NOTIFICATION_H_
51 #define ABSL_SYNCHRONIZATION_NOTIFICATION_H_
52 
53 #include <atomic>
54 
55 #include "absl/base/macros.h"
56 #include "absl/synchronization/mutex.h"
57 #include "absl/time/time.h"
58 
59 namespace absl {
60 ABSL_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
61 
62 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
63 // Notification
64 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
65 class Notification {
66  public:
67   // Initializes the "notified" state to unnotified.
Notification()68   Notification() : notified_yet_(false) {}
Notification(bool prenotify)69   explicit Notification(bool prenotify) : notified_yet_(prenotify) {}
70   Notification(const Notification&) = delete;
71   Notification& operator=(const Notification&) = delete;
72   ~Notification();
73 
74   // Notification::HasBeenNotified()
75   //
76   // Returns the value of the notification's internal "notified" state.
HasBeenNotified()77   bool HasBeenNotified() const {
78     return HasBeenNotifiedInternal(&this->notified_yet_);
79   }
80 
81   // Notification::WaitForNotification()
82   //
83   // Blocks the calling thread until the notification's "notified" state is
84   // `true`. Note that if `Notify()` has been previously called on this
85   // notification, this function will immediately return.
86   void WaitForNotification() const;
87 
88   // Notification::WaitForNotificationWithTimeout()
89   //
90   // Blocks until either the notification's "notified" state is `true` (which
91   // may occur immediately) or the timeout has elapsed, returning the value of
92   // its "notified" state in either case.
93   bool WaitForNotificationWithTimeout(absl::Duration timeout) const;
94 
95   // Notification::WaitForNotificationWithDeadline()
96   //
97   // Blocks until either the notification's "notified" state is `true` (which
98   // may occur immediately) or the deadline has expired, returning the value of
99   // its "notified" state in either case.
100   bool WaitForNotificationWithDeadline(absl::Time deadline) const;
101 
102   // Notification::Notify()
103   //
104   // Sets the "notified" state of this notification to `true` and wakes waiting
105   // threads. Note: do not call `Notify()` multiple times on the same
106   // `Notification`; calling `Notify()` more than once on the same notification
107   // results in undefined behavior.
108   void Notify();
109 
110  private:
HasBeenNotifiedInternal(const std::atomic<bool> * notified_yet)111   static inline bool HasBeenNotifiedInternal(
112       const std::atomic<bool>* notified_yet) {
113     return notified_yet->load(std::memory_order_acquire);
114   }
115 
116   mutable Mutex mutex_;
117   std::atomic<bool> notified_yet_;  // written under mutex_
118 };
119 
120 ABSL_NAMESPACE_END
121 }  // namespace absl
122 
123 #endif  // ABSL_SYNCHRONIZATION_NOTIFICATION_H_
124