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1 // Copyright (c) 2010 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_SPIN_WAIT_H_
16 #define BASE_SPIN_WAIT_H_
17 #pragma once
18 
19 #include "base/threading/platform_thread.h"
20 #include "base/time.h"
21 
22 // Provide a macro that will wait no longer than 1 second for an asynchronous
23 // change is the value of an expression.
24 // A typical use would be:
25 //
26 //   SPIN_FOR_1_SECOND_OR_UNTIL_TRUE(0 == f(x));
27 //
28 // The expression will be evaluated repeatedly until it is true, or until
29 // the time (1 second) expires.
30 // Since tests generally have a 5 second watch dog timer, this spin loop is
31 // typically used to get the padding needed on a given test platform to assure
32 // that the test passes, even if load varies, and external events vary.
33 
34 #define SPIN_FOR_1_SECOND_OR_UNTIL_TRUE(expression) \
35     SPIN_FOR_TIMEDELTA_OR_UNTIL_TRUE(base::TimeDelta::FromSeconds(1), \
36                                      (expression))
37 
38 #define SPIN_FOR_TIMEDELTA_OR_UNTIL_TRUE(delta, expression) do { \
39   base::TimeTicks start = base::TimeTicks::Now(); \
40   const base::TimeDelta kTimeout = delta; \
41     while (!(expression)) { \
42       if (kTimeout < base::TimeTicks::Now() - start) { \
43       EXPECT_LE((base::TimeTicks::Now() - start).InMilliseconds(), \
44                 kTimeout.InMilliseconds()) << "Timed out"; \
45         break; \
46       } \
47       base::PlatformThread::Sleep(50); \
48     } \
49   } while (0)
50 
51 #endif  // BASE_SPIN_WAIT_H_
52