Make sure this call succeeds, aborting if it doesn't
This will prevent people from having to waste time chasing down the problems
that would otherwise be caused by this silent failure.
We've had a relatively rocky path with g_cond_wait_until() on systems
that either don't support pthread_condattr_setclock() or where
g_get_monotonic_time() is not based on CLOCK_MONOTONIC (ie: Android and
Mac OS).
Fortunately, both of these platforms seem to share
pthread_cond_timedwait_relative_np() which allows us to implement
g_cond_wait_until() without races.
With this patch, we now require that one of pthread_condattr_setclock()
or pthread_cond_timedwait_relative_np() exists. A quick look around
suggests that this is true for all platforms that we care about.
This patch removes our use of pthread_cond_timedwait_monotonic() and
pthread_cond_timedwait_monotonic_np() which were Android-only APIs.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=673607
Since we are no longer using sgml mode, using /* */ to
escape block comments inside examples does not work anymore.
Switch to using line comments with //
Assume unix platforms support the original POSIX.1 standard.
Specifically, assume that if G_OS_UNIX, then we have chown(),
getcwd(), getgrgid(), getpwuid(), link(), <grp.h>, <pwd.h>,
<sys/types.h>, <sys/uio.h>, <sys/wait.h>, and <unistd.h>.
Additionally, since all versions of Windows that we care about also
have <sys/types.h>, we can remove HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H checks everywhere.
Also remove one include of <sys/times.h>, and the corresponding
configure check, since the include is not currently needed (and may
always have just been a typo for <sys/time.h>).
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=710519
Otherwise we have to rely on pthread_cond_timedwait() actually using
the monotonic clock, which might be true or not. On Android at least
it is using the realtime clock, no pthread_condattr_setclock() is available
but instead pthread_cond_timedwait_monotonic() can be used.
This reverts commits dfbac178bd and
56348210f3.
These two commits introduce undesirable behaviour and were made with no
apparent approval from anybody at all, and without reference to a bug or
mailing list discussion.
In order to fully undo the effects of g_mutex_init(),
it is necessary to reset the internal mutex pointer
back to NULL so that a later call to g_mutex_init()
actually works as expected.
On platforms where dependent loads can be reordered (alpha) and we have
exotic implementation of pthread_mutex_lock() it could be possible that
our implementation of g_mutex_lock() is unsafe.
Always use atomic operations to avoid this possibility.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=686191
g_thread_init() has done nothing since 2.32, so while the function
still can be used if "g_thread_init() has not yet been called",
it won't do nothing in that case, it will just perform normally.
Switch GCond to using monotonic time for timed waits by introducing a
new API based on monotonic time in a gint64: g_cond_wait_until().
Deprecate the old API based on wallclock time in a GTimeVal.
Fix up the gtk-doc for GCond while we're at it: update the examples to
use static-allocated GCond and GMutex and clarify some things a bit.
Also explain the rationale behind using an absolute time instead of a
relative time.
Make the POSIX backend a little bit more like the win32 one in terms of
how we deal with joinability.
Calling g_system_thread_join() is now optional, and
g_system_thread_wait() can be safely called by multiple threads.
There is no longer any internal concept of joinability.
Wrap GRealThread in a GThreadPosix that includes its own pthread_t field
called "system_thread" and use that instead of the generic field in
GRealThread.
Add g_system_thread_new() and g_system_thread_free(), implemented with
GSlice. Use those instead of g_new() and g_free().
Presently, the backends are both doing the same thing. This will change
soon.
The markup here was not only broken, it was also unnecessary,
since gtk-doc knows to apply <function></function> tags to things
that end with () already.
Add a little bit more room in the ABI for our synchronisation primatives
since we're going to need it when we add native implementations on
Linux.
Also: rename the pointer field and add /*< private >*/ annotations.
All locks are now zero-initialised, so we can drop the G_*_INIT macros
for them.
Adjust various users around GLib accordingly and change the docs.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=659866
Modify the POSIX implementation of the synchronisation primatives to use
the same ABI as Windows: one pointer for each type.
This frees us from having to #include <pthread.h> and avoids the problem
with pthread_rwlock_t not being defined under certain compiler defines.
A few more changes are expected to the ABI -- they will be committed
separately.
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=659866
Take out the half-private g_private_init() stuff and replace it with a
G_PRIVATE_INIT macro that allows specifying a GDestroyNotify.
Expose the GPrivate structure in a public header.
Add a g_private_replace() to (sort of) match the functionality of
g_static_mutex_set().
Improve the documentation.
Deprecate g_private_new().
