############################################################################### ## ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ## Locking for Many-Core Engine. ## ############################################################################### package MCE::Mutex; use strict; use warnings; no warnings qw( threads recursion uninitialized ); our $VERSION = '1.889'; ## no critic (BuiltinFunctions::ProhibitStringyEval) ## no critic (TestingAndDebugging::ProhibitNoStrict) use Carp (); ## global Mutex used by MCE, MCE::Child, and MCE::Hobo inside threads ## on UNIX platforms if ( $INC{'threads.pm'} && $^O !~ /mswin|mingw|msys|cygwin/i ) { $MCE::_GMUTEX = MCE::Mutex->new( impl => 'Channel' ); MCE::Mutex::Channel::_save_for_global_cleanup($MCE::_GMUTEX); } sub new { my ($class, %argv) = @_; my $impl = defined($argv{impl}) ? $argv{impl} : defined($argv{path}) ? 'Flock' : 'Channel'; $impl = ucfirst( lc $impl ); eval "require MCE::Mutex::$impl; 1;" || Carp::croak("Could not load Mutex implementation '$impl': $@"); my $pkg = 'MCE::Mutex::'.$impl; no strict 'refs'; return $pkg->new( %argv ); } ## base class method sub impl { return $_[0]->{impl} || 'Not defined'; } 1; __END__ ############################################################################### ## ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ## Module usage. ## ############################################################################### =head1 NAME MCE::Mutex - Locking for Many-Core Engine =head1 VERSION This document describes MCE::Mutex version 1.889 =head1 SYNOPSIS use MCE::Mutex; my $mutex = MCE::Mutex->new; { use MCE::Flow max_workers => 4; mce_flow sub { $mutex->lock; # access shared resource my $wid = MCE->wid; MCE->say($wid); sleep 1; $mutex->unlock; }; } { use MCE::Hobo; MCE::Hobo->create('work', $_) for 1..4; MCE::Hobo->waitall; } { use threads; threads->create('work', $_) for 5..8; $_->join for ( threads->list ); } sub work { my ($id) = @_; $mutex->lock; # access shared resource print $id, "\n"; sleep 1; $mutex->unlock; } =head1 DESCRIPTION This module implements locking methods that can be used to coordinate access to shared data from multiple workers spawned as processes or threads. The inspiration for this module came from reading Mutex for Ruby. =head1 API DOCUMENTATION =head2 MCE::Mutex->new ( ) =head2 MCE::Mutex->new ( impl => "Channel" ) =head2 MCE::Mutex->new ( impl => "Flock", [ path => "/tmp/file.lock" ] ) =head2 MCE::Mutex->new ( path => "/tmp/file.lock" ) Creates a new mutex. Channel locking (the default), unless C is given, is through a pipe or socket depending on the platform. The advantage of channel locking is not having to re-establish handles inside new processes and threads. For Fcntl-based locking, it is the responsibility of the caller to remove the C, associated with the mutex, when path is given. Otherwise, it establishes a C internally including removal on scope exit. =head2 $mutex->impl ( void ) Returns the implementation used for the mutex. $m1 = MCE::Mutex->new( ); $m1->impl(); # Channel $m2 = MCE::Mutex->new( path => /tmp/my.lock ); $m2->impl(); # Flock $m3 = MCE::Mutex->new( impl => "Channel" ); $m3->impl(); # Channel $m4 = MCE::Mutex->new( impl => "Flock" ); $m4->impl(); # Flock Current API available since 1.822. =head2 $mutex->lock ( void ) =head2 $mutex->lock_exclusive ( void ) Attempts to grab an exclusive lock and waits if not available. Multiple calls to mutex->lock by the same process or thread is safe. The mutex will remain locked until mutex->unlock is called. The method C is an alias for C, available since 1.822. ( my $mutex = MCE::Mutex->new( path => $0 ) )->lock_exclusive; =head2 $mutex->lock_shared ( void ) Like C, but attempts to grab a shared lock instead. The C method is an alias to C otherwise for non-Fcntl implementations. Current API available since 1.822. =head2 $guard = $mutex->guard_lock ( void ) This method calls C and returns a guard object. When the guard object is destroyed, it automatically calls C. Current API available since 1.889. =head2 $mutex->unlock ( void ) Releases the lock. A held lock by an exiting process or thread is released automatically. =head2 $mutex->synchronize ( sub { ... }, @_ ) =head2 $mutex->enter ( sub { ... }, @_ ) Obtains a lock, runs the code block, and releases the lock after the block completes. Optionally, the method is C aware. my $val = $mutex->synchronize( sub { # access shared resource return 'scalar'; }); my @ret = $mutex->enter( sub { # access shared resource return @list; }); The method C is an alias for C, available since 1.822. =head2 $mutex->timedwait ( floating_seconds ) Blocks until obtaining an exclusive lock. A false value is returned if the timeout is reached, and a true value otherwise. The default is 1 second. my $mutex = MCE::Mutex->new( path => $0 ); # terminate script if a previous instance is still running exit unless $mutex->timedwait( 2 ); ... Current API available since 1.822. =head1 INDEX L, L =head1 AUTHOR Mario E. Roy, Smarioeroy AT gmail DOT comE> =cut