Ticket #6377: clocktest.cpp

// Application to show a possible problem of Boost condition variables in
// combination with a POSIX timer and signals

#include <unistd.h>
#include <getopt.h>

#include <signal.h>
#include "boost/thread/condition_variable.hpp"
#include "boost/date_time/posix_time/posix_time.hpp"
#include <boost/interprocess/sync/interprocess_semaphore.hpp>

struct sigaction timerSigAction;
struct sigaction oldSigAction;
timer_t timer;
int timerCount = 0;

#define SIGNAL_IN_USE   (SIGRTMIN)

/* handler installed to handle signals generated by the timer */
static void timerHandler(int signo)
{
    if (signo != SIGNAL_IN_USE)
    {
        return;
    }
    timerCount++;
    return;
}

/* restores signal handlers and removes timer */
static void stopTimer()
{
    timer_delete(timer);
    sigaction(SIGNAL_IN_USE, &oldSigAction, NULL);
}

/* timer initializer */
static void startTimer()
{
    struct sigevent signalEvent;
    struct itimerspec timerSpec;
    sigset_t blockedSignals;

    sigemptyset(&blockedSignals);
    timerSigAction.sa_handler = timerHandler;
    timerSigAction.sa_flags = SA_RESTART;
    timerSigAction.sa_mask = blockedSignals;
    if (sigaction(SIGNAL_IN_USE, &timerSigAction, &oldSigAction))
    {
        return;
    }

    signalEvent.sigev_notify = SIGEV_SIGNAL;
    signalEvent.sigev_signo = SIGNAL_IN_USE;

    if (timer_create(CLOCK_REALTIME, &signalEvent, &timer))
    {
        stopTimer(); // restore signal handler
        return;
    }

    timerSpec = (struct itimerspec){ {(time_t)0, 50000000L},  {(time_t)0, 50000000L} };
    if (timer_settime(timer, 0, &timerSpec, NULL))
    {
        stopTimer(); // clean up timer and restore signal handler
        return;
    }
}

void BoostConditionVar()
{
    boost::mutex m;
    boost::unique_lock<boost::mutex> lk(m);
    boost::condition_variable cond;
    cond.timed_wait(lk, boost::posix_time::millisec(1000));
}

void OwnConditionVar()
{
    pthread_mutex_t m_mutex;
    pthread_cond_t  m_cond;

    pthread_mutexattr_t mutexattr;
    pthread_mutexattr_init(&mutexattr);
    pthread_mutexattr_settype(&mutexattr, PTHREAD_MUTEX_RECURSIVE);
    pthread_mutex_init(&m_mutex, &mutexattr);
    pthread_mutexattr_destroy(&mutexattr);

    pthread_condattr_t condattr;
    pthread_condattr_init(&condattr);
    pthread_condattr_setclock(&condattr, CLOCK_MONOTONIC);
    pthread_cond_init(&m_cond, &condattr);
    pthread_condattr_destroy(&condattr);

    struct timespec t1;
    clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &t1);
    t1.tv_sec += 1;
    pthread_mutex_lock(&m_mutex);
    pthread_cond_timedwait(&m_cond, &m_mutex, &t1);

    pthread_mutex_destroy(&m_mutex);
    pthread_cond_destroy(&m_cond);
}

int kbhit()
{
    struct timeval tv;
    fd_set fds;
    tv.tv_sec = 0;
    tv.tv_usec = 0;
    FD_ZERO(&fds);
    FD_SET(STDIN_FILENO, &fds); //STDIN_FILENO is 0
    select(STDIN_FILENO+1, &fds, NULL, NULL, &tv);
    return FD_ISSET(STDIN_FILENO, &fds);
}

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    bool useSignals = false;
    bool useBoost = false;
    static struct option long_options[] =
    {
        {"signals", no_argument, 0, 's'},
        {"boost",   no_argument, 0, 'b'},
        {0,         0,           0, 0  }
    };

    int option_index = 0;
    int opt;
    while ((opt = getopt_long(argc, argv, "sb", long_options, &option_index)) != -1)
    {
        switch (opt) {
        case 's':
            fprintf(stderr, "Generating POSIX signals\n");
            useSignals = 1;
            break;
        case 'b':
            fprintf(stderr, "Using Boost condition variables\n");
            useBoost = 1;
            break;
        default: /* '?' */
            fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s [-b] [-s] \n", argv[0]);
            fprintf(stderr, "-b --boost: use boost condition variable\n");
            fprintf(stderr, "-s --signals: generate POSIX signals\n");
            exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
        }
    }

    if(useSignals)
    {
        startTimer();
    }

    printf("Press ENTER to stop\n");

    sem_t sem;
    if (sem_init(&sem, 0, 1) == -1) {
        if(useSignals)
        {
            stopTimer();
        }
        perror("sem_init");
        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
    }

    struct timespec t1;
    struct timespec t2;

    while(kbhit() == false)
    {
        if (useBoost)
        {
            BoostConditionVar();
        }
        else
        {
            OwnConditionVar();
        }
        boost::posix_time::ptime now = boost::posix_time::second_clock::local_time();
        std::string output = to_simple_string(now);
        int retval1 = clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, &t1);
        int retval2 = clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &t2);
        printf("%s %d %d.%9.9d %d %d.%9.9d %d\n", output.c_str(), retval1,
                t1.tv_sec, t1.tv_nsec, retval2, t2.tv_sec, t2.tv_nsec,
                timerCount);
    }

    if(useSignals)
    {
        stopTimer();
    }
}