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CK_EPOCH_CALL(3) Library Functions Manual CK_EPOCH_CALL(3)

NAME

ck_epoch_call — defer function execution until a grace period

LIBRARY

Concurrency Kit (libck, -lck)

SYNOPSIS

#include <ck_epoch.h> typedef struct ck_epoch_entry ck_epoch_entry_t;
typedef void ck_epoch_cb_t(ck_epoch_entry_t *);
void
ck_epoch_call(ck_epoch_record_t *record, ck_epoch_entry_t *entry, ck_epoch_cb_t *function);

DESCRIPTION

The (3) function will defer the execution of the function pointed to by function until a grace-period has been detected in epoch. The function will be provided the pointer specified by entry. The function will execute at some time in the future via calls to (3), (3) or (3).

EXAMPLE

#include <ck_epoch.h>
#include <ck_stack.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

/*
 * epoch was previously initialized with ck_epoch_init.
 */
ck_epoch_t *epoch;

struct object {
	int value;
	ck_epoch_entry_t epoch_entry;
};
static struct object *global;

CK_EPOCH_CONTAINER(struct object, epoch_entry, object_container)

void
destroy_object(ck_epoch_entry_t *e)
{
	struct object *o = object_container(e);

	free(o);
	return;
}

void
function(void)
{
	ck_epoch_record_t *record;
	struct object *n;

	record = malloc(sizeof *record);
	ck_epoch_register(&epoch, record, NULL);

	n = malloc(sizeof *n);
	if (n == NULL)
		return;

	n->value = 1;

	/*
	 * We are using an epoch section here because there are multiple
	 * writers. It is also an option to use other forms of blocking
	 * write-side synchronization such as mutexes.
	 */
	ck_epoch_begin(record);
	n = ck_pr_fas_ptr(&global, n);
	ck_epoch_end(record);

	/* Defer destruction of previous object. */
	ck_epoch_call(record, &n->epoch_entry, destroy_object);

	/* Poll epoch sub-system in non-blocking manner. */
	ck_epoch_poll(record);
	return;
}

RETURN VALUES

This function has no return value.

ERRORS

The object pointed to by record must have been previously registered via ck_epoch_register(3).

SEE ALSO

ck_epoch_init(3), ck_epoch_register(3), ck_epoch_unregister(3), ck_epoch_recycle(3), ck_epoch_poll(3), ck_epoch_synchronize(3), ck_epoch_reclaim(3), ck_epoch_barrier(3), ck_epoch_begin(3), ck_epoch_end(3)

Additional information available at http://concurrencykit.org/

September 2, 2012