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+/* -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * $Id: Select.c,v 1.1 1999/08/25 16:37:42 simonmar Exp $
+ *
+ * (c) The GHC Team 1995-1999
+ *
+ * Support for concurrent non-blocking I/O and thread waiting.
+ *
+ * ---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+/* we're outside the realms of POSIX here... */
+#define NON_POSIX_SOURCE
+
+#include "Rts.h"
+#include "Schedule.h"
+#include "RtsUtils.h"
+#include "RtsFlags.h"
+#include "Itimer.h"
+
+# if defined(HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H)
+#  include <sys/types.h>
+# endif
+
+# ifdef HAVE_SYS_TIME_H
+#  include <sys/time.h>
+# endif
+
+nat ticks_since_select = 0;
+
+/* Argument 'wait' says whether to wait for I/O to become available,
+ * or whether to just check and return immediately.  If there are
+ * other threads ready to run, we normally do the non-waiting variety,
+ * otherwise we wait (see Schedule.c).
+ */
+void
+awaitEvent(rtsBool wait)
+{
+    StgTSO *tso, *prev, *next;
+    rtsBool ready;
+    fd_set rfd,wfd;
+    int min, numFound, delta;
+    int maxfd = -1;
+   
+    struct timeval tv,tv_before,tv_after;
+
+    IF_DEBUG(scheduler,belch("Checking for threads blocked on I/O...\n"));
+
+    /* see how long it's been since we last checked the blocked queue.
+     * ToDo: make this check atomic, so we don't lose any ticks.
+     */
+    delta = ticks_since_select;
+    ticks_since_select = 0;
+    delta = delta * TICK_MILLISECS * 1000;
+
+    min = wait == rtsTrue ? 0x7fffffff : 0;
+
+    /* 
+     * Collect all of the fd's that we're interested in, and capture
+     * the minimum waiting time (in microseconds) for the delayed threads.
+     */
+    FD_ZERO(&rfd);
+    FD_ZERO(&wfd);
+
+    for(tso = blocked_queue_hd; tso != END_TSO_QUEUE; tso = next) {
+      next = tso->link;
+
+      switch (tso->why_blocked) {
+      case BlockedOnRead:
+	{ 
+	  int fd = tso->block_info.fd;
+	  maxfd = (fd > maxfd) ? fd : maxfd;
+	  FD_SET(fd, &rfd);
+	  continue;
+	}
+
+      case BlockedOnWrite:
+	{ 
+	  int fd = tso->block_info.fd;
+	  maxfd = (fd > maxfd) ? fd : maxfd;
+	  FD_SET(fd, &wfd);
+	  continue;
+	}
+
+      case BlockedOnDelay:
+	{
+	  if ((int)tso->block_info.delay < min)
+	    min = tso->block_info.delay;
+	  continue;
+	}
+
+      default:
+	barf("AwaitEvent");
+      }
+    }
+
+    /* Check for any interesting events */
+
+    tv.tv_sec = min / 1000000;
+    tv.tv_usec = min % 1000000;
+
+    gettimeofday(&tv_before, (struct timezone *) NULL);
+
+    while ((numFound = select(maxfd+1, &rfd, &wfd, NULL, &tv)) < 0) {
+      if (errno != EINTR) {
+	/* fflush(stdout); */
+	fprintf(stderr, "awaitEvent: select failed\n");
+	stg_exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+      }
+    }	
+
+    if (numFound != 0) { 
+      /* 
+	File descriptors ready, but we don't know how much time was spent
+	in the select(). To interpolate, we compare the time before
+	and after the select(). 
+      */
+
+      gettimeofday(&tv_after, (struct timezone *) NULL);
+      delta += (tv_after.tv_sec - tv_before.tv_sec) * 1000000 +
+	        tv_after.tv_usec - tv_before.tv_usec;
+
+    } else {
+      delta += min;
+    }
+
+    /*
+      Step through the waiting queue, unblocking every thread that now has
+      a file descriptor in a ready state.
+
+      For the delayed threads, decrement the number of microsecs
+      we've been blocked for. Unblock the threads that have thusly expired.
+     */
+
+    prev = NULL;
+    for(tso = blocked_queue_hd; tso != END_TSO_QUEUE; tso = next) {
+      next = tso->link;
+      switch (tso->why_blocked) {
+      case BlockedOnRead:
+	ready = FD_ISSET(tso->block_info.fd, &rfd);
+	break;
+	
+      case BlockedOnWrite:
+	ready = FD_ISSET(tso->block_info.fd, &wfd);
+	break;
+	
+      case BlockedOnDelay:
+	tso->block_info.delay -= delta;
+	ready = (tso->block_info.delay <= 0);
+	break;
+	
+      default:
+	barf("awaitEvent");
+      }
+      
+      if (ready) {
+	IF_DEBUG(scheduler,belch("Waking up thread %d\n", tso->id));
+	tso->why_blocked = NotBlocked;
+	tso->link = END_TSO_QUEUE;
+	PUSH_ON_RUN_QUEUE(tso);
+      } else {
+	if (prev == NULL)
+	  blocked_queue_hd = tso;
+	else
+	  prev->link = tso;
+	prev = tso;
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (prev == NULL)
+      blocked_queue_hd = blocked_queue_tl = END_TSO_QUEUE;
+    else {
+      prev->link = END_TSO_QUEUE;
+      blocked_queue_tl = prev;
+    }
+}