moonpool/src/core/runner.mli
Simon Cruanes cf8555bcec
revert: remove name on futures and tasks
async tracing will be more robust, and is enabled by
task local storage
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OCaml

(** Interface for runners.
This provides an abstraction for running tasks in the background,
which is implemented by various thread pools.
@since 0.3
*)
type task = unit -> unit
type t
(** A runner.
If a runner is no longer needed, {!shutdown} can be used to signal all
worker threads
in it to stop (after they finish their work), and wait for them to stop.
The threads are distributed across a fixed domain pool
(whose size is determined by {!Domain.recommended_domain_count} on OCaml 5, and
simple the single runtime on OCaml 4). *)
val size : t -> int
(** Number of threads/workers. *)
val num_tasks : t -> int
(** Current number of tasks. This is at best a snapshot, useful for metrics
and debugging. *)
val shutdown : t -> unit
(** Shutdown the runner and wait for it to terminate. Idempotent. *)
val shutdown_without_waiting : t -> unit
(** Shutdown the pool, and do not wait for it to terminate. Idempotent. *)
exception Shutdown
val run_async : ?ls:Task_local_storage.storage -> t -> task -> unit
(** [run_async pool f] schedules [f] for later execution on the runner
in one of the threads. [f()] will run on one of the runner's
worker threads/domains.
@param ls if provided, run the task with this initial local storage
@raise Shutdown if the runner was shut down before [run_async] was called. *)
val run_wait_block : ?ls:Task_local_storage.storage -> t -> (unit -> 'a) -> 'a
(** [run_wait_block pool f] schedules [f] for later execution
on the pool, like {!run_async}.
It then blocks the current thread until [f()] is done executing,
and returns its result. If [f()] raises an exception, then [run_wait_block pool f]
will raise it as well.
{b NOTE} be careful with deadlocks (see notes in {!Fut.wait_block}
about the required discipline to avoid deadlocks).
@raise Shutdown if the runner was already shut down *)
(** {2 Implementing runners} *)
(** This module is specifically intended for users who implement their
own runners. Regular users of Moonpool should not need to look at it. *)
module For_runner_implementors : sig
val create :
size:(unit -> int) ->
num_tasks:(unit -> int) ->
shutdown:(wait:bool -> unit -> unit) ->
run_async:(ls:Task_local_storage.storage -> task -> unit) ->
unit ->
t
(** Create a new runner.
{b NOTE}: the runner should support DLA and {!Suspend_} on OCaml 5.x,
so that {!Fork_join} and other 5.x features work properly. *)
val k_cur_runner : t option ref Thread_local_storage_.key
(** Key that should be used by each runner to store itself in TLS
on every thread it controls, so that tasks running on these threads
can access the runner. This is necessary for {!get_current_runner}
to work. *)
end
val get_current_runner : unit -> t option
(** Access the current runner. This returns [Some r] if the call
happens on a thread that belongs in a runner.
@since 0.5 *)