// Copyright (c) 2011 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved. // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be // found in the LICENSE file. #ifndef BASE_MESSAGE_LOOP_H_ #define BASE_MESSAGE_LOOP_H_ #pragma once #include #include #include "base/base_export.h" #include "base/basictypes.h" #include "base/callback_forward.h" #include "base/location.h" #include "base/memory/ref_counted.h" #include "base/message_loop_proxy.h" #include "base/message_pump.h" #include "base/observer_list.h" #include "base/pending_task.h" #include "base/synchronization/lock.h" #include "base/task.h" #include "base/tracking_info.h" #include "base/time.h" #if defined(OS_WIN) // We need this to declare base::MessagePumpWin::Dispatcher, which we should // really just eliminate. #include "base/message_pump_win.h" #elif defined(OS_POSIX) #include "base/message_pump_libevent.h" #if !defined(OS_MACOSX) && !defined(OS_ANDROID) #if defined(USE_WAYLAND) #include "base/message_pump_wayland.h" #elif defined(USE_AURA) #include "base/message_pump_x.h" #else #include "base/message_pump_gtk.h" #endif #endif #endif namespace base { class Histogram; } // A MessageLoop is used to process events for a particular thread. There is // at most one MessageLoop instance per thread. // // Events include at a minimum Task instances submitted to PostTask or those // managed by TimerManager. Depending on the type of message pump used by the // MessageLoop other events such as UI messages may be processed. On Windows // APC calls (as time permits) and signals sent to a registered set of HANDLEs // may also be processed. // // NOTE: Unless otherwise specified, a MessageLoop's methods may only be called // on the thread where the MessageLoop's Run method executes. // // NOTE: MessageLoop has task reentrancy protection. This means that if a // task is being processed, a second task cannot start until the first task is // finished. Reentrancy can happen when processing a task, and an inner // message pump is created. That inner pump then processes native messages // which could implicitly start an inner task. Inner message pumps are created // with dialogs (DialogBox), common dialogs (GetOpenFileName), OLE functions // (DoDragDrop), printer functions (StartDoc) and *many* others. // // Sample workaround when inner task processing is needed: // bool old_state = MessageLoop::current()->NestableTasksAllowed(); // MessageLoop::current()->SetNestableTasksAllowed(true); // HRESULT hr = DoDragDrop(...); // Implicitly runs a modal message loop here. // MessageLoop::current()->SetNestableTasksAllowed(old_state); // // Process hr (the result returned by DoDragDrop(). // // Please be SURE your task is reentrant (nestable) and all global variables // are stable and accessible before calling SetNestableTasksAllowed(true). // class BASE_EXPORT MessageLoop : public base::MessagePump::Delegate { public: #if defined(OS_WIN) typedef base::MessagePumpWin::Dispatcher Dispatcher; typedef base::MessagePumpObserver Observer; #elif !defined(OS_MACOSX) && !defined(OS_ANDROID) typedef base::MessagePumpDispatcher Dispatcher; typedef base::MessagePumpObserver Observer; #endif // A MessageLoop has a particular type, which indicates the set of // asynchronous events it may process in addition to tasks and timers. // // TYPE_DEFAULT // This type of ML only supports tasks and timers. // // TYPE_UI // This type of ML also supports native UI events (e.g., Windows messages). // See also MessageLoopForUI. // // TYPE_IO // This type of ML also supports asynchronous IO. See also // MessageLoopForIO. // enum Type { TYPE_DEFAULT, TYPE_UI, TYPE_IO }; // Normally, it is not necessary to instantiate a MessageLoop. Instead, it // is typical to make use of the current thread's MessageLoop instance. explicit MessageLoop(Type type = TYPE_DEFAULT); virtual ~MessageLoop(); // Returns the MessageLoop object for the current thread, or null if none. static MessageLoop* current(); static void EnableHistogrammer(bool enable_histogrammer); typedef base::MessagePump* (MessagePumpFactory)(); // Using the given base::MessagePumpForUIFactory to override the default // MessagePump implementation for 'TYPE_UI'. static void InitMessagePumpForUIFactory(MessagePumpFactory* factory); // A DestructionObserver is notified when the current MessageLoop is being // destroyed. These observers are notified prior to MessageLoop::current() // being changed to return NULL. This gives interested parties the chance to // do final cleanup that depends on the MessageLoop. // // NOTE: Any tasks posted to the MessageLoop during this notification will // not be run. Instead, they will be deleted. // class BASE_EXPORT DestructionObserver { public: virtual void WillDestroyCurrentMessageLoop() = 0; protected: virtual ~DestructionObserver(); }; // Add a DestructionObserver, which will start receiving notifications // immediately. void AddDestructionObserver(DestructionObserver* destruction_observer); // Remove a DestructionObserver. It is safe to call this method while a // DestructionObserver is receiving a notification callback. void RemoveDestructionObserver(DestructionObserver* destruction_observer); // The "PostTask" family of methods call the task's Run method asynchronously // from within a message loop at some point in the future. // // With the PostTask variant, tasks are invoked in FIFO order, inter-mixed // with normal UI or IO event processing. With the PostDelayedTask variant, // tasks are called after at least approximately 'delay_ms' have elapsed. // // The NonNestable variants work similarly except that they promise never to // dispatch the task from a nested invocation of MessageLoop::Run. Instead, // such tasks get deferred until the top-most MessageLoop::Run is executing. // // The MessageLoop takes ownership of the Task, and deletes it after it has // been Run(). // // NOTE: These methods may be called on any thread. The Task will be invoked // on the thread that executes MessageLoop::Run(). void PostTask( const tracked_objects::Location& from_here, Task* task); void PostDelayedTask( const tracked_objects::Location& from_here, Task* task, int64 delay_ms); void PostNonNestableTask( const tracked_objects::Location& from_here, Task* task); void PostNonNestableDelayedTask( const tracked_objects::Location& from_here, Task* task, int64 delay_ms); // TODO(ajwong): Remove the functions above once the Task -> Closure migration // is complete. // // There are 2 sets of Post*Task functions, one which takes the older Task* // function object representation, and one that takes the newer base::Closure. // We have this overload to allow a staged transition between the two systems. // Once the transition is done, the functions above should be deleted. void PostTask( const tracked_objects::Location& from_here, const base::Closure& task); void PostDelayedTask( const tracked_objects::Location& from_here, const base::Closure& task, int64 delay_ms); void PostNonNestableTask( const tracked_objects::Location& from_here, const base::Closure& task); void PostNonNestableDelayedTask( const tracked_objects::Location& from_here, const base::Closure& task, int64 delay_ms); // A variant on PostTask that deletes the given object. This is useful // if the object needs to live until the next run of the MessageLoop (for // example, deleting a RenderProcessHost from within an IPC callback is not // good). // // NOTE: This method may be called on any thread. The object will be deleted // on the thread that executes MessageLoop::Run(). If this is not the same // as the thread that calls PostDelayedTask(FROM_HERE, ), then T MUST inherit // from RefCountedThreadSafe! template void DeleteSoon(const tracked_objects::Location& from_here, const T* object) { PostNonNestableTask(from_here, new DeleteTask(object)); } // A variant on PostTask that releases the given reference counted object // (by calling its Release method). This is useful if the object needs to // live until the next run of the MessageLoop, or if the object needs to be // released on a particular thread. // // NOTE: This method may be called on any thread. The object will be // released (and thus possibly deleted) on the thread that executes // MessageLoop::Run(). If this is not the same as the thread that calls // PostDelayedTask(FROM_HERE, ), then T MUST inherit from // RefCountedThreadSafe! template void ReleaseSoon(const tracked_objects::Location& from_here, const T* object) { PostNonNestableTask(from_here, new ReleaseTask(object)); } // Run the message loop. void Run(); // Process all pending tasks, windows messages, etc., but don't wait/sleep. // Return as soon as all items that can be run are taken care of. void RunAllPending(); // Signals the Run method to return after it is done processing all pending // messages. This method may only be called on the same thread that called // Run, and Run must still be on the call stack. // // Use QuitTask or QuitClosure if you need to Quit another thread's // MessageLoop, but note that doing so is fairly dangerous if the target // thread makes nested calls to MessageLoop::Run. The problem being that you // won't know which nested run loop you are quitting, so be careful! void Quit(); // This method is a variant of Quit, that does not wait for pending messages // to be processed before returning from Run. void QuitNow(); // Invokes Quit on the current MessageLoop when run. Useful to schedule an // arbitrary MessageLoop to Quit. // TODO(jhawkins): Remove once task.h is removed. class QuitTask : public Task { public: virtual void Run() OVERRIDE { MessageLoop::current()->Quit(); } }; // Invokes Quit on the current MessageLoop when run. Useful to schedule an // arbitrary MessageLoop to Quit. static base::Closure QuitClosure(); // Returns the type passed to the constructor. Type type() const { return type_; } // Optional call to connect the thread name with this loop. void set_thread_name(const std::string& thread_name) { DCHECK(thread_name_.empty()) << "Should not rename this thread!"; thread_name_ = thread_name; } const std::string& thread_name() const { return thread_name_; } // Gets the message loop proxy associated with this message loop. scoped_refptr message_loop_proxy() { return message_loop_proxy_.get(); } // Enables or disables the recursive task processing. This happens in the case // of recursive message loops. Some unwanted message loop may occurs when // using common controls or printer functions. By default, recursive task // processing is disabled. // // The specific case where tasks get queued is: // - The thread is running a message loop. // - It receives a task #1 and execute it. // - The task #1 implicitly start a message loop, like a MessageBox in the // unit test. This can also be StartDoc or GetSaveFileName. // - The thread receives a task #2 before or while in this second message // loop. // - With NestableTasksAllowed set to true, the task #2 will run right away. // Otherwise, it will get executed right after task #1 completes at "thread // message loop level". void SetNestableTasksAllowed(bool allowed); bool NestableTasksAllowed() const; // Enables nestable tasks on |loop| while in scope. class ScopedNestableTaskAllower { public: explicit ScopedNestableTaskAllower(MessageLoop* loop) : loop_(loop), old_state_(loop_->NestableTasksAllowed()) { loop_->SetNestableTasksAllowed(true); } ~ScopedNestableTaskAllower() { loop_->SetNestableTasksAllowed(old_state_); } private: MessageLoop* loop_; bool old_state_; }; // Enables or disables the restoration during an exception of the unhandled // exception filter that was active when Run() was called. This can happen // if some third party code call SetUnhandledExceptionFilter() and never // restores the previous filter. void set_exception_restoration(bool restore) { exception_restoration_ = restore; } // Returns true if we are currently running a nested message loop. bool IsNested(); // A TaskObserver is an object that receives task notifications from the // MessageLoop. // // NOTE: A TaskObserver implementation should be extremely fast! class BASE_EXPORT TaskObserver { public: TaskObserver(); // This method is called before processing a task. virtual void WillProcessTask(base::TimeTicks time_posted) = 0; // This method is called after processing a task. virtual void DidProcessTask(base::TimeTicks time_posted) = 0; protected: virtual ~TaskObserver(); }; // These functions can only be called on the same thread that |this| is // running on. void AddTaskObserver(TaskObserver* task_observer); void RemoveTaskObserver(TaskObserver* task_observer); // Returns true if the message loop has high resolution timers enabled. // Provided for testing. bool high_resolution_timers_enabled() { #if defined(OS_WIN) return !high_resolution_timer_expiration_.is_null(); #else return true; #endif } // When we go into high resolution timer mode, we will stay in hi-res mode // for at least 1s. static const int kHighResolutionTimerModeLeaseTimeMs = 1000; // Asserts that the MessageLoop is "idle". void AssertIdle() const; #if defined(OS_WIN) void set_os_modal_loop(bool os_modal_loop) { os_modal_loop_ = os_modal_loop; } bool os_modal_loop() const { return os_modal_loop_; } #endif // OS_WIN // Can only be called from the thread that owns the MessageLoop. bool is_running() const; //---------------------------------------------------------------------------- protected: struct RunState { // Used to count how many Run() invocations are on the stack. int run_depth; // Used to record that Quit() was called, or that we should quit the pump // once it becomes idle. bool quit_received; #if !defined(OS_MACOSX) && !defined(OS_ANDROID) Dispatcher* dispatcher; #endif }; #if defined(OS_ANDROID) // Android Java process manages the UI thread message loop. So its // MessagePumpForUI needs to keep the RunState. public: #endif class BASE_EXPORT AutoRunState : RunState { public: explicit AutoRunState(MessageLoop* loop); ~AutoRunState(); private: MessageLoop* loop_; RunState* previous_state_; }; #if defined(OS_ANDROID) protected: #endif #if defined(OS_WIN) base::MessagePumpWin* pump_win() { return static_cast(pump_.get()); } #elif defined(OS_POSIX) base::MessagePumpLibevent* pump_libevent() { return static_cast(pump_.get()); } #endif // A function to encapsulate all the exception handling capability in the // stacks around the running of a main message loop. It will run the message // loop in a SEH try block or not depending on the set_SEH_restoration() // flag invoking respectively RunInternalInSEHFrame() or RunInternal(). void RunHandler(); #if defined(OS_WIN) __declspec(noinline) void RunInternalInSEHFrame(); #endif // A surrounding stack frame around the running of the message loop that // supports all saving and restoring of state, as is needed for any/all (ugly) // recursive calls. void RunInternal(); // Called to process any delayed non-nestable tasks. bool ProcessNextDelayedNonNestableTask(); // Runs the specified PendingTask. void RunTask(const base::PendingTask& pending_task); // Calls RunTask or queues the pending_task on the deferred task list if it // cannot be run right now. Returns true if the task was run. bool DeferOrRunPendingTask(const base::PendingTask& pending_task); // Adds the pending task to delayed_work_queue_. void AddToDelayedWorkQueue(const base::PendingTask& pending_task); // Adds the pending task to our incoming_queue_. // // Caller retains ownership of |pending_task|, but this function will // reset the value of pending_task->task. This is needed to ensure // that the posting call stack does not retain pending_task->task // beyond this function call. void AddToIncomingQueue(base::PendingTask* pending_task); // Load tasks from the incoming_queue_ into work_queue_ if the latter is // empty. The former requires a lock to access, while the latter is directly // accessible on this thread. void ReloadWorkQueue(); // Delete tasks that haven't run yet without running them. Used in the // destructor to make sure all the task's destructors get called. Returns // true if some work was done. bool DeletePendingTasks(); // Calculates the time at which a PendingTask should run. base::TimeTicks CalculateDelayedRuntime(int64 delay_ms); // Start recording histogram info about events and action IF it was enabled // and IF the statistics recorder can accept a registration of our histogram. void StartHistogrammer(); // Add occurrence of event to our histogram, so that we can see what is being // done in a specific MessageLoop instance (i.e., specific thread). // If message_histogram_ is NULL, this is a no-op. void HistogramEvent(int event); // base::MessagePump::Delegate methods: virtual bool DoWork() OVERRIDE; virtual bool DoDelayedWork(base::TimeTicks* next_delayed_work_time) OVERRIDE; virtual bool DoIdleWork() OVERRIDE; Type type_; // A list of tasks that need to be processed by this instance. Note that // this queue is only accessed (push/pop) by our current thread. base::TaskQueue work_queue_; // Contains delayed tasks, sorted by their 'delayed_run_time' property. base::DelayedTaskQueue delayed_work_queue_; // A recent snapshot of Time::Now(), used to check delayed_work_queue_. base::TimeTicks recent_time_; // A queue of non-nestable tasks that we had to defer because when it came // time to execute them we were in a nested message loop. They will execute // once we're out of nested message loops. base::TaskQueue deferred_non_nestable_work_queue_; scoped_refptr pump_; ObserverList destruction_observers_; // A recursion block that prevents accidentally running additional tasks when // insider a (accidentally induced?) nested message pump. bool nestable_tasks_allowed_; bool exception_restoration_; std::string thread_name_; // A profiling histogram showing the counts of various messages and events. base::Histogram* message_histogram_; // A null terminated list which creates an incoming_queue of tasks that are // acquired under a mutex for processing on this instance's thread. These // tasks have not yet been sorted out into items for our work_queue_ vs items // that will be handled by the TimerManager. base::TaskQueue incoming_queue_; // Protect access to incoming_queue_. mutable base::Lock incoming_queue_lock_; RunState* state_; // The need for this variable is subtle. Please see implementation comments // around where it is used. bool should_leak_tasks_; #if defined(OS_WIN) base::TimeTicks high_resolution_timer_expiration_; // Should be set to true before calling Windows APIs like TrackPopupMenu, etc // which enter a modal message loop. bool os_modal_loop_; #endif // The next sequence number to use for delayed tasks. int next_sequence_num_; ObserverList task_observers_; // The message loop proxy associated with this message loop, if one exists. scoped_refptr message_loop_proxy_; private: DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(MessageLoop); }; //----------------------------------------------------------------------------- // MessageLoopForUI extends MessageLoop with methods that are particular to a // MessageLoop instantiated with TYPE_UI. // // This class is typically used like so: // MessageLoopForUI::current()->...call some method... // class BASE_EXPORT MessageLoopForUI : public MessageLoop { public: MessageLoopForUI() : MessageLoop(TYPE_UI) { } // Returns the MessageLoopForUI of the current thread. static MessageLoopForUI* current() { MessageLoop* loop = MessageLoop::current(); DCHECK_EQ(MessageLoop::TYPE_UI, loop->type()); return static_cast(loop); } #if defined(OS_WIN) void DidProcessMessage(const MSG& message); #endif // defined(OS_WIN) #if defined(OS_ANDROID) // On Android, the UI message loop is handled by Java side. So Run() should // never be called. Instead use Start(), which will forward all the native UI // events to the Java message loop. void Start(); #elif !defined(OS_MACOSX) // Please see message_pump_win/message_pump_glib for definitions of these // methods. void AddObserver(Observer* observer); void RemoveObserver(Observer* observer); void RunWithDispatcher(Dispatcher* dispatcher); void RunAllPendingWithDispatcher(Dispatcher* dispatcher); protected: // TODO(rvargas): Make this platform independent. base::MessagePumpForUI* pump_ui() { return static_cast(pump_.get()); } #endif // !defined(OS_MACOSX) }; // Do not add any member variables to MessageLoopForUI! This is important b/c // MessageLoopForUI is often allocated via MessageLoop(TYPE_UI). Any extra // data that you need should be stored on the MessageLoop's pump_ instance. COMPILE_ASSERT(sizeof(MessageLoop) == sizeof(MessageLoopForUI), MessageLoopForUI_should_not_have_extra_member_variables); //----------------------------------------------------------------------------- // MessageLoopForIO extends MessageLoop with methods that are particular to a // MessageLoop instantiated with TYPE_IO. // // This class is typically used like so: // MessageLoopForIO::current()->...call some method... // class BASE_EXPORT MessageLoopForIO : public MessageLoop { public: #if defined(OS_WIN) typedef base::MessagePumpForIO::IOHandler IOHandler; typedef base::MessagePumpForIO::IOContext IOContext; typedef base::MessagePumpForIO::IOObserver IOObserver; #elif defined(OS_POSIX) typedef base::MessagePumpLibevent::Watcher Watcher; typedef base::MessagePumpLibevent::FileDescriptorWatcher FileDescriptorWatcher; typedef base::MessagePumpLibevent::IOObserver IOObserver; enum Mode { WATCH_READ = base::MessagePumpLibevent::WATCH_READ, WATCH_WRITE = base::MessagePumpLibevent::WATCH_WRITE, WATCH_READ_WRITE = base::MessagePumpLibevent::WATCH_READ_WRITE }; #endif MessageLoopForIO() : MessageLoop(TYPE_IO) { } // Returns the MessageLoopForIO of the current thread. static MessageLoopForIO* current() { MessageLoop* loop = MessageLoop::current(); DCHECK_EQ(MessageLoop::TYPE_IO, loop->type()); return static_cast(loop); } void AddIOObserver(IOObserver* io_observer) { pump_io()->AddIOObserver(io_observer); } void RemoveIOObserver(IOObserver* io_observer) { pump_io()->RemoveIOObserver(io_observer); } #if defined(OS_WIN) // Please see MessagePumpWin for definitions of these methods. void RegisterIOHandler(HANDLE file_handle, IOHandler* handler); bool WaitForIOCompletion(DWORD timeout, IOHandler* filter); protected: // TODO(rvargas): Make this platform independent. base::MessagePumpForIO* pump_io() { return static_cast(pump_.get()); } #elif defined(OS_POSIX) // Please see MessagePumpLibevent for definition. bool WatchFileDescriptor(int fd, bool persistent, Mode mode, FileDescriptorWatcher* controller, Watcher* delegate); private: base::MessagePumpLibevent* pump_io() { return static_cast(pump_.get()); } #endif // defined(OS_POSIX) }; // Do not add any member variables to MessageLoopForIO! This is important b/c // MessageLoopForIO is often allocated via MessageLoop(TYPE_IO). Any extra // data that you need should be stored on the MessageLoop's pump_ instance. COMPILE_ASSERT(sizeof(MessageLoop) == sizeof(MessageLoopForIO), MessageLoopForIO_should_not_have_extra_member_variables); #endif // BASE_MESSAGE_LOOP_H_