/* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 8; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 2 -*- * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */ #ifndef mozilla_CrossProcessMutex_h #define mozilla_CrossProcessMutex_h #include "base/process.h" #include "mozilla/Mutex.h" #if defined(OS_LINUX) || defined(OS_MACOSX) #include #include "SharedMemoryBasic.h" #include "mozilla/Atomics.h" #include "nsAutoPtr.h" #endif namespace IPC { template struct ParamTraits; } // namespace IPC // // Provides: // // - CrossProcessMutex, a non-recursive mutex that can be shared across processes // - CrossProcessMutexAutoLock, an RAII class for ensuring that Mutexes are // properly locked and unlocked // // Using CrossProcessMutexAutoLock/CrossProcessMutexAutoUnlock is MUCH // preferred to making bare calls to CrossProcessMutex.Lock and Unlock. // namespace mozilla { #if defined(OS_WIN) typedef HANDLE CrossProcessMutexHandle; #elif defined(OS_LINUX) || defined(OS_MACOSX) typedef mozilla::ipc::SharedMemoryBasic::Handle CrossProcessMutexHandle; #else // Stub for other platforms. We can't use uintptr_t here since different // processes could disagree on its size. typedef uintptr_t CrossProcessMutexHandle; #endif class CrossProcessMutex { public: /** * CrossProcessMutex * @param name A name which can reference this lock (currently unused) **/ explicit CrossProcessMutex(const char* aName); /** * CrossProcessMutex * @param handle A handle of an existing cross process mutex that can be * opened. */ explicit CrossProcessMutex(CrossProcessMutexHandle aHandle); /** * ~CrossProcessMutex **/ ~CrossProcessMutex(); /** * Lock * This will lock the mutex. Any other thread in any other process that * has access to this mutex calling lock will block execution until the * initial caller of lock has made a call to Unlock. * * If the owning process is terminated unexpectedly the mutex will be * released. **/ void Lock(); /** * Unlock * This will unlock the mutex. A single thread currently waiting on a lock * call will resume execution and aquire ownership of the lock. No * guarantees are made as to the order in which waiting threads will resume * execution. **/ void Unlock(); /** * ShareToProcess * This function is called to generate a serializable structure that can * be sent to the specified process and opened on the other side. * * @returns A handle that can be shared to another process */ CrossProcessMutexHandle ShareToProcess(base::ProcessId aTargetPid); private: friend struct IPC::ParamTraits; CrossProcessMutex(); CrossProcessMutex(const CrossProcessMutex&); CrossProcessMutex &operator=(const CrossProcessMutex&); #if defined(OS_WIN) HANDLE mMutex; #elif defined(OS_LINUX) || defined(OS_MACOSX) nsRefPtr mSharedBuffer; pthread_mutex_t* mMutex; mozilla::Atomic* mCount; #endif }; typedef BaseAutoLock CrossProcessMutexAutoLock; typedef BaseAutoUnlock CrossProcessMutexAutoUnlock; } // namespace mozilla #endif