Stack copying implementation of coroutines.

coroutine/copy/Context.c

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+/*
+ *  This file is part of the "Coroutine" project and released under the MIT License.
+ *
+ *  Created by Samuel Williams on 24/6/2019.
+ *  Copyright, 2019, by Samuel Williams. All rights reserved.
+*/
+
+#include "Context.h"
+
+// http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Alternate-Keywords.html
+#ifndef __GNUC__
+#define __asm__ asm
+#endif
+
+#if defined(__sparc)
+__attribute__((noinline))
+// https://marc.info/?l=linux-sparc&m=131914569320660&w=2
+static void coroutine_flush_register_windows() {
+    __asm__
+#ifdef __GNUC__
+    __volatile__
+#endif
+#if defined(__sparcv9) || defined(__sparc_v9__) || defined(__arch64__)
+#ifdef __GNUC__
+    ("flushw" : : : "%o7")
+#else
+    ("flushw")
+#endif
+#else
+    ("ta 0x03")
+#endif
+    ;
+}
+#else
+static void coroutine_flush_register_windows() {}
+#endif
+
+int coroutine_save_stack(struct coroutine_context * context) {
+    void *stack_pointer = &stack_pointer;
+
+    assert(context->stack);
+    assert(context->base);
+
+    // At this point, you may need to ensure on architectures that use register windows, that all registers are flushed to the stack.
+    coroutine_flush_register_windows();
+
+    // Save stack to private area:
+    if (stack_pointer < context->base) {
+        size_t size = (char*)context->base - (char*)stack_pointer;
+        assert(size <= context->size);
+
+        memcpy(context->stack, stack_pointer, size);
+        context->used = size;
+    } else {
+        size_t size = (char*)stack_pointer - (char*)context->base;
+        assert(size <= context->size);
+
+        memcpy(context->stack, context->base, size);
+        context->used = size;
+    }
+
+    // Save registers / restore point:
+    return _setjmp(context->state);
+}
+
+__attribute__((noreturn, noinline))
+static void coroutine_restore_stack_padded(struct coroutine_context *context, void * buffer) {
+    void *stack_pointer = &stack_pointer;
+
+    assert(context->base);
+
+    // Restore stack from private area:
+    if (stack_pointer < context->base) {
+        void * bottom = (char*)context->base - context->used;
+        assert(bottom > stack_pointer);
+
+        memcpy(bottom, context->stack, context->used);
+    } else {
+        void * top = (char*)context->base + context->used;
+        assert(top < stack_pointer);
+
+        memcpy(context->base, context->stack, context->used);
+    }
+
+    // Restore registers:
+    // The `| (int)buffer` is to force the compiler NOT to elide he buffer and `alloca`.
+    _longjmp(context->state, 1 | (int)buffer);
+}
+
+static const size_t GAP = 128;
+
+// In order to swap between coroutines, we need to swap the stack and registers.
+// `setjmp` and `longjmp` are able to swap registers, but what about swapping stacks? You can use `memcpy` to copy the current stack to a private area and `memcpy` to copy the private stack of the next coroutine to the main stack.
+// But if the stack yop are copying in to the main stack is bigger than the currently executing stack, the `memcpy` will clobber the current stack frame (including the context argument). So we use `alloca` to push the current stack frame *beyond* the stack we are about to copy in. This ensures the current stack frame in `coroutine_restore_stack_padded` remains valid for calling `longjmp`.
+__attribute__((noreturn))
+void coroutine_restore_stack(struct coroutine_context *context) {
+    void *stack_pointer = &stack_pointer;
+    void *buffer = NULL;
+    ssize_t offset = 0;
+
+    // We must ensure that the next stack frame is BEYOND the stack we are restoring:
+    if (stack_pointer < context->base) {
+        offset = (char*)stack_pointer - ((char*)context->base - context->used) + GAP;
+        if (offset > 0) buffer = alloca(offset);
+    } else {
+        offset = ((char*)context->base + context->used) - (char*)stack_pointer + GAP;
+        if (offset > 0) buffer = alloca(offset);
+    }
+
+    assert(context->used > 0);
+
+    coroutine_restore_stack_padded(context, buffer);
+}
+
+struct coroutine_context *coroutine_transfer(struct coroutine_context *current, struct coroutine_context *target)
+{
+    struct coroutine_context *previous = target->from;
+
+    // In theory, either this condition holds true, or we should assign the base address to target:
+    assert(current->base == target->base);
+    // If you are trying to copy the coroutine to a different thread
+    // target->base = current->base
+
+    target->from = current;
+
+    assert(current != target);
+
+    // It's possible to come here, even thought the current fiber has been terminated. We are never going to return so we don't bother saving the stack.
+
+    if (current->stack) {
+      if (coroutine_save_stack(current) == 0) {
+          coroutine_restore_stack(target);
+      }
+    } else {
+        coroutine_restore_stack(target);
+    }
+
+    target->from = previous;
+
+    return target;
+}

coroutine/copy/Context.h

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+/*
+ *  This file is part of the "Coroutine" project and released under the MIT License.
+ *
+ *  Created by Samuel Williams on 27/6/2019.
+ *  Copyright, 2019, by Samuel Williams. All rights reserved.
+*/
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <setjmp.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <alloca.h>
+
+#define COROUTINE __attribute__((noreturn)) void
+
+// This stack copying implementation which uses a private stack for each coroutine, including the main one.
+#define COROUTINE_PRIVATE_STACK
+
+struct coroutine_context
+{
+    // Private stack:
+    void *stack;
+    size_t size, used;
+
+    // The top (or bottom) of the currently executing stack:
+    void *base;
+
+    jmp_buf state;
+
+    struct coroutine_context *from;
+};
+
+typedef COROUTINE(*coroutine_start)(struct coroutine_context *from, struct coroutine_context *self);
+
+int coroutine_save_stack(struct coroutine_context * context);
+COROUTINE coroutine_restore_stack(struct coroutine_context *context);
+
+// @param stack The private stack area memory allocation (pointer to lowest address).
+// @param size The size of the private stack area.
+// @param base A stack pointer to the base of the main stack. On x86 hardware, this is the upper extent of the region that will be copied to the private stack.
+static inline void coroutine_initialize_main(struct coroutine_context *context, void *stack, size_t size, void *base) {
+    context->stack = stack;
+    context->size = size;
+    context->used = 0;
+
+    assert(base);
+    context->base = base;
+
+    context->from = NULL;
+}
+
+// @param start The start function to invoke.
+static inline void coroutine_initialize(
+    struct coroutine_context *context,
+    coroutine_start start,
+    void *stack,
+    size_t size,
+    void *base
+) {
+    assert(start && stack && size >= 1024);
+
+    coroutine_initialize_main(context, stack, size, base);
+
+    if (coroutine_save_stack(context)) {
+        start(context->from, context);
+    }
+}
+
+struct coroutine_context *coroutine_transfer(struct coroutine_context *current, register struct coroutine_context *target);
+
+static inline void coroutine_destroy(struct coroutine_context *context)
+{
+    context->stack = NULL;
+    context->size = 0;
+    context->from = NULL;
+}