// Copyright 2016 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_TASK_POST_TASK_H_ #define BASE_TASK_POST_TASK_H_ #include #include #include "base/base_export.h" #include "base/bind.h" #include "base/callback.h" #include "base/callback_helpers.h" #include "base/location.h" #include "base/memory/ref_counted.h" #include "base/post_task_and_reply_with_result_internal.h" #include "base/sequenced_task_runner.h" #include "base/single_thread_task_runner.h" #include "base/task/single_thread_task_runner_thread_mode.h" #include "base/task/task_traits.h" #include "base/task_runner.h" #include "base/time/time.h" #include "base/updateable_sequenced_task_runner.h" #include "build/build_config.h" namespace base { // This is the interface to post tasks. // // Note: A migration is in-progress away from this API and in favor of explicit // API-as-a-destination. thread_pool.h is now preferred to the // base::ThreadPool() to post to the thread pool // // To post a simple one-off task with default traits: // PostTask(FROM_HERE, BindOnce(...)); // modern equivalent: // ThreadPool::PostTask(FROM_HERE, BindOnce(...)); // // To post a high priority one-off task to respond to a user interaction: // PostTask( // FROM_HERE, // {ThreadPool(), TaskPriority::USER_BLOCKING}, // BindOnce(...)); // modern equivalent: // ThreadPool::PostTask( // FROM_HERE, // {TaskPriority::USER_BLOCKING}, // BindOnce(...)); // // To post tasks that must run in sequence with default traits: // scoped_refptr task_runner = // CreateSequencedTaskRunner({ThreadPool()}); // task_runner->PostTask(FROM_HERE, BindOnce(...)); // task_runner->PostTask(FROM_HERE, BindOnce(...)); // modern equivalent: // scoped_refptr task_runner = // ThreadPool::CreateSequencedTaskRunner({}); // task_runner->PostTask(FROM_HERE, BindOnce(...)); // task_runner->PostTask(FROM_HERE, BindOnce(...)); // // To post tasks that may block, must run in sequence and can be skipped on // shutdown: // scoped_refptr task_runner = // CreateSequencedTaskRunner({ThreadPool(), MayBlock(), // TaskShutdownBehavior::SKIP_ON_SHUTDOWN}); // task_runner->PostTask(FROM_HERE, BindOnce(...)); // task_runner->PostTask(FROM_HERE, BindOnce(...)); // modern equivalent: // scoped_refptr task_runner = // ThreadPool::CreateSequencedTaskRunner( // {MayBlock(), TaskShutdownBehavior::SKIP_ON_SHUTDOWN}); // task_runner->PostTask(FROM_HERE, BindOnce(...)); // task_runner->PostTask(FROM_HERE, BindOnce(...)); // // The default traits apply to tasks that: // (1) don't block (ref. MayBlock() and WithBaseSyncPrimitives()), // (2) prefer inheriting the current priority to specifying their own, and // (3) can either block shutdown or be skipped on shutdown // (implementation is free to choose a fitting default). // Explicit traits must be specified for tasks for which these loose // requirements are not sufficient. // // Tasks posted with only traits defined in base/task/task_traits.h run on // threads owned by the registered ThreadPoolInstance (i.e. not on the main // thread). An embedder (e.g. Chrome) can define additional traits to make tasks // run on threads of their choosing. // // Tasks posted with the same traits will be scheduled in the order they were // posted. IMPORTANT: Please note however that, unless the traits imply a // single thread or sequence, this doesn't guarantee any *execution ordering* // for tasks posted in a given order (being scheduled first doesn't mean it will // run first -- could run in parallel or have its physical thread preempted). // // Prerequisite: A ThreadPoolInstance must have been registered for the current // process via ThreadPoolInstance::Set() before the functions below are // valid. This is typically done during the initialization phase in each // process. If your code is not running in that phase, you most likely don't // have to worry about this. You will encounter DCHECKs or nullptr dereferences // if this is violated. For tests, prefer base::test::TaskEnvironment. // Posts |task| with specific |traits|. Returns false if the task definitely // won't run because of current shutdown state. BASE_EXPORT bool PostTask(const Location& from_here, const TaskTraits& traits, OnceClosure task); // Posts |task| with specific |traits|. |task| will not run before |delay| // expires. Returns false if the task definitely won't run because of current // shutdown state. // // Specify a BEST_EFFORT priority via |traits| if the task doesn't have to run // as soon as |delay| expires. BASE_EXPORT bool PostDelayedTask(const Location& from_here, const TaskTraits& traits, OnceClosure task, TimeDelta delay); // Posts |task| with specific |traits| and posts |reply| on the caller's // execution context (i.e. same sequence or thread and same TaskTraits if // applicable) when |task| completes. Returns false if the task definitely won't // run because of current shutdown state. Can only be called when // SequencedTaskRunnerHandle::IsSet(). BASE_EXPORT bool PostTaskAndReply(const Location& from_here, const TaskTraits& traits, OnceClosure task, OnceClosure reply); // Posts |task| with specific |traits| and posts |reply| with the return value // of |task| as argument on the caller's execution context (i.e. same sequence // or thread and same TaskTraits if applicable) when |task| completes. Returns // false if the task definitely won't run because of current shutdown state. Can // only be called when SequencedTaskRunnerHandle::IsSet(). template bool PostTaskAndReplyWithResult(const Location& from_here, const TaskTraits& traits, OnceCallback task, OnceCallback reply) { auto* result = new std::unique_ptr(); return PostTaskAndReply( from_here, traits, BindOnce(&internal::ReturnAsParamAdapter, std::move(task), result), BindOnce(&internal::ReplyAdapter, std::move(reply), Owned(result))); } // Returns a TaskRunner whose PostTask invocations result in scheduling tasks // using |traits|. Tasks may run in any order and in parallel. BASE_EXPORT scoped_refptr CreateTaskRunner( const TaskTraits& traits); // Returns a SequencedTaskRunner whose PostTask invocations result in scheduling // tasks using |traits|. Tasks run one at a time in posting order. BASE_EXPORT scoped_refptr CreateSequencedTaskRunner( const TaskTraits& traits); // Returns a task runner whose PostTask invocations result in scheduling tasks // using |traits|. The priority in |traits| can be updated at any time via // UpdateableSequencedTaskRunner::UpdatePriority(). An update affects all tasks // posted to the task runner that aren't running yet. Tasks run one at a time in // posting order. // // |traits| requirements: // - base::ThreadPool() must be specified. // Note: Prefer the explicit (thread_pool.h) version of this API while we // migrate this one to it. // - Extension traits (e.g. BrowserThread) cannot be specified. // - base::ThreadPolicy must be specified if the priority of the task runner // will ever be increased from BEST_EFFORT. BASE_EXPORT scoped_refptr CreateUpdateableSequencedTaskRunner(const TaskTraits& traits); // Returns a SingleThreadTaskRunner whose PostTask invocations result in // scheduling tasks using |traits| on a thread determined by |thread_mode|. See // base/task/single_thread_task_runner_thread_mode.h for |thread_mode| details. // If |traits| identifies an existing thread, // SingleThreadTaskRunnerThreadMode::SHARED must be used. Tasks run on a single // thread in posting order. // // If all you need is to make sure that tasks don't run concurrently (e.g. // because they access a data structure which is not thread-safe), use // CreateSequencedTaskRunner(). Only use this if you rely on a thread-affine API // (it might be safer to assume thread-affinity when dealing with // under-documented third-party APIs, e.g. other OS') or share data across tasks // using thread-local storage. BASE_EXPORT scoped_refptr CreateSingleThreadTaskRunner( const TaskTraits& traits, SingleThreadTaskRunnerThreadMode thread_mode = SingleThreadTaskRunnerThreadMode::SHARED); #if defined(OS_WIN) // Returns a SingleThreadTaskRunner whose PostTask invocations result in // scheduling tasks using |traits| in a COM Single-Threaded Apartment on a // thread determined by |thread_mode|. See // base/task/single_thread_task_runner_thread_mode.h for |thread_mode| details. // If |traits| identifies an existing thread, // SingleThreadTaskRunnerThreadMode::SHARED must be used. Tasks run in the same // Single-Threaded Apartment in posting order for the returned // SingleThreadTaskRunner. There is not necessarily a one-to-one correspondence // between SingleThreadTaskRunners and Single-Threaded Apartments. The // implementation is free to share apartments or create new apartments as // necessary. In either case, care should be taken to make sure COM pointers are // not smuggled across apartments. BASE_EXPORT scoped_refptr CreateCOMSTATaskRunner( const TaskTraits& traits, SingleThreadTaskRunnerThreadMode thread_mode = SingleThreadTaskRunnerThreadMode::SHARED); #endif // defined(OS_WIN) // Helpers to send a Delete/ReleaseSoon to a new SequencedTaskRunner created // from |traits|. The semantics match base::PostTask in that the deletion is // guaranteed to be scheduled in order with other tasks using the same |traits|. // // Prefer using an existing SequencedTaskRunner's Delete/ReleaseSoon over this // to encode execution order requirements when possible. // // Note: base::ThreadPool is not a valid destination as it'd result in a one-off // parallel task which is generally ill-suited for deletion. Use an existing // SequencedTaskRunner's DeleteSoon to post a safely ordered deletion. template bool DeleteSoon(const Location& from_here, const TaskTraits& traits, const T* object) { DCHECK(!traits.use_thread_pool()); return CreateSequencedTaskRunner(traits)->DeleteSoon(from_here, object); } template bool DeleteSoon(const Location& from_here, const TaskTraits& traits, std::unique_ptr object) { return DeleteSoon(from_here, traits, object.release()); } template void ReleaseSoon(const Location& from_here, const TaskTraits& traits, scoped_refptr&& object) { DCHECK(!traits.use_thread_pool()); CreateSequencedTaskRunner(traits)->ReleaseSoon(from_here, std::move(object)); } } // namespace base #endif // BASE_TASK_POST_TASK_H_