1 ;;;; handling UNIX signals
3 ;;;; This software is part of the SBCL system. See the README file for
6 ;;;; This software is derived from the CMU CL system, which was
7 ;;;; written at Carnegie Mellon University and released into the
8 ;;;; public domain. The software is in the public domain and is
9 ;;;; provided with absolutely no warranty. See the COPYING and CREDITS
10 ;;;; files for more information.
12 (in-package "SB!UNIX")
14 ;;;; macros for dynamically enabling and disabling signal handling
16 ;;; Notes on how the without-interrupts/with-interrupts stuff works:
18 ;;; Before invoking the supplied handler for any of the signals that
19 ;;; can be blocked, the C interrupt support code checks to see whether
20 ;;; *interrupts-enabled* has been bound to NIL. If so, it saves the
21 ;;; signal number and the value of the signal mask (from the signal
22 ;;; context), sets the signal mask to block all blockable signals,
23 ;;; sets *interrupt-pending* and returns without handling the signal.
25 ;;; When we drop out the without interrupts, we check to see whether
26 ;;; *INTERRUPT-PENDING* has been set. If so, we call
27 ;;; RECEIVE-PENDING-INTERRUPT, which generates a SIGTRAP. The C code
28 ;;; invokes the handler for the saved signal instead of the SIGTRAP
29 ;;; after replacing the signal mask in the signal context with the
30 ;;; saved value. When that hander returns, the original signal mask is
31 ;;; installed, allowing any other pending signals to be handled.
33 ;;; This means that the cost of WITHOUT-INTERRUPTS is just a special
34 ;;; binding in the case when no signals are delivered (the normal
35 ;;; case). It's only when a signal is actually delivered that we use
36 ;;; any system calls, and by then the cost of the extra system calls
37 ;;; are lost in the noise when compared with the cost of delivering
38 ;;; the signal in the first place.
40 (defvar *interrupts-enabled* t)
41 (defvar *interrupt-pending* nil)
43 (sb!xc:defmacro without-interrupts (&body body)
45 "Execute BODY with all deferrable interrupts deferred. Deferrable interrupts
46 include most blockable POSIX signals, and SB-THREAD:INTERRUPT-THREAD. Does not
47 interfere with garbage collection, and unlike in many traditional Lisps using
48 userspace threads, in SBCL WITHOUT-INTERRUPTS does not inhibit scheduling of
50 (let ((name (gensym "WITHOUT-INTERRUPTS-BODY-")))
51 `(flet ((,name () ,@body))
52 (if *interrupts-enabled*
54 (let ((*interrupts-enabled* nil))
56 ;; If we were interrupted in the protected section, then
57 ;; the interrupts are still blocked and it remains so
58 ;; until the pending interrupt is handled.
60 ;; If we were not interrupted in the protected section,
61 ;; but here, then even if the interrupt handler enters
62 ;; another WITHOUT-INTERRUPTS, the pending interrupt will
63 ;; be handled immediately upon exit from said
64 ;; WITHOUT-INTERRUPTS, so it is as if nothing has
66 (when *interrupt-pending*
67 (receive-pending-interrupt)))
70 (sb!xc:defmacro with-interrupts (&body body)
72 "Allow interrupts while executing BODY. As interrupts are normally allowed,
73 this is only useful inside a SB-SYS:WITHOUT-INTERRUPTS. Signals a runtime
74 warning if used inside the dynamic countour of SB-SYS:WITHOUT-GCING."
75 (let ((name (gensym)))
76 `(flet ((,name () ,@body))
77 (if *interrupts-enabled*
80 (when sb!kernel:*gc-inhibit*
81 (warn "Re-enabling interrupts while GC is inhibited."))
82 (let ((*interrupts-enabled* t))
83 (when *interrupt-pending*
84 (receive-pending-interrupt))