-- |Implements bounded channels. These channels differ from normal 'Chan's in -- that they are guaranteed to contain no more than a certain number of -- elements. This is ideal when you may be writing to a channel faster than you -- are able to read from it. -- -- This module supports all the functions of "Control.Concurrent.Chan" except -- 'unGetChan' and 'dupChan', which are not supported for bounded channels. module Control.Concurrent.BoundedChan( BoundedChan , newBoundedChan , writeChan , readChan , isEmptyChan , getChanContents , writeList2Chan ) where import Control.Concurrent.MVar (MVar, isEmptyMVar, newEmptyMVar, newMVar, putMVar, takeMVar) import Control.Monad (replicateM) import Data.Array (Array, (!), listArray) import System.IO.Unsafe (unsafeInterleaveIO) -- |'BoundedChan' is an abstract data type representing a bounded channel. data BoundedChan a = BC { _size :: Int , _contents :: Array Int (MVar a) , _writePos :: MVar Int , _readPos :: MVar Int } -- LOCK ORDERING: A -> B -> C -- |@newBoundedChan n@ returns a channel than can contain no more than @n@ -- elements. newBoundedChan :: Int -> IO (BoundedChan a) newBoundedChan x = do entls <- replicateM x newEmptyMVar wpos <- newMVar 0 rpos <- newMVar 0 let entries = listArray (0, x - 1) entls return (BC x entries wpos rpos) -- |Write an element to the channel. If the channel is full, this routine will -- block until it is able to write. If you have multiple writers, be careful -- here, because the unlocking is not guaranteed to avoid starvation. writeChan :: BoundedChan a -> a -> IO () writeChan (BC size contents wposMV _) x = do wpos <- takeMVar wposMV putMVar wposMV $! (wpos + 1) `mod` size putMVar (contents ! wpos) x -- |Read an element from the channel. If the channel is empty, this routine -- will block until it is able to read. readChan :: BoundedChan a -> IO a readChan (BC size contents _ rposMV) = do rpos <- takeMVar rposMV putMVar rposMV $! (rpos + 1) `mod` size takeMVar (contents ! rpos) -- |Returns 'True' if the supplied channel is empty. isEmptyChan :: BoundedChan a -> IO Bool isEmptyChan (BC _ contents _ rposMV) = do rpos <- takeMVar rposMV res <- isEmptyMVar (contents ! rpos) putMVar rposMV rpos return res -- |Return a lazy list representing the contents of the supplied channel. getChanContents :: BoundedChan a -> IO [a] getChanContents ch = unsafeInterleaveIO $ do x <- readChan ch xs <- getChanContents ch return (x:xs) -- |Write a list of elements to the channel. If the channel becomes full, this -- routine will block until it is able to write. writeList2Chan :: BoundedChan a -> [a] -> IO () writeList2Chan = mapM_ . writeChan