2 * $Id: heavy-thread.c,v 1.2 2005/04/25 16:42:24 paul Exp $
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22 /* This programme shows the effects of 'heavy' long-running functions
23 * on the cooperative threading model, as demonstrated by heavy.c, and how
24 * they can be mitigated using a background thread.
26 * Run it with a config file containing 'password whatever', telnet to it
27 * (it defaults to port 4000) and enter the 'clear foo string' command.
28 * then type whatever and observe that, unlike heavy.c, the vty interface
42 extern struct thread_master *master;
60 slow_func (struct vty *vty, const char *str, const int i)
65 for (j = 0; j < 300; j++)
68 if ((i % ITERS_LATER) == 0)
69 printf ("%s: %d, temporary error, save this somehow and do it later..\n",
72 if ((i % ITERS_ERR) == 0)
73 printf ("%s: hard error\n", __func__);
75 if ((i % ITERS_PRINT) == 0)
76 printf ("%s did %d, x = %g\n", str, i, x);
80 clear_something (struct thread *thread)
82 struct work_state *ws = THREAD_ARG(thread);
84 /* this could be like iterating through 150k of route_table
85 * or worse, iterating through a list of peers, to bgp_stop them with
86 * each having 150k route tables to process...
88 while (ws->i < ITERS_MAX)
90 slow_func(ws->vty, ws->str, ws->i);
92 if (thread_should_yield(thread))
94 thread_add_background(master, clear_something, ws, 0);
100 XFREE (MTYPE_TMP, ws->str);
101 XFREE (MTYPE_TMP, ws);
109 "arbitrary string\n")
112 struct work_state *ws;
116 vty_out (vty, "%% string argument required%s", VTY_NEWLINE);
120 str = argv_concat (argv, argc, 0);
122 if ((ws = XMALLOC(MTYPE_TMP, sizeof(*ws))) == NULL)
124 zlog_err ("%s: unable to allocate work_state", __func__);
128 if (!(ws->str = XSTRDUP (MTYPE_TMP, str)))
130 zlog_err ("%s: unable to xstrdup", __func__);
131 XFREE (MTYPE_TMP, ws);
138 thread_add_background(master, clear_something, ws, 0);
146 install_element (VIEW_NODE, &clear_foo_cmd);