[PATCH xserver 6/9] mi: Grow event queue while reading events

Peter Hutterer peter.hutterer at who-t.net
Thu Dec 17 21:10:05 PST 2015


On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 04:11:41PM -0800, Keith Packard wrote:
> Now that events are read at normal process time, we can use malloc to
> grow the event queue instead of discarding events.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Keith Packard <keithp at keithp.com>
> ---
>  mi/mieq.c | 103 +++++++++++++++++++-------------------------------------------
>  1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 71 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mi/mieq.c b/mi/mieq.c
> index 8a67213..f2db5a6 100644
> --- a/mi/mieq.c
> +++ b/mi/mieq.c
> @@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ mieqNumEnqueued(EventQueuePtr eventQueue)
>      return n_enqueued;
>  }
>  
> -/* Pre-condition: Called with miEventQueueMutex held */
> +/* Pre-condition: Called with input_lock held */
>  static Bool
>  mieqGrowQueue(EventQueuePtr eventQueue, size_t new_nevents)
>  {
> @@ -142,11 +142,6 @@ mieqGrowQueue(EventQueuePtr eventQueue, size_t new_nevents)
>  
>      n_enqueued = mieqNumEnqueued(eventQueue);
>  
> -    /* We lock input, so an mieqEnqueue does not
> -     * write to our queue as we are modifying it.
> -     */
> -    input_lock();
> -
>      /* First copy the existing events */
>      first_hunk = eventQueue->nevents - eventQueue->head;
>      memcpy(new_events,
> @@ -178,7 +173,6 @@ mieqGrowQueue(EventQueuePtr eventQueue, size_t new_nevents)
>      free(eventQueue->events);
>      eventQueue->events = new_events;
>  
> -    input_unlock();
>      return TRUE;
>  }
>  
> @@ -188,8 +182,10 @@ mieqInit(void)
>      memset(&miEventQueue, 0, sizeof(miEventQueue));
>      miEventQueue.lastEventTime = GetTimeInMillis();
>  
> +    input_lock();
>      if (!mieqGrowQueue(&miEventQueue, QUEUE_INITIAL_SIZE))
>          FatalError("Could not allocate event queue.\n");
> +    input_unlock();
>  
>      SetInputCheck(&miEventQueue.head, &miEventQueue.tail);
>      return TRUE;
> @@ -209,32 +205,9 @@ mieqFini(void)
>      free(miEventQueue.events);
>  }
>  
> -/* This function will determine if the given event is allowed to used the reserved
> - * queue space.
> - */
> -static Bool
> -mieqReservedCandidate(InternalEvent *e)
> -{
> -    switch (e->any.type) {
> -    case ET_KeyRelease:
> -    case ET_ButtonRelease:
> -#if XFreeXDGA
> -    case ET_DGAEvent:
> -#endif
> -    case ET_RawKeyRelease:
> -    case ET_RawButtonRelease:
> -    case ET_XQuartz:
> -        return TRUE;
> -    default:
> -        return FALSE;
> -    }
> -}
> -
>  /*
>   * Must be reentrant with ProcessInputEvents.  Assumption: mieqEnqueue
> - * will never be interrupted.  If this is called from both signal
> - * handlers and regular code, make sure the signal is suspended when
> - * called from regular code.
> + * will never be interrupted. Must be called with input_lock held
>   */
>  
>  void
> @@ -263,36 +236,36 @@ mieqEnqueue(DeviceIntPtr pDev, InternalEvent *e)
>          oldtail != miEventQueue.head) {
>          oldtail = (oldtail - 1) % miEventQueue.nevents;
>      }
> -    else if ((n_enqueued + 1 == miEventQueue.nevents) ||
> -             ((n_enqueued + 1 >= miEventQueue.nevents - QUEUE_RESERVED_SIZE) &&
> -              !mieqReservedCandidate(e))) {
> -        /* Toss events which come in late.  Usually this means your server's
> -         * stuck in an infinite loop somewhere, but SIGIO is still getting
> -         * handled.
> -         */
> -        miEventQueue.dropped++;
> -        if (miEventQueue.dropped == 1) {
> -            ErrorFSigSafe("[mi] EQ overflowing.  Additional events will be "
> -                         "discarded until existing events are processed.\n");
> -            xorg_backtrace();
> -            ErrorFSigSafe("[mi] These backtraces from mieqEnqueue may point to "
> -                         "a culprit higher up the stack.\n");
> -            ErrorFSigSafe("[mi] mieq is *NOT* the cause.  It is a victim.\n");
> -        }
> -        else if (miEventQueue.dropped % QUEUE_DROP_BACKTRACE_FREQUENCY == 0 &&
> -                 miEventQueue.dropped / QUEUE_DROP_BACKTRACE_FREQUENCY <=
> -                 QUEUE_DROP_BACKTRACE_MAX) {
> -            ErrorFSigSafe("[mi] EQ overflow continuing.  %zu events have been "
> -                         "dropped.\n", miEventQueue.dropped);
> -            if (miEventQueue.dropped / QUEUE_DROP_BACKTRACE_FREQUENCY ==
> -                QUEUE_DROP_BACKTRACE_MAX) {
> -                ErrorFSigSafe("[mi] No further overflow reports will be "
> -                             "reported until the clog is cleared.\n");
> +    else if (n_enqueued + 1 == miEventQueue.nevents) {
> +        if (!mieqGrowQueue(&miEventQueue, miEventQueue.nevents << 1)) {
> +            /* Toss events which come in late.  Usually this means your server's
> +             * stuck in an infinite loop somewhere, but SIGIO is still getting
> +             * handled.
> +             */
> +            miEventQueue.dropped++;
> +            if (miEventQueue.dropped == 1) {
> +                ErrorFSigSafe("[mi] EQ overflowing.  Additional events will be "
> +                              "discarded until existing events are processed.\n");
> +                xorg_backtrace();
> +                ErrorFSigSafe("[mi] These backtraces from mieqEnqueue may point to "
> +                              "a culprit higher up the stack.\n");
> +                ErrorFSigSafe("[mi] mieq is *NOT* the cause.  It is a victim.\n");
> +            }
> +            else if (miEventQueue.dropped % QUEUE_DROP_BACKTRACE_FREQUENCY == 0 &&
> +                     miEventQueue.dropped / QUEUE_DROP_BACKTRACE_FREQUENCY <=
> +                     QUEUE_DROP_BACKTRACE_MAX) {
> +                ErrorFSigSafe("[mi] EQ overflow continuing.  %zu events have been "
> +                              "dropped.\n", miEventQueue.dropped);
> +                if (miEventQueue.dropped / QUEUE_DROP_BACKTRACE_FREQUENCY ==
> +                    QUEUE_DROP_BACKTRACE_MAX) {
> +                    ErrorFSigSafe("[mi] No further overflow reports will be "
> +                                  "reported until the clog is cleared.\n");
> +                }
> +                xorg_backtrace();
>              }
> -            xorg_backtrace();
> +            return;
>          }

we should really move that lot into a helper function...
> -
> -        return;
> +        oldtail = miEventQueue.tail;

this assignment has no effect

Reviewed-by: Peter Hutterer <peter.hutterer at who-t.net> otherwise

Cheers,
   Peter
>      }
>  
>      evlen = e->any.length;
> @@ -556,7 +529,6 @@ mieqProcessInputEvents(void)
>      ScreenPtr screen;
>      InternalEvent event;
>      DeviceIntPtr dev = NULL, master = NULL;
> -    size_t n_enqueued;
>      static Bool inProcessInputEvents = FALSE;
>  
>      input_lock();
> @@ -569,17 +541,6 @@ mieqProcessInputEvents(void)
>      BUG_WARN_MSG(inProcessInputEvents, "[mi] mieqProcessInputEvents() called recursively.\n");
>      inProcessInputEvents = TRUE;
>  
> -    /* Grow our queue if we are reaching capacity: < 2 * QUEUE_RESERVED_SIZE remaining */
> -    n_enqueued = mieqNumEnqueued(&miEventQueue);
> -    if (n_enqueued >= (miEventQueue.nevents - (2 * QUEUE_RESERVED_SIZE)) &&
> -        miEventQueue.nevents < QUEUE_MAXIMUM_SIZE) {
> -        ErrorF("[mi] Increasing EQ size to %lu to prevent dropped events.\n",
> -               (unsigned long) (miEventQueue.nevents << 1));
> -        if (!mieqGrowQueue(&miEventQueue, miEventQueue.nevents << 1)) {
> -            ErrorF("[mi] Increasing the size of EQ failed.\n");
> -        }
> -    }
> -
>      if (miEventQueue.dropped) {
>          ErrorF("[mi] EQ processing has resumed after %lu dropped events.\n",
>                 (unsigned long) miEventQueue.dropped);
> -- 
> 2.6.4
> 
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