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+#include "fio.h"
+#include "smalloc.h"
+#include "helper_thread.h"
+
+static struct helper_data {
+ volatile int exit;
+ volatile int reset;
+ volatile int do_stat;
+ struct sk_out *sk_out;
+ pthread_t thread;
+ pthread_mutex_t lock;
+ pthread_cond_t cond;
+ struct fio_mutex *startup_mutex;
+} *helper_data;
+
+void helper_thread_destroy(void)
+{
+ pthread_cond_destroy(&helper_data->cond);
+ pthread_mutex_destroy(&helper_data->lock);
+ sfree(helper_data);
+}
+
+void helper_reset(void)
+{
+ if (!helper_data)
+ return;
+
+ pthread_mutex_lock(&helper_data->lock);
+
+ if (!helper_data->reset) {
+ helper_data->reset = 1;
+ pthread_cond_signal(&helper_data->cond);
+ }
+
+ pthread_mutex_unlock(&helper_data->lock);
+}
+
+void helper_do_stat(void)
+{
+ if (!helper_data)
+ return;
+
+ pthread_mutex_lock(&helper_data->lock);
+ helper_data->do_stat = 1;
+ pthread_cond_signal(&helper_data->cond);
+ pthread_mutex_unlock(&helper_data->lock);
+}
+
+bool helper_should_exit(void)
+{
+ if (!helper_data)
+ return true;
+
+ return helper_data->exit;
+}
+
+void helper_thread_exit(void)
+{
+ void *ret;
+
+ pthread_mutex_lock(&helper_data->lock);
+ helper_data->exit = 1;
+ pthread_cond_signal(&helper_data->cond);
+ pthread_mutex_unlock(&helper_data->lock);
+
+ pthread_join(helper_data->thread, &ret);
+}
+
+static void *helper_thread_main(void *data)
+{
+ struct helper_data *hd = data;
+ unsigned int msec_to_next_event, next_log;
+ struct timeval tv, last_du;
+ int ret = 0;
+
+ sk_out_assign(hd->sk_out);
+
+ gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
+ memcpy(&last_du, &tv, sizeof(tv));
+
+ fio_mutex_up(hd->startup_mutex);
+
+ msec_to_next_event = DISK_UTIL_MSEC;
+ while (!ret && !hd->exit) {
+ struct timespec ts;
+ struct timeval now;
+ uint64_t since_du;
+
+ timeval_add_msec(&tv, msec_to_next_event);
+ ts.tv_sec = tv.tv_sec;
+ ts.tv_nsec = tv.tv_usec * 1000;
+
+ pthread_mutex_lock(&hd->lock);
+ pthread_cond_timedwait(&hd->cond, &hd->lock, &ts);
+
+ gettimeofday(&now, NULL);
+
+ if (hd->reset) {
+ memcpy(&tv, &now, sizeof(tv));
+ memcpy(&last_du, &now, sizeof(last_du));
+ hd->reset = 0;
+ }
+
+ pthread_mutex_unlock(&hd->lock);
+
+ since_du = mtime_since(&last_du, &now);
+ if (since_du >= DISK_UTIL_MSEC || DISK_UTIL_MSEC - since_du < 10) {
+ ret = update_io_ticks();
+ timeval_add_msec(&last_du, DISK_UTIL_MSEC);
+ msec_to_next_event = DISK_UTIL_MSEC;
+ if (since_du >= DISK_UTIL_MSEC)
+ msec_to_next_event -= (since_du - DISK_UTIL_MSEC);
+ } else {
+ if (since_du >= DISK_UTIL_MSEC)
+ msec_to_next_event = DISK_UTIL_MSEC - (DISK_UTIL_MSEC - since_du);
+ else
+ msec_to_next_event = DISK_UTIL_MSEC;
+ }
+
+ if (hd->do_stat) {
+ hd->do_stat = 0;
+ __show_running_run_stats();
+ }
+
+ next_log = calc_log_samples();
+ if (!next_log)
+ next_log = DISK_UTIL_MSEC;
+
+ msec_to_next_event = min(next_log, msec_to_next_event);
+
+ if (!is_backend)
+ print_thread_status();
+ }
+
+ fio_writeout_logs(false);
+
+ sk_out_drop();
+ return NULL;
+}
+
+int helper_thread_create(struct fio_mutex *startup_mutex, struct sk_out *sk_out)
+{
+ struct helper_data *hd;
+ int ret;
+
+ hd = smalloc(sizeof(*hd));
+
+ setup_disk_util();
+
+ hd->sk_out = sk_out;
+ pthread_cond_init(&hd->cond, NULL);
+ pthread_mutex_init(&hd->lock, NULL);
+ hd->startup_mutex = startup_mutex;
+
+ ret = pthread_create(&hd->thread, NULL, helper_thread_main, hd);
+ if (ret) {
+ log_err("Can't create helper thread: %s\n", strerror(ret));
+ return 1;
+ }
+
+ helper_data = hd;
+
+ dprint(FD_MUTEX, "wait on startup_mutex\n");
+ fio_mutex_down(startup_mutex);
+ dprint(FD_MUTEX, "done waiting on startup_mutex\n");
+ return 0;
+}