//! # audio_thread_priority //! //! Promote the current thread, or another thread (possibly in another process), to real-time //! priority, suitable for low-latency audio processing. //! //! # Example //! //! ```rust //! //! use audio_thread_priority::{promote_current_thread_to_real_time, demote_current_thread_from_real_time}; //! //! // ... on a thread that will compute audio and has to be real-time: //! match promote_current_thread_to_real_time(512, 44100) { //! Ok(h) => { //! println!("this thread is now bumped to real-time priority."); //! //! // Do some real-time work... //! //! match demote_current_thread_from_real_time(h) { //! Ok(_) => { //! println!("this thread is now bumped back to normal.") //! } //! Err(_) => { //! println!("Could not bring the thread back to normal priority.") //! } //! }; //! } //! Err(e) => { //! eprintln!("Error promoting thread to real-time: {}", e); //! } //! } //! //! ```
#![warn(missing_docs)]
use cfg_if::cfg_if; use std::error::Error; use std::fmt;
/// The OS-specific issue is available as `inner` #[derive(Debug)] pubstruct AudioThreadPriorityError {
message: String,
inner: Option<Box<dyn Error + 'static>>,
}
cfg_if! { if#[cfg(target_os = "macos")] { mod rt_mach; #[allow(unused, non_camel_case_types, non_snake_case, non_upper_case_globals)] mod mach_sys; externcrate mach; externcrate libc; use rt_mach::promote_current_thread_to_real_time_internal; use rt_mach::demote_current_thread_from_real_time_internal; use rt_mach::RtPriorityHandleInternal;
} elseif#[cfg(target_os = "windows")] { mod rt_win; use rt_win::promote_current_thread_to_real_time_internal; use rt_win::demote_current_thread_from_real_time_internal; use rt_win::RtPriorityHandleInternal;
} elseif#[cfg(all(target_os = "linux", feature = "dbus"))] { mod rt_linux; externcrate dbus; externcrate libc; use rt_linux::promote_current_thread_to_real_time_internal; use rt_linux::demote_current_thread_from_real_time_internal; use rt_linux::set_real_time_hard_limit_internal as set_real_time_hard_limit; use rt_linux::get_current_thread_info_internal; use rt_linux::promote_thread_to_real_time_internal; use rt_linux::demote_thread_from_real_time_internal; use rt_linux::RtPriorityThreadInfoInternal; use rt_linux::RtPriorityHandleInternal; #[no_mangle] /// Size of a RtPriorityThreadInfo or atp_thread_info struct, for use in FFI. pubstatic ATP_THREAD_INFO_SIZE: usize = std::mem::size_of::<RtPriorityThreadInfo>();
} else { // blanket implementations for Android, Linux Desktop without dbus and others pubstruct RtPriorityHandleInternal {} #[derive(Clone, Copy, PartialEq)] pubstruct RtPriorityThreadInfoInternal {
_dummy: u8
}
pubfn demote_thread_from_real_time_internal(_: RtPriorityThreadInfo) -> Result<(), AudioThreadPriorityError> { return Ok(());
} #[no_mangle] /// Size of a RtPriorityThreadInfo or atp_thread_info struct, for use in FFI. pubstatic ATP_THREAD_INFO_SIZE: usize = std::mem::size_of::<RtPriorityThreadInfo>();
}
}
/// Opaque handle to a thread handle structure. pubtype RtPriorityHandle = RtPriorityHandleInternal;
cfg_if! { if#[cfg(target_os = "linux")] { /// Opaque handle to a thread info. /// /// This can be serialized to raw bytes to be sent via IPC. /// /// This call is useful on Linux desktop only, when the process is sandboxed and /// cannot promote itself directly. pubtype RtPriorityThreadInfo = RtPriorityThreadInfoInternal;
/// Get the calling thread's information, to be able to promote it to real-time from somewhere /// else, later. /// /// This call is useful on Linux desktop only, when the process is sandboxed and /// cannot promote itself directly. /// /// # Return value /// /// Ok in case of success, with an opaque structure containing relevant info for the platform, Err /// otherwise. pubfn get_current_thread_info() -> Result<RtPriorityThreadInfo, AudioThreadPriorityError> {
get_current_thread_info_internal()
}
/// Return a byte buffer containing serialized information about a thread, to promote it to /// real-time from elsewhere. /// /// This call is useful on Linux desktop only, when the process is sandboxed and /// cannot promote itself directly. pubfn thread_info_serialize(
thread_info: RtPriorityThreadInfo,
) -> [u8; std::mem::size_of::<RtPriorityThreadInfo>()] {
thread_info.serialize()
}
/// From a byte buffer, return a `RtPriorityThreadInfo`. /// /// This call is useful on Linux desktop only, when the process is sandboxed and /// cannot promote itself directly. /// /// # Arguments /// /// A byte buffer containing a serializezd `RtPriorityThreadInfo`. pubfn thread_info_deserialize(
bytes: [u8; std::mem::size_of::<RtPriorityThreadInfo>()],
) -> RtPriorityThreadInfo {
RtPriorityThreadInfoInternal::deserialize(bytes)
}
/// Get the calling threads' information, to promote it from another process or thread, with a C /// API. /// /// This is intended to call on the thread that will end up being promoted to real time priority, /// but that cannot do it itself (probably because of sandboxing reasons). /// /// After use, it MUST be freed by calling `atp_free_thread_info`. /// /// # Return value /// /// A pointer to a struct that can be serialized and deserialized, and that can be passed to /// `atp_promote_thread_to_real_time`, even from another process. #[no_mangle] pubextern"C"fn atp_get_current_thread_info() -> *mut atp_thread_info { match get_current_thread_info() {
Ok(thread_info) => Box::into_raw(Box::new(atp_thread_info(thread_info))),
_ => std::ptr::null_mut(),
}
}
/// Frees a thread info, with a c api. /// /// # Arguments /// /// thread_info: the `atp_thread_info` structure to free. /// /// # Return value /// /// 0 in case of success, 1 otherwise (if `thread_info` is NULL). /// /// # Safety /// /// This function is safe only and only if the pointer comes from this library, of if is null. #[no_mangle] pubunsafeextern"C"fn atp_free_thread_info(thread_info: *mut atp_thread_info) -> i32 { if thread_info.is_null() { return1;
}
drop(Box::from_raw(thread_info)); 0
}
/// Return a byte buffer containing serialized information about a thread, to promote it to /// real-time from elsewhere, with a C API. /// /// `bytes` MUST be `std::mem::size_of<RtPriorityThreadInfo>()` bytes long. /// /// This is exposed in the C API as `ATP_THREAD_INFO_SIZE`. /// /// This call is useful on Linux desktop only, when the process is sandboxed, cannot promote itself /// directly, and the `atp_thread_info` struct must be passed via IPC. /// /// # Safety /// /// This function is safe only and only if the first pointer comes from this library, and the /// second pointer is at least ATP_THREAD_INFO_SIZE bytes long. #[no_mangle] pubunsafeextern"C"fn atp_serialize_thread_info(
thread_info: *mut atp_thread_info,
bytes: *mut libc::c_void,
) { let thread_info = &mut *thread_info; let source = thread_info.0.serialize();
std::ptr::copy(source.as_ptr(), bytes as *mut u8, source.len());
}
/// From a byte buffer, return a `RtPriorityThreadInfo`, with a C API. /// /// This call is useful on Linux desktop only, when the process is sandboxed and /// cannot promote itself directly. /// /// # Arguments /// /// A byte buffer containing a serializezd `RtPriorityThreadInfo`. /// /// # Safety /// /// This function is safe only and only if pointer is at least ATP_THREAD_INFO_SIZE bytes long. #[no_mangle] pubunsafeextern"C"fn atp_deserialize_thread_info(
in_bytes: *mut u8,
) -> *mut atp_thread_info { let bytes = *(in_bytes as *mut [u8; std::mem::size_of::<RtPriorityThreadInfoInternal>()]); let thread_info = RtPriorityThreadInfoInternal::deserialize(bytes); Box::into_raw(Box::new(atp_thread_info(thread_info)))
}
/// Promote a particular thread thread to real-time priority. /// /// This call is useful on Linux desktop only, when the process is sandboxed and /// cannot promote itself directly. /// /// # Arguments /// /// * `thread_info` - informations about the thread to promote, gathered using /// `get_current_thread_info`. /// * `audio_buffer_frames` - the exact or an upper limit on the number of frames that have to be /// rendered each callback, or 0 for a sensible default value. /// * `audio_samplerate_hz` - the sample-rate for this audio stream, in Hz. /// /// # Return value /// /// This function returns a `Result<RtPriorityHandle>`, which is an opaque struct to be passed to /// `demote_current_thread_from_real_time` to revert to the previous thread priority. pubfn promote_thread_to_real_time(
thread_info: RtPriorityThreadInfo,
audio_buffer_frames: u32,
audio_samplerate_hz: u32,
) -> Result<RtPriorityHandle, AudioThreadPriorityError> { if audio_samplerate_hz == 0 { return Err(AudioThreadPriorityError::new("sample rate is zero"));
}
promote_thread_to_real_time_internal(
thread_info,
audio_buffer_frames,
audio_samplerate_hz,
)
}
/// Demotes a thread from real-time priority. /// /// # Arguments /// /// * `thread_info` - An opaque struct returned from a successful call to /// `get_current_thread_info`. /// /// # Return value /// /// `Ok` in case of success, `Err` otherwise. pubfn demote_thread_from_real_time(thread_info: RtPriorityThreadInfo) -> Result<(), AudioThreadPriorityError> {
demote_thread_from_real_time_internal(thread_info)
}
/// Opaque info to a particular thread. #[allow(non_camel_case_types)] pubstruct atp_thread_info(RtPriorityThreadInfo);
/// Promote a specific thread to real-time, with a C API. /// /// This is useful when the thread to promote cannot make some system calls necessary to promote /// it. /// /// # Arguments /// /// `thread_info` - the information of the thread to promote to real-time, gather from calling /// `atp_get_current_thread_info` on the thread to promote. /// * `audio_buffer_frames` - the exact or an upper limit on the number of frames that have to be /// rendered each callback, or 0 for a sensible default value. /// * `audio_samplerate_hz` - the sample-rate for this audio stream, in Hz. /// /// # Return value /// /// A pointer to an `atp_handle` in case of success, NULL otherwise. /// /// # Safety /// /// This function is safe as long as the first pointer comes from this library. #[no_mangle] pubunsafeextern"C"fn atp_promote_thread_to_real_time(
thread_info: *mut atp_thread_info,
audio_buffer_frames: u32,
audio_samplerate_hz: u32,
) -> *mut atp_handle { let thread_info = &mut *thread_info; match promote_thread_to_real_time(thread_info.0, audio_buffer_frames, audio_samplerate_hz) {
Ok(handle) => Box::into_raw(Box::new(atp_handle(handle))),
_ => std::ptr::null_mut(),
}
}
/// Demote a thread promoted to from real-time, with a C API. /// /// # Arguments /// /// `handle` - an opaque struct received from a promoting function. /// /// # Return value /// /// 0 in case of success, non-zero otherwise. /// /// # Safety /// /// This function is safe as long as the first pointer comes from this library, or is null. #[no_mangle] pubunsafeextern"C"fn atp_demote_thread_from_real_time(thread_info: *mut atp_thread_info) -> i32 { if thread_info.is_null() { return1;
} let thread_info = (*thread_info).0;
/// Set a real-time limit for the calling thread. /// /// # Arguments /// /// `audio_buffer_frames` - the number of frames the audio callback has to render each quantum. 0 /// picks a rather high default value. /// `audio_samplerate_hz` - the sample-rate of the audio stream. /// /// # Return value /// /// 0 in case of success, 1 otherwise. #[no_mangle] pubextern"C"fn atp_set_real_time_limit(audio_buffer_frames: u32,
audio_samplerate_hz: u32) -> i32 { let r = set_real_time_hard_limit(audio_buffer_frames, audio_samplerate_hz); if r.is_err() { return1;
} 0
}
}
}
/// Promote the calling thread thread to real-time priority. /// /// # Arguments /// /// * `audio_buffer_frames` - the exact or an upper limit on the number of frames that have to be /// rendered each callback, or 0 for a sensible default value. /// * `audio_samplerate_hz` - the sample-rate for this audio stream, in Hz. /// /// # Return value /// /// This function returns a `Result<RtPriorityHandle>`, which is an opaque struct to be passed to /// `demote_current_thread_from_real_time` to revert to the previous thread priority. pubfn promote_current_thread_to_real_time(
audio_buffer_frames: u32,
audio_samplerate_hz: u32,
) -> Result<RtPriorityHandle, AudioThreadPriorityError> { if audio_samplerate_hz == 0 { return Err(AudioThreadPriorityError::new("sample rate is zero"));
}
promote_current_thread_to_real_time_internal(audio_buffer_frames, audio_samplerate_hz)
}
/// Demotes the calling thread from real-time priority. /// /// # Arguments /// /// * `handle` - An opaque struct returned from a successful call to /// `promote_current_thread_to_real_time`. /// /// # Return value /// /// `Ok` in scase of success, `Err` otherwise. pubfn demote_current_thread_from_real_time(
handle: RtPriorityHandle,
) -> Result<(), AudioThreadPriorityError> {
demote_current_thread_from_real_time_internal(handle)
}
/// Opaque handle for the C API #[allow(non_camel_case_types)] pubstruct atp_handle(RtPriorityHandle);
/// Promote the calling thread thread to real-time priority, with a C API. /// /// # Arguments /// /// * `audio_buffer_frames` - the exact or an upper limit on the number of frames that have to be /// rendered each callback, or 0 for a sensible default value. /// * `audio_samplerate_hz` - the sample-rate for this audio stream, in Hz. /// /// # Return value /// /// This function returns `NULL` in case of error: if it couldn't bump the thread, or if the /// `audio_samplerate_hz` is zero. It returns an opaque handle, to be passed to /// `atp_demote_current_thread_from_real_time` to demote the thread. /// /// Additionaly, NULL can be returned in sandboxed processes on Linux, when DBUS cannot be used in /// the process (for example because the socket to DBUS cannot be created). If this is the case, /// it's necessary to get the information from the thread to promote and ask another process to /// promote it (maybe via another privileged process). #[no_mangle] pubextern"C"fn atp_promote_current_thread_to_real_time(
audio_buffer_frames: u32,
audio_samplerate_hz: u32,
) -> *mut atp_handle { match promote_current_thread_to_real_time(audio_buffer_frames, audio_samplerate_hz) {
Ok(handle) => Box::into_raw(Box::new(atp_handle(handle))),
_ => std::ptr::null_mut(),
}
} /// Demotes the calling thread from real-time priority, with a C API. /// /// # Arguments /// /// * `atp_handle` - An opaque struct returned from a successful call to /// `atp_promote_current_thread_to_real_time`. /// /// # Return value /// /// 0 in case of success, non-zero in case of error. /// /// # Safety /// /// Only to be used with a valid pointer from this library -- not after having released it via /// atp_free_handle. #[no_mangle] pubunsafeextern"C"fn atp_demote_current_thread_from_real_time(handle: *mut atp_handle) -> i32 {
assert!(!handle.is_null()); let handle = Box::from_raw(handle);
/// Frees a handle, with a C API. /// /// This is useful when it impractical to call `atp_demote_current_thread_from_real_time` on the /// right thread. Access to the handle must be synchronized externaly, or the thread that was /// promoted to real-time priority must have exited. /// /// # Arguments /// /// * `atp_handle` - An opaque struct returned from a successful call to /// `atp_promote_current_thread_to_real_time`. /// /// # Return value /// /// 0 in case of success, non-zero in case of error. /// /// # Safety /// /// Should only be called to free something from this crate. #[no_mangle] pubunsafeextern"C"fn atp_free_handle(handle: *mut atp_handle) -> i32 { if handle.is_null() { return1;
} let _handle = Box::from_raw(handle); 0
}
#[cfg(test)] mod tests { usesuper::*; #[cfg(feature = "terminal-logging")] use simple_logger; #[test] fn it_works() { #[cfg(feature = "terminal-logging")]
simple_logger::init().unwrap();
{
assert!(promote_current_thread_to_real_time(0, 0).is_err());
}
{ match promote_current_thread_to_real_time(0, 44100) {
Ok(rt_prio_handle) => {
demote_current_thread_from_real_time(rt_prio_handle).unwrap();
assert!(true);
}
Err(e) => {
eprintln!("{}", e);
assert!(false);
}
}
}
{ match promote_current_thread_to_real_time(512, 44100) {
Ok(rt_prio_handle) => {
demote_current_thread_from_real_time(rt_prio_handle).unwrap();
assert!(true);
}
Err(e) => {
eprintln!("{}", e);
assert!(false);
}
}
}
{ // Try larger values to test https://github.com/mozilla/audio_thread_priority/pull/23 match promote_current_thread_to_real_time(0, 192000) {
Ok(rt_prio_handle) => {
demote_current_thread_from_real_time(rt_prio_handle).unwrap();
assert!(true);
}
Err(e) => {
eprintln!("{}", e);
assert!(false);
}
}
}
{ // Try larger values to test https://github.com/mozilla/audio_thread_priority/pull/23 match promote_current_thread_to_real_time(8192, 48000) {
Ok(rt_prio_handle) => {
demote_current_thread_from_real_time(rt_prio_handle).unwrap();
assert!(true);
}
Err(e) => {
eprintln!("{}", e);
assert!(false);
}
}
}
{ match promote_current_thread_to_real_time(512, 44100) {
Ok(_) => {
assert!(true);
}
Err(e) => {
eprintln!("{}", e);
assert!(false);
}
} // automatically deallocated, but not demoted until the thread exits.
}
}
#[test] fn it_works_in_different_threads() { let handles: Vec<_> = (0..32).map(|_| std::thread::spawn(it_works)).collect(); for handle in handles {
handle.join().unwrap()
}
}
cfg_if! { if#[cfg(target_os = "linux")] { use nix::unistd::*; use nix::sys::signal::*;
#[test] fn test_linux_api() {
{ let info = get_current_thread_info().unwrap(); match promote_thread_to_real_time(info, 512, 44100) {
Ok(_) => {
assert!(true);
}
Err(e) => {
eprintln!("{}", e);
assert!(false);
}
}
}
{ let info = get_current_thread_info().unwrap(); let bytes = info.serialize(); let info2 = RtPriorityThreadInfo::deserialize(bytes);
assert!(info == info2);
}
{ let info = get_current_thread_info().unwrap(); let bytes = thread_info_serialize(info); let info2 = thread_info_deserialize(bytes);
assert!(info == info2);
}
} #[test] fn test_remote_promotion() { let (rd, wr) = pipe().unwrap();
matchunsafe { fork().expect("fork failed") } {
ForkResult::Parent{ child } => {
eprintln!("Parent PID: {}", getpid()); letmut bytes = [0_u8; std::mem::size_of::<RtPriorityThreadInfo>()]; match read(rd, &mut bytes) {
Ok(_) => { let info = RtPriorityThreadInfo::deserialize(bytes); match promote_thread_to_real_time(info, 0, 44100) {
Ok(_) => {
eprintln!("thread promotion in the child from the parent succeeded");
assert!(true);
}
Err(_) => {
eprintln!("promotion Err");
kill(child, SIGKILL).expect("Could not kill the child?");
assert!(false);
}
}
}
Err(e) => {
eprintln!("could not read from the pipe: {}", e);
}
}
kill(child, SIGKILL).expect("Could not kill the child?");
}
ForkResult::Child => { let r = set_real_time_hard_limit(0, 44100); if r.is_err() {
eprintln!("Could not set RT limit, the test will fail.");
}
eprintln!("Child pid: {}", getpid()); let info = get_current_thread_info().unwrap(); let bytes = info.serialize(); match write(wr, &bytes) {
Ok(_) => { loop {
std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(1000));
eprintln!("child sleeping, waiting to be promoted...");
}
}
Err(_) => {
eprintln!("write error on the pipe.");
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
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