[rust.git] / src / libstd / rt / sched.rs

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use either::{Left, Right};
use option::{Option, Some, None};
use cast::{transmute, transmute_mut_region, transmute_mut_unsafe};
use clone::Clone;
use unstable::raw;
use super::sleeper_list::SleeperList;
use super::work_queue::WorkQueue;
use super::stack::{StackPool};
use super::rtio::{EventLoop, EventLoopObject, RemoteCallbackObject};
use super::context::Context;
use super::task::{Task, AnySched, Sched};
use super::message_queue::MessageQueue;
use rt::kill::BlockedTask;
use rt::local_ptr;
use rt::local::Local;
use rt::rtio::{RemoteCallback, PausibleIdleCallback};
use borrow::{to_uint};
use cell::Cell;
use rand::{XorShiftRng, RngUtil};
use iter::range;
use vec::{OwnedVector};

/// A scheduler is responsible for coordinating the execution of Tasks
/// on a single thread. The scheduler runs inside a slightly modified
/// Rust Task. When not running this task is stored in the scheduler
/// struct. The scheduler struct acts like a baton, all scheduling
/// actions are transfers of the baton.
///
/// XXX: This creates too many callbacks to run_sched_once, resulting
/// in too much allocation and too many events.
pub struct Scheduler {
    /// There are N work queues, one per scheduler.
    priv work_queue: WorkQueue<~Task>,
    /// Work queues for the other schedulers. These are created by
    /// cloning the core work queues.
    work_queues: ~[WorkQueue<~Task>],
    /// The queue of incoming messages from other schedulers.
    /// These are enqueued by SchedHandles after which a remote callback
    /// is triggered to handle the message.
    priv message_queue: MessageQueue<SchedMessage>,
    /// A shared list of sleeping schedulers. We'll use this to wake
    /// up schedulers when pushing work onto the work queue.
    sleeper_list: SleeperList,
    /// Indicates that we have previously pushed a handle onto the
    /// SleeperList but have not yet received the Wake message.
    /// Being `true` does not necessarily mean that the scheduler is
    /// not active since there are multiple event sources that may
    /// wake the scheduler. It just prevents the scheduler from pushing
    /// multiple handles onto the sleeper list.
    priv sleepy: bool,
    /// A flag to indicate we've received the shutdown message and should
    /// no longer try to go to sleep, but exit instead.
    no_sleep: bool,
    stack_pool: StackPool,
    /// The event loop used to drive the scheduler and perform I/O
    event_loop: ~EventLoopObject,
    /// The scheduler runs on a special task. When it is not running
    /// it is stored here instead of the work queue.
    sched_task: Option<~Task>,
    /// An action performed after a context switch on behalf of the
    /// code running before the context switch
    cleanup_job: Option<CleanupJob>,
    /// Should this scheduler run any task, or only pinned tasks?
    run_anything: bool,
    /// If the scheduler shouldn't run some tasks, a friend to send
    /// them to.
    friend_handle: Option<SchedHandle>,
    /// A fast XorShift rng for scheduler use
    rng: XorShiftRng,
    /// A toggleable idle callback
    idle_callback: Option<~PausibleIdleCallback>
}

/// An indication of how hard to work on a given operation, the difference
/// mainly being whether memory is synchronized or not
#[deriving(Eq)]
enum EffortLevel {
    DontTryTooHard,
    GiveItYourBest
}

impl Scheduler {

    // * Initialization Functions

    pub fn new(event_loop: ~EventLoopObject,
               work_queue: WorkQueue<~Task>,
               work_queues: ~[WorkQueue<~Task>],
               sleeper_list: SleeperList)
        -> Scheduler {

        Scheduler::new_special(event_loop, work_queue,
                               work_queues,
                               sleeper_list, true, None)

    }

    pub fn new_special(event_loop: ~EventLoopObject,
                       work_queue: WorkQueue<~Task>,
                       work_queues: ~[WorkQueue<~Task>],
                       sleeper_list: SleeperList,
                       run_anything: bool,
                       friend: Option<SchedHandle>)
        -> Scheduler {

        Scheduler {
            sleeper_list: sleeper_list,
            message_queue: MessageQueue::new(),
            sleepy: false,
            no_sleep: false,
            event_loop: event_loop,
            work_queue: work_queue,
            work_queues: work_queues,
            stack_pool: StackPool::new(),
            sched_task: None,
            cleanup_job: None,
            run_anything: run_anything,
            friend_handle: friend,
            rng: XorShiftRng::new(),
            idle_callback: None
        }
    }

    // XXX: This may eventually need to be refactored so that
    // the scheduler itself doesn't have to call event_loop.run.
    // That will be important for embedding the runtime into external
    // event loops.

    // Take a main task to run, and a scheduler to run it in. Create a
    // scheduler task and bootstrap into it.
    pub fn bootstrap(~self, task: ~Task) {

        let mut this = self;

        // Build an Idle callback.
        this.idle_callback = Some(this.event_loop.pausible_idle_callback());

        // Initialize the TLS key.
        local_ptr::init_tls_key();

        // Create a task for the scheduler with an empty context.
        let sched_task = ~Task::new_sched_task();

        // Now that we have an empty task struct for the scheduler
        // task, put it in TLS.
        Local::put::(sched_task);

        // Before starting our first task, make sure the idle callback
        // is active. As we do not start in the sleep state this is
        // important.
        this.idle_callback.get_mut_ref().start(Scheduler::run_sched_once);

        // Now, as far as all the scheduler state is concerned, we are
        // inside the "scheduler" context. So we can act like the
        // scheduler and resume the provided task.
        this.resume_task_immediately(task);

        // Now we are back in the scheduler context, having
        // successfully run the input task. Start by running the
        // scheduler. Grab it out of TLS - performing the scheduler
        // action will have given it away.
        let sched: ~Scheduler = Local::take();

        rtdebug!("starting scheduler %u", sched.sched_id());
        sched.run();

        // Close the idle callback.
        let mut sched: ~Scheduler = Local::take();
        sched.idle_callback.get_mut_ref().close();
        // Make one go through the loop to run the close callback.
        sched.run();

        // Now that we are done with the scheduler, clean up the
        // scheduler task. Do so by removing it from TLS and manually
        // cleaning up the memory it uses. As we didn't actually call
        // task.run() on the scheduler task we never get through all
        // the cleanup code it runs.
        let mut stask: ~Task = Local::take();

        rtdebug!("stopping scheduler %u", stask.sched.get_ref().sched_id());

        // Should not have any messages
        let message = stask.sched.get_mut_ref().message_queue.pop();
        rtassert!(message.is_none());

        stask.destroyed = true;
    }

    // This does not return a scheduler, as the scheduler is placed
    // inside the task.
    pub fn run(~self) {

        let mut self_sched = self;

        // This is unsafe because we need to place the scheduler, with
        // the event_loop inside, inside our task. But we still need a
        // mutable reference to the event_loop to give it the "run"
        // command.
        unsafe {
            let event_loop: *mut ~EventLoopObject = &mut self_sched.event_loop;

            // Our scheduler must be in the task before the event loop
            // is started.
            let self_sched = Cell::new(self_sched);
            do Local::borrow |stask: &mut Task| {
                stask.sched = Some(self_sched.take());
            };

            (*event_loop).run();
        }
    }

    // * Execution Functions - Core Loop Logic

    // The model for this function is that you continue through it
    // until you either use the scheduler while performing a schedule
    // action, in which case you give it away and return early, or
    // you reach the end and sleep. In the case that a scheduler
    // action is performed the loop is evented such that this function
    // is called again.
    fn run_sched_once() {

        // When we reach the scheduler context via the event loop we
        // already have a scheduler stored in our local task, so we
        // start off by taking it. This is the only path through the
        // scheduler where we get the scheduler this way.
        let mut sched: ~Scheduler = Local::take();

        // Assume that we need to continue idling unless we reach the
        // end of this function without performing an action.
        sched.idle_callback.get_mut_ref().resume();

        // First we check for scheduler messages, these are higher
        // priority than regular tasks.
        let sched = match sched.interpret_message_queue(DontTryTooHard) {
            Some(sched) => sched,
            None => return
        };

        // This helper will use a randomized work-stealing algorithm
        // to find work.
        let sched = match sched.do_work() {
            Some(sched) => sched,
            None => return
        };

        // Now, before sleeping we need to find out if there really
        // were any messages. Give it your best!
        let mut sched = match sched.interpret_message_queue(GiveItYourBest) {
            Some(sched) => sched,
            None => return
        };

        // If we got here then there was no work to do.
        // Generate a SchedHandle and push it to the sleeper list so
        // somebody can wake us up later.
        if !sched.sleepy && !sched.no_sleep {
            rtdebug!("scheduler has no work to do, going to sleep");
            sched.sleepy = true;
            let handle = sched.make_handle();
            sched.sleeper_list.push(handle);
            // Since we are sleeping, deactivate the idle callback.
            sched.idle_callback.get_mut_ref().pause();
        } else {
            rtdebug!("not sleeping, already doing so or no_sleep set");
            // We may not be sleeping, but we still need to deactivate
            // the idle callback.
            sched.idle_callback.get_mut_ref().pause();
        }

        // Finished a cycle without using the Scheduler. Place it back
        // in TLS.
        Local::put(sched);
    }

    // This function returns None if the scheduler is "used", or it
    // returns the still-available scheduler. At this point all
    // message-handling will count as a turn of work, and as a result
    // return None.
    fn interpret_message_queue(~self, effort: EffortLevel) -> Option<~Scheduler> {

        let mut this = self;

        let msg = if effort == DontTryTooHard {
            // Do a cheap check that may miss messages
            this.message_queue.casual_pop()
        } else {
            this.message_queue.pop()
        };

        match msg {
            Some(PinnedTask(task)) => {
                let mut task = task;
                task.give_home(Sched(this.make_handle()));
                this.resume_task_immediately(task);
                return None;
            }
            Some(TaskFromFriend(task)) => {
                rtdebug!("got a task from a friend. lovely!");
                this.process_task(task,
                                  Scheduler::resume_task_immediately_cl).map_move(Local::put);
                return None;
            }
            Some(Wake) => {
                this.sleepy = false;
                Local::put(this);
                return None;
            }
            Some(Shutdown) => {
                rtdebug!("shutting down");
                if this.sleepy {
                    // There may be an outstanding handle on the
                    // sleeper list.  Pop them all to make sure that's
                    // not the case.
                    loop {
                        match this.sleeper_list.pop() {
                            Some(handle) => {
                                let mut handle = handle;
                                handle.send(Wake);
                            }
                            None => break
                        }
                    }
                }
                // No more sleeping. After there are no outstanding
                // event loop references we will shut down.
                this.no_sleep = true;
                this.sleepy = false;
                Local::put(this);
                return None;
            }
            None => {
                return Some(this);
            }
        }
    }

    fn do_work(~self) -> Option<~Scheduler> {
        let mut this = self;

        rtdebug!("scheduler calling do work");
        match this.find_work() {
            Some(task) => {
                rtdebug!("found some work! processing the task");
                return this.process_task(task,
                                         Scheduler::resume_task_immediately_cl);
            }
            None => {
                rtdebug!("no work was found, returning the scheduler struct");
                return Some(this);
            }
        }
    }

    // Workstealing: In this iteration of the runtime each scheduler
    // thread has a distinct work queue. When no work is available
    // locally, make a few attempts to steal work from the queues of
    // other scheduler threads. If a few steals fail we end up in the
    // old "no work" path which is fine.

    // First step in the process is to find a task. This function does
    // that by first checking the local queue, and if there is no work
    // there, trying to steal from the remote work queues.
    fn find_work(&mut self) -> Option<~Task> {
        rtdebug!("scheduler looking for work");
        match self.work_queue.pop() {
            Some(task) => {
                rtdebug!("found a task locally");
                return Some(task)
            }
            None => {
                // Our naive stealing, try kinda hard.
                rtdebug!("scheduler trying to steal");
                let len = self.work_queues.len();
                return self.try_steals(len/2);
            }
        }
    }

    // With no backoff try stealing n times from the queues the
    // scheduler knows about. This naive implementation can steal from
    // our own queue or from other special schedulers.
    fn try_steals(&mut self, n: uint) -> Option<~Task> {
        for _ in range(0, n) {
            let index = self.rng.gen_uint_range(0, self.work_queues.len());
            let work_queues = &mut self.work_queues;
            match work_queues[index].steal() {
                Some(task) => {
                    rtdebug!("found task by stealing");
                    return Some(task)
                }
                None => ()
            }
        };
        rtdebug!("giving up on stealing");
        return None;
    }

    // * Task Routing Functions - Make sure tasks send up in the right
    // place.

    fn process_task(~self, task: ~Task,
                    schedule_fn: SchedulingFn) -> Option<~Scheduler> {
        let mut this = self;
        let mut task = task;

        rtdebug!("processing a task");

        let home = task.take_unwrap_home();
        match home {
            Sched(home_handle) => {
                if home_handle.sched_id != this.sched_id() {
                    rtdebug!("sending task home");
                    task.give_home(Sched(home_handle));
                    Scheduler::send_task_home(task);
                    return Some(this);
                } else {
                    rtdebug!("running task here");
                    task.give_home(Sched(home_handle));
                    return schedule_fn(this, task);
                }
            }
            AnySched if this.run_anything => {
                rtdebug!("running anysched task here");
                task.give_home(AnySched);
                return schedule_fn(this, task);
            }
            AnySched => {
                rtdebug!("sending task to friend");
                task.give_home(AnySched);
                this.send_to_friend(task);
                return Some(this);
            }
        }
    }

    fn send_task_home(task: ~Task) {
        let mut task = task;
        let mut home = task.take_unwrap_home();
        match home {
            Sched(ref mut home_handle) => {
                home_handle.send(PinnedTask(task));
            }
            AnySched => {
                        rtabort!("error: cannot send anysched task home");
            }
        }
    }

    /// Take a non-homed task we aren't allowed to run here and send
    /// it to the designated friend scheduler to execute.
    fn send_to_friend(&mut self, task: ~Task) {
        rtdebug!("sending a task to friend");
        match self.friend_handle {
            Some(ref mut handle) => {
                handle.send(TaskFromFriend(task));
            }
            None => {
                rtabort!("tried to send task to a friend but scheduler has no friends");
            }
        }
    }

    /// Schedule a task to be executed later.
    ///
    /// Pushes the task onto the work stealing queue and tells the
    /// event loop to run it later. Always use this instead of pushing
    /// to the work queue directly.
    pub fn enqueue_task(&mut self, task: ~Task) {

        let this = self;

        // We push the task onto our local queue clone.
        this.work_queue.push(task);
        this.idle_callback.get_mut_ref().resume();

        // We've made work available. Notify a
        // sleeping scheduler.

        match this.sleeper_list.casual_pop() {
            Some(handle) => {
                        let mut handle = handle;
                handle.send(Wake)
            }
            None => { (/* pass */) }
        };
    }

    /// As enqueue_task, but with the possibility for the blocked task to
    /// already have been killed.
    pub fn enqueue_blocked_task(&mut self, blocked_task: BlockedTask) {
        do blocked_task.wake().map_move |task| {
            self.enqueue_task(task);
        };
    }

    // * Core Context Switching Functions

    // The primary function for changing contexts. In the current
    // design the scheduler is just a slightly modified GreenTask, so
    // all context swaps are from Task to Task. The only difference
    // between the various cases is where the inputs come from, and
    // what is done with the resulting task. That is specified by the
    // cleanup function f, which takes the scheduler and the
    // old task as inputs.

    pub fn change_task_context(~self,
                               next_task: ~Task,
                               f: &fn(&mut Scheduler, ~Task)) {
        let mut this = self;

        // The current task is grabbed from TLS, not taken as an input.
        // Doing an unsafe_take to avoid writing back a null pointer -
        // We're going to call `put` later to do that.
        let current_task: ~Task = unsafe { Local::unsafe_take() };

        // Check that the task is not in an atomically() section (e.g.,
        // holding a pthread mutex, which could deadlock the scheduler).
        current_task.death.assert_may_sleep();

        // These transmutes do something fishy with a closure.
        let f_fake_region = unsafe {
            transmute::<&fn(&mut Scheduler, ~Task),
                        &fn(&mut Scheduler, ~Task)>(f)
        };
        let f_opaque = ClosureConverter::from_fn(f_fake_region);

        // The current task is placed inside an enum with the cleanup
        // function. This enum is then placed inside the scheduler.
        this.cleanup_job = Some(CleanupJob::new(current_task, f_opaque));

        // The scheduler is then placed inside the next task.
        let mut next_task = next_task;
        next_task.sched = Some(this);

        // However we still need an internal mutable pointer to the
        // original task. The strategy here was "arrange memory, then
        // get pointers", so we crawl back up the chain using
        // transmute to eliminate borrowck errors.
        unsafe {

            let sched: &mut Scheduler =
                transmute_mut_region(*next_task.sched.get_mut_ref());

            let current_task: &mut Task = match sched.cleanup_job {
                Some(CleanupJob { task: ref task, _ }) => {
                    let task_ptr: *~Task = task;
                    transmute_mut_region(*transmute_mut_unsafe(task_ptr))
                }
                None => {
                    rtabort!("no cleanup job");
                }
            };

            let (current_task_context, next_task_context) =
                Scheduler::get_contexts(current_task, next_task);

            // Done with everything - put the next task in TLS. This
            // works because due to transmute the borrow checker
            // believes that we have no internal pointers to
            // next_task.
            Local::put(next_task);

            // The raw context swap operation. The next action taken
            // will be running the cleanup job from the context of the
            // next task.
            Context::swap(current_task_context, next_task_context);
        }

        // When the context swaps back to this task we immediately
        // run the cleanup job, as expected by the previously called
        // swap_contexts function.
        unsafe {
            let task: *mut Task = Local::unsafe_borrow();
            (*task).sched.get_mut_ref().run_cleanup_job();

            // Must happen after running the cleanup job (of course).
            (*task).death.check_killed((*task).unwinder.unwinding);
        }
    }

    // Returns a mutable reference to both contexts involved in this
    // swap. This is unsafe - we are getting mutable internal
    // references to keep even when we don't own the tasks. It looks
    // kinda safe because we are doing transmutes before passing in
    // the arguments.
    pub fn get_contexts<'a>(current_task: &mut Task, next_task: &mut Task) ->
        (&'a mut Context, &'a mut Context) {
        let current_task_context =
            &mut current_task.coroutine.get_mut_ref().saved_context;
        let next_task_context =
                &mut next_task.coroutine.get_mut_ref().saved_context;
        unsafe {
            (transmute_mut_region(current_task_context),
             transmute_mut_region(next_task_context))
        }
    }

    // * Context Swapping Helpers - Here be ugliness!

    pub fn resume_task_immediately(~self, task: ~Task) -> Option<~Scheduler> {
        do self.change_task_context(task) |sched, stask| {
            sched.sched_task = Some(stask);
        }
        return None;
    }

    fn resume_task_immediately_cl(sched: ~Scheduler,
                                  task: ~Task) -> Option<~Scheduler> {
        sched.resume_task_immediately(task)
    }


    pub fn resume_blocked_task_immediately(~self, blocked_task: BlockedTask) {
        match blocked_task.wake() {
            Some(task) => { self.resume_task_immediately(task); }
            None => Local::put(self)
        };
    }

    /// Block a running task, context switch to the scheduler, then pass the
    /// blocked task to a closure.
    ///
    /// # Safety note
    ///
    /// The closure here is a *stack* closure that lives in the
    /// running task.  It gets transmuted to the scheduler's lifetime
    /// and called while the task is blocked.
    ///
    /// This passes a Scheduler pointer to the fn after the context switch
    /// in order to prevent that fn from performing further scheduling operations.
    /// Doing further scheduling could easily result in infinite recursion.
    pub fn deschedule_running_task_and_then(~self, f: &fn(&mut Scheduler, BlockedTask)) {
        // Trickier - we need to get the scheduler task out of self
        // and use it as the destination.
        let mut this = self;
        let stask = this.sched_task.take_unwrap();
        // Otherwise this is the same as below.
        this.switch_running_tasks_and_then(stask, f);
    }

    pub fn switch_running_tasks_and_then(~self, next_task: ~Task,
                                         f: &fn(&mut Scheduler, BlockedTask)) {
        // This is where we convert the BlockedTask-taking closure into one
        // that takes just a Task, and is aware of the block-or-killed protocol.
        do self.change_task_context(next_task) |sched, task| {
            // Task might need to receive a kill signal instead of blocking.
            // We can call the "and_then" only if it blocks successfully.
            match BlockedTask::try_block(task) {
                Left(killed_task) => sched.enqueue_task(killed_task),
                Right(blocked_task) => f(sched, blocked_task),
            }
        }
    }

    fn switch_task(sched: ~Scheduler, task: ~Task) -> Option<~Scheduler> {
        do sched.switch_running_tasks_and_then(task) |sched, last_task| {
            sched.enqueue_blocked_task(last_task);
        };
        return None;
    }

    // * Task Context Helpers

    /// Called by a running task to end execution, after which it will
    /// be recycled by the scheduler for reuse in a new task.
    pub fn terminate_current_task(~self) {
        // Similar to deschedule running task and then, but cannot go through
        // the task-blocking path. The task is already dying.
        let mut this = self;
        let stask = this.sched_task.take_unwrap();
        do this.change_task_context(stask) |sched, mut dead_task| {
            let coroutine = dead_task.coroutine.take_unwrap();
            coroutine.recycle(&mut sched.stack_pool);
        }
    }

    pub fn run_task(task: ~Task) {
        let sched: ~Scheduler = Local::take();
        sched.process_task(task, Scheduler::switch_task).map_move(Local::put);
    }

    pub fn run_task_later(next_task: ~Task) {
        let next_task = Cell::new(next_task);
        do Local::borrow |sched: &mut Scheduler| {
            sched.enqueue_task(next_task.take());
        };
    }

    // * Utility Functions

    pub fn sched_id(&self) -> uint { to_uint(self) }

    pub fn run_cleanup_job(&mut self) {
        let cleanup_job = self.cleanup_job.take_unwrap();
        cleanup_job.run(self);
    }

    pub fn make_handle(&mut self) -> SchedHandle {
        let remote = self.event_loop.remote_callback(Scheduler::run_sched_once);

        return SchedHandle {
            remote: remote,
            queue: self.message_queue.clone(),
            sched_id: self.sched_id()
        };
    }
}

// Supporting types

type SchedulingFn = ~fn(~Scheduler, ~Task) -> Option<~Scheduler>;

pub enum SchedMessage {
    Wake,
    Shutdown,
    PinnedTask(~Task),
    TaskFromFriend(~Task)
}

pub struct SchedHandle {
    priv remote: ~RemoteCallbackObject,
    priv queue: MessageQueue<SchedMessage>,
    sched_id: uint
}

impl SchedHandle {
    pub fn send(&mut self, msg: SchedMessage) {
        self.queue.push(msg);
        self.remote.fire();
    }
}

struct CleanupJob {
    task: ~Task,
    f: UnsafeTaskReceiver
}

impl CleanupJob {
    pub fn new(task: ~Task, f: UnsafeTaskReceiver) -> CleanupJob {
        CleanupJob {
            task: task,
            f: f
        }
    }

    pub fn run(self, sched: &mut Scheduler) {
        let CleanupJob { task: task, f: f } = self;
        f.to_fn()(sched, task)
    }
}

// XXX: Some hacks to put a &fn in Scheduler without borrowck
// complaining
type UnsafeTaskReceiver = raw::Closure;
trait ClosureConverter {
    fn from_fn(&fn(&mut Scheduler, ~Task)) -> Self;
    fn to_fn(self) -> &fn(&mut Scheduler, ~Task);
}
impl ClosureConverter for UnsafeTaskReceiver {
    fn from_fn(f: &fn(&mut Scheduler, ~Task)) -> UnsafeTaskReceiver {
        unsafe { transmute(f) }
    }
    fn to_fn(self) -> &fn(&mut Scheduler, ~Task) { unsafe { transmute(self) } }
}

#[cfg(test)]
mod test {
    extern mod extra;

    use prelude::*;
    use rt::test::*;
    use unstable::run_in_bare_thread;
    use borrow::to_uint;
    use rt::local::*;
    use rt::sched::{Scheduler};
    use cell::Cell;
    use rt::thread::Thread;
    use rt::task::{Task, Sched};
    use rt::util;
    use option::{Some};

    #[test]
    fn trivial_run_in_newsched_task_test() {
        let mut task_ran = false;
        let task_ran_ptr: *mut bool = &mut task_ran;
        do run_in_newsched_task || {
            unsafe { *task_ran_ptr = true };
            rtdebug!("executed from the new scheduler")
        }
        assert!(task_ran);
    }

    #[test]
    fn multiple_task_test() {
        let total = 10;
        let mut task_run_count = 0;
        let task_run_count_ptr: *mut uint = &mut task_run_count;
        do run_in_newsched_task || {
            for _ in range(0u, total) {
                do spawntask || {
                    unsafe { *task_run_count_ptr = *task_run_count_ptr + 1};
                }
            }
        }
        assert!(task_run_count == total);
    }

    #[test]
    fn multiple_task_nested_test() {
        let mut task_run_count = 0;
        let task_run_count_ptr: *mut uint = &mut task_run_count;
        do run_in_newsched_task || {
            do spawntask || {
                unsafe { *task_run_count_ptr = *task_run_count_ptr + 1 };
                do spawntask || {
                    unsafe { *task_run_count_ptr = *task_run_count_ptr + 1 };
                    do spawntask || {
                        unsafe { *task_run_count_ptr = *task_run_count_ptr + 1 };
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        assert!(task_run_count == 3);
    }

    // Confirm that a sched_id actually is the uint form of the
    // pointer to the scheduler struct.
    #[test]
    fn simple_sched_id_test() {
        do run_in_bare_thread {
            let sched = ~new_test_uv_sched();
            assert!(to_uint(sched) == sched.sched_id());
        }
    }

    // Compare two scheduler ids that are different, this should never
    // fail but may catch a mistake someday.
    #[test]
    fn compare_sched_id_test() {
        do run_in_bare_thread {
            let sched_one = ~new_test_uv_sched();
            let sched_two = ~new_test_uv_sched();
            assert!(sched_one.sched_id() != sched_two.sched_id());
        }
    }


    // A very simple test that confirms that a task executing on the
    // home scheduler notices that it is home.
    #[test]
    fn test_home_sched() {
        do run_in_bare_thread {
            let mut task_ran = false;
            let task_ran_ptr: *mut bool = &mut task_ran;

            let mut sched = ~new_test_uv_sched();
            let sched_handle = sched.make_handle();

            let mut task = ~do Task::new_root_homed(&mut sched.stack_pool, None,
                                                Sched(sched_handle)) {
                unsafe { *task_ran_ptr = true };
                assert!(Task::on_appropriate_sched());
            };

            let on_exit: ~fn(bool) = |exit_status| rtassert!(exit_status);
            task.death.on_exit = Some(on_exit);

            sched.bootstrap(task);
        }
    }

    // An advanced test that checks all four possible states that a
    // (task,sched) can be in regarding homes.

    #[test]
    fn test_schedule_home_states() {

        use rt::uv::uvio::UvEventLoop;
        use rt::sleeper_list::SleeperList;
        use rt::work_queue::WorkQueue;
        use rt::sched::Shutdown;
        use borrow;
        use rt::comm::*;

        do run_in_bare_thread {

            let sleepers = SleeperList::new();
            let normal_queue = WorkQueue::new();
            let special_queue = WorkQueue::new();
            let queues = ~[normal_queue.clone(), special_queue.clone()];

            // Our normal scheduler
            let mut normal_sched = ~Scheduler::new(
                ~UvEventLoop::new(),
                normal_queue,
                queues.clone(),
                sleepers.clone());

            let normal_handle = Cell::new(normal_sched.make_handle());

            let friend_handle = normal_sched.make_handle();

            // Our special scheduler
            let mut special_sched = ~Scheduler::new_special(
                ~UvEventLoop::new(),
                special_queue.clone(),
                queues.clone(),
                sleepers.clone(),
                false,
                Some(friend_handle));

            let special_handle = Cell::new(special_sched.make_handle());

            let t1_handle = special_sched.make_handle();
            let t4_handle = special_sched.make_handle();

            // Four test tasks:
            //   1) task is home on special
            //   2) task not homed, sched doesn't care
            //   3) task not homed, sched requeues
            //   4) task not home, send home

            let task1 = ~do Task::new_root_homed(&mut special_sched.stack_pool, None,
                                                 Sched(t1_handle)) || {
                rtassert!(Task::on_appropriate_sched());
            };
            rtdebug!("task1 id: **%u**", borrow::to_uint(task1));

            let task2 = ~do Task::new_root(&mut normal_sched.stack_pool, None) {
                rtassert!(Task::on_appropriate_sched());
            };

            let task3 = ~do Task::new_root(&mut normal_sched.stack_pool, None) {
                rtassert!(Task::on_appropriate_sched());
            };

            let task4 = ~do Task::new_root_homed(&mut special_sched.stack_pool, None,
                                                 Sched(t4_handle)) {
                rtassert!(Task::on_appropriate_sched());
            };
            rtdebug!("task4 id: **%u**", borrow::to_uint(task4));

            let task1 = Cell::new(task1);
            let task2 = Cell::new(task2);
            let task3 = Cell::new(task3);
            let task4 = Cell::new(task4);

            // Signal from the special task that we are done.
            let (port, chan) = oneshot::<()>();
            let port = Cell::new(port);
            let chan = Cell::new(chan);

            let normal_task = ~do Task::new_root(&mut normal_sched.stack_pool, None) {
                rtdebug!("*about to submit task2*");
                Scheduler::run_task(task2.take());
                rtdebug!("*about to submit task4*");
                Scheduler::run_task(task4.take());
                rtdebug!("*normal_task done*");
                port.take().recv();
                let mut nh = normal_handle.take();
                nh.send(Shutdown);
                let mut sh = special_handle.take();
                sh.send(Shutdown);
            };

            rtdebug!("normal task: %u", borrow::to_uint(normal_task));

            let special_task = ~do Task::new_root(&mut special_sched.stack_pool, None) {
                rtdebug!("*about to submit task1*");
                Scheduler::run_task(task1.take());
                rtdebug!("*about to submit task3*");
                Scheduler::run_task(task3.take());
                rtdebug!("*done with special_task*");
                chan.take().send(());
            };

            rtdebug!("special task: %u", borrow::to_uint(special_task));

            let special_sched = Cell::new(special_sched);
            let normal_sched = Cell::new(normal_sched);
            let special_task = Cell::new(special_task);
            let normal_task = Cell::new(normal_task);

            let normal_thread = do Thread::start {
                normal_sched.take().bootstrap(normal_task.take());
                rtdebug!("finished with normal_thread");
            };

            let special_thread = do Thread::start {
                special_sched.take().bootstrap(special_task.take());
                rtdebug!("finished with special_sched");
            };

            normal_thread.join();
            special_thread.join();
        }
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_stress_schedule_task_states() {
        if util::limit_thread_creation_due_to_osx_and_valgrind() { return; }
        let n = stress_factor() * 120;
        for _ in range(0, n as int) {
            test_schedule_home_states();
        }
    }

    #[test]
    fn test_io_callback() {
        // This is a regression test that when there are no schedulable tasks
        // in the work queue, but we are performing I/O, that once we do put
        // something in the work queue again the scheduler picks it up and doesn't
        // exit before emptying the work queue
        do run_in_newsched_task {
            do spawntask {
                let sched: ~Scheduler = Local::take();
                do sched.deschedule_running_task_and_then |sched, task| {
                    let task = Cell::new(task);
                    do sched.event_loop.callback_ms(10) {
                        rtdebug!("in callback");
                        let mut sched: ~Scheduler = Local::take();
                        sched.enqueue_blocked_task(task.take());
                        Local::put(sched);
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }

    #[test]
    fn handle() {
        use rt::comm::*;

        do run_in_bare_thread {
            let (port, chan) = oneshot::<()>();
            let port = Cell::new(port);
            let chan = Cell::new(chan);

            let thread_one = do Thread::start {
                let chan = Cell::new(chan.take());
                do run_in_newsched_task_core {
                    chan.take().send(());
                }
            };

            let thread_two = do Thread::start {
                let port = Cell::new(port.take());
                do run_in_newsched_task_core {
                    port.take().recv();
                }
            };

            thread_two.join();
            thread_one.join();
        }
    }

    // A regression test that the final message is always handled.
    // Used to deadlock because Shutdown was never recvd.
    #[test]
    fn no_missed_messages() {
        use rt::work_queue::WorkQueue;
        use rt::sleeper_list::SleeperList;
        use rt::stack::StackPool;
        use rt::uv::uvio::UvEventLoop;
        use rt::sched::{Shutdown, TaskFromFriend};
        use util;

        do run_in_bare_thread {
            do stress_factor().times {
                let sleepers = SleeperList::new();
                let queue = WorkQueue::new();
                let queues = ~[queue.clone()];

                let mut sched = ~Scheduler::new(
                    ~UvEventLoop::new(),
                    queue,
                    queues.clone(),
                    sleepers.clone());

                let mut handle = sched.make_handle();

                let sched = Cell::new(sched);

                let thread = do Thread::start {
                    let mut sched = sched.take();
                    let bootstrap_task = ~Task::new_root(&mut sched.stack_pool, None, ||());
                    sched.bootstrap(bootstrap_task);
                };

                let mut stack_pool = StackPool::new();
                let task = ~Task::new_root(&mut stack_pool, None, ||());
                handle.send(TaskFromFriend(task));

                handle.send(Shutdown);
                util::ignore(handle);

                thread.join();
            }
        }
    }

    #[test]
    fn multithreading() {
        use rt::comm::*;
        use num::Times;
        use vec::OwnedVector;
        use container::Container;

        do run_in_mt_newsched_task {
            let mut ports = ~[];
            do 10.times {
                let (port, chan) = oneshot();
                let chan_cell = Cell::new(chan);
                do spawntask_later {
                    chan_cell.take().send(());
                }
                ports.push(port);
            }

            while !ports.is_empty() {
                ports.pop().recv();
            }
        }
    }

     #[test]
    fn thread_ring() {
        use rt::comm::*;
        use comm::{GenericPort, GenericChan};

        do run_in_mt_newsched_task {
                let (end_port, end_chan) = oneshot();

            let n_tasks = 10;
            let token = 2000;

                let (p, ch1) = stream();
            let mut p = p;
                ch1.send((token, end_chan));
                let mut i = 2;
            while i <= n_tasks {
                let (next_p, ch) = stream();
                let imm_i = i;
                let imm_p = p;
                do spawntask_random {
                    roundtrip(imm_i, n_tasks, &imm_p, &ch);
                };
                p = next_p;
                i += 1;
            }
            let imm_p = p;
            let imm_ch = ch1;
            do spawntask_random {
                roundtrip(1, n_tasks, &imm_p, &imm_ch);
            }

            end_port.recv();
        }

        fn roundtrip(id: int, n_tasks: int,
                     p: &Port<(int, ChanOne<()>)>, ch: &Chan<(int, ChanOne<()>)>) {
            while (true) {
                match p.recv() {
                    (1, end_chan) => {
                                        debug!("%d\n", id);
                                end_chan.send(());
                                return;
                    }
                    (token, end_chan) => {
                        debug!("thread: %d   got token: %d", id, token);
                        ch.send((token - 1, end_chan));
                        if token <= n_tasks {
                            return;
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }

    #[test]
    fn start_closure_dtor() {
        use ops::Drop;

        // Regression test that the `start` task entrypoint can
        // contain dtors that use task resources
        do run_in_newsched_task {
            struct S { field: () }

            impl Drop for S {
                fn drop(&self) {
                        let _foo = @0;
                }
            }

            let s = S { field: () };

            do spawntask {
                        let _ss = &s;
            }
        }
    }

}