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pthread: Fix pthread_cond_timedwait returning early from timeout
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The reason timeouts would sometimes happen before the abstime deadline was due
to rounding errors converting the timeout to milliseconds, and also because
vTaskDelay(1) only delays until the next tick which is less than one full tick
period.

Closes #6901
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projectgus authored and espressif-bot committed Jun 22, 2021
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20 changes: 17 additions & 3 deletions components/pthread/pthread_cond_var.c
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Expand Up @@ -128,7 +128,8 @@ int pthread_cond_timedwait(pthread_cond_t *cv, pthread_mutex_t *mut, const struc
gettimeofday(&cur_time, NULL);

abs_time.tv_sec = to->tv_sec;
abs_time.tv_usec = to->tv_nsec / 1000;
// Round up nanoseconds to the next microsecond
abs_time.tv_usec = (to->tv_nsec + 1000 - 1) / 1000;

if (timercmp(&abs_time, &cur_time, <)) {
/* As per the pthread spec, if the time has already
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timeout_msec = 0;
} else {
timersub(&abs_time, &cur_time, &diff_time);
timeout_msec = (diff_time.tv_sec * 1000) + (diff_time.tv_usec / 1000);
// Round up timeout microseconds to the next millisecond
timeout_msec = (diff_time.tv_sec * 1000) +
((diff_time.tv_usec + 1000 - 1) / 1000);
}

if (timeout_msec <= 0) {
return ETIMEDOUT;
}

timeout_ticks = timeout_msec / portTICK_PERIOD_MS;
// Round up milliseconds to the next tick
timeout_ticks = (timeout_msec + portTICK_PERIOD_MS - 1) / portTICK_PERIOD_MS;

/* We have to add 1 more tick of delay
The reason for this is that vTaskDelay(1) will sleep until the start of the next tick,
which can be any amount of time up to one tick period. So if we don't add one more tick,
we're likely to timeout a small time (< 1 tick period) before the requested timeout.
If we add 1 tick then we will timeout a small time (< 1 tick period) after the
requested timeout.
*/
timeout_ticks += 1;
}

esp_pthread_cond_waiter_t w;
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58 changes: 54 additions & 4 deletions components/pthread/test/test_cxx_cond_var.cpp
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#include <chrono>
#include <mutex>
#include <atomic>
#include <unistd.h>
#include "freertos/FreeRTOS.h"
#include "unity.h"

#if __GTHREADS && __GTHREADS_CXX0X

std::condition_variable cv;
std::mutex cv_m;
std::atomic<int> i{0};
static std::condition_variable cv;
static std::mutex cv_m;
static std::atomic<int> i{0};

static void waits(int idx, int timeout_ms)
{
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std::cout << "All threads joined\n";
}
#endif


TEST_CASE("cxx: condition_variable can timeout", "[cxx]")
{
std::condition_variable cv;
std::mutex mtx;
std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lck(mtx);
srand(99);
for (int i = 0; i < 10; ++i) {
usleep(rand() % 1000);
auto status = cv.wait_for(lck, std::chrono::milliseconds(200));
TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL(std::cv_status::timeout, status);
}
}

TEST_CASE("cxx: condition_variable timeout never before deadline", "[cxx]")
{
using SysClock = std::chrono::system_clock;

std::mutex mutex;
std::condition_variable cond;
std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(mutex);

for (int i = 0; i < 25; ++i) {
auto timeout = std::chrono::milliseconds(portTICK_PERIOD_MS * (i+1));
auto deadline = SysClock::now() + timeout;

auto secs = std::chrono::time_point_cast<std::chrono::seconds>(deadline);
auto nsecs = std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::nanoseconds>
(deadline - secs);
struct timespec ts = {
.tv_sec = static_cast<time_t>(secs.time_since_epoch().count()),
.tv_nsec = static_cast<long>(nsecs.count())};
int rc = ::pthread_cond_timedwait(cond.native_handle(),
lock.mutex()->native_handle(), &ts);
auto status = (rc == ETIMEDOUT) ? std::cv_status::timeout :
std::cv_status::no_timeout;
auto end = SysClock::now();
auto extra = end - deadline;
auto extra_us = extra / std::chrono::microseconds(1);
printf("timeout %lldms Extra time: %lldus, status: %s\n", timeout.count(), extra_us,
(status == std::cv_status::timeout) ? "timeout" : "no timeout");

// The timed wait should always return at least 1us after the timeout deadline
TEST_ASSERT_GREATER_THAN(0, extra_us);
}
}

#endif // __GTHREADS && __GTHREADS_CXX0X
2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions docs/en/api-reference/system/pthread.rst
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Expand Up @@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ Condition Variables

Static initializer constant ``PTHREAD_COND_INITIALIZER`` is supported.

* The resolution of ``pthread_cond_timedwait()`` timeouts is the RTOS tick period (see :ref:`CONFIG_FREERTOS_HZ`). Timeouts may be delayed up to one tick period after the requested timeout.

.. note:: These functions can be called from tasks created using either pthread or FreeRTOS APIs

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