在sighandler的频率上

问题描述

| 我有一个计时器,计时器的时间片为
1
s,
setitimer(SIGPROF,&timeslice,NULL);
。当我用一个线程运行该进程时,sighandler每秒被调用一次。但是,如果进程中有两个或多个线程,则它们将是每秒两次sighandler的调用。为什么会这样呢?或如何具有固定频率的计时器,与正在运行的线程数无关。 附带了可运行的代码。打印输出显示sighandler每秒被调用两次...(当NUM_THREADS更改为1时不是这种情况)
#include <sys/syscall.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/time.h>//itimerval
#include <signal.h>//sigaction,SIGPROF...
#include <pthread.h>//pthread_create()/join()
#include <stdint.h>//uint32_t
#include <stdlib.h>//exit()
using namespace std;

#ifndef NUM_THREADS
#define NUM_THREADS 20
#endif

struct sigaction old_act_;

int init_timer(int which,int musec) {
    struct itimerval timeslice;
    timeslice.it_interval.tv_sec = musec / 1000000;
    timeslice.it_interval.tv_usec = musec % 1000000;
    timeslice.it_value.tv_sec = musec / 1000000;
    timeslice.it_value.tv_usec = musec % 1000000;
    setitimer(which,NULL);
    return 0;
}

void remove_timer(int which)
{
    struct itimerval timeslice;
    timeslice.it_interval.tv_sec = 0;
    timeslice.it_interval.tv_usec = 0;
    timeslice.it_value.tv_sec = 0;
    timeslice.it_value.tv_usec = 0;
    setitimer(which,NULL);
}

void install_handler(int signo,void(*handler)(int))
{
    sigset_t set;
    struct sigaction act;
    act.sa_handler = handler;
    act.sa_flags = SA_RESTART;
    sigaction(signo,&act,&old_act_);
    sigemptyset(&set);
    sigaddset(&set,signo);
    sigprocmask(SIG_UNBLOCK,&set,NULL);
    return;
}

void uninstall_handler(int signo,bool to_block_signal)
{
    sigaction(signo,&old_act_,0);
    if(to_block_signal)
    {
        // block the signal
        sigset_t set;
        sigemptyset(&set);
        sigaddset(&set,signo);
        sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK,NULL);
    }
}

void handler(int signo)
{
    pid_t tid = syscall(SYS_gettid);
    pid_t pid = syscall(SYS_getpid);
    struct timeval Now;
    gettimeofday(&Now,NULL);
    printf(\"sig %d,pid %d,tid %d,time = %u.%06u\\n\",signo,static_cast<int>(pid),static_cast<int>(tid),static_cast<uint32_t>(Now.tv_sec),static_cast<uint32_t>(Now.tv_usec));
}

void * threadRun(void * threadId)
{
    for(uint64_t i = 0; i < 10000000000; i++)
    {
        //sleep(1);
    }
}

int main()
{
    int tick_musec = 1000000;
    init_timer(ITIMER_PROF,tick_musec);
    install_handler(SIGPROF,handler);

    pthread_t threads[NUM_THREADS];
    long t;
    for (t = 0; t < NUM_THREADS; t++) {
        printf(\"In main: creating thread %ld\\n\",t);
        if (pthread_create(&threads[t],NULL,threadRun,(void *) t)) {
            printf(\"ERROR; return from pthread_create()\\n\");
            exit(-1);
        }
    }
    void * status;
    for (t = 0; t < NUM_THREADS; t++) {
        if(pthread_join(threads[t],&status)) {
          printf(\"ERROR; return from pthread_join()\\n\");
          exit(-1);
        }
        printf(\"Main: completed join with thread %ld having a status of %ld\\n\",t,(long) status);
    }

    remove_timer(ITIMER_PROF);
    uninstall_handler(SIGPROF,true);
    printf(\"Main: program completed. Exiting.\\n\");
    return 0;
}
在带有4个双核处理器的计算机上运行时,输出如下。
sig 27,pid 21542,tid 21544,core 6,time = 1308168237.023219
sig 27,time = 1308168237.276228
sig 27,tid 21549,time = 1308168237.528200
sig 27,tid 21545,core 7,time = 1308168237.781441
sig 27,tid 21551,time = 1308168238.037210
sig 27,tid 21554,time = 1308168238.294218
sig 27,time = 1308168238.951221
sig 27,tid 21546,core 0,time = 1308168239.064665
sig 27,tid 21561,core 1,time = 1308168239.335642
sig 27,tid 21558,time = 1308168240.122650
sig 27,tid 21555,time = 1308168240.148192
sig 27,tid 21556,time = 1308168240.445638
sig 27,tid 21543,time = 1308168240.702424
sig 27,tid 21559,time = 1308168240.958635
sig 27,time = 1308168241.210182
sig 27,tid 21550,time = 1308168241.464426
sig 27,tid 21553,time = 1308168241.725650
sig 27,time = 1308168241.982178
sig 27,tid 21547,time = 1308168242.234422
sig 27,tid 21560,time = 1308168242.503647
sig 27,time = 1308168242.766902
sig 27,time = 1308168243.018414
sig 27,tid 21552,time = 1308168243.270643
sig 27,time = 1308168243.556412
编辑:我已经解决了问题(另请参阅@ n.m。\的答案)。 sighandler在多处理器计算机上运行频率更高的原因是,SIGPROF是根据cpu时间而不是实时发送的。 cpu时间可能大于实时时间,例如,如果cpu时间为2秒,则可能是一个进程在1秒内有两个线程在2个cpu上同时运行。     

解决方法

        您可以使用
pthread_sigmask(...)
阻止创建的线程中的
SIGPROF
。实际上,建议仅使用一个线程来处理所有信号。