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/*
 *                 Sun Public License Notice
 *
 * The contents of this file are subject to the Sun Public License
 * Version 1.0 (the "License"). You may not use this file except in
 * compliance with the License. A copy of the License is available at
 * http://www.sun.com/
 *
 * The Original Code is NetBeans. The Initial Developer of the Original
 * Code is Sun Microsystems, Inc. Portions Copyright 1997-2003 Sun
 * Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
 */

package org.netbeans.modules.tasklist.core;

import org.openide.util.RequestProcessor;
import org.openide.util.Cancellable;
import org.openide.ErrorManager;

/**
 * Workarounds RequestProcessor (and JVM) background threads behaviour
 * on Linux systems that map thread to OS scheduled processes.
 * 

* Do not forget to run JVM with -Djava.library.path=/home/pk97937/prj/academy/linux * property or put into NetBeans search path (modules/bin). * * @author Petr Kuzel */ public final class Background { private static boolean loaded = false; private static boolean loadfailed = false; private Thread peer; private Cancellable cancel; private Background(Thread peer, Cancellable c) { this.peer = peer; cancel = c; } public static Background execute(Runnable run) { Cancellable cancel = (Cancellable) (run instanceof Cancellable ? run : null); if (useHack()) { Thread t = new Thread(new Wrapper(run), "Background"); // NOI18N t.setPriority(Thread.MIN_PRIORITY); t.setDaemon(true); t.start(); return new Background(t, cancel); } else { ThreadExtractor extractor = new ThreadExtractor(run); RequestProcessor.getDefault().post(extractor, 0, Thread.MIN_PRIORITY); return new Background(extractor.getThread(), cancel); } } public final void interrupt() { if (peer != null) { peer.interrupt(); // it's not enough see #38399 peer.interrupt(); } if (cancel != null) cancel.cancel(); } // use hack on linux JVM with successfuly loaded library // it works with Sun provided Linux 1.4 series JVMs on i386 // feel free to weaken vendor and version rules if you find // other JVM that maps Java threads to linux processes private static boolean useHack() { String os = System.getProperty("os.name"); // NOI18N if ("Linux".equals(os) == false) return false; // NOI18N // jlahoda thinks that JVM threading is correct on 2.6.x kernels, he'll investigate String osversion = "" + System.getProperty("os.version"); // NOI18N if (osversion.startsWith("2.4") == false) return false; // NOI18N String vendor = "" + System.getProperty("java.vm.vendor"); // NOI18N if (vendor.startsWith("Sun") == false) return false; // NOI18N String version = "" + System.getProperty("java.vm.version"); // NOI18N if (version.startsWith("1.4") == false) return false; // NOI18N String hw = System.getProperty("os.arch"); // NOI18N if ("i386".equals(hw) == false) return false; // NOI18N loadLibrary(); return loaded; } private static class Wrapper implements Runnable { private final Runnable peer; public Wrapper(Runnable run) { this.peer = run; } public void run() { native_nice(); peer.run(); } } /** * Get actual RP thread for given Runnable. */ private static class ThreadExtractor implements Runnable { private final Runnable peer; private Thread thread; ThreadExtractor(Runnable run) { peer = run; } public void run() { Thread.currentThread().interrupted(); // consume/clear the flag synchronized (this) { thread = Thread.currentThread(); notifyAll(); } peer.run(); } public synchronized Thread getThread() { while (thread == null) { try { wait(); } catch (InterruptedException e) { // null thread } } return thread; } } // JNI related section ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ private static void loadLibrary() { if (loadfailed) return; if (false == loaded) { try { // XXX be aware of #32080, that changes location of native libraries System.loadLibrary("tasklist_bgthreads"); loaded = true; } catch (Throwable t) { ErrorManager.getDefault().notify(ErrorManager.INFORMATIONAL, t); loadfailed = true; } } } /** * Nice current process (on some JVM implementations Java thread). */ private static native void native_nice(); /** * Simple self test. */ public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { if (useHack() == true) { native_nice(); System.out.println("I'm niced for 1 minute. Check it by top utility."); Thread.sleep(60*1000); } } }

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