[async] shenanigans to run the backend in another thread

src/backend.h

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ struct ax_backend;
 struct ax_theme;
 
 extern const char* ax__backend_impl_name;
+extern size_t ax__backend_desired_region_size;
 
 int ax__backend_new(
     struct rgn* init_rgn,

src/backend/sdl.c

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
  * -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
 const char* ax__backend_impl_name = "SDL";
+size_t ax__backend_desired_region_size = SMALL;
 
 struct ax_backend {
     struct msgq* mq;
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ int ax__backend_new(
     if (out_bac != NULL) {
         *out_bac = bac;
     }
+    printf("hello from SDL\n");
     return 0;
 
 fail:
@@ -61,6 +63,7 @@ static void backend_cleanup(struct ax_backend* bac)
 {
     TTF_Quit();
     SDL_Quit();
+    printf("bye from SDL\n");
 }
 
 struct msgq* ax__backend_msgq(struct ax_backend* bac)

src/ctxt.h

@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 #pragma once
 
+#include "util/region.h"
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
-#include "util/region.h"
+#include <pthread.h>
 
 struct ax_theme;
 struct ax_theme_builder;
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ struct ax_ctxt {
     const char* err;
 
     // backend
+    pthread_t bac_thid;
     struct ax_backend* bac;
 
     // theme

src/ctxt/ctxt.c

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #include "../ax.h"
 #include "../backend.h"
+#include "../concurrent/msg.h"
+#include "../concurrent/msgq.h"
 #include "../ctxt.h"
 #include "../util.h"
 #include "theme.h"
@@ -37,8 +39,15 @@ const char* ax_get_error(struct ax_ctxt* ax)
  * Internal 'ax_ctxt' operations
  * -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
+static void spawn_backend(
+    struct rgn* init_rgn,
+    pthread_t* out_thid,
+    struct ax_backend** out_backend);
+
 void ax__ctxt_init(struct ax_ctxt* ax, struct rgn* init_rgn)
 {
+    /* init simple stuff */
+
     ax->init_rgn = init_rgn;
 
     ax->log_out = NULL;
@@ -51,16 +60,20 @@ void ax__ctxt_init(struct ax_ctxt* ax, struct rgn* init_rgn)
     ax->thmb = NULL;
     ax->sel_theme = NULL;
 
-    const char* err;
-    if (ax__backend_new(init_rgn, &ax->bac, &err) != 0) {
-        ASSERT(0, "initializing %s backend failed: %s",
-               ax__backend_impl_name,
-               err);
-    }
+    ax->bac = NULL;
+    spawn_backend(init_rgn, &ax->bac_thid, &ax->bac);
+    ASSERT(ax->bac != NULL, "backend wasn't initialized");
 }
 
 void ax__ctxt_cleanup(struct ax_ctxt* ax)
 {
+    struct msgq* bac_mq = ax__backend_msgq(ax->bac);
+    msgq_begin_send_typed(bac_mq, ax_msg_shutdown);
+    msgq_end_send(bac_mq);
+    ax_log(ax, "waiting for backend shutdown.");
+    pthread_join(ax->bac_thid, NULL);
+    ax_log(ax, "backend shutdown");
+
     rgn_cleanup(&ax->thmb_rgn);
     rgn_cleanup(&ax->err_rgn);
 }
@@ -153,3 +166,86 @@ int ax_select_theme(struct ax_ctxt* ax, struct ax_theme* thm)
     ax_log(ax, "theme selected");
     return 0;
 }
+
+/* -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * Backend worker thread
+ * -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+struct backend_init_ctxt {
+    // "input"
+    struct rgn* rgn;
+    pthread_mutex_t mx;
+    pthread_cond_t cv;
+
+    // "output"
+    struct ax_backend* backend;
+    const char* err;
+};
+
+static void* backend_worker(void* arg);
+
+static void spawn_backend(
+    struct rgn* init_rgn,
+    pthread_t* out_thid,
+    struct ax_backend** out_backend)
+{
+    pthread_t thid;
+    struct backend_init_ctxt init = {
+        .rgn = init_rgn,
+        .err = NULL,
+    };
+    pthread_mutex_init(&init.mx, NULL);
+    pthread_cond_init(&init.cv, NULL);
+    pthread_mutex_lock(&init.mx);
+    pthread_create(&thid, NULL, backend_worker, &init);
+    pthread_cond_wait(&init.cv, &init.mx);
+    pthread_mutex_unlock(&init.mx);
+    pthread_cond_destroy(&init.cv);
+    pthread_mutex_destroy(&init.mx);
+
+    if (init.err != NULL) {
+        ASSERT(0, "failed to initialize `%s' backend: %s",
+               ax__backend_impl_name, init.err);
+    }
+    if (out_thid != NULL) {
+        *out_thid = thid;
+    }
+    if (out_backend != NULL) {
+        *out_backend = init.backend;
+    }
+}
+
+static void* backend_worker(void* arg)
+{
+    struct backend_init_ctxt* init = arg;
+
+    struct rgn* bac_rgn = ralloc_typed(init->rgn, struct rgn, 1);
+    rgn_init(bac_rgn, ax__backend_desired_region_size);
+
+    struct ax_backend* bac;
+    const char* err = NULL;
+    int rv = ax__backend_new(bac_rgn, &bac, &err);
+
+    pthread_mutex_lock(&init->mx);
+    init->backend = bac;
+    if (rv != 0) {
+        init->err = rstrdup(init->rgn, err);
+    }
+    pthread_cond_signal(&init->cv);
+    pthread_mutex_unlock(&init->mx);
+
+    if (rv != 0) {
+        goto cleanup;
+    }
+
+    // `bac` is succesfully initialized here!
+
+    while (!ax__backend_is_shutdown(bac)) {
+        ax__backend_wait_for_event(bac);
+        ax__backend_step(bac);
+    }
+
+cleanup:
+    rgn_cleanup(bac_rgn);
+    return NULL;
+}

test/main.c

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 #include "../src/ax.h"
 #include "../src/ctxt.h"
 #include "../src/backend.h"
@@ -20,6 +21,17 @@ static void sigint_handler(int signum)
     exit(0);
 }
 
+static struct ax_theme* make_example_theme()
+{
+    ax_begin_theme(ax);
+    ax_set_theme_color(ax, "primary", 0x00ff00);
+    ax_set_theme_font(ax, "default", "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/DejaVuSans.ttf", 0);
+    ax_set_theme_font(ax, "h1", NULL, 95);
+    struct ax_theme* thm;
+    ax_end_theme(ax, &thm);
+    return thm;
+}
+
 int main(void)
 {
     signal(SIGINT, sigint_handler);
@@ -27,28 +39,10 @@ int main(void)
     ax = ax_new();
     ax_set_logger(ax, 0, false);
 
-    int rv = 0;
-#define GUARD(f, ...) if ((rv = f(__VA_ARGS__)) != 0) goto cleanup
+    (void) make_example_theme();
 
-    ax_begin_theme(ax);
-    ax_set_theme_color(ax, "primary", 0x00ff00);
-    ax_set_theme_font(ax, "default", "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/DejaVuSans.ttf", 0);
-    ax_set_theme_font(ax, "h1", NULL, 95);
+    usleep(5 * 1000 * 1000);
 
-    struct ax_theme* thm;
-    ax_end_theme(ax, &thm);
-
-    ax_log(ax, "Got here\n");
-
-    while (!ax__backend_is_shutdown(ax->bac)) {
-        ax__backend_wait_for_event(ax->bac);
-        ax__backend_step(ax->bac);
-    }
-
-//cleanup:
-    if (rv != 0) {
-        printf("error: %s\n", ax_get_error(ax));
-    }
     cleanup();
-    return rv;
+    return 0;
 }