ref: a351bcdccdf5a4273bc8dc3360a48fbb8b8aa9ea
dir: /src/sticker.c/
#include <u.h> #include <libc.h> typedef struct Msg Msg; struct Msg { QLock lck; // to protect the other fields from races Rendez newmsg; // to sleep waiting for a new message. char* text; // for the message }; void wmsg(Msg* m, char* newtext) { qlock(&m->lck); free(m->text); m->text = strdup(newtext); rwakeupall(&m->newmsg); qunlock(&m->lck); } char* rmsg(Msg* m) { char* new; qlock(&m->lck); rsleep(&m->newmsg); new = strdup(m->text); qunlock(&m->lck); return new; } int exiting; Msg msg; void reader(void) { char buf[512]; int nr; for(;;){ nr = read(0, buf, sizeof(buf)-1); if (nr <= 0) break; buf[nr] = 0; wmsg(&msg, buf); } exiting = 1; exits(nil); } void panelproc(int fd) { ulong lastvers = -1; char* text; while(!exiting){ text = rmsg(&msg); write(fd, text, strlen(text)); free(text); } fprint(2, "panel exiting\n"); exits(nil); } enum { Npanels = 3 }; void main(int, char*[]) { int i; msg.newmsg.l = &msg.lck; for (i = 0; i < Npanels; i++) if (rfork(RFPROC|RFMEM|RFNOWAIT) == 0) panelproc(1); reader(); /* does not return */ }