Worker.callbacks contains two types of callbacks: some are action callbacks,
some are message callbacks. Each of those is access from one side of the
communication channel (UI goroutine vs. worker goroutine).
Instead of using a channel, we can use two different maps for each kind. This
simplifies the code and also ensures we don't call an action callback instead
of a message callback (or the other way around).
Message IDs are allocated for both messages from UI to workers and the other
way around. Hence, the global nextId variable is accessed from multiple
goroutines.
Instead, use atomic to access the global counter.
This makes it so an atomic `invalid` value is used instead of an unbuffered
channel. When many invalidations kick in, a lot of values were sent to the
channel.
(Since OnInvalidate's callback can be run in any goroutine, we need to be
careful about races here.)
This commit introduces a new Aerc.Tick function that should be called to
refresh the internal state. This in turn makes each AccountView process worker
events.
The UI goroutine repeatedly refreshes the internal state before drawing a new
frame. The reason for this is that many worker messages may need to be
processed for a single frame, and drawing the UI is far slower than refreshing
the internal state. This has been confirmed in my testing (calling Aerc.Tick
only once per frame results in a slower display).
Many synchronization code has been removed. We can now write widgets without
having to care so much about races. The remaining sync users are:
- widgets/spinner: the spinner value is updated from inside an internal
goroutine
- lib/ui/invalidatable: Invalidate may be called from any goroutine
- lib/ui/grid: same
- lib/ui/ui: an internal goroutine needs read access to UI.exit
- worker/types/worker: Worker.callbacks is used for both worker and UI
callbacks
The exact goroutine requirements for Drawable have been documented.
Drew DeVault
Francis Dinh
Roshless
Stefan Tatschner
Amin Bandali
Simon Ser