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# Setting up the environment

```ocaml
# #require "eio.mock";;
```

```ocaml
open Eio.Std

module C = Eio.Condition
```

# Test cases

Simple case:

```ocaml
# Eio_mock.Backend.run @@ fun () ->
  Switch.run @@ fun sw ->
  let condition = C.create () in
  Fiber.both
    (fun () ->
        traceln "1: wait for condition";
        C.await_no_mutex condition;
        traceln "1: finished")
    (fun () ->
        traceln "2: broadcast condition";
        C.broadcast condition;
        traceln "2: finished");;
+1: wait for condition
+2: broadcast condition
+2: finished
+1: finished
- : unit = ()
```

Broadcast when no one is waiting doesn't block:

```ocaml
# Eio_mock.Backend.run @@ fun () ->
  Switch.run @@ fun sw ->
  let condition = C.create () in
  traceln "broadcast condition";
  C.broadcast condition;
  traceln "finished";;
+broadcast condition
+finished
- : unit = ()
```

Broadcast wakes all waiters at once:

```ocaml
# Eio_mock.Backend.run @@ fun () ->
  Switch.run @@ fun sw ->
  let condition = C.create () in
  Fiber.all [
    (fun () ->
        traceln "1: wait for condition";
        C.await_no_mutex condition;
        traceln "1: finished");
    (fun () ->
        traceln "2: wait for condition";
        C.await_no_mutex condition;
        traceln "2: finished");
    (fun () ->
        traceln "3: broadcast condition";
        C.broadcast condition;
        traceln "3: finished")
  ];;
+1: wait for condition
+2: wait for condition
+3: broadcast condition
+3: finished
+1: finished
+2: finished
- : unit = ()
```

## Typical single-domain use

```ocaml
let x = ref 0
let cond = Eio.Condition.create ()

let set value =
  x := value;
  Eio.Condition.broadcast cond

let await p =
  (* Warning: only safe within a single-domain, and if [p] doesn't switch fibers! *)
  while not (p !x) do
    Eio.Condition.await_no_mutex cond
  done
```

```ocaml
# Eio_mock.Backend.run @@ fun () ->
  Fiber.both
    (fun () ->
       traceln "x = %d" !x;
       await ((=) 42);
       traceln "x = %d" !x
    )
    (fun () ->
       set 5;
       Fiber.yield ();
       set 7;
       set 42;
    );;
+x = 0
+x = 42
- : unit = ()
```

Cancellation while waiting:

```ocaml
# Eio_mock.Backend.run @@ fun () ->
  Fiber.first
    (fun () ->
       await ((=) 0);
       assert false;
    )
    (fun () -> ());
  Fiber.both
    (fun () ->
       traceln "x = %d" !x;
       await ((=) 0);
       traceln "x = %d" !x
    )
    (fun () ->
       set 5;
       Fiber.yield ();
       set 0;
    );;
+x = 42
+x = 0
- : unit = ()
```

## Use with mutex

```ocaml
let x = ref 0
let cond = Eio.Condition.create ()
let mutex = Eio.Mutex.create ()

let set value =
  Eio.Mutex.use_rw ~protect:false mutex (fun () -> x := value);
  Eio.Condition.broadcast cond

let await p =
  Eio.Mutex.use_ro mutex (fun () ->
     while not (p !x) do
       Eio.Condition.await cond mutex
     done
  )
```

```ocaml
# Eio_mock.Backend.run @@ fun () ->
  Fiber.both
    (fun () ->
       traceln "x = %d" !x;
       await ((=) 42);
       traceln "x = %d" !x
    )
    (fun () ->
       set 5;
       Fiber.yield ();
       set 7;
       set 42;
    );;
+x = 0
+x = 42
- : unit = ()
```

Cancellation while waiting:

```ocaml
# Eio_mock.Backend.run @@ fun () ->
  Fiber.first
    (fun () ->
       await ((=) 0);
       assert false;
    )
    (fun () -> ());
  Fiber.both
    (fun () ->
       traceln "x = %d" !x;
       await ((=) 0);
       traceln "x = %d" !x
    )
    (fun () ->
       set 5;
       Fiber.yield ();
       set 0;
    );;
+x = 42
+x = 0
- : unit = ()
```

### Cancelling while the mutex is held

`await` must always re-acquire the lock, and that lock operation must be non-cancellable:

```ocaml
# Eio_mock.Backend.run @@ fun () ->
  Switch.run @@ fun sw ->
  Fiber.fork ~sw
    (fun () ->
       traceln "Forked fiber locking";
       Eio.Mutex.lock mutex;
       try
         Eio.Condition.await cond mutex;
         assert false;
       with Eio.Cancel.Cancelled _ as ex ->
         traceln "Forked fiber unlocking";
         Eio.Mutex.unlock mutex;
         raise ex
    );
  Eio.Cancel.protect
    (fun () ->
       traceln "Main fiber locking";
       Eio.Mutex.lock mutex;
       Switch.fail sw (Failure "Simulated error");
       Fiber.yield ();
       traceln "Main fiber unlocking";
       Eio.Mutex.unlock mutex;
    )
+Forked fiber locking
+Main fiber locking
+Main fiber unlocking
+Forked fiber unlocking
Exception: Failure "Simulated error".
```

### Looping

```ocaml
# Eio_mock.Backend.run @@ fun () ->
  let cond = Eio.Condition.create () in
  let x = ref 0 in
  let set v =
    traceln "setting x=%d" v;
    x := v; Eio.Condition.broadcast cond
  in
  Fiber.both
     (fun () ->
        Eio.Condition.loop_no_mutex cond (fun () ->
          traceln "Checking x...";
          Fiber.yield ();
          let seen = !x in
          traceln "Saw x = %d" seen;
          if seen = 3 then (traceln "Finished"; Some ())
          else None
        )
     )
     (fun () ->
        set 1; Fiber.yield ();
        set 2; Fiber.yield ();
        set 3; Fiber.yield ();
        set 4; Fiber.yield ();
     );;
+Checking x...
+setting x=1
+Saw x = 1
+setting x=2
+Checking x...
+setting x=3
+Saw x = 3
+Finished
+setting x=4
- : unit = ()
```

Cancelling:

```ocaml
# Eio_mock.Backend.run @@ fun () ->
  let cond = Eio.Condition.create () in
  Fiber.both
     (fun () -> Eio.Condition.loop_no_mutex cond (fun () -> traceln "Checking"; None))
     (fun () -> failwith "Simulated error");;
+Checking
Exception: Failure "Simulated error".
```

Cancelling after succeeding:

```ocaml
# Eio_mock.Backend.run @@ fun () ->
  let cond = Eio.Condition.create () in
  Fiber.both
     (fun () -> Eio.Condition.loop_no_mutex cond (fun () -> traceln "Checking"; None))
     (fun () ->
        traceln "Broadcasting";
        Eio.Condition.broadcast cond;
        failwith "Simulated error"
     );;
+Checking
+Broadcasting
+Checking
Exception: Failure "Simulated error".
```

User function raises:

```ocaml
# Eio_mock.Backend.run @@ fun () ->
  let cond = Eio.Condition.create () in
  Eio.Condition.loop_no_mutex cond (fun () -> Fiber.yield (); failwith "Simulated failure");;
Exception: Failure "Simulated failure".
```