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  Simple DirectMedia Layer
  Copyright (C) 1997-2025 Sam Lantinga <slouken@libsdl.org>
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#include "../SDL_internal.h"
#include "SDL_timer.h"
#include "SDL_timer_c.h"
#include "SDL_atomic.h"
#include "SDL_cpuinfo.h"
#include "../thread/SDL_systhread.h"
/* #define DEBUG_TIMERS */
#if !defined(__EMSCRIPTEN__) || !defined(SDL_THREADS_DISABLED)
typedef struct _SDL_Timer
    int timerID;
    SDL_TimerCallback callback;
    void *param;
    Uint32 interval;
    Uint32 scheduled;
    SDL_atomic_t canceled;
    struct _SDL_Timer *next;
} SDL_Timer;
typedef struct _SDL_TimerMap
    int timerID;
    SDL_Timer *timer;
    struct _SDL_TimerMap *next;
} SDL_TimerMap;
/* The timers are kept in a sorted list */
typedef struct
    /* Data used by the main thread */
    SDL_Thread *thread;
    SDL_atomic_t nextID;
    SDL_TimerMap *timermap;
    SDL_mutex *timermap_lock;
    /* Padding to separate cache lines between threads */
    char cache_pad[SDL_CACHELINE_SIZE];
    /* Data used to communicate with the timer thread */
    SDL_SpinLock lock;
    SDL_sem *sem;
    SDL_Timer *pending;
    SDL_Timer *freelist;
    SDL_atomic_t active;
    /* List of timers - this is only touched by the timer thread */
    SDL_Timer *timers;
} SDL_TimerData;
static SDL_TimerData SDL_timer_data;
/* The idea here is that any thread might add a timer, but a single
 * thread manages the active timer queue, sorted by scheduling time.
 * Timers are removed by simply setting a canceled flag
static void SDL_AddTimerInternal(SDL_TimerData *data, SDL_Timer *timer)
    SDL_Timer *prev, *curr;
    prev = NULL;
    for (curr = data->timers; curr; prev = curr, curr = curr->next) {
        if ((Sint32)(timer->scheduled - curr->scheduled) < 0) {
            break;
    /* Insert the timer here! */
    if (prev) {
        prev->next = timer;
    } else {
        data->timers = timer;
    timer->next = curr;
static int SDLCALL SDL_TimerThread(void *_data)
    SDL_TimerData *data = (SDL_TimerData *)_data;
    SDL_Timer *pending;
    SDL_Timer *current;
    SDL_Timer *freelist_head = NULL;
    SDL_Timer *freelist_tail = NULL;
    Uint32 tick, now, interval, delay;
    /* Threaded timer loop:
     *  1. Queue timers added by other threads
     *  2. Handle any timers that should dispatch this cycle
     *  3. Wait until next dispatch time or new timer arrives
    for (;;) {
        /* Pending and freelist maintenance */
        SDL_AtomicLock(&data->lock);
            /* Get any timers ready to be queued */
            pending = data->pending;
            data->pending = NULL;
            /* Make any unused timer structures available */
            if (freelist_head) {
                freelist_tail->next = data->freelist;
                data->freelist = freelist_head;
        SDL_AtomicUnlock(&data->lock);
        /* Sort the pending timers into our list */
        while (pending) {
            current = pending;
            pending = pending->next;
            SDL_AddTimerInternal(data, current);
        freelist_head = NULL;
        freelist_tail = NULL;
        /* Check to see if we're still running, after maintenance */
        if (!SDL_AtomicGet(&data->active)) {
            break;
        /* Initial delay if there are no timers */
        delay = SDL_MUTEX_MAXWAIT;
        tick = SDL_GetTicks();
        /* Process all the pending timers for this tick */
        while (data->timers) {
            current = data->timers;
            if ((Sint32)(tick - current->scheduled) < 0) {
                /* Scheduled for the future, wait a bit */
                delay = (current->scheduled - tick);
                break;
            /* We're going to do something with this timer */
            data->timers = current->next;
            if (SDL_AtomicGet(&current->canceled)) {
                interval = 0;
            } else {
                interval = current->callback(current->interval, current->param);
            if (interval > 0) {
                /* Reschedule this timer */
                current->interval = interval;
                current->scheduled = tick + interval;
                SDL_AddTimerInternal(data, current);
            } else {
                if (!freelist_head) {
                    freelist_head = current;
                if (freelist_tail) {
                    freelist_tail->next = current;
                freelist_tail = current;
                SDL_AtomicSet(&current->canceled, 1);
        /* Adjust the delay based on processing time */
        now = SDL_GetTicks();
        interval = (now - tick);
        if (interval > delay) {
            delay = 0;
        } else {
            delay -= interval;
        /* Note that each time a timer is added, this will return
           immediately, but we process the timers added all at once.
           That's okay, it just means we run through the loop a few
           extra times.
        SDL_SemWaitTimeout(data->sem, delay);
    return 0;
int SDL_TimerInit(void)
    SDL_TimerData *data = &SDL_timer_data;
    if (!SDL_AtomicGet(&data->active)) {
        const char *name = "SDLTimer";
        data->timermap_lock = SDL_CreateMutex();
        if (!data->timermap_lock) {
            return -1;
        data->sem = SDL_CreateSemaphore(0);
        if (!data->sem) {
            SDL_DestroyMutex(data->timermap_lock);
            return -1;
        SDL_AtomicSet(&data->active, 1);
        /* Timer threads use a callback into the app, so we can't set a limited stack size here. */
        data->thread = SDL_CreateThreadInternal(SDL_TimerThread, name, 0, data);
        if (!data->thread) {
            SDL_TimerQuit();
            return -1;
        SDL_AtomicSet(&data->nextID, 1);
    return 0;
void SDL_TimerQuit(void)
    SDL_TimerData *data = &SDL_timer_data;
    SDL_Timer *timer;
    SDL_TimerMap *entry;
    if (SDL_AtomicCAS(&data->active, 1, 0)) { /* active? Move to inactive. */
        /* Shutdown the timer thread */
        if (data->thread) {
            SDL_SemPost(data->sem);
            SDL_WaitThread(data->thread, NULL);
            data->thread = NULL;
        SDL_DestroySemaphore(data->sem);
        data->sem = NULL;
        /* Clean up the timer entries */
        while (data->timers) {
            timer = data->timers;
            data->timers = timer->next;
            SDL_free(timer);
        while (data->freelist) {
            timer = data->freelist;
            data->freelist = timer->next;
            SDL_free(timer);
        while (data->timermap) {
            entry = data->timermap;
            data->timermap = entry->next;
            SDL_free(entry);
        SDL_DestroyMutex(data->timermap_lock);
        data->timermap_lock = NULL;
SDL_TimerID SDL_AddTimer(Uint32 interval, SDL_TimerCallback callback, void *param)
    SDL_TimerData *data = &SDL_timer_data;
    SDL_Timer *timer;
    SDL_TimerMap *entry;
    SDL_AtomicLock(&data->lock);
    if (!SDL_AtomicGet(&data->active)) {
        if (SDL_TimerInit() < 0) {
            SDL_AtomicUnlock(&data->lock);
            return 0;
    timer = data->freelist;
    if (timer) {
        data->freelist = timer->next;
    SDL_AtomicUnlock(&data->lock);
    if (timer) {
        SDL_RemoveTimer(timer->timerID);
    } else {
        timer = (SDL_Timer *)SDL_malloc(sizeof(*timer));
        if (!timer) {
            SDL_OutOfMemory();
            return 0;
    timer->timerID = SDL_AtomicIncRef(&data->nextID);
    timer->callback = callback;
    timer->param = param;
    timer->interval = interval;
    timer->scheduled = SDL_GetTicks() + interval;
    SDL_AtomicSet(&timer->canceled, 0);
    entry = (SDL_TimerMap *)SDL_malloc(sizeof(*entry));
    if (!entry) {
        SDL_free(timer);
        SDL_OutOfMemory();
        return 0;
    entry->timer = timer;
    entry->timerID = timer->timerID;
    SDL_LockMutex(data->timermap_lock);
    entry->next = data->timermap;
    data->timermap = entry;
    SDL_UnlockMutex(data->timermap_lock);
    /* Add the timer to the pending list for the timer thread */
    SDL_AtomicLock(&data->lock);
    timer->next = data->pending;
    data->pending = timer;
    SDL_AtomicUnlock(&data->lock);
    /* Wake up the timer thread if necessary */
    SDL_SemPost(data->sem);
    return entry->timerID;
SDL_bool SDL_RemoveTimer(SDL_TimerID id)
    SDL_TimerData *data = &SDL_timer_data;
    SDL_TimerMap *prev, *entry;
    SDL_bool canceled = SDL_FALSE;
    /* Find the timer */
    SDL_LockMutex(data->timermap_lock);
    prev = NULL;
    for (entry = data->timermap; entry; prev = entry, entry = entry->next) {
        if (entry->timerID == id) {
            if (prev) {
                prev->next = entry->next;
            } else {
                data->timermap = entry->next;
            break;
    SDL_UnlockMutex(data->timermap_lock);
    if (entry) {
        if (!SDL_AtomicGet(&entry->timer->canceled)) {
            SDL_AtomicSet(&entry->timer->canceled, 1);
            canceled = SDL_TRUE;
        SDL_free(entry);
    return canceled;
#include <emscripten/emscripten.h>
#include <emscripten/eventloop.h>
typedef struct _SDL_TimerMap
    int timerID;
    int timeoutID;
    Uint32 interval;
    SDL_TimerCallback callback;
    void *param;
    struct _SDL_TimerMap *next;
} SDL_TimerMap;
typedef struct
    int nextID;
    SDL_TimerMap *timermap;
} SDL_TimerData;
static SDL_TimerData SDL_timer_data;
static void SDL_Emscripten_TimerHelper(void *userdata)
    SDL_TimerMap *entry = (SDL_TimerMap *)userdata;
    entry->interval = entry->callback(entry->interval, entry->param);
    if (entry->interval > 0) {
        entry->timeoutID = emscr
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ipten_set_timeout(&SDL_Emscripten_TimerHelper,
                                                  entry->interval,
int SDL_TimerInit(void)
    return 0;
void SDL_TimerQuit(void)
    SDL_TimerData *data = &SDL_timer_data;
    SDL_TimerMap *entry;
    while (data->timermap) {
        entry = data->timermap;
        data->timermap = entry->next;
        SDL_free(entry);
SDL_TimerID SDL_AddTimer(Uint32 interval, SDL_TimerCallback callback, void *param)
    SDL_TimerData *data = &SDL_timer_data;
    SDL_TimerMap *entry;
    entry = (SDL_TimerMap *)SDL_malloc(sizeof(*entry));
    if (!entry) {
        SDL_OutOfMemory();
        return 0;
    entry->timerID = ++data->nextID;
    entry->callback = callback;
    entry->param = param;
    entry->interval = interval;
    entry->timeoutID = emscripten_set_timeout(&SDL_Emscripten_TimerHelper,
                                              entry->interval,
    entry->next = data->timermap;
    data->timermap = entry;
    return entry->timerID;
SDL_bool SDL_RemoveTimer(SDL_TimerID id)
    SDL_TimerData *data = &SDL_timer_data;
    SDL_TimerMap *prev, *entry;
    /* Find the timer */
    prev = NULL;
    for (entry = data->timermap; entry; prev = entry, entry = entry->next) {
        if (entry->timerID == id) {
            if (prev) {
                prev->next = entry->next;
            } else {
                data->timermap = entry->next;
            break;
    if (entry) {
        emscripten_clear_timeout(entry->timeoutID);
        SDL_free(entry);
        return SDL_TRUE;
    return SDL_FALSE;
/* This is a legacy support function; SDL_GetTicks() returns a Uint32,
   which wraps back to zero every ~49 days. The newer SDL_GetTicks64()
   doesn't have this problem, so we just wrap that function and clamp to
   the low 32-bits for binary compatibility. */
Uint32 SDL_GetTicks(void)
    return (Uint32)(SDL_GetTicks64() & 0xFFFFFFFF);
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