Typedefs
typedef INT32	LEVEL_BASE::TLS_KEY

typedef UINT32	THREADID

typedef UINT64	PIN_THREAD_UID

typedef NATIVE_TID	OS_THREAD_ID

typedef VOID	ROOT_THREAD_FUNC(VOID *arg)

typedef UINT32	OS_PROCESS_ID

Functions
OS_THREAD_ID	LEVEL_PINCLIENT::PIN_GetTid ()

THREADID	LEVEL_PINCLIENT::PIN_ThreadId ()

PIN_THREAD_UID	LEVEL_PINCLIENT::PIN_ThreadUid ()

OS_THREAD_ID	LEVEL_PINCLIENT::PIN_GetParentTid ()

VOID	LEVEL_PINCLIENT::PIN_Sleep (UINT32 milliseconds)

VOID	LEVEL_PINCLIENT::PIN_Yield ()

THREADID	LEVEL_PINCLIENT::PIN_SpawnInternalThread (ROOT_THREAD_FUNC pThreadFunc, VOID arg, size_t stackSize, PIN_THREAD_UID *pThreadUid)

VOID	LEVEL_PINCLIENT::PIN_ExitThread (INT32 exitCode)

BOOL	LEVEL_PINCLIENT::PIN_IsApplicationThread ()

BOOL	LEVEL_PINCLIENT::PIN_WaitForThreadTermination (const PIN_THREAD_UID &threadUid, UINT32 milliseconds, INT32 *pExitCode)

TLS_KEY	LEVEL_PINCLIENT::PIN_CreateThreadDataKey (DESTRUCTFUN destruct_func)

BOOL	LEVEL_PINCLIENT::PIN_DeleteThreadDataKey (TLS_KEY key)

BOOL	LEVEL_PINCLIENT::PIN_SetThreadData (TLS_KEY key, const VOID *data, THREADID threadId)

VOID *	LEVEL_PINCLIENT::PIN_GetThreadData (TLS_KEY key, THREADID threadId)

Variables
const TLS_KEY	LEVEL_BASE::INVALID_TLS_KEY =(-1)

const UINT32	LEVEL_PINCLIENT::MAX_CLIENT_TLS_KEYS = (TLS_KEY_CLIENT_LAST - TLS_KEY_CLIENT_FIRST + 1)

GLOBALCONST THREADID	INVALID_THREADID = static_cast<THREADID>(-1)

GLOBALCONST PIN_THREAD_UID	INVALID_PIN_THREAD_UID = static_cast<PIN_THREAD_UID>(-1)

GLOBALCONST OS_THREAD_ID	INVALID_OS_THREAD_ID = INVALID_NATIVE_TID

Detailed Description

Typedef Documentation

◆ OS_PROCESS_ID

typedef UINT32 OS_PROCESS_ID

Process ID assigned by OS.

◆ OS_THREAD_ID

typedef NATIVE_TID OS_THREAD_ID

Thread ID assigned by OS.

◆ PIN_THREAD_UID

typedef UINT64 PIN_THREAD_UID

Unique thread ID which, unlike THREADID identifier, is not reused by Pin after the thread termination. The uniqueness of this identifier allows to use it in the PIN_WaitForThreadTermination() function which monitors the thread's state.

◆ ROOT_THREAD_FUNC

typedef VOID ROOT_THREAD_FUNC(VOID *arg)

Main (starting) function of a thread.

Parameters

[in] arg argument of the main thread function, as specified by the thread creator.

◆ THREADID

typedef UINT32 THREADID

Thread ID assigned by PIN.

◆ TLS_KEY

typedef INT32 LEVEL_BASE::TLS_KEY

Type that represents TLS key - a unique identifier of a slot in the thread local storage.

Function Documentation

◆ PIN_CreateThreadDataKey()

TLS_KEY LEVEL_PINCLIENT::PIN_CreateThreadDataKey ( DESTRUCTFUN destruct_func )

inline

Allocate a new TLS key and associate it with a given data destruction function. Upon successful return, any thread of the process can use PIN_SetThreadData() and PIN_GetThreadData() functions to store and retrieve values in its own slot, referenced by the allocated key. The initial value associated with the key in all threads is NULL. At the thread exit, if a key has a non-NULL pointer to the cleanup (destruction) function, and the thread has a non-NULL value in the corresponding slot, the function is called with the slot's value as its sole argument. The order in which destructors are invoked is undefined.

Parameters

[in] destructFun optional parameter that specifies data destruction function to be associated with the new key. This function is called just after notifying the client about VM thread exit. By default (NULL destructor), the data is not cleaned up.

Returns: allocated TLS key, upon success; -1, if number of already allocated keys reached the MAX_CLIENT_TLS_KEYS limit.

Availability:: Mode: JIT
O/S: Linux, Windows & macOS*
CPU: All

◆ PIN_DeleteThreadDataKey()

BOOL LEVEL_PINCLIENT::PIN_DeleteThreadDataKey ( TLS_KEY key )

inline

Release TLS key, allocated by a previous call to the PIN_CreateThreadDataKey() function. The function has no effect if specified key is not allocated/already released. After the key is released, a client should not attempt to use it for any further TLS access. Doing otherwise results in undefined behavior.

Parameters

[in] key TLS key to be released

Returns: TRUE, upon success; FALSE, if if specified key is invalid

Availability:: Mode: JIT
O/S: Linux, Windows & macOS*
CPU: All

◆ PIN_ExitThread()

VOID LEVEL_PINCLIENT::PIN_ExitThread ( INT32 exitCode )

Terminate the current thread.

This function is intended for threads created by the tool (see PIN_SpawnInternalThread()) and is not normally used for threads created by the application, since application threads exit automatically when Pin executes a thread termination system call on their behalf.

If this call is made on an application thread, Pin will make any callbacks registered for thread exit before the thread is terminated.

Parameters

[in] exitCode exit code of the thread to be returned by the PIN_WaitForThreadTermination() function.

Returns: the function never returns.

Note: The vm lock is obtained during the call of this API.

Availability:: Mode: JIT
O/S: Linux, Windows
CPU: All

◆ PIN_GetParentTid()

OS_THREAD_ID LEVEL_PINCLIENT::PIN_GetParentTid ( )

Get system identifier of the parent thread, if known.

Returns: system ID of the parent thread or INVALID_OS_THREAD_ID if the parent thread is unknown. On Windows the result is always INVALID_OS_THREAD_ID, since there is, in general, no well defined parent child relationship between threads.

Availability:: Mode: JIT
O/S: Linux, Windows & macOS*
CPU: All

◆ PIN_GetThreadData()

VOID* LEVEL_PINCLIENT::PIN_GetThreadData	(	TLS_KEY	key,
		THREADID	threadId
	)

inline

Get the value stored in the specified TLS slot of the thread.

Parameters

[in]	key	TLS key, referencing the slot, whose value is requested. The key should be allocated by a previous call to the PIN_CreateThreadDataKey() function.
[in]	threadId	Thread ID assigned by pin of the thread for which TLS access is desired, not necessarily the current thread. This ID can be obtained by the PIN_ThreadId() function call or received as the value of the IARG_THREAD_ID argument.

Returns: value stored in the specified slot of the thread, if specified key is currently allocated; NULL, if specified key is invalid or the given thread is not yet registered in the pin thread database; undefined, if specified key is valid, but it is not currently allocated

Availability:: Mode: JIT
O/S: Linux, Windows & macOS*
CPU: All

◆ PIN_GetTid()

OS_THREAD_ID LEVEL_PINCLIENT::PIN_GetTid ( )

Get system identifier of the current thread.

Returns: system ID of the current thread.

Availability:: Mode: JIT & Probe
O/S: Linux, Windows & macOS*
CPU: All

◆ PIN_IsApplicationThread()

BOOL LEVEL_PINCLIENT::PIN_IsApplicationThread ( )

Check to see if the current thread is created by the application or it is an internal thread spawned by the tool or Pin itself (see PIN_SpawnInternalThread()).

Returns: TRUE, if this function is called in a thread created by the application; FALSE, if this function is called in an internal thread spawned by the tool or Pin.

Availability:: Mode: JIT
O/S: Linux, Windows
CPU: All

◆ PIN_SetThreadData()

BOOL LEVEL_PINCLIENT::PIN_SetThreadData	(	TLS_KEY	key,
		const VOID *	data,
		THREADID	threadId
	)

inline

Store specified value in the specified TLS slot of the thread.

Parameters

[in]	key	TLS key, referencing the slot, where the value will be stored upon successful return. The key should be allocated by a previous call to the PIN_CreateThreadDataKey() function.
[in]	data	value to be stored in the TLS slot of the current thread.
[in]	threadId	Thread ID assigned by pin of the thread for which TLS access is desired, not necessarily the current thread. This ID can be obtained by the PIN_ThreadId() function call or received as the value of the IARG_THREAD_ID argument.

Returns: TRUE, if specified key is currently allocated; FALSE, if specified key is invalid or the given thread is not yet registered in the pin thread database; undefined, if specified key is valid, but it is not currently allocated

Availability:: Mode: JIT
O/S: Linux, Windows & macOS*
CPU: All

◆ PIN_Sleep()

VOID LEVEL_PINCLIENT::PIN_Sleep ( UINT32 milliseconds )

Delay execution of the current thread for the specified time interval.

Parameters

[in] milliseconds time interval, in milliseconds.

Availability:: Mode: JIT & Probe
O/S: Linux, Windows & macOS*
CPU: All

◆ PIN_SpawnInternalThread()

THREADID LEVEL_PINCLIENT::PIN_SpawnInternalThread	(	ROOT_THREAD_FUNC *	pThreadFunc,
		VOID *	arg,
		size_t	stackSize,
		PIN_THREAD_UID *	pThreadUid
	)

Create a new tool internal thread in the current process.

It is safe to create internal threads in the tool's main procedure and spawn new internal threads from existing ones. However new internal threads cannot be created in any other places, like Pin callbacks and analysis routines in application threads.
In order to ensure graceful termination of internal threads on the application's exit, the tool can use the following recommended method:

The tool uses the PIN_AddPrepareForFiniFunction() function to register a PREPARE_FOR_FINI_CALLBACK callback. When the registered function is called in an "unlocked" thread, the tool requests each other internal thread to exit and waits until the PIN_WaitForThreadTermination() function returns. @Note: Pin doesn't wait for internal threads termination after the callbacks.

Many of Pin's APIs, that are primarily intended for application threads, are also available in internal threads. Look at the API's description ( Availability paragraph) or the description of the corresponding group of APIs to check whether a specific API is available in internal threads.

Parameters

[in]	pThreadFunc	main (starting) function of the thread
[in]	arg	argument of the main thread function
[in]	stackSize	size of the thread's stack, in bytes. The function rounds this value up to the page size. If this parameter is zero, DEFAULT_THREAD_STACK_SIZE bytes will be allocated for the stack.
[out]	pThreadUid	pointer to a variable that receives the unique identifier of the new thread in Pin. This identifier can be used in the PIN_WaitForThreadTermination() function to monitor the thread's state. If the caller specifies NULL for this parameter, the unique thread ID is not returned.

Returns: ID of the new thread in Pin or INVALID_THREADID if the thread creation failed.

Note: The PIN_SpawnInternalThread() API is the only way for tools to create a private thread in the Pin-controlled process. System services, like CreateThread() in Windows or clone() in Linux should not be used for this purpose.

: Pin makes an effort to hide internal threads from the application so, usually, a tool's threads do not interfere with the application. However, the complete transparency of internal threads is not guaranteed, so tools should only use them when their instrumentation tasks cannot be done (effectively) by analysis routines within application threads. For example, a need to execute Windows services (Win32 APIs) may be a reason for creating a private thread in the tool. All Win32 APIs that do not modify the application's resources can be freely used in internal threads. In application threads, on the contrary, using Win32 APIs in analysis routines and Pin callbacks is not supported due to possible reentrancy and isolation problems.

: Internal threads remain blocked inside Pin until PIN_StartProgram() is called and Pin completes some initialization. On Linux, internal threads start running pThreadFunc before Pin executes the first application instruction. On Windows all threads, including Pin internal threads, start executing from the system runtime before they execute the pThreadFunc function. However, the system runtime blocks threads until the application has finished initializing its DLL's (i.e. until the application releases the internal "loader lock"). As a result, Pin internal threads on Windows do not execute pThreadFunc until after the application finishes executing the DLL initialization code. On macOS* in launch mode internal threads start running pThreadFun only after the application loader initialize the main executable. Hence don't expect the internal thread to start running after calling this function from the tool main() function in launch mode.

Availability:: Mode: JIT
O/S: Linux, Windows, macOS*
CPU: All

◆ PIN_ThreadId()

THREADID LEVEL_PINCLIENT::PIN_ThreadId ( )

Get identifier of the current thread in Pin.

Returns: ID of the current thread in Pin or INVALID_THREADID upon failure. Usually, the failure means that the function is called in a private tool's thread which is created by a direct call to a system service and not via the PIN_SpawnInternalThread() function.

Availability:: Mode: JIT
O/S: Linux, Windows & macOS*
CPU: All

◆ PIN_ThreadUid()

PIN_THREAD_UID LEVEL_PINCLIENT::PIN_ThreadUid ( )

Get unique identifier of the current thread in Pin.

Returns: Unique ID of the current thread in Pin or INVALID_PIN_THREAD_UID upon failure. Usually, the failure means that the function is called in a private tool's thread which is created by a direct call to a system service and not via the PIN_SpawnInternalThread() function.

Availability:: Mode: JIT
O/S: Linux, Windows & macOS*
CPU: All

◆ PIN_WaitForThreadTermination()

BOOL LEVEL_PINCLIENT::PIN_WaitForThreadTermination	(	const PIN_THREAD_UID &	threadUid,
		UINT32	milliseconds,
		INT32 *	pExitCode
	)

Delay the current thread until the specified thread is terminated or the time-out interval elapses.

To avoid deadlocks, the caller should not hold any lock that the target thread may try to acquire. For example, this function can be safely used in the PREPARE_FOR_FINI_CALLBACK callback if it is registered by the PIN_AddPrepareForFiniFunction(). However, it is not recommended to use this function in other Pin callbacks if the target thread is an application thread or an internal thread that uses Pin APIs. This is because most of Pin APIs and callbacks are serialized by the same internal lock.
This function can not be used to wait for the termination of the calling thread.

Parameters

[in]	threadUid	unique identifier of the thread to be waited for termination, provided by PIN_SpawnInternalThread() or PIN_ThreadUid().
[in]	milliseconds	time-out interval, in milliseconds. If this parameter is zero, the function tests the thread's state and returns immediately. If this parameter is PIN_INFINITE_TIMEOUT, the time-out interval never elapses.
[out]	pExitCode	optional pointer to a variable that receives exit code of the thread. If this pointer is NULL or the thread has not terminated, the exit code is not returned.

Returns: TRUE - the thread has terminated, FALSE - the specified time-out interval elapsed or threadUid is not valid or corresponds to current thread or specified thread is not yet started when application shutdown begins.

Availability:: Mode: JIT
O/S: Linux, Windows
CPU: All

◆ PIN_Yield()

VOID LEVEL_PINCLIENT::PIN_Yield ( )

Yield the processor to another thread.

Availability:: Mode: JIT & Probe
O/S: Linux, Windows & macOS*
CPU: All

Variable Documentation

◆ INVALID_OS_THREAD_ID

GLOBALCONST OS_THREAD_ID INVALID_OS_THREAD_ID = INVALID_NATIVE_TID

Invalid value of the OS_THREAD_ID type.

◆ INVALID_PIN_THREAD_UID

GLOBALCONST PIN_THREAD_UID INVALID_PIN_THREAD_UID = static_cast<PIN_THREAD_UID>(-1)

Invalid value of the PIN_THREAD_UID type.

◆ INVALID_THREADID

GLOBALCONST THREADID INVALID_THREADID = static_cast<THREADID>(-1)

Invalid value of the THREADID type.

◆ INVALID_TLS_KEY

const TLS_KEY LEVEL_BASE::INVALID_TLS_KEY =(-1)

Invalid value of the TLS_KEY type.

◆ MAX_CLIENT_TLS_KEYS

const UINT32 LEVEL_PINCLIENT::MAX_CLIENT_TLS_KEYS = (TLS_KEY_CLIENT_LAST - TLS_KEY_CLIENT_FIRST + 1)

Maximum number of TLS keys that can be allocated by tool

Typedefs

Functions

Variables

Detailed Description

Typedef Documentation

◆ OS_PROCESS_ID

◆ OS_THREAD_ID

◆ PIN_THREAD_UID

◆ ROOT_THREAD_FUNC

◆ THREADID

◆ TLS_KEY

Function Documentation

◆ PIN_CreateThreadDataKey()

◆ PIN_DeleteThreadDataKey()

◆ PIN_ExitThread()

◆ PIN_GetParentTid()

◆ PIN_GetThreadData()

◆ PIN_GetTid()

◆ PIN_IsApplicationThread()

◆ PIN_SetThreadData()

◆ PIN_Sleep()

◆ PIN_SpawnInternalThread()

◆ PIN_ThreadId()

◆ PIN_ThreadUid()

◆ PIN_WaitForThreadTermination()

◆ PIN_Yield()

Variable Documentation

◆ INVALID_OS_THREAD_ID

◆ INVALID_PIN_THREAD_UID

◆ INVALID_THREADID

◆ INVALID_TLS_KEY

◆ MAX_CLIENT_TLS_KEYS