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This corrects my (wrong) assumption that the timer coordination thread
will only fail if there's an error in the code, and in that case any
attempt to recover is futile. It turns out that the thread does fail
recoverably in one notable case: when running in the non-threaded RTS,
registerDelay fails immediately. And we probably still wish for xmobar
to support the non-threaded RTS.
One way to solve this issue is to add a bunch of #ifdefs and compile the
code only in the threaded case. This would double the number of
configurations that need to be tested, though.
Instead, let's make the code robust against all kinds of exceptions in
the timer coordination thread, and get non-threaded RTS support for
free.
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The first implementation assumed all timers (monitors) are fast and
frequent (which happens to be the case in my configuration). This meant
that a single on-line weather monitor could block the entire xmobar
instance for a long time due to the refresh pausing (meant to reduce
power consumption).
This commit attempts to fix that by limiting the refresh pause time and
using the old periodic sleep method for these slow timers (monitors).
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xmobar currently runs every monitor in its own thread. Monitors that do
periodic updates simply sleep and loop. This unfortunately leads to
these threads coming out of sync, and xmobar ends up waking up and
redrawing for every periodic monitor. In my case, that is 7 times per
second, which is enough for xmobar to be at the top of "top" with more
than 1% CPU usage, and to have a noticeable impact on battery life.
This commit adds a central timer coordination thread which makes sure
that periodic updates happen together and that we only redraw once
they're all done.
Together with PR #409, I managed to lower the idle power draw of my
laptop from 4W to 3W.
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