Issue #4692, #3595 - Stop sleeping in the implementation of `SetTimeout`

src/Timeout.cpp

Index: src/Timeout.cpp
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+/*
+ * This file is part of Adblock Plus <https://adblockplus.org/>,
+ * Copyright (C) 2006-2017 Eyeo GmbH
+ *
+ * Adblock Plus is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3 as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * Adblock Plus is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with Adblock Plus.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#include "JsEngineInternal.h"
+#include "JsEngineTransition.h"
+#include "Scheduler.h"
+#include "Timeout.h"
+#include "Utils.h"
+
+namespace
+{
+  class TimeoutTask
+    : public TaskFunctionInterface
+  {
+    typedef int64_t delayType; // return type of v8::Value::GetInteger()
+    /**
+     * shared_ptr ensures the engine remains in existence
+     *   while we're waiting for the task to complete.
+     * The scheduler ought to undertake this responsibility,
+     *   but until then we must do it ourselves.
+     */
+    JsEngineInternal* engine;
+    V8PersistentNG<v8::Function> function;
+    delayType delay;
+    PersistentValueArray functionArguments;
+    DelayedExecutor executor;
+
+    void body()
+    {
+      V8ExecutionScope sentry(engine);
+      auto isolate = engine->GetIsolate();
+      engine->ApplyFunction(function.Get(isolate), functionArguments.GetAsLocal(isolate));
+    }
+
+  public:
+    TimeoutTask(
+      JsEngineInternal *engine,
+      V8PersistentNG<v8::Function> function,
+      delayType delay,
+      PersistentValueArray functionArguments
+    ) :
+      engine(engine),
+      function(function),
+      delay(delay),
+      functionArguments(std::move(functionArguments)),
+      executor([this]() { body(); })
+    {}
+
+    void operator()() override
+    {
+      executor.RunWithDelay(std::chrono::milliseconds(delay));
+    }
+
+    void Interrupt() override
+    {
+      executor.ForestallExecution();
+    }
+  };
+}
+
+/**
+ * Callback function registered to v8 to implement `SetTimeout`
+ *
+ * Note that this implementation does not support the "evaluate code" version
+ *   of `SetTimeout`, only the "apply function" version.
+ *
+ * \par Reference
+ * https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WindowTimers/setTimeout
+ */
+v8::Handle<v8::Value> CallbackForSetTimeout(const v8::Arguments& arguments)
+{
+  auto engine = JsEngineInternal::ExtractEngine(arguments);
+  try
+  {
+    if (arguments.Length() < 2)
+    {
+      throw std::runtime_error("setTimeout: must have at least 2 arguments");
+    }
+    if (!arguments[0]->IsFunction())
+    {
+      throw std::runtime_error("setTimeout: argument 1 must be a function");
+    }
+    auto isolate = engine->GetIsolate();
+    size_t n = arguments.Length() - 2;
+    PersistentValueArray functionArguments(n);
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < n; i++)
+    {
+      functionArguments[i] = V8PersistentNG<v8::Value>(isolate, arguments[i + 2]);
+    }
+    /*
+     * Run the task
+     */
+    auto task(std::make_shared<TimeoutTask>(engine,
+      V8PersistentNG<v8::Function>(isolate, v8::Local<v8::Function>::Cast(arguments[0])),
+      arguments[1]->IntegerValue(), std::move(functionArguments)));
+    engine->ScheduleTask(std::move(task), ImmediateSingleUseThread);
+    // We should actually return the timer ID here, which could be
+    // used via clearTimeout(). But since we don't seem to need
+    // clearTimeout(), we can save that for later.
+    return v8::Undefined();
+  }
+  catch (const std::exception& e)
+  {
+    return v8::ThrowException(engine->ToV8String(e.what()));
+  }
+}