workerpool.c

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#include <errno.h>
 
#define _GNU_SOURCE  // Possible fix for 16.04
#define __USE_GNU
#include "common/pthreads_cross.h"
#include <assert.h>
#include <stdbool.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#ifdef _WIN32
#include <windows.h>
#else
#include <unistd.h>
#endif
 
#include "workerpool.h"
#include "debug_print.h"
 
struct workerpool {
    int nthreads;
    zarray_t *tasks;
    int taskspos;
 
    pthread_t *threads;
    int *status;
 
    pthread_mutex_t mutex;
    pthread_cond_t startcond;   // used to signal the availability of work
    bool start_predicate;       // predicate that prevents spurious wakeups on startcond
    pthread_cond_t endcond;     // used to signal completion of all work
 
    int end_count; // how many threads are done?
};
 
struct task
{
    void (*f)(void *p);
    void *p;
};
 
void *worker_thread(void *p)
{
    workerpool_t *wp = (workerpool_t*) p;
 
    while (1) {
        struct task *task;
 
        pthread_mutex_lock(&wp->mutex);
        while (wp->taskspos == zarray_size(wp->tasks) || !wp->start_predicate) {
            wp->end_count++;
            pthread_cond_broadcast(&wp->endcond);
            pthread_cond_wait(&wp->startcond, &wp->mutex);
        }
 
        zarray_get_volatile(wp->tasks, wp->taskspos, &task);
        wp->taskspos++;
        pthread_mutex_unlock(&wp->mutex);
        sched_yield();
 
        // we've been asked to exit.
        if (task->f == NULL)
            return NULL;
 
        task->f(task->p);
    }
 
    return NULL;
}
 
workerpool_t *workerpool_create(int nthreads)
{
    assert(nthreads > 0);
 
    workerpool_t *wp = calloc(1, sizeof(workerpool_t));
    wp->nthreads = nthreads;
    wp->tasks = zarray_create(sizeof(struct task));
    wp->start_predicate = false;
 
    if (nthreads > 1) {
        wp->threads = calloc(wp->nthreads, sizeof(pthread_t));
 
        pthread_mutex_init(&wp->mutex, NULL);
        pthread_cond_init(&wp->startcond, NULL);
        pthread_cond_init(&wp->endcond, NULL);
 
        for (int i = 0; i < nthreads; i++) {
            int res = pthread_create(&wp->threads[i], NULL, worker_thread, wp);
            if (res != 0) {
                debug_print("Insufficient system resources to create workerpool threads\n");
                // errno already set to EAGAIN by pthread_create() failure
                return NULL;
            }
        }
 
        // Wait for the worker threads to be ready
        pthread_mutex_lock(&wp->mutex);
        while (wp->end_count < wp->nthreads) {
            pthread_cond_wait(&wp->endcond, &wp->mutex);
        }
        pthread_mutex_unlock(&wp->mutex);
    }
 
    return wp;
}
 
void workerpool_destroy(workerpool_t *wp)
{
    if (wp == NULL)
        return;
 
    // force all worker threads to exit.
    if (wp->nthreads > 1) {
        for (int i = 0; i < wp->nthreads; i++)
            workerpool_add_task(wp, NULL, NULL);
 
        pthread_mutex_lock(&wp->mutex);
        wp->start_predicate = true;
        pthread_cond_broadcast(&wp->startcond);
        pthread_mutex_unlock(&wp->mutex);
 
        for (int i = 0; i < wp->nthreads; i++)
            pthread_join(wp->threads[i], NULL);
 
        pthread_mutex_destroy(&wp->mutex);
        pthread_cond_destroy(&wp->startcond);
        pthread_cond_destroy(&wp->endcond);
        free(wp->threads);
    }
 
    zarray_destroy(wp->tasks);
    free(wp);
}
 
int workerpool_get_nthreads(workerpool_t *wp)
{
    return wp->nthreads;
}
 
void workerpool_add_task(workerpool_t *wp, void (*f)(void *p), void *p)
{
    struct task t;
    t.f = f;
    t.p = p;
 
    if (wp->nthreads > 1) {
        pthread_mutex_lock(&wp->mutex);
        zarray_add(wp->tasks, &t);
        pthread_mutex_unlock(&wp->mutex);
    } else {
        zarray_add(wp->tasks, &t);
    }
}
 
void workerpool_run_single(workerpool_t *wp)
{
    for (int i = 0; i < zarray_size(wp->tasks); i++) {
        struct task *task;
        zarray_get_volatile(wp->tasks, i, &task);
        task->f(task->p);
    }
 
    zarray_clear(wp->tasks);
}
 
// runs all added tasks, waits for them to complete.
void workerpool_run(workerpool_t *wp)
{
    if (wp->nthreads > 1) {
        pthread_mutex_lock(&wp->mutex);
        wp->end_count = 0;
        wp->start_predicate = true;
        pthread_cond_broadcast(&wp->startcond);
 
        while (wp->end_count < wp->nthreads) {
//            printf("caught %d\n", wp->end_count);
            pthread_cond_wait(&wp->endcond, &wp->mutex);
        }
 
        wp->taskspos = 0;
        wp->start_predicate = false;
        pthread_mutex_unlock(&wp->mutex);
 
        zarray_clear(wp->tasks);
 
    } else {
        workerpool_run_single(wp);
    }
}
 
int workerpool_get_nprocs()
{
#ifdef _WIN32
    SYSTEM_INFO sysinfo;
    GetSystemInfo(&sysinfo);
    return sysinfo.dwNumberOfProcessors;
#else
    return sysconf (_SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN);
#endif
}