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     18 
     19 #ifndef GRPC_INTERNAL_CPP_THREAD_MANAGER_H
     20 #define GRPC_INTERNAL_CPP_THREAD_MANAGER_H
     21 
     22 #include <condition_variable>
     23 #include <list>
     24 #include <memory>
     25 #include <mutex>
     26 
     27 #include <grpcpp/support/config.h>
     28 
     29 #include "src/core/lib/gprpp/thd.h"
     30 #include "src/core/lib/iomgr/resource_quota.h"
     31 
     32 namespace grpc {
     33 
     34 class ThreadManager {
     35  public:
     36   explicit ThreadManager(const char* name, grpc_resource_quota* resource_quota,
     37                          int min_pollers, int max_pollers);
     38   virtual ~ThreadManager();
     39 
     40   // Initializes and Starts the Rpc Manager threads
     41   void Initialize();
     42 
     43   // The return type of PollForWork() function
     44   enum WorkStatus { WORK_FOUND, SHUTDOWN, TIMEOUT };
     45 
     46   // "Polls" for new work.
     47   // If the return value is WORK_FOUND:
     48   //  - The implementaion of PollForWork() MAY set some opaque identifier to
     49   //    (identify the work item found) via the '*tag' parameter
     50   //  - The implementaion MUST set the value of 'ok' to 'true' or 'false'. A
     51   //    value of 'false' indicates some implemenation specific error (that is
     52   //    neither SHUTDOWN nor TIMEOUT)
     53   //  - ThreadManager does not interpret the values of 'tag' and 'ok'
     54   //  - ThreadManager WILL call DoWork() and pass '*tag' and 'ok' as input to
     55   //    DoWork()
     56   //
     57   // If the return value is SHUTDOWN:,
     58   //  - ThreadManager WILL NOT call DoWork() and terminates the thead
     59   //
     60   // If the return value is TIMEOUT:,
     61   //  - ThreadManager WILL NOT call DoWork()
     62   //  - ThreadManager MAY terminate the thread depending on the current number
     63   //    of active poller threads and mix_pollers/max_pollers settings
     64   //  - Also, the value of timeout is specific to the derived class
     65   //    implementation
     66   virtual WorkStatus PollForWork(void** tag, bool* ok) = 0;
     67 
     68   // The implementation of DoWork() is supposed to perform the work found by
     69   // PollForWork(). The tag and ok parameters are the same as returned by
     70   // PollForWork(). The resources parameter indicates that the call actually
     71   // has the resources available for performing the RPC's work. If it doesn't,
     72   // the implementation should fail it appropriately.
     73   //
     74   // The implementation of DoWork() should also do any setup needed to ensure
     75   // that the next call to PollForWork() (not necessarily by the current thread)
     76   // actually finds some work
     77   virtual void DoWork(void* tag, bool ok, bool resources) = 0;
     78 
     79   // Mark the ThreadManager as shutdown and begin draining the work. This is a
     80   // non-blocking call and the caller should call Wait(), a blocking call which
     81   // returns only once the shutdown is complete
     82   virtual void Shutdown();
     83 
     84   // Has Shutdown() been called
     85   bool IsShutdown();
     86 
     87   // A blocking call that returns only after the ThreadManager has shutdown and
     88   // all the threads have drained all the outstanding work
     89   virtual void Wait();
     90 
     91   // Max number of concurrent threads that were ever active in this thread
     92   // manager so far. This is useful for debugging purposes (and in unit tests)
     93   // to check if resource_quota is properly being enforced.
     94   int GetMaxActiveThreadsSoFar();
     95 
     96  private:
     97   // Helper wrapper class around grpc_core::Thread. Takes a ThreadManager object
     98   // and starts a new grpc_core::Thread to calls the Run() function.
     99   //
    100   // The Run() function calls ThreadManager::MainWorkLoop() function and once
    101   // that completes, it marks the WorkerThread completed by calling
    102   // ThreadManager::MarkAsCompleted()
    103   //
    104   // WHY IS THIS NEEDED?:
    105   // When a thread terminates, some other thread *must* call Join() on that
    106   // thread so that the resources are released. Having a WorkerThread wrapper
    107   // will make this easier. Once Run() completes, each thread calls the
    108   // following two functions:
    109   //    ThreadManager::CleanupCompletedThreads()
    110   //    ThreadManager::MarkAsCompleted()
    111   //
    112   //  - MarkAsCompleted() puts the WorkerThread object in the ThreadManger's
    113   //    completed_threads_ list
    114   //  - CleanupCompletedThreads() calls "Join()" on the threads that are already
    115   //    in the completed_threads_ list  (since a thread cannot call Join() on
    116   //    itself, it calls CleanupCompletedThreads() *before* calling
    117   //    MarkAsCompleted())
    118   //
    119   // TODO(sreek): Consider creating the threads 'detached' so that Join() need
    120   // not be called (and the need for this WorkerThread class is eliminated)
    121   class WorkerThread {
    122    public:
    123     WorkerThread(ThreadManager* thd_mgr);
    124     ~WorkerThread();
    125 
    126    private:
    127     // Calls thd_mgr_->MainWorkLoop() and once that completes, calls
    128     // thd_mgr_>MarkAsCompleted(this) to mark the thread as completed
    129     void Run();
    130 
    131     ThreadManager* const thd_mgr_;
    132     grpc_core::Thread thd_;
    133   };
    134 
    135   // The main funtion in ThreadManager
    136   void MainWorkLoop();
    137 
    138   void MarkAsCompleted(WorkerThread* thd);
    139   void CleanupCompletedThreads();
    140 
    141   // Protects shutdown_, num_pollers_, num_threads_ and
    142   // max_active_threads_sofar_
    143   std::mutex mu_;
    144 
    145   bool shutdown_;
    146   std::condition_variable shutdown_cv_;
    147 
    148   // The resource user object to use when requesting quota to create threads
    149   //
    150   // Note: The user of this ThreadManager object must create grpc_resource_quota
    151   // object (that contains the actual max thread quota) and a grpc_resource_user
    152   // object through which quota is requested whenver new threads need to be
    153   // created
    154   grpc_resource_user* resource_user_;
    155 
    156   // Number of threads doing polling
    157   int num_pollers_;
    158 
    159   // The minimum and maximum number of threads that should be doing polling
    160   int min_pollers_;
    161   int max_pollers_;
    162 
    163   // The total number of threads currently active (includes threads includes the
    164   // threads that are currently polling i.e num_pollers_)
    165   int num_threads_;
    166 
    167   // See GetMaxActiveThreadsSoFar()'s description.
    168   // To be more specific, this variable tracks the max value num_threads_ was
    169   // ever set so far
    170   int max_active_threads_sofar_;
    171 
    172   std::mutex list_mu_;
    173   std::list<WorkerThread*> completed_threads_;
    174 };
    175 
    176 }  // namespace grpc
    177 
    178 #endif  // GRPC_INTERNAL_CPP_THREAD_MANAGER_H
    179