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      1 // Copyright (c) 2011 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
      2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
      3 // found in the LICENSE file.
      4 //
      5 // The thread pool used in the POSIX implementation of WorkerPool dynamically
      6 // adds threads as necessary to handle all tasks.  It keeps old threads around
      7 // for a period of time to allow them to be reused.  After this waiting period,
      8 // the threads exit.  This thread pool uses non-joinable threads, therefore
      9 // worker threads are not joined during process shutdown.  This means that
     10 // potentially long running tasks (such as DNS lookup) do not block process
     11 // shutdown, but also means that process shutdown may "leak" objects.  Note that
     12 // although PosixDynamicThreadPool spawns the worker threads and manages the
     13 // task queue, it does not own the worker threads.  The worker threads ask the
     14 // PosixDynamicThreadPool for work and eventually clean themselves up.  The
     15 // worker threads all maintain scoped_refptrs to the PosixDynamicThreadPool
     16 // instance, which prevents PosixDynamicThreadPool from disappearing before all
     17 // worker threads exit.  The owner of PosixDynamicThreadPool should likewise
     18 // maintain a scoped_refptr to the PosixDynamicThreadPool instance.
     19 //
     20 // NOTE: The classes defined in this file are only meant for use by the POSIX
     21 // implementation of WorkerPool.  No one else should be using these classes.
     22 // These symbols are exported in a header purely for testing purposes.
     23 
     24 #ifndef BASE_THREADING_WORKER_POOL_POSIX_H_
     25 #define BASE_THREADING_WORKER_POOL_POSIX_H_
     26 #pragma once
     27 
     28 #include <queue>
     29 #include <string>
     30 
     31 #include "base/basictypes.h"
     32 #include "base/memory/ref_counted.h"
     33 #include "base/memory/scoped_ptr.h"
     34 #include "base/synchronization/condition_variable.h"
     35 #include "base/synchronization/lock.h"
     36 #include "base/threading/platform_thread.h"
     37 
     38 class Task;
     39 
     40 namespace base {
     41 
     42 class PosixDynamicThreadPool
     43     : public RefCountedThreadSafe<PosixDynamicThreadPool> {
     44  public:
     45   class PosixDynamicThreadPoolPeer;
     46 
     47   // All worker threads will share the same |name_prefix|.  They will exit after
     48   // |idle_seconds_before_exit|.
     49   PosixDynamicThreadPool(const std::string& name_prefix,
     50                          int idle_seconds_before_exit);
     51   ~PosixDynamicThreadPool();
     52 
     53   // Indicates that the thread pool is going away.  Stops handing out tasks to
     54   // worker threads.  Wakes up all the idle threads to let them exit.
     55   void Terminate();
     56 
     57   // Adds |task| to the thread pool.  PosixDynamicThreadPool assumes ownership
     58   // of |task|.
     59   void PostTask(Task* task);
     60 
     61   // Worker thread method to wait for up to |idle_seconds_before_exit| for more
     62   // work from the thread pool.  Returns NULL if no work is available.
     63   Task* WaitForTask();
     64 
     65  private:
     66   friend class PosixDynamicThreadPoolPeer;
     67 
     68   const std::string name_prefix_;
     69   const int idle_seconds_before_exit_;
     70 
     71   Lock lock_;  // Protects all the variables below.
     72 
     73   // Signal()s worker threads to let them know more tasks are available.
     74   // Also used for Broadcast()'ing to worker threads to let them know the pool
     75   // is being deleted and they can exit.
     76   ConditionVariable tasks_available_cv_;
     77   int num_idle_threads_;
     78   std::queue<Task*> tasks_;
     79   bool terminated_;
     80   // Only used for tests to ensure correct thread ordering.  It will always be
     81   // NULL in non-test code.
     82   scoped_ptr<ConditionVariable> num_idle_threads_cv_;
     83 
     84   DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(PosixDynamicThreadPool);
     85 };
     86 
     87 }  // namespace base
     88 
     89 #endif  // BASE_THREADING_WORKER_POOL_POSIX_H_
     90