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      1 // Copyright (c) 2012 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 
     27 #include <memory>
     28 #include <queue>
     29 #include <string>
     30 
     31 #include "base/callback_forward.h"
     32 #include "base/location.h"
     33 #include "base/macros.h"
     34 #include "base/memory/ref_counted.h"
     35 #include "base/pending_task.h"
     36 #include "base/synchronization/condition_variable.h"
     37 #include "base/synchronization/lock.h"
     38 #include "base/threading/platform_thread.h"
     39 #include "base/tracked_objects.h"
     40 
     41 class Task;
     42 
     43 namespace base {
     44 
     45 class BASE_EXPORT PosixDynamicThreadPool
     46     : public RefCountedThreadSafe<PosixDynamicThreadPool> {
     47  public:
     48   class PosixDynamicThreadPoolPeer;
     49 
     50   // All worker threads will share the same |name_prefix|.  They will exit after
     51   // |idle_seconds_before_exit|.
     52   PosixDynamicThreadPool(const std::string& name_prefix,
     53                          int idle_seconds_before_exit);
     54 
     55   // Indicates that the thread pool is going away.  Stops handing out tasks to
     56   // worker threads.  Wakes up all the idle threads to let them exit.
     57   void Terminate();
     58 
     59   // Adds |task| to the thread pool.
     60   void PostTask(const tracked_objects::Location& from_here,
     61                 const Closure& task);
     62 
     63   // Worker thread method to wait for up to |idle_seconds_before_exit| for more
     64   // work from the thread pool.  Returns NULL if no work is available.
     65   PendingTask WaitForTask();
     66 
     67  private:
     68   friend class RefCountedThreadSafe<PosixDynamicThreadPool>;
     69   friend class PosixDynamicThreadPoolPeer;
     70 
     71   ~PosixDynamicThreadPool();
     72 
     73   // Adds pending_task to the thread pool.  This function will clear
     74   // |pending_task->task|.
     75   void AddTask(PendingTask* pending_task);
     76 
     77   const std::string name_prefix_;
     78   const int idle_seconds_before_exit_;
     79 
     80   Lock lock_;  // Protects all the variables below.
     81 
     82   // Signal()s worker threads to let them know more tasks are available.
     83   // Also used for Broadcast()'ing to worker threads to let them know the pool
     84   // is being deleted and they can exit.
     85   ConditionVariable pending_tasks_available_cv_;
     86   int num_idle_threads_;
     87   TaskQueue pending_tasks_;
     88   bool terminated_;
     89   // Only used for tests to ensure correct thread ordering.  It will always be
     90   // NULL in non-test code.
     91   std::unique_ptr<ConditionVariable> num_idle_threads_cv_;
     92 
     93   DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(PosixDynamicThreadPool);
     94 };
     95 
     96 }  // namespace base
     97 
     98 #endif  // BASE_THREADING_WORKER_POOL_POSIX_H_
     99