Workers.cpp

#include <xrpl/beast/core/CurrentThreadName.h>
#include <xrpl/beast/utility/instrumentation.h>
#include <xrpl/core/PerfLog.h>
#include <xrpl/core/detail/Workers.h>
 
namespace xrpl {
 
Workers::Workers(
    Callback& callback,
    perf::PerfLog* perfLog,
    std::string const& threadNames,
    int numberOfThreads)
    : m_callback(callback)
    , perfLog_(perfLog)
    , m_threadNames(threadNames)
    , m_allPaused(true)
    , m_semaphore(0)
    , m_numberOfThreads(0)
    , m_activeCount(0)
    , m_pauseCount(0)
    , m_runningTaskCount(0)
{
    setNumberOfThreads(numberOfThreads);
}
 
Workers::~Workers()
{
    stop();
 
    deleteWorkers(m_everyone);
}
 
int
Workers::getNumberOfThreads() const noexcept
{
    return m_numberOfThreads;
}
 
// VFALCO NOTE if this function is called quickly to reduce then
//             increase the number of threads, it could result in
//             more paused threads being created than expected.
//
void
Workers::setNumberOfThreads(int numberOfThreads)
{
    static int instance{0};
    if (m_numberOfThreads == numberOfThreads)
        return;
 
    if (perfLog_)
        perfLog_->resizeJobs(numberOfThreads);
 
    if (numberOfThreads > m_numberOfThreads)
    {
        // Increasing the number of working threads
        int const amount = numberOfThreads - m_numberOfThreads;
 
        for (int i = 0; i < amount; ++i)
        {
            // See if we can reuse a paused worker
            Worker* worker = m_paused.pop_front();
 
            if (worker != nullptr)
            {
                // If we got here then the worker thread is at [1]
                // This will unblock their call to wait()
                //
                worker->notify();
            }
            else
            {
                worker = new Worker(*this, m_threadNames, instance++);
                m_everyone.push_front(worker);
            }
        }
    }
    else
    {
        // Decreasing the number of working threads
        int const amount = m_numberOfThreads - numberOfThreads;
 
        for (int i = 0; i < amount; ++i)
        {
            ++m_pauseCount;
 
            // Pausing a thread counts as one "internal task"
            m_semaphore.notify();
        }
    }
 
    m_numberOfThreads = numberOfThreads;
}
 
void
Workers::stop()
{
    setNumberOfThreads(0);
 
    std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lk{m_mut};
    m_cv.wait(lk, [this] { return m_allPaused; });
    lk.unlock();
 
    XRPL_ASSERT(
        numberOfCurrentlyRunningTasks() == 0,
        "xrpl::Workers::stop : zero running tasks");
}
 
void
Workers::addTask()
{
    m_semaphore.notify();
}
 
int
Workers::numberOfCurrentlyRunningTasks() const noexcept
{
    return m_runningTaskCount.load();
}
 
void
Workers::deleteWorkers(beast::LockFreeStack<Worker>& stack)
{
    for (;;)
    {
        Worker* const worker = stack.pop_front();
 
        if (worker != nullptr)
        {
            // This call blocks until the thread orderly exits
            delete worker;
        }
        else
        {
            break;
        }
    }
}
 
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
Workers::Worker::Worker(
    Workers& workers,
    std::string const& threadName,
    int const instance)
    : m_workers{workers}
    , threadName_{threadName}
    , instance_{instance}
    , wakeCount_{0}
    , shouldExit_{false}
{
    thread_ = std::thread{&Workers::Worker::run, this};
}
 
Workers::Worker::~Worker()
{
    {
        std::lock_guard lock{mutex_};
        ++wakeCount_;
        shouldExit_ = true;
    }
 
    wakeup_.notify_one();
    thread_.join();
}
 
void
Workers::Worker::notify()
{
    std::lock_guard lock{mutex_};
    ++wakeCount_;
    wakeup_.notify_one();
}
 
void
Workers::Worker::run()
{
    bool shouldExit = true;
    do
    {
        // Increment the count of active workers, and if
        // we are the first one then reset the "all paused" event
        //
        if (++m_workers.m_activeCount == 1)
        {
            std::lock_guard lk{m_workers.m_mut};
            m_workers.m_allPaused = false;
        }
 
        for (;;)
        {
            // Put the name back in case the callback changed it
            beast::setCurrentThreadName(threadName_);
 
            // Acquire a task or "internal task."
            //
            m_workers.m_semaphore.wait();
 
            // See if there's a pause request. This
            // counts as an "internal task."
            //
            int pauseCount = m_workers.m_pauseCount.load();
 
            if (pauseCount > 0)
            {
                // Try to decrement
                pauseCount = --m_workers.m_pauseCount;
 
                if (pauseCount >= 0)
                {
                    // We got paused
                    break;
                }
                else
                {
                    // Undo our decrement
                    ++m_workers.m_pauseCount;
                }
            }
 
            // We couldn't pause so we must have gotten
            // unblocked in order to process a task.
            //
            ++m_workers.m_runningTaskCount;
            m_workers.m_callback.processTask(instance_);
            --m_workers.m_runningTaskCount;
        }
 
        // Any worker that goes into the paused list must
        // guarantee that it will eventually block on its
        // event object.
        //
        m_workers.m_paused.push_front(this);
 
        // Decrement the count of active workers, and if we
        // are the last one then signal the "all paused" event.
        //
        if (--m_workers.m_activeCount == 0)
        {
            std::lock_guard lk{m_workers.m_mut};
            m_workers.m_allPaused = true;
            m_workers.m_cv.notify_all();
        }
 
        // Set inactive thread name.
        beast::setCurrentThreadName("(" + threadName_ + ")");
 
        // [1] We will be here when the paused list is popped
        //
        // We block on our condition_variable, wakeup_, a requirement of being
        // put into the paused list.
        //
        // wakeup_ will get signaled by either Worker::notify() or ~Worker.
        {
            std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock{mutex_};
            wakeup_.wait(lock, [this] { return this->wakeCount_ > 0; });
 
            shouldExit = shouldExit_;
            --wakeCount_;
        }
    } while (!shouldExit);
}
 
}  // namespace xrpl