qtconcurrentthreadengine.h

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// Copyright (C) 2016 The Qt Company Ltd.
// SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-Qt-Commercial OR LGPL-3.0-only OR GPL-2.0-only OR GPL-3.0-only
 
#ifndef QTCONCURRENT_THREADENGINE_H
#define QTCONCURRENT_THREADENGINE_H
 
#include <QtConcurrent/qtconcurrent_global.h>
 
#if !defined(QT_NO_CONCURRENT) ||defined(Q_QDOC)
 
#include <QtCore/qthreadpool.h>
#include <QtCore/qfuture.h>
#include <QtCore/qexception.h>
#include <QtCore/qwaitcondition.h>
#include <QtCore/qatomic.h>
#include <QtCore/qsemaphore.h>
 
QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
 
namespace QtConcurrent {
 
// The ThreadEngineBarrier counts worker threads, and allows one
// thread to wait for all others to finish. Tested for its use in
// QtConcurrent, requires more testing for use as a general class.
class ThreadEngineBarrier
{
private:
    // The thread count is maintained as an integer in the count atomic
    // variable. The count can be either positive or negative - a negative
    // count signals that a thread is waiting on the barrier.
 
    QAtomicInt count;
    QSemaphore semaphore;
public:
    ThreadEngineBarrier();
    void acquire();
    int release();
    void wait();
    int currentCount();
    bool releaseUnlessLast();
};
 
enum ThreadFunctionResult { ThrottleThread, ThreadFinished };
 
// The ThreadEngine controls the threads used in the computation.
// Can be run in three modes: single threaded, multi-threaded blocking
// and multi-threaded asynchronous.
// The code for the single threaded mode is
class Q_CONCURRENT_EXPORT ThreadEngineBase: public QRunnable
{
public:
    // Public API:
    ThreadEngineBase(QThreadPool *pool);
    virtual ~ThreadEngineBase();
    void startSingleThreaded();
    void startThread();
    bool isCanceled();
    void waitForResume();
    bool isProgressReportingEnabled();
    void setProgressValue(int progress);
    void setProgressRange(int minimum, int maximum);
    void acquireBarrierSemaphore();
    void reportIfSuspensionDone() const;
 
protected: // The user overrides these:
    virtual void start() {}
    virtual void finish() {}
    virtual ThreadFunctionResult threadFunction() { return ThreadFinished; }
    virtual bool shouldStartThread() { return !shouldThrottleThread(); }
    virtual bool shouldThrottleThread()
    {
        return futureInterface ? (futureInterface->isSuspending() || futureInterface->isSuspended())
                               : false;
    }
 
private:
    bool startThreadInternal();
    void startThreads();
    void threadExit();
    bool threadThrottleExit();
    void run() override;
    virtual void asynchronousFinish() = 0;
#ifndef QT_NO_EXCEPTIONS
    void handleException(const QException &exception);
#endif
protected:
    QFutureInterfaceBase *futureInterface;
    QThreadPool *threadPool;
    ThreadEngineBarrier barrier;
    QtPrivate::ExceptionStore exceptionStore;
    QBasicMutex mutex;
};
 
 
template <typename T>
class ThreadEngine : public ThreadEngineBase
{
public:
    typedef T ResultType;
 
    ThreadEngine(QThreadPool *pool) : ThreadEngineBase(pool) {}
 
    virtual T *result() { return nullptr; }
 
    QFutureInterface<T> *futureInterfaceTyped()
    {
        return static_cast<QFutureInterface<T> *>(futureInterface);
    }
 
    // Runs the user algorithm using a single thread.
    T *startSingleThreaded()
    {
        ThreadEngineBase::startSingleThreaded();
        return result();
    }
 
    // Runs the user algorithm using multiple threads.
    // Does not block, returns a future.
    QFuture<T> startAsynchronously()
    {
        futureInterface = new QFutureInterface<T>();
 
        // reportStart() must be called before starting threads, otherwise the
        // user algorithm might finish while reportStart() is running, which
        // is very bad.
        futureInterface->reportStarted();
        QFuture<T> future = QFuture<T>(futureInterfaceTyped());
        start();
 
        acquireBarrierSemaphore();
        threadPool->start(this);
        return future;
    }
 
    void asynchronousFinish() override
    {
        finish();
        futureInterfaceTyped()->reportFinished(result());
        delete futureInterfaceTyped();
        delete this;
    }
 
 
    void reportResult(const T *_result, int index = -1)
    {
        if (futureInterface)
            futureInterfaceTyped()->reportResult(_result, index);
    }
 
    void reportResults(const QList<T> &_result, int index = -1, int count = -1)
    {
        if (futureInterface)
            futureInterfaceTyped()->reportResults(_result, index, count);
    }
};
 
// The ThreadEngineStarter class ecapsulates the return type
// from the thread engine.
// Depending on how the it is used, it will run
// the engine in either blocking mode or asynchronous mode.
template <typename T>
class ThreadEngineStarterBase
{
public:
    ThreadEngineStarterBase(ThreadEngine<T> *_threadEngine)
    : threadEngine(_threadEngine) { }
 
    inline ThreadEngineStarterBase(const ThreadEngineStarterBase &other)
    : threadEngine(other.threadEngine) { }
 
    QFuture<T> startAsynchronously()
    {
        return threadEngine->startAsynchronously();
    }
 
    operator QFuture<T>()
    {
        return startAsynchronously();
    }
 
protected:
    ThreadEngine<T> *threadEngine;
};
 
 
// We need to factor out the code that dereferences the T pointer,
// with a specialization where T is void. (code that dereferences a void *
// won't compile)
template <typename T>
class ThreadEngineStarter : public ThreadEngineStarterBase<T>
{
    typedef ThreadEngineStarterBase<T> Base;
    typedef ThreadEngine<T> TypedThreadEngine;
public:
    ThreadEngineStarter(TypedThreadEngine *eng)
        : Base(eng) { }
};
 
// Full template specialization where T is void.
template <>
class ThreadEngineStarter<void> : public ThreadEngineStarterBase<void>
{
public:
    ThreadEngineStarter(ThreadEngine<void> *_threadEngine)
        : ThreadEngineStarterBase<void>(_threadEngine) {}
};
 
//! [qtconcurrentthreadengine-1]
template <typename ThreadEngine>
inline ThreadEngineStarter<typename ThreadEngine::ResultType> startThreadEngine(ThreadEngine *threadEngine)
{
    return ThreadEngineStarter<typename ThreadEngine::ResultType>(threadEngine);
}
 
} // namespace QtConcurrent
 
 
QT_END_NAMESPACE
 
#endif // QT_NO_CONCURRENT
 
#endif