1 // Copyright (c) 2012-2014 The Bitcoin Core developers
2 // Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
3 // file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
5 #ifndef BITCOIN_CHECKQUEUE_H
6 #define BITCOIN_CHECKQUEUE_H
11 #include <boost/foreach.hpp>
12 #include <boost/thread/condition_variable.hpp>
13 #include <boost/thread/locks.hpp>
14 #include <boost/thread/mutex.hpp>
17 class CCheckQueueControl;
20 * Queue for verifications that have to be performed.
21 * The verifications are represented by a type T, which must provide an
22 * operator(), returning a bool.
24 * One thread (the master) is assumed to push batches of verifications
25 * onto the queue, where they are processed by N-1 worker threads. When
26 * the master is done adding work, it temporarily joins the worker pool
27 * as an N'th worker, until all jobs are done.
33 //! Mutex to protect the inner state
36 //! Worker threads block on this when out of work
37 boost::condition_variable condWorker;
39 //! Master thread blocks on this when out of work
40 boost::condition_variable condMaster;
42 //! The queue of elements to be processed.
43 //! As the order of booleans doesn't matter, it is used as a LIFO (stack)
46 //! The number of workers (including the master) that are idle.
49 //! The total number of workers (including the master).
52 //! The temporary evaluation result.
56 * Number of verifications that haven't completed yet.
57 * This includes elements that are not anymore in queue, but still in
58 * worker's own batches.
62 //! Whether we're shutting down.
65 //! The maximum number of elements to be processed in one batch
66 unsigned int nBatchSize;
68 /** Internal function that does bulk of the verification work. */
69 bool Loop(bool fMaster = false)
71 boost::condition_variable& cond = fMaster ? condMaster : condWorker;
72 std::vector<T> vChecks;
73 vChecks.reserve(nBatchSize);
74 unsigned int nNow = 0;
78 boost::unique_lock<boost::mutex> lock(mutex);
79 // first do the clean-up of the previous loop run (allowing us to do it in the same critsect)
83 if (nTodo == 0 && !fMaster)
84 // We processed the last element; inform the master he or she can exit and return the result
85 condMaster.notify_one();
90 // logically, the do loop starts here
91 while (queue.empty()) {
92 if ((fMaster || fQuit) && nTodo == 0) {
95 // reset the status for new work later
98 // return the current status
102 cond.wait(lock); // wait
105 // Decide how many work units to process now.
106 // * Do not try to do everything at once, but aim for increasingly smaller batches so
107 // all workers finish approximately simultaneously.
108 // * Try to account for idle jobs which will instantly start helping.
109 // * Don't do batches smaller than 1 (duh), or larger than nBatchSize.
110 nNow = std::max(1U, std::min(nBatchSize, (unsigned int)queue.size() / (nTotal + nIdle + 1)));
111 vChecks.resize(nNow);
112 for (unsigned int i = 0; i < nNow; i++) {
113 // We want the lock on the mutex to be as short as possible, so swap jobs from the global
114 // queue to the local batch vector instead of copying.
115 vChecks[i].swap(queue.back());
118 // Check whether we need to do work at all
122 BOOST_FOREACH (T& check, vChecks)
130 //! Create a new check queue
131 CCheckQueue(unsigned int nBatchSizeIn) : nIdle(0), nTotal(0), fAllOk(true), nTodo(0), fQuit(false), nBatchSize(nBatchSizeIn) {}
139 //! Wait until execution finishes, and return whether all evaluations where successful.
145 //! Add a batch of checks to the queue
146 void Add(std::vector<T>& vChecks)
148 boost::unique_lock<boost::mutex> lock(mutex);
149 BOOST_FOREACH (T& check, vChecks) {
150 queue.push_back(T());
151 check.swap(queue.back());
153 nTodo += vChecks.size();
154 if (vChecks.size() == 1)
155 condWorker.notify_one();
156 else if (vChecks.size() > 1)
157 condWorker.notify_all();
166 boost::unique_lock<boost::mutex> lock(mutex);
167 return (nTotal == nIdle && nTodo == 0 && fAllOk == true);
173 * RAII-style controller object for a CCheckQueue that guarantees the passed
174 * queue is finished before continuing.
176 template <typename T>
177 class CCheckQueueControl
180 CCheckQueue<T>* pqueue;
184 CCheckQueueControl(CCheckQueue<T>* pqueueIn) : pqueue(pqueueIn), fDone(false)
186 // passed queue is supposed to be unused, or NULL
187 if (pqueue != NULL) {
188 bool isIdle = pqueue->IsIdle();
197 bool fRet = pqueue->Wait();
202 void Add(std::vector<T>& vChecks)
205 pqueue->Add(vChecks);
208 ~CCheckQueueControl()
215 #endif // BITCOIN_CHECKQUEUE_H