Title: Threadpool 1.14
Question:
What's Threadpool ?
Answer:
Hello all,
Description:
Lock-free threadpool.
The following have been added:
-- Lockfree ParallelQueue for less contention and more efficiency or
it can use lockfree_mpmc - flqueue that i have modified, enhanced and
improved... -
- Work-stealing - for more efficiency -
- Enters in a wait state when there no job in the queue, hence, it's
very efficient
You can now call any method with the excute() method, like this
excute(your method, parameter , priority);
In Object Pascal it looks like this:
TP.execute(myobj.myproc1,pointer(obj),NORMAL_PRIORITY);
(look inside the zipfile i have included 3 demos:
test.pas, ptestpool.pas and test_thread.pas - a
Parallel program of Matrix multiply by a vector that
use SSE+ -
Look into defined.inc there is many options:
CPU32: for 32 bits architecture
MUTIPLE_PRODUCER: mutiple producer (threads)
ParallelQueue: does use ParallelQueue - very efficient -
Lockfree_MPMC: does use Lockfree_SPMC
ParallelQueueh: does use ParallelQueueh - ParallelQueueh is for
educational purpose -
SINGLE_PRODUCER: for a single producer (thread)
Required switches: -Sd (Delphi mode) for FPC
Please look at the examples test.pas and testpool.pas inside the
zip...
Note: testpool.pas does require Delphi 5+, test.pas works with both
FreePascal and Delphi
You can download Threadpool 1.1 from:
http://pages.videotron.com/aminer/
Language: FPC Pascal v2.2.0+ / Delphi 5+: http://www.freepascal.org/
Operating Systems: Win , Linux and Mac (x86).
Threadpool is *VERY* easy to use, here is an example:
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program test;
uses
{$IFDEF Delphi}
cmem,
{$ENDIF}
ThreadPool,sysutils,syncobjs;
{$I defines.inc}
type
TMyThread = class (TThreadPoolThread)
//procedure ProcessRequest(obj: Pointer); override;
procedure MyProc1(obj: Pointer);
procedure MyProc2(obj: Pointer);
end;
var
myobj:TMyThread;
TP: TThreadPool;
obj:pointer;
cs:TCriticalSection;
procedure TMyThread.MyProc1(obj: Pointer);
begin
cs.enter;
writeln('This is MyProc1 with parameter: ',integer(obj));
cs.leave;
end;
procedure TMyThread.MyProc2(obj: Pointer);
begin
cs.enter;
writeln('This is MyProc2 with parameter: ',integer(obj));
cs.leave;
end;
begin
myobj:=TMyThread.create;
cs:=TCriticalSection.create;
TP := TThreadPool.Create(4, 20, TMyThread); // 4 workers threads and
2^20 items for each queue.
obj:=pointer(1);
TP.execute(myobj.myproc1,pointer(obj));
obj:=pointer(2);
TP.execute(myobj.myproc2,pointer(obj));
readln;
TP.Terminate;
TP.Free;
end.
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Sincerely,
Amine Moulay Ramdane.