200行C代码实现简单线程池

      原以为实现一个线程池一定是个规模和难度都是超大的项目。这阵子有些闲空，就复习了一下pthreads的知识。光理论复习不够的，还得上手写点东西才行。这就想着实现一个线程池试试看吧。没想到200行不到就出来了一个可用的东西。

      基本想法是这样的：
      1、预创建的线程通过mutex休眠在线程池中。这样，通过unlock该mutex就可以唤醒该线程了；
      2、出于简单性的目标，一个线程池内的所有线程的属性都是相同的。这个属性在创建线程池可以指定；
      3、一般来讲，线程池内的线程不能被取消、或者调用pthread_exit()退出。这些管理性工作是由线程池本身完成的。即，在使用线程池借出的线程时，函数返回应该只用return。
      4、从线程池“借出”的线程，可以归还给线程池。实际上也必须归还给线程池，这样线程池可以完成最后的清理工作。
      5、如果实在需要取消一个线程，那么好吧，只是别忘了告诉线程池你取消了它的手下。

#include "threadpool.h"        /* #include了所有必要的系统头文件 */

#define THWK_F_CLEAN    1    /* 设置此标志着threadpool正在进行清理操作，此时线程退出。 */
#define THWK_F_RUNNING    2    /* 设置这个标志主要是为了避免一个race condition，后述。 */

struct thread_worker_arg {
    void (*action)(void*);    /* user programmer指定的实际函数 */
    void *what;        /* action的参数 */
};

struct thread_worker {
    pthread_t id;            /* just as its name */
    struct thread_worker_arg arg;    /* 用于给sleepy_wrapper()传送参数，后述。 */
    pthread_mutex_t lock;        /* 用于实现线程池内空闲线程的休眠，它实际上并不保护什么临界区。 */
    struct thread_worker *next;    /* 用于链表线程池内的其他线程 */
    unsigned long long delay;    /* 未用，计划用于测量调度延迟。 */
    unsigned long flags;        /* 标志，后述。 */
};

struct thread_pool {
    pthread_mutex_t lock;        /* 用于同步对于thread_pool自身的访问操作 */
    struct thread_worker *first;    /* 所有线程链接于此 */
    int total;            /* 总线程数 */
    int current_nr;            /* 池内空闲线程数 */
};

/* 未用，计划用于测量调度延迟。 */
inline unsigned long long get_ticks(void)
{
//    __asm__ ("rdtsc");

    return 0ULL;
}

/* 用于支持线程在被取消时的必要清理操作。 */
static void sleepy_wrapper_cleanup(void *voidp)
{
    struct thread_worker *worker = voidp;

    pthread_mutex_unlock(&worker->lock);
    free(worker);
}

/* 这就是线程池内线程的执行函数了。 */
static void* sleepy_wrapper(void *voidp)
{
    struct thread_worker *worker = voidp;

    while (1) {
        pthread_cleanup_push(sleepy_wrapper_cleanup, worker); /* 预设置上一个清理函数，防止线程取消时内存泄漏。 */
        pthread_mutex_lock(&worker->lock); /* 空闲线程应该休眠于此，这个mutex在创建thread pool时就锁住了。或者本循环结束时锁住。 */
        worker->delay = get_ticks() - worker->delay; /* 暂时无用。 */
        if (THWK_F_CLEAN & worker->flags) /* 线程池正在清理本身，所以线程至此就退出了。 */
            goto done; /* 你可能觉得这个goto用得有些多余，但如果不这样编译就会提示句法错误，因为pthread_cleanup_{push,pop}是用宏实现的！你可以参考一下它们的实现。 */
        worker->flags |= THWK_F_RUNNING; /* 后述。 */
        if (worker->arg.action) /* 进行线程实际的工作 */
            worker->arg.action(worker->arg.what);
done:
        pthread_mutex_unlock(&worker->lock); /* 解锁这个mutex，允许这个thread的下一次使用 */
        pthread_cleanup_pop(0);
        if (THWK_F_CLEAN & worker->flags) /* 清理线程池 */
            break;
        pthread_mutex_lock(&worker->lock); /* 先锁住这个锁，以让本循环开头的pthread_mutex_lock()使线程进入休眠。这个调用应该是成功的，否则就会引用deadlock。 */
        worker->flags &= ~THWK_F_RUNNING; /* 设计这个标志的意义在于防止有线程激活操作在以上unlock/lock之间发生，如果这样的话，就会引起deadlock，激活操作的实现后述。 */
    }
    pthread_exit(0);
}

/* 无需废话的函数。 */
pthread_t thread_pool_rawid(struct thread_worker *worker)
{
    return worker->id;
}

/* 如果线程被取消了，通知线程池忘记它，目前的实现很简单。*/
void thread_pool_forget(struct thread_pool *pool, struct thread_worker *worker)
{
    pool->total--;
}

/* 线程激活操作 */
void thread_pool_activate(struct thread_worker *worker)
{
    worker->delay = get_ticks();
    while (thread_pool_is_running(worker)) /* 防止出现deadlock */
        ;
    pthread_mutex_unlock(&worker->lock); /* 使sleepy_wrapper()内循环开头部分的lock()操作返回，即线程得以唤醒执行实际的action(what)。 */
}

/* 另一个无须废话的函数 */
int thread_pool_is_running(struct thread_worker *worker)
{
    return (worker->flags & THWK_F_RUNNING);
}

/* 从线程池中借出一个线程，其实就是一个从链表头中摘出thread_worker的简单函数 */
int thread_pool_lend(struct thread_pool *pool, void (*action)(void*), void* what, struct thread_worker **worker)
{
    if (!action || !pool || !worker)
        return -EINVAL;

    pthread_mutex_lock(&pool->lock);
    *worker = pool->first;
    if (worker) {
        (*worker)->arg.action = action;
        (*worker)->arg.what = what;
        pool->first = (*worker)->next;
        (*worker)->next = NULL;
        pool->current_nr--;
    }
    pthread_mutex_unlock(&pool->lock);
    return 0;
}

/* 向线程池里归还一个thread，头插法插入thread_worker链表。 */
int thread_pool_giveback(struct thread_pool *pool, struct thread_worker *worker)
{
    if (!pool || !worker)
        return -EINVAL;

    while (thread_pool_is_running(worker))
        ;

    pthread_mutex_lock(&pool->lock);
    worker->next = pool->first;
    pool->first = worker;
    worker->arg.action = NULL;
    worker->arg.what = NULL;
    pool->current_nr++;
    pthread_mutex_unlock(&pool->lock);

    return 0;
}

/* 虽然有点长，但仍然是无须废话：线程池创建 */
struct thread_pool* thread_pool_create(int nr_to_create, pthread_attr_t *attr)
{
    struct thread_pool *pool;
    struct thread_worker *worker;
    int i, chk;

    if (!nr_to_create)
        return NULL;

    pool = malloc(sizeof(struct thread_pool));
    if (!pool)
        return NULL;

    pool->first = NULL;
    pool->total = 0;
    pthread_mutex_init(&pool->lock, NULL);

    for (i=0; i<nr_to_create; ++i) {
        worker = malloc(sizeof(struct thread_worker));
        if (!worker)
            break;
        memset(worker, 0, sizeof(struct thread_worker));

        pthread_mutex_init(&worker->lock, NULL);
        pthread_mutex_lock(&worker->lock);

        chk = pthread_create(&worker->id, attr, sleepy_wrapper, (void*)worker);
        if (chk) {
            pthread_mutex_unlock(&worker->lock);
            pthread_mutex_destroy(&worker->lock);
            free(worker);
            break;
        }
        worker->next = pool->first;
        pool->first = worker;
    }
    
    pool->total = i;
    pool->current_nr = i;
    if (0 == i) {
        pthread_mutex_destroy(&pool->lock);
        free(pool);
        pool = NULL;
    }
    return pool;
}

/* 清理线程池。 */
int thread_pool_clean(struct thread_pool *pool)
{
    struct thread_worker *worker;

    pthread_mutex_lock(&pool->lock);
    if (pool->total != pool->current_nr) {
        pthread_mutex_unlock(&pool->lock);
        return -EBUSY;
    }

    while (NULL != (worker = pool->first)) {
        worker->flags = THWK_F_CLEAN; /* this is =, rather than |= ! */
        pthread_mutex_unlock(&worker->lock);
        pthread_join(worker->id, NULL);
        pool->first = worker->next;
        pthread_mutex_destroy(&worker->lock);
        free(worker);
    }

    pthread_mutex_unlock(&pool->lock);
    pthread_mutex_destroy(&pool->lock);
    free(pool);
    return 0;
}




/* 这是一个使用例子。 */

/* 在我的P4双核机器上，可以比单线程版本快20%，但复杂性远高于20%！ :( */


#include "threadpool.h"

unsigned long long sum(unsigned long long start, unsigned long long end)
{
    unsigned long long sum;

    sum = 0;
    for (; start<=end; ++start)
        sum += start;

    return sum;
}

struct per_sum {
    unsigned long long sum, start, end;
    pthread_mutex_t lock;
    pthread_cond_t cond;
};

void threaded_sum(void *voidp)
{
    struct per_sum *per_sum = voidp;

    printf("thread %p start\n", voidp);

    if (!per_sum) {
//        printf("per_sum == NULL\n");
        return;
    }
    per_sum->sum = sum(per_sum->start, per_sum->end);
    per_sum->start = per_sum->end = 0;
    pthread_mutex_lock(&per_sum->lock);
    printf("thread %p exit, end=%lld\n", voidp, per_sum->end);
    pthread_cond_signal(&per_sum->cond);
    pthread_mutex_unlock(&per_sum->lock);
}

int main(void)
{
#define NR_THREADS    2
    struct thread_worker* workers[NR_THREADS];
    struct per_sum per_sums[NR_THREADS];
    struct thread_pool *pool;
    int i;

    unsigned long long start, end;
    unsigned long long result = 0;
    unsigned long long delta = 0x10ffffff;

//    printf("mutli threading ... ");

    pool = thread_pool_create(NR_THREADS, NULL);
    if (!pool)
        exit(-1);

    for (i=0; i<NR_THREADS; ++i) {
        if (pthread_mutex_init(&per_sums[i].lock, NULL)) {
            printf("failed init mutex\n");
            exit(3);
        }            
        if (pthread_cond_init(&per_sums[i].cond, NULL)) {
            printf("failed init cond\n");
            exit(4);
        }        
        if (thread_pool_lend(pool, threaded_sum, (void*)&per_sums[i], &workers[i])) {
            printf("failed to lend thread %d\n", i);
            exit(5);
        }
    }    


    start = 0;

    /* activate threads */
    for (i=0; i<NR_THREADS; i++) {
        per_sums[i].start = start;
        per_sums[i].end = per_sums[i].start + delta;
        start = per_sums[i].end + 1;
        thread_pool_activate(workers[i]);
    }

    for (i=0; i<NR_THREADS; i++) {
        pthread_mutex_lock(&per_sums[i].lock);
        while (per_sums[i].end != 0)
            pthread_cond_wait(&per_sums[i].cond, &per_sums[i].lock);
        result += per_sums[i].sum;
        pthread_mutex_unlock(&per_sums[i].lock);
    }

    /* activate threads again */
    for (i=0; i<NR_THREADS; i++) {
        per_sums[i].start = start;
        per_sums[i].end = per_sums[i].start + delta;
        start = per_sums[i].end + 1;
        thread_pool_activate(workers[i]);
    }
    end = per_sums[NR_THREADS-1].end;

    for (i=0; i<NR_THREADS; i++) {
        pthread_mutex_lock(&per_sums[i].lock);
        while (per_sums[i].end != 0)
            pthread_cond_wait(&per_sums[i].cond, &per_sums[i].lock);
        result += per_sums[i].sum;
        pthread_mutex_unlock(&per_sums[i].lock);
    }

    for (i=0; i<NR_THREADS; ++i) {
        if (thread_pool_giveback(pool, workers[i])) {
            printf("failed to giveback thread %d\n", i);
            exit(6);
        }
        pthread_mutex_destroy(&per_sums[i].lock);
        pthread_cond_destroy(&per_sums[i].cond);
    }

    thread_pool_clean(pool);
    printf("sum = %lld\n\n", result);
    return 0;
}

 

 

PS:

   是在Linux写的这个程序。完善的话，比如可以根据系统负载调整线程池中线程的数量；增加更完整的性能测量功能，调试功能；提供更方便的线程属性设置接口；在Linux平台上，可以使用clone()提供更为灵活的资源策略，等等。