Re: [boost] interrest in a thread-pool library

From: Moshe Matitya (Moshe.Matitya_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-06-24 09:20:57

How would you say your thread-pool libraries compare with Philipp
Henkel's threadpool library [<http://threadpool.sourceforge.net/>]?

Moshe

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> Hi,
> I follow the discussion about boost.future since the review request
form
> Braddock.
> I'm using Braddocks future implementation for my threadpool library -
may
> you
> are interessted in (I've uploaded two versions in the boost
> vault/Concurrent
> Programming).
> 
> The library provides:
> 
> - thread creation policies: determines the managemnt of worker threads
>     - fixed set of threads in pool
>     - create workerthreads on demand (depending on context)
>     - let worker threads ime out after certain idle time
> 
> - channel policies: manages access to queued tasks
>    - bounded channel with high and low watermark for queuing tasks
>    - unbounded channel with unlimited numer of queued tasks
>    - rendezvous syncron hand-over between producer and consumer
threads
> 
> - queueing policy: determines how tasks will be removed from channel
>    - FIFO
>    - LIFO
>    - priority queue (attribute assigned to task)
>    - smart insertions and extractions (for instance remove oldest task
> with
> certain attribute by newst one)
> 
> - tasks can be chained and lazy submit of taks is also supported
(thanks
> to
> Braddocks future library).
> 
> I've uploaded two versions.
> 
> In version 1  a future is returned by submit of a task. Canceling the
> future
> means removing the task form the channel if it is still pending.
> 
> Version 2 returns a task object from the submit function. The task it
self
> can
> be interrupted if its is cooperative (means it has some interruption
> points
> in its code -> this_thread::interruption_point() ).
> 
> Oliver
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