Re: [boost] GSoC: Boost.Pipeline -- scheduling of segments

Subject: Re: [boost] GSoC: Boost.Pipeline -- scheduling of segments
From: Niall Douglas (s_sourceforge_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-07-02 09:20:35

On 2 Jul 2014 at 7:51, Oliver Kowalke wrote:

> You could use boost.fiber (std::thread-like API) to run multiple tasks
> (transformations) inside a single thread concurrently. At least with
> fibers you can use a fixed size threadpool without overloading/blocking
> the pool with too many tasks. 

How would that help him with the blocking from the i/o? The 
coroutines need to fire every time a chunk comes in from the i/o 
source, but what is a chunk? Each processor will define a chunk 
differently, and that means each section of the pipeline needs to 
carry state.

Niall

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