Re: [Boost-users] "Simple" graceful stop of boost thread

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] "Simple" graceful stop of boost thread
From: Michael Powell (mwpowellhtx_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-04-10 20:37:21

On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 6:00 PM, Michael Powell <mwpowellhtx_at_[hidden]>wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I know this is possible, just don't have all the templates at the ready.
> Graceful way of stopping a boost worker thread from running.
>

Something very nearly like this is along the lines what I am looking for
(untested):

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8538575/is-there-an-easy-way-to-implement-autoresetevent-in-c0x

Using this abstraction, very easily set it up to coordinate the worker
producer thread with controller wanting to stop.

> I am familiar with C# .NET threading, I can fairly simply signal an
> AutoResetEvent, for instance, and wait a nominal period for it to be set.
>
> Afterwards, this tells the thread to stop what it's doing at an opportune
> moment. Meanwhile the parent thread is joining the worker thread(s) back up.
>
> Something like that. I just need a few tips what concept to link up: i.e.
> mutex? shared_mutex? lock? shared_lock?
>
> I'll have a start_work, stop_work, and working type motif going on. I call
> start_work to start the working thread going. Simple enough. I will call
> stop_work to signal the worker thread(s) to stop and join up with the
> worker threads.
>
> Somewhere in between the worker thread is polling the lock does it need to
> stop, do it's work, then back around again. And so on...
>
> Thank you...
>
> Regards,
>
> Michael Powell
>