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#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use threads 1.39;
use threads::shared;
use Thread::Queue;
### Global Variables ###
# Maximum working threads
my $MAX_THREADS = 10;
# Maximum thread working time
my $TIMEOUT = 10;
# Flag to inform all threads that application is terminating
my $TERM :shared = 0;
# Prevents double detach attempts
my $DETACHING :shared;
### Signal Handling ###
# Gracefully terminate application on ^C
# or command line 'kill'
$SIG{'INT'} = $SIG{'TERM'} =
sub {
print(">>> Terminating <<<\n");
$TERM = 1;
};
# This signal handler is called inside threads
# that get cancelled by the timer thread
$SIG{'KILL'} =
sub {
# Tell user we've been terminated
printf(" %3d <- Killed\n", threads->tid());
# Detach and terminate
lock($DETACHING);
threads->detach() if ! threads->is_detached();
threads->exit();
};
### Main Processing Section ###
MAIN:
{
# Start timer thread
my $queue = Thread::Queue->new();
threads->create('timer', $queue)->detach();
# Manage the thread pool until signalled to terminate
while (! $TERM) {
# Keep max threads running
for (my $needed = $MAX_THREADS - threads->list();
$needed && ! $TERM;
$needed--)
{
# New thread
threads->create('worker', $queue, $TIMEOUT);
}
# Wait for any threads to finish
sleep(1);
}
### CLEANING UP ###
# Wait for max timeout for threads to finish
while ((threads->list() > 0) && $TIMEOUT--) {
sleep(1);
}
# Detach and kill any remaining threads
foreach my $thr (threads->list()) {
lock($DETACHING);
$thr->detach() if ! $thr->is_detached();
$thr->kill('KILL');
}
}
print("Done\n");
exit(0);
### Thread Entry Point Subroutines ###
# A worker thread
sub worker
{
my ($queue, $timeout) = @_;
### INITIALIZE ###
# My thread ID
my $tid = threads->tid();
printf("Working -> %3d\n", $tid);
# Register with timer thread
$queue->enqueue($tid, $timeout);
### WORK ###
# Do some work while monitoring $TERM
my $sleep = 5 + int(rand(10));
while (($sleep > 0) && ! $TERM) {
$sleep -= sleep($sleep);
}
### DONE ###
# Remove signal handler
$SIG{'KILL'} = sub {};
# Unregister with timer thread
$queue->enqueue($tid, undef);
# Tell user we're done
printf(" %3d <- Finished\n", $tid);
# Detach and terminate
lock($DETACHING);
threads->detach() if ! threads->is_detached();
threads->exit();
}
# The timer thread that monitors other threads for timeout
sub timer
{
my $queue = shift; # The registration queue
my %timers; # Contains threads and timeouts
# Loop until told to quit
while (! $TERM) {
# Check queue
while (my $tid = $queue->dequeue_nb()) {
if (! ($timers{$tid}{'timeout'} = $queue->dequeue()) ||
! ($timers{$tid}{'thread'} = threads->object($tid)))
{
# No timeout - unregister thread
delete($timers{$tid});
}
}
# Cancel timed out threads
foreach my $tid (keys(%timers)) {
if (--$timers{$tid}{'timeout'} < 0) {
$timers{$tid}{'thread'}->kill('KILL');
delete($timers{$tid});
}
}
# Tick tock
sleep(1);
}
}
__END__
=head1 NAME
pool.pl - Simple 'threads' example
=head1 DESCRIPTION
A simplistic example illustrating the following:
=over
=item * Management of a pool of threads
=item * Communication between threads using queues
=item * Timing out and cancelling threads
=item * Interrupting a threaded program
=item * Cleaning up threads before terminating
=back
=head1 SEE ALSO
L<threads>, L<threads::shared>, and L<Thread::Queue>
=head1 AUTHOR
Jerry D. Hedden, S<E<lt>jdhedden AT cpan DOT orgE<gt>>
=head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright 2006 - 2009 Jerry D. Hedden. All rights reserved.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the same terms as Perl itself.
=cut
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