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18 
19 #ifndef GRPC_INTERNAL_CPP_THREAD_MANAGER_H
20 #define GRPC_INTERNAL_CPP_THREAD_MANAGER_H
21 
22 #include <list>
23 #include <memory>
24 
25 #include <grpcpp/support/config.h>
26 
27 #include "src/core/lib/gprpp/sync.h"
28 #include "src/core/lib/gprpp/thd.h"
29 #include "src/core/lib/iomgr/resource_quota.h"
30 
31 namespace grpc {
32 
33 class ThreadManager {
34  public:
35   explicit ThreadManager(const char* name, grpc_resource_quota* resource_quota,
36                          int min_pollers, int max_pollers);
37   virtual ~ThreadManager();
38 
39   // Initializes and Starts the Rpc Manager threads
40   void Initialize();
41 
42   // The return type of PollForWork() function
43   enum WorkStatus { WORK_FOUND, SHUTDOWN, TIMEOUT };
44 
45   // "Polls" for new work.
46   // If the return value is WORK_FOUND:
47   //  - The implementaion of PollForWork() MAY set some opaque identifier to
48   //    (identify the work item found) via the '*tag' parameter
49   //  - The implementaion MUST set the value of 'ok' to 'true' or 'false'. A
50   //    value of 'false' indicates some implemenation specific error (that is
51   //    neither SHUTDOWN nor TIMEOUT)
52   //  - ThreadManager does not interpret the values of 'tag' and 'ok'
53   //  - ThreadManager WILL call DoWork() and pass '*tag' and 'ok' as input to
54   //    DoWork()
55   //
56   // If the return value is SHUTDOWN:,
57   //  - ThreadManager WILL NOT call DoWork() and terminates the thread
58   //
59   // If the return value is TIMEOUT:,
60   //  - ThreadManager WILL NOT call DoWork()
61   //  - ThreadManager MAY terminate the thread depending on the current number
62   //    of active poller threads and mix_pollers/max_pollers settings
63   //  - Also, the value of timeout is specific to the derived class
64   //    implementation
65   virtual WorkStatus PollForWork(void** tag, bool* ok) = 0;
66 
67   // The implementation of DoWork() is supposed to perform the work found by
68   // PollForWork(). The tag and ok parameters are the same as returned by
69   // PollForWork(). The resources parameter indicates that the call actually
70   // has the resources available for performing the RPC's work. If it doesn't,
71   // the implementation should fail it appropriately.
72   //
73   // The implementation of DoWork() should also do any setup needed to ensure
74   // that the next call to PollForWork() (not necessarily by the current thread)
75   // actually finds some work
76   virtual void DoWork(void* tag, bool ok, bool resources) = 0;
77 
78   // Mark the ThreadManager as shutdown and begin draining the work. This is a
79   // non-blocking call and the caller should call Wait(), a blocking call which
80   // returns only once the shutdown is complete
81   virtual void Shutdown();
82 
83   // Has Shutdown() been called
84   bool IsShutdown();
85 
86   // A blocking call that returns only after the ThreadManager has shutdown and
87   // all the threads have drained all the outstanding work
88   virtual void Wait();
89 
90   // Max number of concurrent threads that were ever active in this thread
91   // manager so far. This is useful for debugging purposes (and in unit tests)
92   // to check if resource_quota is properly being enforced.
93   int GetMaxActiveThreadsSoFar();
94 
95  private:
96   // Helper wrapper class around grpc_core::Thread. Takes a ThreadManager object
97   // and starts a new grpc_core::Thread to calls the Run() function.
98   //
99   // The Run() function calls ThreadManager::MainWorkLoop() function and once
100   // that completes, it marks the WorkerThread completed by calling
101   // ThreadManager::MarkAsCompleted()
102   //
103   // WHY IS THIS NEEDED?:
104   // When a thread terminates, some other thread *must* call Join() on that
105   // thread so that the resources are released. Having a WorkerThread wrapper
106   // will make this easier. Once Run() completes, each thread calls the
107   // following two functions:
108   //    ThreadManager::CleanupCompletedThreads()
109   //    ThreadManager::MarkAsCompleted()
110   //
111   //  - MarkAsCompleted() puts the WorkerThread object in the ThreadManger's
112   //    completed_threads_ list
113   //  - CleanupCompletedThreads() calls "Join()" on the threads that are already
114   //    in the completed_threads_ list  (since a thread cannot call Join() on
115   //    itself, it calls CleanupCompletedThreads() *before* calling
116   //    MarkAsCompleted())
117   //
118   // TODO(sreek): Consider creating the threads 'detached' so that Join() need
119   // not be called (and the need for this WorkerThread class is eliminated)
120   class WorkerThread {
121    public:
122     explicit WorkerThread(ThreadManager* thd_mgr);
123     ~WorkerThread();
124 
created()125     bool created() const { return created_; }
Start()126     void Start() { thd_.Start(); }
127 
128    private:
129     // Calls thd_mgr_->MainWorkLoop() and once that completes, calls
130     // thd_mgr_>MarkAsCompleted(this) to mark the thread as completed
131     void Run();
132 
133     ThreadManager* const thd_mgr_;
134     grpc_core::Thread thd_;
135     bool created_;
136   };
137 
138   // The main function in ThreadManager
139   void MainWorkLoop();
140 
141   void MarkAsCompleted(WorkerThread* thd);
142   void CleanupCompletedThreads();
143 
144   // Protects shutdown_, num_pollers_, num_threads_ and
145   // max_active_threads_sofar_
146   grpc_core::Mutex mu_;
147 
148   bool shutdown_;
149   grpc_core::CondVar shutdown_cv_;
150 
151   // The resource user object to use when requesting quota to create threads
152   //
153   // Note: The user of this ThreadManager object must create grpc_resource_quota
154   // object (that contains the actual max thread quota) and a grpc_resource_user
155   // object through which quota is requested whenever new threads need to be
156   // created
157   grpc_resource_user* resource_user_;
158 
159   // Number of threads doing polling
160   int num_pollers_;
161 
162   // The minimum and maximum number of threads that should be doing polling
163   int min_pollers_;
164   int max_pollers_;
165 
166   // The total number of threads currently active (includes threads includes the
167   // threads that are currently polling i.e num_pollers_)
168   int num_threads_;
169 
170   // See GetMaxActiveThreadsSoFar()'s description.
171   // To be more specific, this variable tracks the max value num_threads_ was
172   // ever set so far
173   int max_active_threads_sofar_;
174 
175   grpc_core::Mutex list_mu_;
176   std::list<WorkerThread*> completed_threads_;
177 };
178 
179 }  // namespace grpc
180 
181 #endif  // GRPC_INTERNAL_CPP_THREAD_MANAGER_H
182