ThreadPool.hpp

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// Adapted from https://github.com/progschj/ThreadPool on September 3, 2014
// Copyright (c) 2015, Autonomous Systems Lab / ETH Zurich

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// Copyright (c) 2012 Jakob Progsch
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/*
 *    Modified: Stefan Leutenegger (s.leutenegger@imperial.ac.uk)
 */

#ifndef INCLUDE_OKVIS_THREAD_POOL_HPP_
#define INCLUDE_OKVIS_THREAD_POOL_HPP_

#include <condition_variable>
#include <future>
#include <functional>
#include <memory>
#include <mutex>
#include <queue>
#include <stdexcept>
#include <thread>
#include <vector>
#include <glog/logging.h>

namespace okvis {

class ThreadPool
{
 public:
  ThreadPool(size_t numThreads);

  ~ThreadPool();

  template<class Function, class ... Args>
  std::future<typename std::result_of<Function(Args...)>::type>
  enqueue(Function&& function, Args&&... args);

  void stop()
  {
    stop_ = true;
  }

  void waitForEmptyQueue() const;
 private:
  void run();
  std::vector<std::thread> workers_;
  std::queue<std::function<void()>> tasks_;
  mutable std::mutex tasks_mutex_;
  mutable std::condition_variable tasks_condition_;
  mutable std::condition_variable wait_condition_;
  unsigned active_threads_;
  volatile bool stop_;
};

// Enqueue work for the thread pool.
template<class Function, class ... Args>
std::future<typename std::result_of<Function(Args...)>::type> ThreadPool::enqueue(
    Function&& function, Args&&... args)
{
  typedef typename std::result_of<Function(Args...)>::type return_type;
  // Don't allow enqueueing after stopping the pool.
  if (stop_) {
    LOG(ERROR)<< "enqueue() called on stopped ThreadPool";
    // An empty future will return valid() == false.
    return std::future<typename std::result_of<Function(Args...)>::type>();
  }

  auto task = std::make_shared<std::packaged_task<return_type()>>(
      std::bind(std::forward<Function>(function), std::forward<Args>(args)...));

  std::future<return_type> res = task->get_future();
  {
    std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(tasks_mutex_);
    tasks_.push([task]() {(*task)();});
  }
  tasks_condition_.notify_one();
  return res;
}

}  // namespace okvis

#endif // INCLUDE_OKVIS_THREAD_POOL_HPP_