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#include <pthread.h> #include "tlpi_hdr.h" static int totThreads = 0; /* Total number of threads created */ static int numLive = 0; /* Total number of threads still alive or terminated but not yet joined */ static pthread_cond_t threadDied = PTHREAD_COND_INITIALIZER; static pthread_mutex_t threadMutex = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER; /* Protects all of the following global variables */ static int numUnjoined = 0; /* Number of terminated threads that have not yet been joined */ enum tstate { /* Thread states */ TS_ALIVE, /* Thread is alive */ TS_TERMINATED, /* Thread terminated, not yet joined */ TS_JOINED /* Thread terminated, and joined */ }; static struct { /* Info about each thread */ pthread_t tid; /* ID of this thread */ enum tstate state; /* Thread state (TS_* constants above) */ int sleepTime; /* Number seconds to live before terminating */ } *thread;
static void * /* Start function for thread */ threadFunc(void *arg) { int idx = (int) arg; int s; sleep(thread[idx].sleepTime); /* Simulate doing some work */ printf("Thread %d terminating\n", idx); s = pthread_mutex_lock(&threadMutex); if (s != 0) errExitEN(s, "pthread_mutex_lock"); numUnjoined++; thread[idx].state = TS_TERMINATED; s = pthread_mutex_unlock(&threadMutex); if (s != 0) errExitEN(s, "pthread_mutex_unlock"); s = pthread_cond_signal(&threadDied); if (s != 0) errExitEN(s, "pthread_cond_signal"); return NULL; }
int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { int s, idx; if (argc < 2 || strcmp(argv[1], "--help") == 0) usageErr("%s num-secs...\n", argv[0]); thread = calloc(argc - 1, sizeof(*thread)); if (thread == NULL) errExit("calloc"); /* Create all threads */ for (idx = 0; idx < argc - 1; idx++) { thread[idx].sleepTime = getInt(argv[idx + 1], GN_NONNEG, NULL); thread[idx].state = TS_ALIVE; s = pthread_create(&thread[idx].tid, NULL, threadFunc, (void *) idx); if (s != 0) errExitEN(s, "pthread_create"); } totThreads = argc - 1; numLive = totThreads; /* Join with terminated threads */ while (numLive > 0) { s = pthread_mutex_lock(&threadMutex); if (s != 0) errExitEN(s, "pthread_mutex_lock"); while (numUnjoined == 0) { s = pthread_cond_wait(&threadDied, &threadMutex); if (s != 0) errExitEN(s, "pthread_cond_wait"); } for (idx = 0; idx < totThreads; idx++) { if (thread[idx].state == TS_TERMINATED) { s = pthread_join(thread[idx].tid, NULL); if (s != 0) errExitEN(s, "pthread_join"); thread[idx].state = TS_JOINED; numLive--; numUnjoined--; printf("Reaped thread %d (numLive=%d)\n", idx, numLive); } } s = pthread_mutex_unlock(&threadMutex); if (s != 0) errExitEN(s, "pthread_mutex_unlock"); } exit(EXIT_SUCCESS); }
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