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Revision: 1.10
Committed: Sat Aug 23 19:47:29 2003 UTC (20 years, 9 months ago) by tim
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1 /*
2 * Written by Doug Lea with assistance from members of JCP JSR-166
3 * Expert Group and released to the public domain. Use, modify, and
4 * redistribute this code in any way without acknowledgement.
5 */
6
7 package java.util.concurrent;
8 import java.util.concurrent.locks.*;
9
10 /**
11 * A synchronization aid that allows a set of threads to all wait for
12 * each other to reach a common barrier point. CyclicBarriers are
13 * useful in programs involving a fixed sized party of threads that
14 * must occasionally wait for each other. The barrier is called
15 * <em>cyclic</em> because it can be re-used after the waiting threads
16 * are released.
17 *
18 * <p>A <tt>CyclicBarrier</tt> supports an optional {@link Runnable} command
19 * that is run once per barrier point, after the last thread in the party
20 * arrives, but before any threads are released.
21 * This <em>barrier action</em> is useful
22 * for updating shared-state before any of the parties continue.
23 *
24 * <p><b>Sample usage:</b> Here is an example of
25 * using a barrier in a parallel decomposition design:
26 * <pre>
27 * class Solver {
28 * final int N;
29 * final float[][] data;
30 * final CyclicBarrier barrier;
31 *
32 * class Worker implements Runnable {
33 * int myRow;
34 * Worker(int row) { myRow = row; }
35 * public void run() {
36 * while (!done()) {
37 * processRow(myRow);
38 *
39 * try {
40 * barrier.await();
41 * } catch (InterruptedException ex) {
42 * return;
43 * } catch (BrokenBarrierException ex) {
44 * return;
45 * }
46 * }
47 * }
48 * }
49 *
50 * public Solver(float[][] matrix) {
51 * data = matrix;
52 * N = matrix.length;
53 * barrier = new CyclicBarrier(N,
54 * new Runnable() {
55 * public void run() {
56 * mergeRows(...);
57 * }
58 * });
59 * for (int i = 0; i < N; ++i)
60 * new Thread(new Worker(i)).start();
61 *
62 * waitUntilDone();
63 * }
64 * }
65 * </pre>
66 * Here, each worker thread processes a row of the matrix then waits at the
67 * barrier until all rows have been processed. When all rows are processed
68 * the supplied {@link Runnable} barrier action is executed and merges the
69 * rows. If the merger
70 * determines that a solution has been found then <tt>done()</tt> will return
71 * <tt>true</tt> and each worker will terminate.
72 *
73 * <p>If the barrier action does not rely on the parties being suspended when
74 * it is executed, then any of the threads in the party could execute that
75 * action when it is released. To facilitate this, each invocation of
76 * {@link #await} returns the arrival index of that thread at the barrier.
77 * You can then choose which thread should execute the barrier action, for
78 * example:
79 * <pre> if (barrier.await() == 0) {
80 * // log the completion of this iteration
81 * }</pre>
82 *
83 * <p>The <tt>CyclicBarrier</tt> uses an all-or-none breakage model
84 * for failed synchronization attempts: If a thread leaves a barrier
85 * point prematurely because of interruption or timeout, all others
86 * will also leave abnormally (via {@link BrokenBarrierException}),
87 * until the barrier is {@link #reset}. This is usually the simplest
88 * and best strategy for sharing knowledge about failures among
89 * cooperating threads in the most common usage contexts of barriers.
90 *
91 * @since 1.5
92 * @spec JSR-166
93 * @revised $Date: 2003/08/08 20:05:07 $
94 * @editor $Author: tim $
95 * @see CountDownLatch
96 *
97 * @author Doug Lea
98 */
99 public class CyclicBarrier {
100 /** The lock for guarding barrier entry */
101 private final ReentrantLock lock = new ReentrantLock();
102 /** Condition to wait on until tripped */
103 private final Condition trip = lock.newCondition();
104 /** The number of parties */
105 private final int parties;
106 /* The command to run when tripped */
107 private Runnable barrierCommand;
108
109 /**
110 * The generation number. Incremented mod Integer.MAX_VALUE every
111 * time barrier tripped. Starts at 1 to simplify handling of
112 * breakage indicator
113 */
114 private int generation = 1;
115
116 /**
117 * Breakage indicator: last generation of breakage, propagated
118 * across barrier generations until reset.
119 */
120 private int broken = 0;
121
122 /**
123 * Number of parties still waiting. Counts down from parties to 0
124 * on each cycle.
125 */
126 private int count;
127
128 /**
129 * Update state on barrier trip.
130 */
131 private void nextGeneration() {
132 count = parties;
133 int g = generation;
134 // avoid generation == 0
135 if (++generation < 0) generation = 1;
136 // propagate breakage
137 if (broken == g) broken = generation;
138 }
139
140 /**
141 * Main barrier code, covering the various policies.
142 */
143 private int dowait(boolean timed, long nanos) throws InterruptedException, BrokenBarrierException, TimeoutException {
144 lock.lock();
145 try {
146 int index = --count;
147 int g = generation;
148
149 if (broken == g)
150 throw new BrokenBarrierException();
151
152 if (Thread.interrupted()) {
153 broken = g;
154 trip.signalAll();
155 throw new InterruptedException();
156 }
157
158 if (index == 0) { // tripped
159 nextGeneration();
160 trip.signalAll();
161 try {
162 if (barrierCommand != null)
163 barrierCommand.run();
164 return 0;
165 } catch (RuntimeException ex) {
166 broken = generation; // next generation is broken
167 throw ex;
168 }
169 }
170
171 while (generation == g) {
172 try {
173 if (!timed)
174 trip.await();
175 else if (nanos > 0)
176 nanos = trip.awaitNanos(nanos);
177 } catch (InterruptedException ex) {
178 // Only claim that broken if interrupted before reset
179 if (generation == g) {
180 broken = g;
181 trip.signalAll();
182 throw ex;
183 } else {
184 Thread.currentThread().interrupt(); // propagate
185 break;
186 }
187 }
188
189 if (timed && nanos <= 0) {
190 broken = g;
191 trip.signalAll();
192 throw new TimeoutException();
193 }
194
195 if (broken == g)
196 throw new BrokenBarrierException();
197
198 }
199 return index;
200
201 } finally {
202 lock.unlock();
203 }
204 }
205
206 /**
207 * Create a new <tt>CyclicBarrier</tt> that will trip when the
208 * given number of parties (threads) are waiting upon it, and which
209 * will execute the given barrier action when the barrier is tripped.
210 *
211 * @param parties the number of threads that must invoke {@link #await}
212 * before the barrier is tripped.
213 * @param barrierAction the command to execute when the barrier is
214 * tripped.
215 *
216 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if <tt>parties</tt> is less than 1.
217 */
218 public CyclicBarrier(int parties, Runnable barrierAction) {
219 if (parties <= 0) throw new IllegalArgumentException();
220 this.parties = parties;
221 this.count = parties;
222 this.barrierCommand = barrierAction;
223 }
224
225 /**
226 * Create a new <tt>CyclicBarrier</tt> that will trip when the
227 * given number of parties (threads) are waiting upon it.
228 *
229 * <p>This is equivalent to <tt>CyclicBarrier(parties, null)</tt>.
230 *
231 * @param parties the number of threads that must invoke {@link #await}
232 * before the barrier is tripped.
233 *
234 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if <tt>parties</tt> is less than 1.
235 */
236 public CyclicBarrier(int parties) {
237 this(parties, null);
238 }
239
240 /**
241 * Return the number of parties required to trip this barrier.
242 * @return the number of parties required to trip this barrier.
243 **/
244 public int getParties() {
245 return parties;
246 }
247
248 /**
249 * Wait until all {@link #getParties parties} have invoked <tt>await</tt>
250 * on this barrier.
251 *
252 * <p>If the current thread is not the last to arrive then it is
253 * disabled for thread scheduling purposes and lies dormant until
254 * one of following things happens:
255 * <ul>
256 * <li>The last thread arrives; or
257 * <li>Some other thread {@link Thread#interrupt interrupts} the current
258 * thread; or
259 * <li>Some other thread {@link Thread#interrupt interrupts} one of the
260 * other waiting threads; or
261 * <li>Some other thread times out while waiting for barrier; or
262 * <li>Some other thread invokes {@link #reset} on this barrier.
263 * </ul>
264 * <p>If the current thread:
265 * <ul>
266 * <li>has its interrupted status set on entry to this method; or
267 * <li>is {@link Thread#interrupt interrupted} while waiting
268 * </ul>
269 * then {@link InterruptedException} is thrown and the current thread's
270 * interrupted status is cleared.
271 *
272 * <p>If the barrier is {@link #reset} while any thread is waiting, or if
273 * the barrier {@link #isBroken is broken} when <tt>await</tt> is invoked
274 * then {@link BrokenBarrierException} is thrown.
275 *
276 * <p>If any thread is {@link Thread#interrupt interrupted} while waiting,
277 * then all other waiting threads will throw
278 * {@link BrokenBarrierException} and the barrier is placed in the broken
279 * state.
280 *
281 * <p>If the current thread is the last thread to arrive, and a
282 * non-null barrier action was supplied in the constructor, then the
283 * current thread runs the action before allowing the other threads to
284 * continue.
285 * If an exception occurs during the barrier action then that exception
286 * will be propagated in the current thread.
287 *
288 * @return the arrival index of the current thread, where index
289 * <tt>{@link #getParties()} - 1</tt> indicates the first to arrive and
290 * zero indicates the last to arrive.
291 *
292 * @throws InterruptedException if the current thread was interrupted
293 * while waiting
294 * @throws BrokenBarrierException if <em>another</em> thread was
295 * interrupted while the current thread was waiting, or the barrier was
296 * reset, or the barrier was broken when <tt>await</tt> was called.
297 */
298 public int await() throws InterruptedException, BrokenBarrierException {
299 try {
300 return dowait(false, 0);
301 } catch (TimeoutException toe) {
302 throw new Error(toe); // cannot happen;
303 }
304 }
305
306 /**
307 * Wait until all {@link #getParties parties} have invoked <tt>await</tt>
308 * on this barrier.
309 *
310 * <p>If the current thread is not the last to arrive then it is
311 * disabled for thread scheduling purposes and lies dormant until
312 * one of the following things happens:
313 * <ul>
314 * <li>The last thread arrives; or
315 * <li>The speceified timeout elapses; or
316 * <li>Some other thread {@link Thread#interrupt interrupts} the current
317 * thread; or
318 * <li>Some other thread {@link Thread#interrupt interrupts} one of the
319 * other waiting threads; or
320 * <li>Some other thread times out while waiting for barrier; or
321 * <li>Some other thread invokes {@link #reset} on this barrier.
322 * </ul>
323 * <p>If the current thread:
324 * <ul>
325 * <li>has its interrupted status set on entry to this method; or
326 * <li>is {@link Thread#interrupt interrupted} while waiting
327 * </ul>
328 * then {@link InterruptedException} is thrown and the current thread's
329 * interrupted status is cleared.
330 *
331 * <p>If the barrier is {@link #reset} while any thread is waiting, or if
332 * the barrier {@link #isBroken is broken} when <tt>await</tt> is invoked
333 * then {@link BrokenBarrierException} is thrown.
334 *
335 * <p>If any thread is {@link Thread#interrupt interrupted} while waiting,
336 * then all other waiting threads will throw
337 * {@link BrokenBarrierException} and the barrier is placed in the broken
338 * state.
339 *
340 * <p>If the current thread is the last thread to arrive, and a
341 * non-null barrier action was supplied in the constructor, then the
342 * current thread runs the action before allowing the other threads to
343 * continue.
344 * If an exception occurs during the barrier action then that exception
345 * will be propagated in the current thread.
346 *
347 * @param timeout the time to wait for the barrier
348 * @param unit the time unit of the timeout parameter
349 * @return the arrival index of the current thread, where index
350 * <tt>{@link #getParties()} - 1</tt> indicates the first to arrive and
351 * zero indicates the last to arrive.
352 *
353 * @throws InterruptedException if the current thread was interrupted
354 * while waiting
355 * @throws TimeoutException if the specified timeout elapses.
356 * @throws BrokenBarrierException if <em>another</em> thread was
357 * interrupted while the current thread was waiting, or the barrier was
358 * reset, or the barrier was broken when <tt>await</tt> was called.
359 */
360 public int await(long timeout, TimeUnit unit) throws InterruptedException, BrokenBarrierException, TimeoutException {
361 return dowait(true, unit.toNanos(timeout));
362 }
363
364 /**
365 * Query if this barrier is in a broken state.
366 * @return <tt>true</tt> if one or more parties broke out of this
367 * barrier due to interruption or timeout since construction or
368 * the last reset; and <tt>false</tt> otherwise.
369 */
370 public boolean isBroken() {
371 lock.lock();
372 try {
373 return broken >= generation;
374 } finally {
375 lock.unlock();
376 }
377 }
378
379 /**
380 * Reset the barrier to its initial state. If any parties are
381 * currently waiting at the barrier, they will return with a
382 * {@link BrokenBarrierException}. Note that resets <em>after</em>
383 * a breakage can be complicated to carry out; threads need to
384 * re-synchronize in some other way, and choose one to perform the
385 * reset. It may be preferable to instead create a new barrier
386 * for subsequent use.
387 */
388 public void reset() {
389 lock.lock();
390 try {
391 int g = generation;
392 nextGeneration();
393 broken = g; // cause brokenness setting to stop at previous gen.
394 trip.signalAll();
395 } finally {
396 lock.unlock();
397 }
398 }
399
400 /**
401 * Return the number of parties currently waiting at the barrier.
402 * This method is primarily useful for debugging and assertions.
403 *
404 * @return the number of parties currently blocked in {@link #await}
405 **/
406 public int getNumberWaiting() {
407 lock.lock();
408 try {
409 return parties - count;
410 } finally {
411 lock.unlock();
412 }
413 }
414
415 }
416
417