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// Copyright 2015 Linus Färnstrand // // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. // You may obtain a copy of the License at // // http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 // // Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software // distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, // WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and // limitations under the License. //! //! A work stealing fork-join parallelism library. //! //! Inspired by the blog post [Data Parallelism in Rust](http://smallcultfollowing.com/babysteps/blog/2013/06/11/data-parallelism-in-rust/) //! and implemented as part of a master's thesis. //! //! This library has been developed to accommodate the needs of three types of //! algorithms that all fit very well for fork-join parallelism. //! //! # Summa style //! //! Summa style is where the algorithm receive an argument, recursively compute a value //! from this argument and return one answer. Examples of this style include recursively //! finding the n:th Fibonacci number and summing of tree structures. //! Characteristics of this style is that the algorithm does not need to mutate its //! argument and the resulting value is only available after every subtask has been //! fully computed. //! //! ## Example of summa style //! //! use forkjoin::{TaskResult,Fork,ForkPool,AlgoStyle}; //! //! fn fib_30_with_4_threads() { //! let forkpool = ForkPool::with_threads(4); //! let result_port = forkpool.schedule(fib_task, 30); //! let result: usize = result_port.recv().unwrap(); //! assert_eq!(1346269, result); //! } //! //! fn fib_task(n: usize) -> TaskResult<usize, usize> { //! if n < 2 { //! TaskResult::Done(1) //! } else { //! TaskResult::Fork(Fork{ //! fun: fib_task, //! args: vec![n-1,n-2], //! join: AlgoStyle::Summa(fib_join)}) //! } //! } //! //! fn fib_join(values: &[usize]) -> usize { //! values.iter().fold(0, |acc, &v| acc + v) //! } //! //! # Search style //! //! Search style return results continuously and can sometimes start without any //! argument, or start with some initial state. The algorithm produce one or multiple //! output values during the execution, possibly aborting anywhere in the middle. //! Algorithms where leafs in the problem tree represent a complete solution to the //! problem (Unless the leave represent a dead end that is not a solution and does //! not spawn any subtasks), for example nqueens and sudoku solvers, have this style. //! Characteristics of the search style is that they can produce multiple results //! and can abort before all tasks in the tree have been computed. //! //! ## Example of search style //! //! use forkjoin::{ForkPool,TaskResult,Fork,AlgoStyle}; //! //! type Queen = usize; //! type Board = Vec<Queen>; //! type Solutions = Vec<Board>; //! //! fn search_nqueens() { //! let n: usize = 8; //! let empty = vec![]; //! //! let forkpool = ForkPool::with_threads(4); //! let par_solutions_port = forkpool.schedule(nqueens_task, (empty, n)); //! //! let mut solutions: Vec<Board> = vec![]; //! loop { //! match par_solutions_port.recv() { //! Err(..) => break, // Channel is closed to indicate termination //! Ok(board) => solutions.push(board), //! }; //! } //! let num_solutions = solutions.len(); //! println!("Found {} solutions to nqueens({}x{})", num_solutions, n, n); //! } //! //! fn nqueens_task((q, n): (Board, usize)) -> TaskResult<(Board,usize), Board> { //! if q.len() == n { //! TaskResult::Done(q) //! } else { //! let mut fork_args: Vec<(Board, usize)> = vec![]; //! for i in 0..n { //! let mut q2 = q.clone(); //! q2.push(i); //! //! if ok(&q2[..]) { //! fork_args.push((q2, n)); //! } //! } //! TaskResult::Fork(Fork{ //! fun: nqueens_task, //! args: fork_args, //! join: AlgoStyle::Search //! }) //! } //! } //! //! fn ok(q: &[usize]) -> bool { //! for (x1, &y1) in q.iter().enumerate() { //! for (x2, &y2) in q.iter().enumerate() { //! if x2 > x1 { //! let xd = x2-x1; //! if y1 == y2 || y1 == y2 + xd || (y2 >= xd && y1 == y2 - xd) { //! return false; //! } //! } //! } //! } //! true //! } //! //! # In-place mutation style //! //! NOTE: This style works in the current lib version, but it requires very ugly //! unsafe code! //! //! In-place mutation style receive a mutable argument, recursively modifies this value //! and the result is the argument itself. Sorting algorithms that sort their input //! arrays are cases of this style. Characteristics of this style is that they mutate //! their input argument instead of producing any output. //! //! Examples of this will come when they can be nicely implemented. //! //! # Tasks //! //! The small jobs that are executed and can choose to fork or to return a value is the //! TaskFun. A TaskFun can NEVER block, because that would block the kernel thread //! it's being executed on. Instead it should decide if it's done calculating or need //! to fork. This decision is taken in the return value to indicate to the user //! that a TaskFun need to return before anything can happen. //! //! A TaskFun return a `TaskResult`. It can be `TaskResult::Done(value)` if it's done //! calculating. It can be `TaskResult::Fork(fork)` if it needs to fork. #![feature(unique)] extern crate deque; extern crate rand; extern crate num_cpus; use std::ptr::Unique; use std::sync::atomic::AtomicUsize; use std::sync::{Arc,Mutex}; use std::sync::mpsc::{channel,Sender,Receiver}; mod workerthread; mod poolsupervisor; use ::poolsupervisor::PoolSupervisor; /// Type definition of the main function in a task. /// Your task functions must have this signature pub type TaskFun<Arg, Ret> = extern "Rust" fn(Arg) -> TaskResult<Arg, Ret>; /// Type definition of functions joining together forked results. /// Only used in `AlgoStyle::Summa` algorithms. pub type TaskJoin<Ret> = extern "Rust" fn(&[Ret]) -> Ret; pub struct Task<Arg: Send, Ret: Send + Sync> { pub fun: TaskFun<Arg, Ret>, pub arg: Arg, pub join: ResultReceiver<Ret>, } /// Return values from tasks. Represent a computed value or a fork of the algorithm. pub enum TaskResult<Arg, Ret> { /// Return this from `TaskFun` to indicate a computed value. Represents a leaf in the /// problem tree of the computation. /// /// If the algorithm style is `AlgoStyle::Search` the value in `Done` will be sent /// directly to the `Receiver<Ret>` held by the submitter of the computation. /// If the algorithm style is `AlgoStyle::Summa` the value in `Done` will be inserted /// into the `JoinBarrier` allocated by `ForkJoin`. If it's the last task to complete /// the join function will be executed. Done(Ret), /// Return this from `TaskFun` to indicate that the algorithm wants to fork. /// Takes a `Fork` instance describing how to fork. Fork(Fork<Arg, Ret>), } /// Struct describing how a `Task` want to fork into multiple subtasks. pub struct Fork<Arg, Ret> { /// A function pointer. The function that will be executed by all the subtasks pub fun: TaskFun<Arg, Ret>, /// A list of the arguments to the subtasks. One subtask will be created for each argument. pub args: Vec<Arg>, /// Enum showing the type of algorithm, indicate what should be done with results from /// subtasks created by this fork. pub join: AlgoStyle<Ret>, } /// Enum representing the style of the executed algorithm. pub enum AlgoStyle<Ret> { /// A `Summa` style algorithm join together the results of the individual nodes /// in the problem tree to finally form one result for the entire computation. /// /// Examples of this style include recursively computing fibbonacci numbers /// and summing binary trees. /// /// Takes a function pointer that joins together results as argument. Summa(TaskJoin<Ret>), /// A `Search` style algoritm return their results to the listener directly upon a /// `TaskResult::Done`. /// /// Examples of this style include sudoku solvers and nqueens where a node represent /// a complete solution. Search, } /// Internal struct for receiving results from multiple subtasks in parallel pub struct JoinBarrier<Ret: Send + Sync> { /// Atomic counter counting missing arguments before this join can be executed. pub ret_counter: AtomicUsize, /// Function pointer to execute when all arguments have arrived. pub joinfun: TaskJoin<Ret>, /// Vector holding the results of all subtasks. Initialized unsafely so can't be used /// for anything until all the values have been put in place. pub joinfunarg: Vec<Ret>, /// Where to send the result of the execution of `joinfun` pub parent: ResultReceiver<Ret>, } /// Enum describing what to do with results of `Task`s and `JoinBarrier`s. pub enum ResultReceiver<Ret: Send + Sync> { /// Algorithm has Summa style and the value should be inserted into a `JoinBarrier` Join(Unique<Ret>, Arc<JoinBarrier<Ret>>), /// Algorithm has Search style and results should be sent directly to the owner. Channel(Arc<Mutex<Sender<Ret>>>), } impl<Ret: Send + Sync> Clone for ResultReceiver<Ret> { fn clone(&self) -> Self { match *self { ResultReceiver::Join(..) => panic!("Unable to clone ResultReceiver::Join"), ResultReceiver::Channel(ref c) => ResultReceiver::Channel(c.clone()), } } } /// Messages from the `PoolSupervisor` to `WorkerThread`s pub enum WorkerMsg<Arg: Send, Ret: Send + Sync> { /// A new `Task` to be scheduled for execution by the `WorkerThread` Schedule(Task<Arg,Ret>), /// Tell the `WorkerThread` to simply try to steal from the other `WorkerThread`s Steal, } /// Messages from `ForkPool` and `WorkerThread` to the `PoolSupervisor`. pub enum SupervisorMsg<Arg: Send, Ret: Send + Sync> { /// The WorkerThreads use this to tell the `PoolSupervisor` they don't have anything /// to do and that stealing did not give any new `Task`s. /// The argument `usize` is the id of the `WorkerThread`. OutOfWork(usize), /// The `ForkPool` uses this to schedule new tasks on the `PoolSupervisor`. /// The `PoolSupervisor` will later schedule these to a `WorkerThread` when it see fit. Schedule(Task<Arg,Ret>), /// Message from the `ForkPool` to the `PoolSupervisor` to tell it to shutdown. Shutdown, } /// Main struct of the ForkJoin library. /// Represents a pool of threads implementing a work stealing algorithm. pub struct ForkPool<Arg: 'static + Send, Ret: 'static + Send + Sync> { supervisor: Sender<SupervisorMsg<Arg,Ret>>, } impl<Arg: 'static + Send, Ret: 'static + Send + Sync> ForkPool<Arg,Ret> { /// Create a new `ForkPool` using num_cpus to determine pool size /// /// On a X-core cpu with hyper-threading it creates 2X threads /// (4 core intel with HT results in 8 threads). /// This is not optimal. It makes the computer very slow and don't yield /// very much speedup compared to X threads. Not sure how to best fix this. /// Not very high priority. pub fn new() -> ForkPool<Arg,Ret> { let nthreads = num_cpus::get(); println!("nthreads: {}", nthreads); ForkPool::with_threads(nthreads) } /// Create a new `ForkPool` with `nthreads` `WorkerThread`s at its disposal. pub fn with_threads(nthreads: usize) -> ForkPool<Arg,Ret> { assert!(nthreads > 0); let supervisor_channel = PoolSupervisor::new(nthreads); ForkPool { supervisor: supervisor_channel, } } /// Schedule a new computation on this `ForkPool`. Returns instantly. /// /// Return value(s) can be read from the returned `Receiver<Ret>`. /// `AlgoStyle::Summa` will only return one message on this channel. /// /// `AlgoStyle::Search` algorithm might return arbitrary number of messages. /// Algorithm termination is detected by the `Receiver<Ret>` returning an `Err` pub fn schedule(&self, fun: TaskFun<Arg, Ret>, arg: Arg) -> Receiver<Ret> { let (result_channel, result_port) = channel(); let task = Task { fun: fun, arg: arg, join: ResultReceiver::Channel(Arc::new(Mutex::new(result_channel))), }; self.supervisor.send(SupervisorMsg::Schedule(task)).unwrap(); result_port } } impl<Arg: 'static + Send, Ret: 'static + Send + Sync> Drop for ForkPool<Arg,Ret> { fn drop(&mut self) { self.supervisor.send(SupervisorMsg::Shutdown).unwrap(); } }