一、C/C++多线程操作说明

C/C++多线程基本操作如下:

  • 线程的建立结束
  • 线程的互斥和同步
  • 使用信号量控制线程
  • 线程的基本属性配置

在C/C++代码编写时,使用多线程机制,首先需要做的事情就是声明引用,具体如下:

#include "pthread.h"

二、线程基本操作方法

基本线程操作:

  1. pthread_create():创建线程开始运行相关线程函数,运行结束则线程退出
  2. pthread_eixt():因为exit()是用来结束进程的,所以则需要使用特定结束线程的函数
  3. pthread_join():挂起当前线程,用于阻塞式地等待线程结束,如果线程已结束则立即返回,0=成功
  4. pthread_cancel():发送终止信号给thread线程,成功返回0,但是成功并不意味着thread会终止
  5. pthread_testcancel():在不包含取消点,但是又需要取消点的地方创建一个取消点,以便在一个没有包含取消点的执行代码线程中响应取消请求.
  6. pthread_setcancelstate():设置本线程对cancle线程的反应
  7. pthread_setcanceltype():设置取消状态 继续运行至下一个取消点再退出或者是立即执行取消动作
  8. pthread_setcancel():设置取消状态

三、线程互斥与同步机制

基本的互斥与同步的操作方法:

  1. pthread_mutex_init():互斥锁的初始化
  2. pthread_mutex_lock():锁定互斥锁,如果尝试锁定已经被上锁的互斥锁则阻塞至可用为止
  3. pthread_mutex_trylock():非阻塞的锁定互斥锁
  4. pthread_mutex_unlock():释放互斥锁
  5. pthread_mutex_destory():互斥锁销毁函数

四、多线程实践

  1. 基本的线程及建立运行
    下面的代码是C/C++开发的基本的线程的运行,使用的就是最基本的pthread.h:
/* thread.c */
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <pthread.h>

#define THREAD_NUMBER 3 /*线程数*/
#define REPEAT_NUMBER 5 /*每个线程中的小任务数*/
#define DELAY_TIME_LEVELS 10.0 /*小任务之间的最大时间间隔*/
//
void *thrd_func(void *arg) {
/* 线程函数例程 */
int thrd_num = (int)arg;
int delay_time = 0;
int count = 0;
printf("Thread %d is starting\n", thrd_num);
for (count = 0; count < REPEAT_NUMBER; count++) {
delay_time = (int)(rand() * DELAY_TIME_LEVELS/(RAND_MAX)) + 1;
sleep(delay_time);
printf("\tThread %d: job %d delay = %d\n", thrd_num, count, delay_time);
}

printf("Thread %d finished\n", thrd_num);
pthread_exit(NULL);
}

int main(void) {
pthread_t thread[THREAD_NUMBER];
int no = 0, res;
void * thrd_ret;
srand(time(NULL));
for (no = 0; no < THREAD_NUMBER; no++) {
/* 创建多线程 */
res = pthread_create(&thread[no], NULL, thrd_func, (void*)no);
if (res != 0) {
printf("Create thread %d failed\n", no);
exit(res);
}
}

printf("Create treads success\n Waiting for threads to finish...\n");
for (no = 0; no < THREAD_NUMBER; no++) {
/* 等待线程结束 */
res = pthread_join(thread[no], &thrd_ret);
if (!res) {
printf("Thread %d joined\n", no);
} else {
printf("Thread %d join failed\n", no);
}
}
return 0;
}

例程中循环3次建立3条线程,并且使用pthread_join函数依次等待线程结束;

线程中使用rand()获取随机值随机休眠5次,随意会出现后执行的线程先执行完成;

运行结果:

$ gcc thread.c -lpthread
$ ./a.out
Create treads success
Waiting for threads to finish...
Thread 0 is starting
Thread 1 is starting
Thread 2 is starting
Thread 1: job 0 delay = 2
Thread 1: job 1 delay = 2
Thread 0: job 0 delay = 8
Thread 2: job 0 delay = 10
Thread 2: job 1 delay = 3
Thread 1: job 2 delay = 10
Thread 0: job 1 delay = 8
Thread 0: job 2 delay = 3
Thread 0: job 3 delay = 1
Thread 2: job 2 delay = 8
Thread 1: job 3 delay = 8
Thread 1: job 4 delay = 1
Thread 1 finished
Thread 2: job 3 delay = 6
Thread 0: job 4 delay = 7
Thread 0 finished
Thread 0 joined
Thread 1 joined
Thread 2: job 4 delay = 10
Thread 2 finished
Thread 2 joined

可以看到,线程1先于线程0执行,但是pthread_join的调用时间顺序,先等待线程0执行;

由于线程1已经早结束,所以线程0被pthread_join等到的时候,线程1已结束,就在等待到线程1时,直接返回;

  1. 线程执行的互斥和同步pthread_mutex_lock
    下面我们在上面的程序中增加互斥锁:
/*thread_mutex.c*/
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <pthread.h>
#include <unistd.h>

#define THREAD_NUMBER 3 /* 线程数 */
#define REPEAT_NUMBER 3 /* 每个线程的小任务数 */
#define DELAY_TIME_LEVELS 10.0 /*小任务之间的最大时间间隔*/
pthread_mutex_t mutex;

void *thrd_func(void *arg) {
int thrd_num = (int)arg;
int delay_time = 0, count = 0;
int res;
/* 互斥锁上锁 */
res = pthread_mutex_lock(&mutex);
if (res) {
printf("Thread %d lock failed\n", thrd_num);
pthread_exit(NULL);
}
printf("Thread %d is starting\n", thrd_num);
for (count = 0; count < REPEAT_NUMBER; count++) {
delay_time = (int)(rand() * DELAY_TIME_LEVELS/(RAND_MAX)) + 1;
sleep(delay_time);
printf("\tThread %d: job %d delay = %d\n",
thrd_num, count, delay_time);
}
printf("Thread %d finished\n", thrd_num);
/****互斥锁解锁***/
pthread_mutex_unlock(&mutex);
pthread_exit(NULL);
}

int main(void) {
pthread_t thread[THREAD_NUMBER];
int no = 0, res;
void * thrd_ret;

srand(time(NULL));
/* 互斥锁初始化 */
pthread_mutex_init(&mutex, NULL);
for (no = 0; no < THREAD_NUMBER; no++) {
res = pthread_create(&thread[no], NULL, thrd_func, (void*)no);
if (res != 0) {
printf("Create thread %d failed\n", no);
exit(res);
}
}
printf("Create treads success\n Waiting for threads to finish...\n");
for (no = 0; no < THREAD_NUMBER; no++) {
res = pthread_join(thread[no], &thrd_ret);
if (!res) {
printf("Thread %d joined\n", no);
} else {
printf("Thread %d join failed\n", no);
}
}
pthread_mutex_destroy(&mutex);
return 0;
}

在上面的例程中直接添加同步锁pthread_mutex_t;

在线程中加入,程序在执行线程程序时,调用pthread_mutex_lock上锁,发现上锁时候后进入等待,等待锁再次释放后重新上锁;

所以线程程序加载到队列中等待,等待成功上锁后继续执行程序代码;

运行结果如下:

Create treads success
Waiting for threads to finish...
Thread 0 is starting
Thread 0: job 0 delay = 7
Thread 0: job 1 delay = 2
Thread 0: job 2 delay = 9
Thread 0 finished
Thread 2 is starting
Thread 0 joined
Thread 2: job 0 delay = 6
Thread 2: job 1 delay = 7
Thread 2: job 2 delay = 10
Thread 2 finished
Thread 1 is starting
Thread 1: job 0 delay = 3
Thread 1: job 1 delay = 5
Thread 1: job 2 delay = 2
Thread 1 finished
Thread 1 joined
Thread 2 joined