线程池和多线程的区别

线程池是事先实例化指定数量的线程(works),作为一个线程队列用于处理任务队列(tasks)的工作;相比多线程的优势是:不需要频繁创建和销毁线程对象,减少线程切换带来的时间和性能的消耗。

#ifndef _THREADPOOL_H_
#define _THREADPOOL_H_

#include <condition_variable>
#include <functional>
#include <future>
#include <memory>
#include <mutex>
#include <queue>
#include <stdexcept>
#include <thread>
#include <vector>
#include <iostream>

class ThreadPool {
public:
    ThreadPool(size_t);
    template <class F, class... Args>
    void push(F&& f, Args&&... args);
    ~ThreadPool();

private:
    // need to keep track of threads so we can join them
    std::vector<std::thread> workers;
    // the task queue
    std::queue<std::function<void()> > tasks;

    // synchronization
    std::mutex queue_mutex;
    std::condition_variable condition;
    bool stop;
};

// the constructor just launches some amount of workers
inline ThreadPool::ThreadPool(size_t threads) : stop(false) {
    for (size_t i = 0; i < threads; ++i) {
        workers.emplace_back([this]() {
            for (;;) {
                std::function<void()> task;

                {
                    std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(this->queue_mutex);
                    this->condition.wait(lock, [this](){ return this->stop || !this->tasks.empty(); });
		            //stop一般指该线程已经join了
                    if (this->stop) return;
                    task = std::move(this->tasks.front());
                    this->tasks.pop();
                }

                task();
            }
        });
    }
}

// add new work item to the pool
template <class F, class... Args>
void ThreadPool::push(F&& f, Args&&... args) {
	//std::bind:
    std::function<void()> task = std::bind(std::forward<F>(f), std::forward<Args>(args)...);

    {
        std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(queue_mutex);

        // don't allow enqueueing after stopping the pool
        if (stop) throw std::runtime_error("enqueue on stopped ThreadPool");

        tasks.emplace(task);
    }
    condition.notify_one();
}

// the destructor joins all threads
inline ThreadPool::~ThreadPool() {
    {
        std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(queue_mutex);
        stop = true;
    }
    condition.notify_all();
    for (std::thread& worker : workers) worker.join();
}

#endif