[ace-users] ACE_Task and ACE_Event_Handler

[Douglas C. Schmidt]

Hi,

>I'm using ThreadPool (Manager) sample from chapter 16.2 of APG.
>I'm starting it as
>ThreadPool.activate(); <- I tried different settings but it did not
>help.

BTW, *always* make sure to check the return values of any methods you
call to make sure things are working properly.

>loop
>{
> ThreadPool.putq(MessageBlock);

Aha, so is this blocking the handle_timeout() call?  If so, that's why
you're not getting any other timers dispatched..

>}
>
>I have to process large array on handle_timeout() so I decided to do
>it by using thread pool.

Right, but you need to make sure that you have a separate thread
running to handle timers.

>>>>> It sounds like you aren't allowing the main thread to run anymore once
>>>>> you spawn the thread pool - hence the timer signals won't get to run.
>
>Yes. This is what I'm thinking. I just needed simple and local thread
>pool implementation and I was hoping ACE_Task will do the trick. But
>it looks like ACE_Task activate() overwrites something global.

No, that's not correct.  You need to make sure you are

. Activating the threads outside of handle_timeout().

. Not letting the queue fill up.

I recommend you read Chapter 6 and 7 of C++NPv2
<www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/ACE/book2/> for more examples of how to use
thread pools with ACE_Task.

Thanks,

Doug


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