C++11中对于多线程并发编程提供了强大的支持,在this_thread名字空间中提供了几个常用函数get_id, sleep_for, sleep_until和yield。
yield
其中std::this_thread::yield对操作系统的调度器发出请求,主动让出执行权给其他的可运行线程。它的具体行为跟具体的实现相关,例如跟调度器算法相关。
下面简单的代码示例中循环100万次,每到一万的整数倍时主动让出执行权。
// demonstration of std::this_thread::yield
// by Bruce Jia <bruce.jia@live.com>
#include <chrono>
#include <iostream>
#include <thread>
class HighResStopwatch
{
private:
std::chrono::time_point<std::chrono::high_resolution_clock> start;
public:
HighResStopwatch() noexcept: start(std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now()) {
}
~HighResStopwatch() noexcept {
auto elapsed = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now() - start;
std::cout << std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::microseconds>(elapsed).count()
<< " microseconds\n";
}
HighResStopwatch(HighResStopwatch &) = delete;
void operator = (HighResStopwatch &) = delete;
};
int main()
{
long maxCount = 1000000L;
int j = 1;
for (long i=1; i<=maxCount; i++) {
if (i % 10000 == 0) {
std::cout << "yield " << j++ << std::endl;
HighResStopwatch watch;
std::this_thread::yield();
}
}
}
这里一个简单的类HighResStopwatch在析构的时候会打印出它的存活时间,近似等于出让执行权的时间。输出类似如下
yield 1
1 microseconds
yield 2
260 microseconds
yield 3
0 microseconds
yield 4
0 microseconds
yield 5
0 microseconds
yield 6
96 microseconds
yield 7
99 microseconds
yield 8
93 microseconds
yield 9
92 microseconds
yield 10
99 microseconds
yield 11
2 microseconds
yield 12
0 microseconds
yield 13
0 microseconds
yield 14
0 microseconds
yield 15
41 microseconds
yield 16
1 microseconds
yield 17
0 microseconds
yield 18
36 microseconds
yield 19
0 microseconds
yield 20
0 microseconds
yield 21
0 microseconds
yield 22
14 microseconds
yield 23
14 microseconds
yield 24
0 microseconds
yield 25
14 microseconds
yield 26
14 microseconds
yield 27
0 microseconds
yield 28
14 microseconds
yield 29
0 microseconds
yield 30
0 microseconds
yield 31
14 microseconds
yield 32
13 microseconds
yield 33
0 microseconds
yield 34
14 microseconds
yield 35
14 microseconds
yield 36
14 microseconds
yield 37
0 microseconds
yield 38
14 microseconds
yield 39
1 microseconds
yield 40
0 microseconds
yield 41
14 microseconds
yield 42
1 microseconds
yield 43
0 microseconds
yield 44
13 microseconds
yield 45
14 microseconds
yield 46
0 microseconds
yield 47
14 microseconds
yield 48
0 microseconds
yield 49
0 microseconds
yield 50
0 microseconds
yield 51
14 microseconds
yield 52
1 microseconds
yield 53
0 microseconds
yield 54
13 microseconds
yield 55
1 microseconds
yield 56
0 microseconds
yield 57
13 microseconds
yield 58
0 microseconds
yield 59
0 microseconds
yield 60
13 microseconds
yield 61
0 microseconds
yield 62
0 microseconds
yield 63
14 microseconds
yield 64
26 microseconds
yield 65
0 microseconds
yield 66
0 microseconds
yield 67
14 microseconds
yield 68
14 microseconds
yield 69
0 microseconds
yield 70
14 microseconds
yield 71
0 microseconds
yield 72
0 microseconds
yield 73
0 microseconds
yield 74
14 microseconds
yield 75
0 microseconds
yield 76
0 microseconds
yield 77
13 microseconds
yield 78
0 microseconds
yield 79
0 microseconds
yield 80
0 microseconds
yield 81
0 microseconds
yield 82
14 microseconds
yield 83
14 microseconds
yield 84
52 microseconds
yield 85
1 microseconds
yield 86
0 microseconds
yield 87
14 microseconds
yield 88
14 microseconds
yield 89
1 microseconds
yield 90
0 microseconds
yield 91
24 microseconds
yield 92
14 microseconds
yield 93
13 microseconds
yield 94
0 microseconds
yield 95
14 microseconds
yield 96
13 microseconds
yield 97
1 microseconds
yield 98
0 microseconds
yield 99
14 microseconds
yield 100
14 microseconds
输出中记录的时间差长短不一,长的有数百微秒,短的则是0。对于0的情况,是因为调度器没有找到(例如相同优先级的可运行线程队列为空)其他合适的线程执行,所以马上再次执行当前线程。
get_id
std::this_thread::get_id的使用非常简单,它返回当前线程的id。
int main()
{
auto tid1 = std::this_thread::get_id();
std::cout << "tid1 : " << tid1 << std::endl;
auto tid2 = std::this_thread::get_id();
std::cout << "tid2 : " << tid2 << std::endl;
}
例如上面代码都运行在main thread中,所以tid1和tid2一定是相同的。