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Re: [patch] Reduce space and time overhead of std::thread


On 23/09/15 17:18 +0100, Jonathan Wakely wrote:
For PR 65393 I avoided some unnecessary shared_ptr copies while
launching a std::thread. This goes further and avoids shared_ptr
entirely, using unique_ptr instead. This reduces the memory overhead
of a std::thread by 32 bytes (on 64-bit) and avoids any
reference-count updates.

The downside is it exports some new symbols, and we have to keep the
old code for backwards compatibility, but I think it's worth doing.

Does anybody disagree?

Tested powerpc64le-linux and x86_64-dragonfly4.1.

Committed to trunk.


commit 2d7e89aae8ac12dd7a6b2083e5169679c1200cc5
Author: Jonathan Wakely <jwakely@redhat.com>
Date:   Thu Mar 12 13:23:23 2015 +0000

   Reduce space and time overhead of std::thread
PR libstdc++/65393
   	* config/abi/pre/gnu.ver: Export new symbols.
   	* include/std/thread (thread::_State, thread::_State_impl): New types.
   	(thread::_M_start_thread): Add overload taking unique_ptr<_State>.
   	(thread::_M_make_routine): Remove.
   	(thread::_S_make_state): Add.
   	(thread::_Impl_base, thread::_Impl, thread::_M_start_thread)
   	[_GLIBCXX_THREAD_ABI_COMPAT] Only declare conditionally.
   	* src/c++11/thread.cc (execute_native_thread_routine): Rename to
   	execute_native_thread_routine_compat and re-define to use _State.
   	(thread::_State::~_State()): Define.
   	(thread::_M_make_thread): Define new overload.
   	(thread::_M_make_thread) [_GLIBCXX_THREAD_ABI_COMPAT]: Only define old
   	overloads conditionally.

diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/config/abi/pre/gnu.ver b/libstdc++-v3/config/abi/pre/gnu.ver
index d42cd37..08d9bc6 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/config/abi/pre/gnu.ver
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/config/abi/pre/gnu.ver
@@ -1870,6 +1870,11 @@ GLIBCXX_3.4.22 {
    # std::uncaught_exceptions()
    _ZSt19uncaught_exceptionsv;

+    # std::thread::_State::~_State()
+    _ZT[ISV]NSt6thread6_StateE;
+    _ZNSt6thread6_StateD[012]Ev;
+    _ZNSt6thread15_M_start_threadESt10unique_ptrINS_6_StateESt14default_deleteIS1_EEPFvvE;
+
} GLIBCXX_3.4.21;

# Symbols in the support library (libsupc++) have their own tag.
diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/include/std/thread b/libstdc++-v3/include/std/thread
index ebbda62..c67ec46 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/include/std/thread
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/include/std/thread
@@ -60,9 +60,16 @@ _GLIBCXX_BEGIN_NAMESPACE_VERSION
  class thread
  {
  public:
+    // Abstract base class for types that wrap arbitrary functors to be
+    // invoked in the new thread of execution.
+    struct _State
+    {
+      virtual ~_State();
+      virtual void _M_run() = 0;
+    };
+    using _State_ptr = unique_ptr<_State>;
+
    typedef __gthread_t			native_handle_type;
-    struct _Impl_base;
-    typedef shared_ptr<_Impl_base>	__shared_base_type;

    /// thread::id
    class id
@@ -92,29 +99,6 @@ _GLIBCXX_BEGIN_NAMESPACE_VERSION
	operator<<(basic_ostream<_CharT, _Traits>& __out, thread::id __id);
    };

-    // Simple base type that the templatized, derived class containing
-    // an arbitrary functor can be converted to and called.
-    struct _Impl_base
-    {
-      __shared_base_type	_M_this_ptr;
-
-      inline virtual ~_Impl_base();
-
-      virtual void _M_run() = 0;
-    };
-
-    template<typename _Callable>
-      struct _Impl : public _Impl_base
-      {
-	_Callable		_M_func;
-
-	_Impl(_Callable&& __f) : _M_func(std::forward<_Callable>(__f))
-	{ }
-
-	void
-	_M_run() { _M_func(); }
-      };
-
  private:
    id				_M_id;

@@ -133,16 +117,15 @@ _GLIBCXX_BEGIN_NAMESPACE_VERSION
      thread(_Callable&& __f, _Args&&... __args)
      {
#ifdef GTHR_ACTIVE_PROXY
-	// Create a reference to pthread_create, not just the gthr weak symbol
-        _M_start_thread(_M_make_routine(std::__bind_simple(
-                std::forward<_Callable>(__f),
-                std::forward<_Args>(__args)...)),
-	    reinterpret_cast<void(*)()>(&pthread_create));
+	// Create a reference to pthread_create, not just the gthr weak symbol.
+	auto __depend = reinterpret_cast<void(*)()>(&pthread_create);
#else
-        _M_start_thread(_M_make_routine(std::__bind_simple(
-                std::forward<_Callable>(__f),
-                std::forward<_Args>(__args)...)));
+	auto __depend = nullptr;
#endif
+        _M_start_thread(_S_make_state(
+	      std::__bind_simple(std::forward<_Callable>(__f),
+				 std::forward<_Args>(__args)...)),
+	    __depend);
      }

    ~thread()
@@ -190,23 +173,48 @@ _GLIBCXX_BEGIN_NAMESPACE_VERSION
    hardware_concurrency() noexcept;

  private:
+    template<typename _Callable>
+      struct _State_impl : public _State
+      {
+	_Callable		_M_func;
+
+	_State_impl(_Callable&& __f) : _M_func(std::forward<_Callable>(__f))
+	{ }
+
+	void
+	_M_run() { _M_func(); }
+      };
+
+    void
+    _M_start_thread(_State_ptr, void (*)());
+
+    template<typename _Callable>
+      static _State_ptr
+      _S_make_state(_Callable&& __f)
+      {
+	using _Impl = _State_impl<_Callable>;
+	return _State_ptr{new _Impl{std::forward<_Callable>(__f)}};
+      }
+#if _GLIBCXX_THREAD_ABI_COMPAT
+  public:
+    struct _Impl_base;
+    typedef shared_ptr<_Impl_base>	__shared_base_type;
+    struct _Impl_base
+    {
+      __shared_base_type	_M_this_ptr;
+      virtual ~_Impl_base() = default;
+      virtual void _M_run() = 0;
+    };
+
+  private:
    void
    _M_start_thread(__shared_base_type, void (*)());

    void
    _M_start_thread(__shared_base_type);
-
-    template<typename _Callable>
-      shared_ptr<_Impl<_Callable>>
-      _M_make_routine(_Callable&& __f)
-      {
-	// Create and allocate full data structure, not base.
-	return std::make_shared<_Impl<_Callable>>(std::forward<_Callable>(__f));
-      }
+#endif
  };

-  inline thread::_Impl_base::~_Impl_base() = default;
-
  inline void
  swap(thread& __x, thread& __y) noexcept
  { __x.swap(__y); }
diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/src/c++11/thread.cc b/libstdc++-v3/src/c++11/thread.cc
index 906cafa..e116afa 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/src/c++11/thread.cc
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/src/c++11/thread.cc
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
// <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.


+#define _GLIBCXX_THREAD_ABI_COMPAT 1
#include <thread>
#include <system_error>
#include <cerrno>
@@ -75,8 +76,33 @@ namespace std _GLIBCXX_VISIBILITY(default)
    extern "C" void*
    execute_native_thread_routine(void* __p)
    {
+      thread::_State_ptr __t{ static_cast<thread::_State*>(__p) };
+
+      __try
+	{
+	  __t->_M_run();
+	}
+      __catch(const __cxxabiv1::__forced_unwind&)
+	{
+	  __throw_exception_again;
+	}
+      __catch(...)
+	{
+	  std::terminate();
+	}
+
+      return nullptr;
+    }
+
+#if _GLIBCXX_THREAD_ABI_COMPAT
+    extern "C" void*
+    execute_native_thread_routine_compat(void* __p)
+    {
      thread::_Impl_base* __t = static_cast<thread::_Impl_base*>(__p);
      thread::__shared_base_type __local;
+      // Now that a new thread has been created we can transfer ownership of
+      // the thread state to a local object, breaking the reference cycle
+      // created in thread::_M_start_thread.
      __local.swap(__t->_M_this_ptr);

      __try
@@ -94,10 +120,13 @@ namespace std _GLIBCXX_VISIBILITY(default)

      return nullptr;
    }
+#endif
  }

_GLIBCXX_BEGIN_NAMESPACE_VERSION

+  thread::_State::~_State() = default;
+
  void
  thread::join()
  {
@@ -127,6 +156,18 @@ _GLIBCXX_BEGIN_NAMESPACE_VERSION
  }

  void
+  thread::_M_start_thread(_State_ptr state, void (*)())
+  {
+    const int err = __gthread_create(&_M_id._M_thread,
+				     &execute_native_thread_routine,
+				     state.get());
+    if (err)
+      __throw_system_error(err);
+    state.release();
+  }
+
+#if _GLIBCXX_THREAD_ABI_COMPAT
+  void
  thread::_M_start_thread(__shared_base_type __b)
  {
    if (!__gthread_active_p())
@@ -144,15 +185,17 @@ _GLIBCXX_BEGIN_NAMESPACE_VERSION
  thread::_M_start_thread(__shared_base_type __b, void (*)())
  {
    auto ptr = __b.get();
+    // Create a reference cycle that will be broken in the new thread.
    ptr->_M_this_ptr = std::move(__b);
    int __e = __gthread_create(&_M_id._M_thread,
-			       &execute_native_thread_routine, ptr);
+			       &execute_native_thread_routine_compat, ptr);
    if (__e)
    {
-      ptr->_M_this_ptr.reset();
+      ptr->_M_this_ptr.reset();  // break reference cycle, destroying *ptr.
      __throw_system_error(__e);
    }
  }
+#endif

  unsigned int
  thread::hardware_concurrency() noexcept


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