This is my first attempt at multi-thread programming, and I'm encountering a
program-logic problem that I can't quite put my finger on.
The program is pretty simple. I'm trying to validate a large list of email
addresses. Since the actual validation can take some time, I'm spawning new
threads, up to a predetermined maximum value, to process each new address.
In my main program I have the following:
Do Until (intThreadCount er < intMaxThreads) 'Wait
until a thread is available
Sleep(500) '1000 milliseconds = 1 second
Loop
oValidate = New validateEmail
'Acquire a Write lock on the resource.
rwl.AcquireWrit erLock(Timeout. Infinite)
Try
intThreadCounte r = intThreadCounte r + 1
Finally
'Release the lock.
t = New Thread(AddressO f
oValidate.Valid ateEmail)
oValidate.objEm ailInfo = objEmailInfo
t.Start()
rwl.ReleaseWrit erLock()
End Try
If I've already reached the maximum thread count, I wait until one is
released. I do not lock at this point, because I have a feeling that locking
that wait loop would incur a deadlock. In any case, this is the only place
where I INCREMENT the intThreadCounte r variable, so I don't think it's an
issue; that is by the time I lock the block to update intThreadCounte r,
there's no chance that it will have been incremented. I start the new thread
inside the lock block because I don't want a situation in which I have
changed the value, but not started the thread.
In my oValidate.Valid ateEmail, I complete my validation, then do:
RaiseEvent ThreadComplete( intReturnVal, objEmailInfo)
Then I have an event handler as follows:
Public Event ThreadComplete( ByVal intStatusReturn As Integer, ByVal
objEmailInfo As cEmailInfo)
Sub ValidateEventHa ndler(ByVal intStatusReturn As Integer, ByVal
objEmailInfo As cEmailInfo) _
Handles oValidate.Threa dComplete
...
'Acquire a Write lock on the resource.
rwl.AcquireWrit erLock(Timeout. Infinite)
Try
If (intThreadCount er > 0) Then
intThreadCounte r = intThreadCounte r - 1
End If
Finally
'Release the lock.
rwl.ReleaseWrit erLock()
Thread.CurrentT hread.Abort()
End Try
--So, I process the data provided by the thread, decrement the thread
counter, and kill the thread, all within the locked block.
Finally, In my main program, I have the following:
Do Until (intThreadCount er = 0)
Sleep(500) '1000 milliseconds = 1 second
Loop
Problem is, intThreadCounte r is never getting down to zero, and I can't
quite figure out why. Any pointers would be appreciated.
Thanks.
Joe
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Joe Befumo wrote: This is my first attempt at multi-thread programming, and I'm encountering a
program-logic problem that I can't quite put my finger on.
The program is pretty simple. I'm trying to validate a large list of email
addresses. Since the actual validation can take some time, I'm spawning new
threads, up to a predetermined maximum value, to process each new address.
In my main program I have the following:
Do Until (intThreadCount er < intMaxThreads) 'Wait
until a thread is available
Sleep(500) '1000 milliseconds = 1 second
Loop
oValidate = New validateEmail
'Acquire a Write lock on the resource.
rwl.AcquireWrit erLock(Timeout. Infinite)
Try
intThreadCounte r = intThreadCounte r + 1
Finally
'Release the lock.
t = New Thread(AddressO f
oValidate.Valid ateEmail)
oValidate.objEm ailInfo = objEmailInfo
t.Start()
rwl.ReleaseWrit erLock()
End Try
If I've already reached the maximum thread count, I wait until one is
released. I do not lock at this point, because I have a feeling that locking
that wait loop would incur a deadlock. In any case, this is the only place
where I INCREMENT the intThreadCounte r variable, so I don't think it's an
issue; that is by the time I lock the block to update intThreadCounte r,
there's no chance that it will have been incremented. I start the new thread
inside the lock block because I don't want a situation in which I have
changed the value, but not started the thread.
In my oValidate.Valid ateEmail, I complete my validation, then do:
RaiseEvent ThreadComplete( intReturnVal, objEmailInfo)
Then I have an event handler as follows:
Public Event ThreadComplete( ByVal intStatusReturn As Integer, ByVal
objEmailInfo As cEmailInfo)
Sub ValidateEventHa ndler(ByVal intStatusReturn As Integer, ByVal
objEmailInfo As cEmailInfo) _
Handles oValidate.Threa dComplete
..
'Acquire a Write lock on the resource.
rwl.AcquireWrit erLock(Timeout. Infinite)
Try
If (intThreadCount er > 0) Then
intThreadCounte r = intThreadCounte r - 1
End If
Finally
'Release the lock.
rwl.ReleaseWrit erLock()
Thread.CurrentT hread.Abort()
End Try
--So, I process the data provided by the thread, decrement the thread
counter, and kill the thread, all within the locked block.
Finally, In my main program, I have the following:
Do Until (intThreadCount er = 0)
Sleep(500) '1000 milliseconds = 1 second
Loop
Problem is, intThreadCounte r is never getting down to zero, and I can't
quite figure out why. Any pointers would be appreciated.
Thanks.
Joe
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You may want to rethink how you are going about the process. Spawning a
thread is not a quick process. You may want to have one UI thread an
one worker thread that processes all your address. If you think about
how the system actually uses these threads, only one can be processing
on the processor at one time, unless you have a multi-processor system.
So the time to create the thread stack, transfer control to the new
thread takes extra time with each new thread. If you process all the
addresses in one worker thread it won't have to swap the overhead for
the thread and it will keep your system logic simpler.
Hope this helps.
Chris
Thanks Chris,
I believe I understand what you're saying.
Joe
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news:ev******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP10.phx.gbl... Joe Befumo wrote: This is my first attempt at multi-thread programming, and I'm
encountering a
program-logic problem that I can't quite put my finger on.
The program is pretty simple. I'm trying to validate a large list of
email
addresses. Since the actual validation can take some time, I'm spawning
new
threads, up to a predetermined maximum value, to process each new
address.
In my main program I have the following:
Do Until (intThreadCount er < intMaxThreads) 'Wait
until a thread is available
Sleep(500) '1000 milliseconds = 1 second
Loop
oValidate = New validateEmail
'Acquire a Write lock on the resource.
rwl.AcquireWrit erLock(Timeout. Infinite)
Try
intThreadCounte r = intThreadCounte r + 1
Finally
'Release the lock.
t = New Thread(AddressO f
oValidate.Valid ateEmail)
oValidate.objEm ailInfo = objEmailInfo
t.Start()
rwl.ReleaseWrit erLock()
End Try
If I've already reached the maximum thread count, I wait until one is
released. I do not lock at this point, because I have a feeling that
locking
that wait loop would incur a deadlock. In any case, this is the only
place
where I INCREMENT the intThreadCounte r variable, so I don't think it's an
issue; that is by the time I lock the block to update intThreadCounte r,
there's no chance that it will have been incremented. I start the new
thread
inside the lock block because I don't want a situation in which I have
changed the value, but not started the thread.
In my oValidate.Valid ateEmail, I complete my validation, then do:
RaiseEvent ThreadComplete( intReturnVal, objEmailInfo)
Then I have an event handler as follows:
Public Event ThreadComplete( ByVal intStatusReturn As Integer, ByVal
objEmailInfo As cEmailInfo)
Sub ValidateEventHa ndler(ByVal intStatusReturn As Integer, ByVal
objEmailInfo As cEmailInfo) _
Handles oValidate.Threa dComplete
..
'Acquire a Write lock on the resource.
rwl.AcquireWrit erLock(Timeout. Infinite)
Try
If (intThreadCount er > 0) Then
intThreadCounte r = intThreadCounte r - 1
End If
Finally
'Release the lock.
rwl.ReleaseWrit erLock()
Thread.CurrentT hread.Abort()
End Try
--So, I process the data provided by the thread, decrement the thread
counter, and kill the thread, all within the locked block.
Finally, In my main program, I have the following:
Do Until (intThreadCount er = 0)
Sleep(500) '1000 milliseconds = 1 second
Loop
Problem is, intThreadCounte r is never getting down to zero, and I can't
quite figure out why. Any pointers would be appreciated.
Thanks.
Joe
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You may want to rethink how you are going about the process. Spawning a
thread is not a quick process. You may want to have one UI thread an one
worker thread that processes all your address. If you think about how the
system actually uses these threads, only one can be processing on the
processor at one time, unless you have a multi-processor system. So the
time to create the thread stack, transfer control to the new thread takes
extra time with each new thread. If you process all the addresses in one
worker thread it won't have to swap the overhead for the thread and it
will keep your system logic simpler.
Hope this helps.
Chris
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See:
Resources about asynchronous operations http://www.mztools.com/resources_net...nousOperations
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You can code, design and document much faster: http://www.mztools.com
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news:44******** *************** @news.newsdemon .com... This is my first attempt at multi-thread programming, and I'm encountering
a
program-logic problem that I can't quite put my finger on.
The program is pretty simple. I'm trying to validate a large list of email
addresses. Since the actual validation can take some time, I'm spawning
new
threads, up to a predetermined maximum value, to process each new address.
In my main program I have the following:
Do Until (intThreadCount er < intMaxThreads) 'Wait
until a thread is available
Sleep(500) '1000 milliseconds = 1 second
Loop
oValidate = New validateEmail
'Acquire a Write lock on the resource.
rwl.AcquireWrit erLock(Timeout. Infinite)
Try
intThreadCounte r = intThreadCounte r + 1
Finally
'Release the lock.
t = New Thread(AddressO f
oValidate.Valid ateEmail)
oValidate.objEm ailInfo = objEmailInfo
t.Start()
rwl.ReleaseWrit erLock()
End Try
If I've already reached the maximum thread count, I wait until one is
released. I do not lock at this point, because I have a feeling that
locking
that wait loop would incur a deadlock. In any case, this is the only place
where I INCREMENT the intThreadCounte r variable, so I don't think it's an
issue; that is by the time I lock the block to update intThreadCounte r,
there's no chance that it will have been incremented. I start the new
thread
inside the lock block because I don't want a situation in which I have
changed the value, but not started the thread.
In my oValidate.Valid ateEmail, I complete my validation, then do:
RaiseEvent ThreadComplete( intReturnVal, objEmailInfo)
Then I have an event handler as follows:
Public Event ThreadComplete( ByVal intStatusReturn As Integer, ByVal
objEmailInfo As cEmailInfo)
Sub ValidateEventHa ndler(ByVal intStatusReturn As Integer, ByVal
objEmailInfo As cEmailInfo) _
Handles oValidate.Threa dComplete
..
'Acquire a Write lock on the resource.
rwl.AcquireWrit erLock(Timeout. Infinite)
Try
If (intThreadCount er > 0) Then
intThreadCounte r = intThreadCounte r - 1
End If
Finally
'Release the lock.
rwl.ReleaseWrit erLock()
Thread.CurrentT hread.Abort()
End Try
--So, I process the data provided by the thread, decrement the thread
counter, and kill the thread, all within the locked block.
Finally, In my main program, I have the following:
Do Until (intThreadCount er = 0)
Sleep(500) '1000 milliseconds = 1 second
Loop
Problem is, intThreadCounte r is never getting down to zero, and I can't
quite figure out why. Any pointers would be appreciated.
Thanks.
Joe
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