/// <summary>
/// The procedure used to perform work on the array.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="data">The ID of the thread cast to an object.</param>
private void ConsumerThreadProcedure(object data)
{
int myID = (int)data;
try
{
while (true)
{
PrepBarrier.SignalAndWait();
//This second loop is necessary so that the worker thread keeps trying to
//consume data if there is data left on the queue. The previous version
//worked only because there were 8 threads and exactly 8 pieces of work to
//be done each frame. If the grid was increased in size it would break because
//not all of the work would be done each frame. This fixes that issue.
while (true)
{
WorkOrder w = null;
lock (queueLock)
{
if (WorkQueue.Count > 0)
{
//grab the work
w = WorkQueue.Dequeue();
}
else
{
break;
}
}
Console.WriteLine("Thread: " + myID.ToString() + " has acquired its lock and will begin working");
if (w != null)
{
//Process the work order.
for (int i = w.rowIndex; i < w.rowIndex + w.rowCount; ++i)
{
for (int j = 0; j < DIMENSIONY; ++j)
{
if (b1[i, j] == 1)
{
ProcessAlivePixel(i, j);
}
else
{
ProcessDeadPixel(i, j);
}
}
}
}
}
WorkBarrier.SignalAndWait();
ProcessBarrier.SignalAndWait();
}
}
catch (ThreadAbortException ex)
{
return;
}
}
/// <summary>
/// The thread procedure that controls all worker threads.
/// </summary>
private void LockedThreadProcedure()
{
try
{
//Set up and start the worker threads.
for (int i = 0; i < threadCount; ++i)
{
Thread t = new Thread(ConsumerThreadProcedure);
t.Start(i);
workerThreads.Add(t);
}
while (true)
{
while (running)
{
Console.WriteLine("Setting up the work orders");
//set up the work load.
ClearArray(b2);
Stopwatch clock = new Stopwatch();
clock.Start();
int numberChunks = DIMENSIONX / workChunkSize;
for (int i = 0; i < numberChunks; ++i)
{
WorkOrder w = new WorkOrder();
w.rowCount = workChunkSize;
w.rowIndex = i * workChunkSize;
WorkQueue.Enqueue(w);
}
PrepBarrier.SignalAndWait();
Console.WriteLine("Waiting for workers to finish");
WorkBarrier.SignalAndWait();
Console.WriteLine("Processing data");
//Process the results from the worker threads.
++generation;
LoadArrayIntoBitmap(b2);
ClearArray(b1);
for (int i = 0; i < DIMENSIONX; ++i)
{
for (int j = 0; j < DIMENSIONY; ++j)
{
b1[i, j] = b2[i, j];
}
}
UpdateGenerationLabel(generation);
SetPictureBoxImage(img);
UpdatePictureBox();
clock.Stop();
long elapsedtime = clock.ElapsedMilliseconds;
if (elapsedtime < (long)threadSleepTime)
{
long delta = (long)threadSleepTime - elapsedtime;
Thread.Sleep((int)delta);
}
ProcessBarrier.SignalAndWait();
}
}
}
catch (ThreadAbortException ex)
{
//If this thread is aborted, we need to also stop all the worker threads.
foreach (Thread t in workerThreads)
{
t.Abort();
t.Join();
}
return;
}
}