/// <summary>
/// Signals the worker thread to start a task
/// </summary>
/// <param name="task">The task the worker should start on</param>
private void startTask(IterTask task)
{
lock (syncRoot)
{
this.task = task;
}
starter.Set();
}
private void workProc()
{
try{
bool done = false;
while (!done)
{
starter.WaitOne(); //wait for the main thread to signal that its time to start
lock (syncRoot)
{
#if DEBUG
if (getStuck) //this gets the thread caught in an infinite loop
{
int k = 0;
int q = 35 / k;
while (k < 500)
{
k = (k + 1) & 0xFF;
}
}
#endif
if (task == IterTask.Reset)
{
reset_iterator(iterHandle);
}
else if (task == IterTask.Iterate)
{
iterate_batch(iterHandle);
}
else if (task == IterTask.Shutdown)
{
done = true;
}
task = IterTask.None;
}
finisher.Set(); //tell the main thread that the task is done
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
lock (syncRoot){
workThreadException = ex;
}
finisher.Set(); //tell the main thread the task isn't running anymore
}
}
public Iterator(int id)
{
this.id = id;
this.rand = new Random();
workThread = new Thread(workProc);
syncRoot = new object();
starter = new AutoResetEvent(false);
finisher = new AutoResetEvent(false);
task = IterTask.None;
iterHandle = create_iterator(id, (uint)rand.Next());
workThread.IsBackground = true;
workThread.Name = "workThread#" + id.ToString();
workThread.Start();
}
