void PrepareParallelTasks()
{
//create a collection of task that will run in parallel on several threads.
//the number of threads and tasks to perform are not dependent.
_multiParallelTasks = new MultiThreadedParallelTaskCollection(NUM_OF_SVELTO_THREADS, true);
//in this case though we just want to perform a task for each thread
//ParticlesCPUKernel is a task (IEnumerator) that executes the
//algebra operation on the particles. Each task perform the operation
//on particlesPerThread particles
#if BENCHMARK
pc = new ParticleCounter(particlesPerThread - 16);
#else
_pc = new ParticleCounter(0);
#endif
#if OLD_STYLE
//calculate the number of particles per thread
uint particlesPerThread = _particleCount / NUM_OF_SVELTO_THREADS;
for (int i = 0; i < NUM_OF_SVELTO_THREADS; i++)
{
_multiParallelTasks.Add(new ParticlesCPUKernel((int)(particlesPerThread * i), (int)particlesPerThread, this, _pc));
}
#else
var particlesCpuKernel = new ParticlesCPUKernel(this);
_multiParallelTasks.Add(ref particlesCpuKernel, (int)_particleCount);
#endif
}
public IEnumerator TestMultiThreadParallelTaskReset()
{
var test = new MultiThreadedParallelTaskCollection("test", 4, false);
Token token = new Token();
int done = 0;
test.onComplete += () => done++;
test.Add(new WaitEnumerator(token));
test.Add(new WaitEnumerator(token));
test.Add(new WaitEnumerator(token));
test.Add(new WaitEnumerator(token));
test.Run();
yield return(new WaitForSeconds(0.5f));
token.count = 3;
test.Stop();
test.Complete();
test.Dispose();
Assert.That(done == 1);
Assert.AreEqual(4, token.count);
}
public IEnumerator ParallelMultiThread()
{
yield return(null);
var parallelMultiThread = new MultiThreadedParallelTaskCollection("test", 2, true);
parallelMultiThread.Add(new SlowTask());
parallelMultiThread.Add(new SlowTask());
var sw = System.Diagnostics.Stopwatch.StartNew();
parallelMultiThread.Complete();
parallelMultiThread.Dispose();
sw.Stop();
Assert.That(sw.ElapsedMilliseconds, Is.AtLeast(900));
Assert.That(sw.ElapsedMilliseconds, Is.AtMost(1100));
}
public IEnumerator TestMultiThreadParallelTaskCompletes()
{
yield return(null);
var test = new MultiThreadedParallelTaskCollection("test", 4, false);
bool done = false;
test.onComplete += () => done = true;
Token token = new Token();
test.Add(new WaitEnumerator(token));
test.Add(new WaitEnumerator(token));
test.Add(new WaitEnumerator(token));
test.Add(new WaitEnumerator(token));
var multiThreadRunner = new MultiThreadRunner("test", true);
test.RunOnScheduler(multiThreadRunner);
DateTime now = DateTime.Now;
yield return(null);
while (test.isRunning)
{
yield return(null);
}
var totalSeconds = (DateTime.Now - now).TotalSeconds;
Assert.Greater(totalSeconds, 1.9);
Assert.Less(totalSeconds, 2.1);
Assert.That(done, Is.True);
Assert.AreEqual(4, token.count);
test.Dispose();
multiThreadRunner.Dispose();
}
public IEnumerator TestStopMultiThreadParallelTask()
{
var test = new MultiThreadedParallelTaskCollection("test", 4, false);
Token token = new Token();
bool done = false;
test.onComplete += () => done = true;
test.Add(new WaitEnumerator(token));
test.Add(new WaitEnumerator(token));
test.Add(new WaitEnumerator(token));
test.Add(new WaitEnumerator(token));
test.Run();
yield return(new WaitForSeconds(0.5f));
test.Stop();
test.Dispose();
Assert.That(done, Is.False);
Assert.AreEqual(token.count, 0);
}
IEnumerator WaitForEntityViewsAdded()
{
//Engines are usually designed to be able to cope with dynamic adding and removing of entities,
//but in this case I needed to know when the entities are ready to be processed. This wouldn't be
//strictly necessary if I coded the engine in a different way, but I decided to keep it simpler and more readable.
//That's why the engine starts immediately a task that waits for the EntityViews to be added(it assumes that all the
//entities are created on the same frame).This demo aims to be allocation free during the main execution, that's
//why all the tasks are prepared before hand. In this step, we prepare just one task that runs the main operations
//that must be executed on the entities.
int count = 0;
#if FIRST_TIER_EXAMPLE || SECOND_TIER_EXAMPLE
ReadOnlyCollectionStruct <BoidEntityView> _entityViews;
#endif
#if FOURTH_TIER_EXAMPLE || THIRD_TIER_EXAMPLE
BoidEntityView[] _entityViews;
#endif
do
{
#if FIRST_TIER_EXAMPLE || SECOND_TIER_EXAMPLE
_entityViews = entitiesDB.QueryEntityViews <BoidEntityView>();
count = _entityViews.Count;
#endif
#if FOURTH_TIER_EXAMPLE || THIRD_TIER_EXAMPLE
_entityViews = entitiesDB.QueryEntities <BoidEntityView>(ExclusiveGroups.BoidGroup, out count);
#endif
yield return(null);
} while (count == 0);
#if TURBO_EXAMPLE
int numberOfThreads = (int)Mathf.Min(NUM_OF_THREADS, count);
var countn = count / numberOfThreads;
_multiParallelTask = new MultiThreadedParallelTaskCollection((uint)numberOfThreads);
for (int i = 0; i < numberOfThreads; i++)
{
_multiParallelTask.Add(new BoidEnumerator(_entityViews, countn * i, countn));
}
#elif FIRST_TIER_EXAMPLE || SECOND_TIER_EXAMPLE || THIRD_TIER_EXAMPLE || FOURTH_TIER_EXAMPLE
_boidEnumerator = new BoidEnumerator(_entityViews, 0, count);
#endif
_testEnumerator = new TestEnumerator(_printEntityView);
Update().RunOnScheduler(StandardSchedulers.updateScheduler);
}
public BoidsSimulationEngine(ThreadSynchronizationSignal synchronizationSignal, Param param, int boidCount)
{
this.param = param;
//Svelto.Tasks is based on the concept of tasks and runners to run them. Runners can be many. I may even
//write a Unity Jobs runner one day. The MultiThreadRunner is the Svelto.Tasks runner to run tasks
//on other threads. For more information please check my Svelto.Tasks articles.
//this runner will run the main loop
_runner = new MultiThreadRunner("BoidSimulationSystem", 1);
//MultiThreadedParallelTaskCollection enables massive parallelism on the CPU. I will create a Svelto.Tasks
//job for each boid. These jobs will be then spread on 16 threads on an I7.
_parallelJobs = new MultiThreadedParallelTaskCollection("BoidsSimulationJobs", (uint)(System.Environment.ProcessorCount * 2), true);
//Svelto Tasks Jobs must be struct, as they must be instantiated multiple times, the first one
//will be used as blueprint fro the other ones
var jobInstance = new BoidSimulationJob(this, boidCount);
//Create boidCount jobs and add them
_parallelJobs.Add(ref jobInstance, boidCount);
//the Synchronization signal is used to send signals between threads and allow synchronizations
_synchronizationSignal = synchronizationSignal;
_boidCount = boidCount;
}