execution_policy.h

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#ifndef EMBB_TASKS_EXECUTION_POLICY_H_
#define EMBB_TASKS_EXECUTION_POLICY_H_

#include <embb/mtapi/c/mtapi.h>

namespace embb {
namespace tasks {

/**
 * Describes the execution policy of a parallel algorithm.
 * The execution policy comprises
 *  - the affinity of tasks to MTAPI worker threads (not CPU cores) and
 *  - the priority of the spawned tasks.
 *
 * The priority is a number between 0 (denoting the highest priority) to
 * max_priorities - 1 as given during initialization using Node::Initialize().
 * The default value of max_priorities is 4.
 *
 * \ingroup CPP_TASKS
 */
class ExecutionPolicy{
 public:
  /**
   * Constructs the default execution policy.
   * Sets the affinity to all worker threads and the priority to the default
   * value.
   */
  ExecutionPolicy();

  /**
   * Constructs an execution policy with the specified affinity and priority.
   */
  ExecutionPolicy(
      bool initial_affinity,           /**< [in] \c true sets the affinity to
                                            all worker threads, \c false to no
                                            worker threads. */
      mtapi_uint_t priority            /**< [in] Priority for the execution
                                            policy. */
  );

  /**
   * Constructs an execution policy with the specified priority.
   * Sets the affinity to all worker threads.
   */
  explicit ExecutionPolicy(
      mtapi_uint_t priority            /**< [in] Priority for the execution
                                            policy. */
  );

  /**
   * Constructs an execution policy with the specified affinity.
   * Sets the priority to the default value.
   */
  explicit ExecutionPolicy(
      bool initial_affinity            /**< [in] \c true sets the affinity to
                                            all worker threads, \c false to no
                                            worker threads. */
  );

  /**
   *  Sets affinity to a specific worker thread.
   */
  void AddWorker(
    mtapi_uint_t worker                /**< [in] Worker thread index */
    );

  /**
   * Removes affinity to a specific worker thread.
   */
  void RemoveWorker(
    mtapi_uint_t worker                /**< [in] Worker thread index */
    );

  /**
   * Checks if affinity to a specific worker thread is set.
   *
   * \return \c true if affinity is set, otherwise \c false
   */
  bool IsSetWorker(
    mtapi_uint_t worker                /**< [in] Worker thread index */
    );

  /**
   * Returns the number of cores the policy is affine to.
   *
   * \return the number of cores
   */
  unsigned int GetCoreCount() const;

  /**
   * Returns the affinity
   *
   * \return the affinity
   */
  const mtapi_affinity_t &GetAffinity() const;

  /** Returns the priority
   *
   * \return the priority
   */
  mtapi_uint_t GetPriority() const;

  friend class Task;

 private:
  /**
   * Default priority.
   * Currently set to 0 = MAX priority.
   */
  static const mtapi_uint_t DefaultPriority;

  /**
   * Task Affinity.
   * Maps the affinity of tasks to MTAPI worker threads (not CPU cores).
   */
  mtapi_affinity_t affinity_;

  /**
   * Task Priority.
   */
  mtapi_uint_t priority_;
};

}  // namespace tasks
}  // namespace embb

#endif  // EMBB_TASKS_EXECUTION_POLICY_H_