使用condition_variable::notify_all通知多个线程

Question

我一直在尝试编写 dining philosophers 的代码，以此作为一种更好地使用多线程编程的方法。在我的代码中，我有一个 condition_variable 停止线程，直到创建所有线程。但是，当我调用condition_variable::notify_all通知所有线程已经创建并启动'eating'时，似乎只有一个线程被通知。例如：

我有一个 Philosophers class，它有这些成员变量：

static std::condition_variable start;
static std::mutex start_mutex;

还有这些成员函数。

static void start_eating() {
    start.notify_all();
}

void dine() {
    signal(SIGINT, ctrl_c_catch);

    std::unique_lock lk{ start_mutex };
    start.wait(lk);

    std::cout << id << "started\n";

    // see end for complete class...

每个线程都在 condition_variable start 上等待，直到我调用 start_eating() 才会继续。问题是当我调用 start.notify_all(); 时，只有一个线程得到通知并继续。但是，当我更改代码以在等待后解锁互斥锁时，一切运行正常（所有线程继续）：

    std::unique_lock lk{ start_mutex };
    start.wait(lk);
    lk.unlock();

我不明白这里发生了什么。为什么我需要解锁互斥量？

完整代码：

#include <chrono>
#include <mutex>
#include <vector>
#include <thread>
#include <condition_variable>
#include <atomic>
#include <signal.h>
#include <iostream>
#include <shared_mutex>
#include <ctime>


namespace clk = std::chrono;

const auto EAT_SLEEP_TIME  = clk::milliseconds{1}; // 5 seconds
const auto NUM_SEATS = 5U;

using Fork = std::mutex; // is the fork being used or not

std::mutex cout_mutex;

void ctrl_c_catch(int dummy);

class Philosopher {
    Fork& left;
    Fork& right;
    unsigned id;
    unsigned times_eaten;

    static std::condition_variable start;
    static std::mutex start_mutex;

    static std::atomic_bool end;

public:
    Philosopher(Fork& l, Fork& r, unsigned i) : left{ l }, right{ r }, id{ i }, times_eaten{} {}

    static void start_eating() {
        start.notify_all();
    }

    static void stop_eating() {
        end = true;
    }

    void dine() {
        signal(SIGINT, ctrl_c_catch);

        std::unique_lock lk{ start_mutex };
        start.wait(lk);
        // lk.unlock(); // uncommenting this fixes the issue

        std::cout << id << " started\n";

        while (!end) {
            if (&right < &left) {
                right.lock();
                left.lock();
            } else {
                left.lock();
                right.lock();
            }

            cout_mutex.lock();
            std::clog << id << " got both forks, eating\n";
            cout_mutex.unlock();

            ++times_eaten;

            std::this_thread::sleep_for(EAT_SLEEP_TIME * (rand() % 50));

            right.unlock();
            left.unlock();

            std::this_thread::sleep_for(EAT_SLEEP_TIME * (rand() % 50));
        }

        cout_mutex.lock();
        std::cout << id << " stopped, terminating thread. Eaten " << times_eaten << "\n";
        cout_mutex.unlock();

        delete this;
    }


};

std::atomic_bool Philosopher::end = false;
std::condition_variable Philosopher::start{};
std::mutex Philosopher::start_mutex{};

template <size_t N, typename T = unsigned>
constexpr std::array<T, N> range(T b = 0, T s = 1) {
    std::array<T, N> ret{};

    for (auto& i : ret) {
        i = b;
        b += s;
    }

    return ret;
}

void ctrl_c_catch(int dummy) {
    std::cout << "Caught ctrl-c or stop\nStoping Philosophers\n";
    Philosopher::stop_eating();
    std::this_thread::sleep_for(clk::seconds{5});
    exit(0);
}

int main() {
    srand(time(NULL));

    signal(SIGINT, ctrl_c_catch);

    std::vector<Fork> forks{ NUM_SEATS }; // 5 forks
    std::vector<std::thread> phil; // vector of philosophers

    for (unsigned i : range<NUM_SEATS - 1>()) {
        auto p = new Philosopher{forks[i], forks[i + 1], i};
        phil.emplace_back(&Philosopher::dine, p);
    }
    auto p = new Philosopher{forks[NUM_SEATS - 1], forks[0], NUM_SEATS - 1};
    phil.emplace_back(&Philosopher::dine, p);

    std::clog << "Waiting for 5 seconds\n";
    std::this_thread::sleep_for(clk::seconds{10});

    std::clog << "Starting Philosophers\n Type 'stop' to stop\n";
    Philosopher::start_eating();

    for (auto& t : phil)
        t.detach();

    std::this_thread::sleep_for(clk::seconds{15});
    ctrl_c_catch(0);

    std::string dummy;
    std::cin >> dummy;

    if (dummy == "stop")
        ctrl_c_catch(0);

    return 0;   
}

Answer 1

如here所述，调用std::condition_variable::wait释放锁，等待，唤醒后重新获取锁。所以你需要手动解锁它（或者使用 RAII 自动解锁）以允许其他线程锁定它。 C++ 中的条件变量与非阻塞监视器具有相似的语义，因此您可以继续阅读。此外，由于虚假解锁，这是不可避免的，您应该使用该函数的另一个版本，即使用谓词的函数（更多信息在上面 link）。

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