ThreadLocal.h

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#ifndef SimTK_SimTKCOMMON_THREAD_LOCAL_H_
#define SimTK_SimTKCOMMON_THREAD_LOCAL_H_

/* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- *
 *                       Simbody(tm): SimTKcommon                             *
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 * This is part of the SimTK biosimulation toolkit originating from           *
 * Simbios, the NIH National Center for Physics-Based Simulation of           *
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#include <pthread.h>
#include <map>
#include <set>

namespace SimTK {

static std::map<void*, pthread_key_t> instanceMap;
static std::map<pthread_key_t, std::set<void*> > keyInstances;
static pthread_mutex_t keyLock = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;

template <class T>
static void cleanUpThreadLocalStorage(void* value) {

    // Delete the value.
    
    T* t = reinterpret_cast<T*>(value);
    delete t;
    
    // Remove it from the set of values needing to be deleted.
    
    pthread_mutex_lock(&keyLock);
    pthread_key_t key = instanceMap[value];
    instanceMap.erase(value);
    if (keyInstances.find(key) != keyInstances.end())
        keyInstances.find(key)->second.erase(value);
    pthread_mutex_unlock(&keyLock);

}

template <class T>
class ThreadLocal {
public:
    ThreadLocal() {
        this->initialize();
    }
    ThreadLocal(const T& defaultValue) : defaultValue(defaultValue) {
        this->initialize();
    }
    ~ThreadLocal() {
        
        // Delete the key.
        
        pthread_key_delete(key);
        
        // Once the key is deleted, cleanUpThreadLocalStorage() will no longer be called, so delete
        // all instances now.
        
        pthread_mutex_lock(&keyLock);
        std::set<void*>& instances = keyInstances[key];
        for (std::set<void*>::const_iterator iter = instances.begin(); iter != instances.end(); ++iter) {
            instanceMap.erase(*iter);
            delete (T*) *iter;
        }
        keyInstances.erase(key);
        pthread_mutex_unlock(&keyLock);
    }
    T& upd() {
        T* value = reinterpret_cast<T*>(pthread_getspecific(key));
        if (value == NULL)
            return createValue();
        return *value;
    }
    const T& get() const {
        T* value = reinterpret_cast<T*>(pthread_getspecific(key));
        if (value == NULL)
            return createValue();
        return *value;
    }
private:
    void initialize() {
        pthread_key_create(&key, cleanUpThreadLocalStorage<T>);
        pthread_mutex_lock(&keyLock);
        keyInstances[key] = std::set<void*>();
        pthread_mutex_unlock(&keyLock);
    }
    T& createValue() const {
        T* value = new T(defaultValue);
        pthread_setspecific(key, value);
        pthread_mutex_lock(&keyLock);
        instanceMap[value] = key;
        keyInstances[key].insert(value);
        pthread_mutex_unlock(&keyLock);
        return *value;
    }
    pthread_key_t key;
    T defaultValue;
};

} // namespace SimTK

#endif // SimTK_SimTKCOMMON_THREAD_LOCAL_H_