boost::thread interrupt() throws an exception only the first time that an interruption point is executed? My case is the following.
I create a boost::thread
which executes functionA.
functionA
calls functionB
and when on functionB
we call function threadInterrupt.
functionB
throws a boost::thread_interrupted
exception and returns to functionA.
My question is if a new boost::thread_interrupted
exception will be throw in functionA when another interruption point is executed.
void MyClass::function(int arg1, int arg2) try {
boost::thread* t = new boost::thread(boost::bind(&MyClass::functionA, this, var1, var2));
} catch (...) {
cout << "function throw an exception" << endl;
}
void MyClass::functionA(int arg1, int arg2 ) try {
//some code here
try {
int retVal = MyClass::functionB(var);
boost::this_thread::interruption_point();
//some code here
} catch(boost::thread_interrupted&) {
cout << "thread interrupted in functionA" << endl;
}
} catch (...) {
cout << "functionA throw an exception" << endl;
}
int MyClass::functionB(int arg1) try {
//some code here
try {
boost::this_thread::interruption_point();
//some code here
} catch(boost::thread_interrupted&) {
cout << "thread interrupted in functionB" << endl;
return 0;
}
return 1;
} catch (...) {
cout << "functionB throw an exception" << endl;
return 1;
}
void MyClass::threadInterrupt() {
if (thr!=NULL) {
thr->interrupt();
thr->join();
delete thr;
thr=NULL;
}
}
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#include <boost/thread.hpp>
#include <iostream>
using namespace boost;
int main() {
thread t([]{
int i = 0;
while (true) try {
if (i >= 10) return;
while (i < 10) {
this_thread::sleep_for(chrono::milliseconds(200));
std::cout << "processed " << i++ << "\n";
}
}
catch (...) { std::cout << "Interrupted at i = " << i << "\n"; }
});
this_thread::sleep_for(chrono::milliseconds(800));
t.interrupt();
t.join();
std::cout << "Interrupt requested? : " << std::boolalpha << t.interruption_requested() << "\n";
}
Output:
processed 0
processed 1
processed 2
Interrupted at i = 3
processed 3
processed 4
processed 5
processed 6
processed 7
processed 8
processed 9
Interrupt requested? : false
As you can see the interrupt request behaves like a sort of auto-reset flag.