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| 1 | +#Parallel Loop |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +`Parallel` static class provides utilities based on`Task` to perform parallel enumerations, all parallel operation are shipped with a`Task` |
| 4 | + |
| 5 | +-`Parallel.For`: range based parallel enumerations, an simulation of`for` statement |
| 6 | +-`Parallel.ForEach`: parallel enumerations for`IEnumerable` and`IAsyncEnumerable` |
| 7 | +- async counterpart of`For` and`ForEach` |
| 8 | +- optionally run with a`ParallelOptions`: to specify cancellation token, paralleism degree and task scheduler. |
| 9 | +- access state of entire loop by a`ParallelLoopState` parameter in callback. |
| 10 | + |
| 11 | +Additionally an`Invoke` exists to run action in parallel. |
| 12 | + |
| 13 | +-`Parallel.Invoke`: invoke multiple actions in parallel |
| 14 | + |
| 15 | +>[!NOTE] |
| 16 | +>Each non-async method from`Parallel` are blocking operations that would block the thread until all tasks were terminated. |
| 17 | +
|
| 18 | +##For |
| 19 | + |
| 20 | +```cs |
| 21 | +varfiles=Directory.GetFiles(@"C:/Users/User/Projects/nix-config","*",SearchOption.AllDirectories); |
| 22 | + |
| 23 | +longtotalSize=0; |
| 24 | + |
| 25 | +Parallel.For(0,files.Length,idx=> { |
| 26 | +FileInfoinfo=new(files[idx]); |
| 27 | +Interlocked.Add(reftotalSize,info.Length);// [!code highlight] |
| 28 | +}); |
| 29 | + |
| 30 | +Console.WriteLine(totalSize); |
| 31 | +``` |
| 32 | + |
| 33 | +##ForEach |
| 34 | + |
| 35 | +```cs |
| 36 | +string[]files=Directory.GetFiles(@"~/projects/","*",SearchOption.AllDirectories); |
| 37 | + |
| 38 | +longtotalSize=0; |
| 39 | + |
| 40 | +Parallel.ForEach(files,f=> { |
| 41 | +FileInfoinfo=new(f); |
| 42 | +Interlocked.Add(reftotalSize,info.Length);// [!code highlight] |
| 43 | +}); |
| 44 | + |
| 45 | +Console.WriteLine(totalSize); |
| 46 | +``` |
| 47 | + |
| 48 | +###Enumerate by Step |
| 49 | + |
| 50 | +`Parallel.For` does not provide an overload to skip a count on each iteration. But it could be achieved by using a iterator method. |
| 51 | + |
| 52 | +```cs |
| 53 | +int[]numbers= [..Enumerable.Range(1,10)]; |
| 54 | + |
| 55 | +Parallel.ForEach(Range(1,numbers.Length ,2),idx=> { |
| 56 | +_=numbers[idx];// [!code highlight] |
| 57 | +}); |
| 58 | + |
| 59 | +staticIEnumerable<int>Range(intstart,intend,intstep) {// [!code highlight] |
| 60 | +for (inti=start;i<end;i+=step) {// [!code highlight] |
| 61 | +yieldreturni;// [!code highlight] |
| 62 | + }// [!code highlight] |
| 63 | +}// [!code highlight] |
| 64 | +``` |
| 65 | + |
| 66 | +##Break Parallel Loop |
| 67 | + |
| 68 | +Parallel loop methods provides overloads supports extra parameter typed as`ParallelLoopState` for the callback to describe the state of the iterations. |
| 69 | +The state could control the termination of iterations, but in a different manner since they're parallel. |
| 70 | +Each iteration would start when the scheduler has enough places to activate the tasks, the remaining would still have to wait. |
| 71 | + |
| 72 | +-`ParallelLoopState.Stop()`: |
| 73 | +- Any iteration that hasn't started yet will not be scheduled. |
| 74 | +- Any iteration that is already running will continue to completion. |
| 75 | +-**Does not terminate current thread** |
| 76 | + |
| 77 | +-`ParallelLoopState.Break()`: |
| 78 | +- Any iteration that hasn't started yet(*except the ones with index less than current index*) will not be scheduled. |
| 79 | +- Any iteration that is already running will continue to completion. |
| 80 | +-**Does not terminate current thread** |
| 81 | + |
| 82 | +```cs |
| 83 | +Parallel.ForEach( |
| 84 | +Enumerable.Range(1,2_000_000),// would all that many iterations be started? // [!code highlight] |
| 85 | + (n,state)=> { |
| 86 | +Console.WriteLine(n); |
| 87 | +// let's break on a condition that would hit for real quick |
| 88 | +// so you would see only few iterations were started |
| 89 | +if (int.IsOddInteger(n)) {// [!code highlight] |
| 90 | +state.Stop();// [!code highlight] |
| 91 | + }// [!code highlight] |
| 92 | + } |
| 93 | +); |
| 94 | +``` |
| 95 | + |
| 96 | +It's hard to exemplify what`Break` does in a concurrent context. |
| 97 | + |
| 98 | +```cs |
| 99 | +Parallel.ForEach( |
| 100 | +Enumerable.Range(1,2_000_000),// would all that many iterations be started? // [!code highlight] |
| 101 | + (n,state)=> { |
| 102 | +// let's break on a condition that would hit for real quick |
| 103 | +// so you would see only few iterations were started |
| 104 | +if (n==123) { |
| 105 | +state.Break();// [!code highlight] |
| 106 | + } |
| 107 | + |
| 108 | +Console.WriteLine(n);// would still prints 123 after Break() // [!code highlight] |
| 109 | + } |
| 110 | +); |
| 111 | +``` |
| 112 | + |
| 113 | +You could examine that the`Break` does not terminate the current thread by |
| 114 | + |
| 115 | +```ps1 |
| 116 | +dotnet run | sls \b123\b |
| 117 | +``` |
| 118 | + |
| 119 | +>[!NOTE] |
| 120 | +>`ShouldExitCurrentIteration` would be true after`Stop()` or`Break()` or any exception was thrown. |
| 121 | +
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| 122 | +>[!TIP] |
| 123 | +>Additionally you could use`IsStopped` and`IsExceptional` to coordinate in other running iterations when`Stop()` was called or any exception was thrown from any iteration. |
| 124 | +
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| 125 | +##Exception Handling |
| 126 | + |
| 127 | +Any exception from any iteration would break all other iterations not started yet, and terminate the loop**as soon as all currently running iterations finish.** |
| 128 | + |
| 129 | +Since`Parallel` utils are synchronous and blocking,`AggregateException` could be caught from it. Each iteration could possibly push exceptions to`AggregateException.InnerExceptions`. |
| 130 | + |
| 131 | +```cs |
| 132 | +try { |
| 133 | +Parallel.For(1,10_000_000, (n,state)=> { |
| 134 | +Console.WriteLine(n); |
| 135 | + |
| 136 | +if (int.IsOddInteger(n)) |
| 137 | +thrownewException();// multiple thread would throw this |
| 138 | + }); |
| 139 | +}catch (AggregateExceptionex) { |
| 140 | +ex.Handle(iex=> { |
| 141 | +Console.WriteLine(iex.Message);// write this for multiple times for thrown from multiple threads |
| 142 | +returntrue; |
| 143 | + }); |
| 144 | +} |
| 145 | + |
| 146 | +// 9166664 |
| 147 | +// 833334 |
| 148 | +// 9999997 |
| 149 | +// 4166666 |
| 150 | +// Exception of type 'System.Exception' was thrown. |
| 151 | +// Exception of type 'System.Exception' was thrown. |
| 152 | +// Exception of type 'System.Exception' was thrown. |
| 153 | +// Exception of type 'System.Exception' was thrown. |
| 154 | +// Exception of type 'System.Exception' was thrown. |
| 155 | +``` |
| 156 | + |
| 157 | +###Cancellation is Unique |
| 158 | + |
| 159 | +Cancellation on a parallel loop is unique because it is dedicatedly to cancel the entire loop, not specific running thread. |
| 160 | +And the cancellation should only be triggered as if for once and**terminate all iterations not matter they're running or not**. |
| 161 | +So expectation made the runtime to propagate`OperationCancelledException` thrown by`token.ThrowIfCancellationRequested`**directly** instead of wrapping it inside a`AggregateException` when the**cancellation is succeeded**. |
| 162 | + |
| 163 | +>[!NOTE] |
| 164 | +>Only a succeeded cancellation would propagate`OperationCanceledException` directly, or it would be wrapped inside`AggregateException`. |
| 165 | +
|
| 166 | +```cs |
| 167 | +CancellationTokenSourcects=new(millisecondsDelay:2000); |
| 168 | + |
| 169 | +try { |
| 170 | +Parallel.For( |
| 171 | +0, |
| 172 | +10, |
| 173 | +newParallelOptions() {CancellationToken=cts.Token }, |
| 174 | +_=> {// [!code highlight] |
| 175 | +while (true)// [!code highlight] |
| 176 | +cts.Token.ThrowIfCancellationRequested();// [!code highlight] |
| 177 | + } |
| 178 | + );// [!code highlight] |
| 179 | +}catch (AggregateExceptionex) { |
| 180 | +ex.Handle(iex=> { |
| 181 | +if (iexisOperationCanceledException) { |
| 182 | +// not reachable |
| 183 | +Console.WriteLine($"{nameof(OperationCanceledException)} was caught by {nameof(AggregateException)}"); |
| 184 | +returntrue; |
| 185 | + } |
| 186 | +returnfalse; |
| 187 | + }); |
| 188 | +}catch (OperationCanceledException) {// [!code highlight] |
| 189 | +// would hit here since cancellation should be succeeded // [!code highlight] |
| 190 | +Console.WriteLine($"{nameof(OperationCanceledException)} was propagated directly");// [!code highlight] |
| 191 | +}// [!code highlight] |
| 192 | +``` |
| 193 | + |
| 194 | +##Performance Enhancement |
| 195 | + |
| 196 | +###Thread-Local Storage |
| 197 | + |
| 198 | +If one could calculate partially on**each worker thread**(the thread manages a batch of iterations), and finally add up all partial results to the target variable, it could be much more efficient than contenting one single variable from threads. |
| 199 | +Such approach is call**Thread-Local Storage**, a dedicated storage target for each worker thread. |
| 200 | +The design is pretty similar to`Enumerable.Aggregate` that folds calculation base on a given initial value on each iteration. |
| 201 | + |
| 202 | +```cs |
| 203 | +string[]files=Directory.GetFiles(@"C:/Users/User/Projects/nix-config","*",SearchOption.AllDirectories); |
| 204 | + |
| 205 | +longsize=0L; |
| 206 | +// calculate file size using thread local storage |
| 207 | +// to be more efficient |
| 208 | +Parallel.ForEach( |
| 209 | +source:files, |
| 210 | +localInit: ()=>0L,// initial value for the thread local storage // [!code highlight] |
| 211 | +body: (f,state,sum)=> {// just like a Aggregate but with extra state // [!code highlight] |
| 212 | +returnsum+newFileInfo(f).Length;// [!code highlight] |
| 213 | + },// [!code highlight] |
| 214 | +// add up to target variable when all iterations of a worker thread were finished |
| 215 | +localFinally:sum=>Interlocked.Add(refsize,sum)// [!code highlight] |
| 216 | +); |
| 217 | + |
| 218 | +Console.WriteLine(size); |
| 219 | +``` |
| 220 | + |
| 221 | +###Partitioning |
| 222 | + |
| 223 | +Partitioning is a trade-off solution when**invoking callback delegates in parallel loop is way too expensive** and**the operation within the delegate body is relatively fast enough**. |
| 224 | +So one can partition items from source with specified count into**ranges** and process each range**within a same thread**(because each operation is fast enough), so this reduces the cost of involing delegate callback by reducing the thread count started by the loop. |
| 225 | + |
| 226 | +>[!NOTE] |
| 227 | +>`Partitioner` requires collections**with indexer** to work with, it's the only way to represent a range. |
| 228 | +
|
| 229 | +```cs |
| 230 | +// calculating sum of a large array is a good example for partitioning |
| 231 | +// for it has simple operation on adding up |
| 232 | +// and to avoid callback on each iteration |
| 233 | +// optionally you could avoid resource contention by Thread-Local storage |
| 234 | +
|
| 235 | +int[]source=Enumerable.Range(1,1000*1000).ToArray(); |
| 236 | + |
| 237 | +varpartition=Partitioner.Create(0,source.Length);// auto slice ranges from source // [!code highlight] |
| 238 | +
|
| 239 | +longsumOfArray=0L; |
| 240 | + |
| 241 | +Parallel.ForEach( |
| 242 | +partition,// iterate on ranges instead // [!code highlight] |
| 243 | + ()=>0L, |
| 244 | + (range,_,sum)=> { |
| 245 | +var (start,end)=range;// unpack the tuple // [!code highlight] |
| 246 | +for (inti=start;i<end;i++) { |
| 247 | +sum=checked(sum+source[i]); |
| 248 | + } |
| 249 | +returnsum; |
| 250 | + }, |
| 251 | +sum=>Interlocked.Add(refsumOfArray,sum) |
| 252 | +); |
| 253 | + |
| 254 | +Console.WriteLine(sumOfArray); |
| 255 | + |
| 256 | +// you can direct sum this using linq // [!code error] |
| 257 | +// because it returns int which might overflow for such a large // [!code error] |
| 258 | +Console.WriteLine(source.Sum()isint);// System.OverflowException // [!code error] |
| 259 | +``` |
| 260 | + |
| 261 | +##Invoke |
| 262 | + |
| 263 | +`Parallel.Invoke` is not really a loop, but I can't find a appropriate place to introduce it. |
| 264 | +It simply run multiple actions in a parallel manner as an blocking operation, no async counterpart exist. |
| 265 | + |
| 266 | +```cs |
| 267 | +// blocking operation |
| 268 | +Parallel.Invoke( |
| 269 | + ()=>Console.WriteLine(1), |
| 270 | + ()=>Console.WriteLine(2), |
| 271 | + ()=>Console.WriteLine(3), |
| 272 | + ()=>Console.WriteLine(4) |
| 273 | +);// order is not guaranteed |
| 274 | +``` |