# -*- coding: utf-8 -*- # Copyright (C) 2013 Yahoo! Inc. All Rights Reserved. # # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may # not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain # a copy of the License at # # http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 # # Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software # distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT # WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the # License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations # under the License. import multiprocessing import threading from six.moves import _thread def get_ident(): """Return the 'thread identifier' of the current thread.""" return _thread.get_ident() def get_optimal_thread_count(): """Try to guess optimal thread count for current system.""" try: return multiprocessing.cpu_count() + 1 except NotImplementedError: # NOTE(harlowja): apparently may raise so in this case we will # just setup two threads since it's hard to know what else we # should do in this situation. return 2 def daemon_thread(target, *args, **kwargs): """Makes a daemon thread that calls the given target when started.""" thread = threading.Thread(target=target, args=args, kwargs=kwargs) # NOTE(skudriashev): When the main thread is terminated unexpectedly # and thread is still alive - it will prevent main thread from exiting # unless the daemon property is set to True. thread.daemon = True return thread