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deb-python-taskflow/taskflow/utils/threading_utils.py
Joshua Harlow 1930cbad7d Move the daemon thread helper function
This function seems better suited in the threading_utils module.

Change-Id: Iddd438b57973c7c6c26bd7b6239630656530bd1b
2014-04-10 23:45:45 -07:00

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# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
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import multiprocessing
import threading
import six
if six.PY2:
from thread import get_ident # noqa
else:
# In python3+ the get_ident call moved (whhhy??)
from threading import get_ident # noqa
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