log park and unpark

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+## Unreleased
+
+### Added
+
+A `Worker` now has a `step_or_park(Option<Duration>)` method, which instructs the worker to take a step and gives it permission to part the worker thread for at most the supplied timeout if there is no work to perform. A value of `None` implies no timeout (unboundedly parked) whereas a value of `Some(0)` should return immediately. The communication layers are implemented to awaken workers if they receive new communications, and workers should hand out copies of their `Thread` if they want other threads to wake them for other reasons (e.g. queues from threads external to timely).
+
 ## 0.9.0
 
 ### Added

timely/src/logging.rs

@@ -198,6 +198,29 @@ pub struct InputEvent {
     pub start_stop: StartStop,
 }
 
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Abomonation, Debug, Clone, Hash, Eq, PartialEq, Ord, PartialOrd)]
+/// Input logic start/stop
+pub struct ParkEvent {
+    /// True when activity begins, false when it stops
+    pub event: ParkUnpark
+}
+
+impl ParkEvent {
+    /// Creates a new park event from the supplied duration.
+    pub fn park(duration: Option<Duration>) -> Self { ParkEvent { event: ParkUnpark::Park(duration) } }
+    /// Creates a new unpark event.
+    pub fn unpark() -> Self { ParkEvent { event: ParkUnpark::Unpark } }
+}
+
+/// Records the starting and stopping of an operator.
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Abomonation, Debug, Clone, Hash, PartialEq, Eq, Ord, PartialOrd)]
+pub enum ParkUnpark {
+    /// Worker parks.
+    Park(Option<Duration>),
+    /// Worker unparks.
+    Unpark,
+}
+
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Clone, Abomonation, Hash, Eq, PartialEq, Ord, PartialOrd)]
 /// An event in a timely worker
 pub enum TimelyEvent {
@@ -225,6 +248,8 @@ pub enum TimelyEvent {
     CommChannels(CommChannelsEvent),
     /// Input event.
     Input(InputEvent),
+    /// Park event.
+    Park(ParkEvent),
     /// Unstructured event.
     Text(String),
 }
@@ -276,3 +301,7 @@ impl From<CommChannelsEvent> for TimelyEvent {
 impl From<InputEvent> for TimelyEvent {
     fn from(v: InputEvent) -> TimelyEvent { TimelyEvent::Input(v) }
 }
+
+impl From<ParkEvent> for TimelyEvent {
+    fn from(v: ParkEvent) -> TimelyEvent { TimelyEvent::Park(v) }
+}

timely/src/worker.rs

@@ -147,9 +147,12 @@ impl<A: Allocate> Worker<A> {
     /// Performs one step of the computation.
     ///
     /// A step gives each dataflow operator a chance to run, and is the
-    /// main way to ensure that a computation proceeds. This method may
-    /// park the thread until there is work to perform, with an optional
-    /// timeout.
+    /// main way to ensure that a computation proceeds.
+    ///
+    /// This method takes an optional timeout and may park the thread until
+    /// there is work to perform or until this timeout expires. A value of
+    /// `None` allows the worker to park indefinitely, whereas a value of
+    /// `Some(Duration::new(0, 0))` will return without parking the thread.
     ///
     /// # Examples
     ///
@@ -196,10 +199,19 @@ impl<A: Allocate> Worker<A> {
             .borrow_mut()
             .advance();
 
-        if self.activations.borrow().is_empty() && !self.dataflows.borrow().is_empty() {
+        // Consider parking only if we have no pending events, some dataflows, and a non-zero duration.
+        if self.activations.borrow().is_empty() && !self.dataflows.borrow().is_empty() && duration != Some(Duration::new(0,0)) {
+
+            // Log parking and flush log.
+            self.logging().as_mut().map(|l| l.log(crate::logging::ParkEvent::park(duration)));
+            self.logging.borrow_mut().flush();
+
             self.allocator
                 .borrow()
                 .await_events(duration);
+
+            // Log return from unpark.
+            self.logging().as_mut().map(|l| l.log(crate::logging::ParkEvent::unpark()));
         }
         else {   // Schedule active dataflows.