My efficient Threadpool engine with priorities that scales very well was updated to version 3.7

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My efficient Threadpool engine with priorities that scales very well was
updated to version 3.7

ParallelFor() now supports grainsize, please read the following about
grainsize:


procedure ParallelFor(nMin, nMax:integer;aProc:
TParallelProc;GrainSize:integer=1;Ptr:pointer=nil;pmode:TParallelMode=pmBlocking;Priority:TPriorities=NORMAL_PRIORITY);


nMin and nMax parameters of the ParallelFor() are the minimum and
maximum integer values of the variable of the ParallelFor() loop, aProc
parameter of ParallelFor() is the procedure to call, and GrainSize
integer parameter of ParallelFor() is the following:

The grainsize sets a minimum threshold for parallelization.

A rule of thumb is that grainsize iterations should take at least
100,000 clock cycles to execute.

For example, if a single iteration takes 100 clocks, then the grainsize
needs to be at least 1000 iterations. When in doubt, do the following
experiment:

1- Set the grainsize parameter higher than necessary. The grainsize is
specified in units of loop iterations.
If you have no idea of how many clock cycles an iteration might take,
start with grainsize=100,000.

The rationale is that each iteration normally requires at least one
clock per iteration. In most cases,
step 3 will guide you to a much smaller value.

2- Run your algorithm.

3- Iteratively halve the grainsize parameter and see how much the
algorithm slows down or speeds up
as the value decreases.

A drawback of setting a grainsize too high is that it can reduce
parallelism. For example, if the grainsize is 1000 and the loop has 2000
iterations, the ParallelFor() method distributes
the loop across only two processors, even if more are available.

And you can pass a parameter in Ptr as pointer to ParallelFor(), and you
can set pmode parameter of to pmBlocking so that ParallelFor() is
blocking or to pmNonBlocking so that ParallelFor() is non-blocking, and
the Priority parameter is the priority of ParallelFor(). Look inside the
test.pas example to see how to use it.


You can download it from:

https://sites.google.com/site/scalable68/an-efficient-threadpool-engine-with-priorities-that-scales-very-well


Thank you,
Amine Moulay Ramdane.