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NAME

Mojo::IOLoop::HoboProcess - Subprocesses with MCE::Hobo

VERSION

This document describes Mojo::IOLoop::HoboProcess version 0.002.

SYNOPSIS

use feature 'say';
use Mojo::IOLoop::HoboProcess;

# Operation that would block the event loop for 5 seconds
my $subprocess = Mojo::IOLoop::HoboProcess->new;

$subprocess->run(
  sub {
    my $subprocess = shift;
    sleep 5;
    return '♥', 'Mojolicious';
  },
  sub {
    my ($subprocess, $err, @results) = @_;
    say "Subprocess error: $err" and return if $err;
    say "I $results[0] $results[1]!";
  }
);

# Start event loop if necessary
Mojo::IOLoop->start unless Mojo::IOLoop->is_running;

DESCRIPTION

Like Mojo::IOLoop::Subprocess, spawns subprocesses with MCE::Hobo instead.

Mojo::IOLoop::HoboProcess allows Mojo::IOLoop to perform computationally expensive operations in subprocesses, without blocking the event loop.

This module is supported on all platforms where MCE::Shared is supported.

ATTRIBUTES

Mojo::IOLoop::HoboProcess implements the following attribute.

timeout

my $timeout = $subprocess->timeout;
$subprocess->timeout(300);

Set to a non-zero value to enable timeout. The default is 0.

ioloop

my $loop    = $subprocess->ioloop;
$subprocess = $subprocess->ioloop(Mojo::IOLoop->new);

Event loop object to control, defaults to the global Mojo::IOLoop singleton.

METHODS

Mojo::IOLoop::HoboProcess inherits all methods from Mojo::Base and implements the following new ones.

exit

sub { $^O eq 'MSWin32' ? shift->exit(0) : exit(0) }, # not recommended
sub { shift->exit(0) }, # do this instead or call MCE::Hobo->exit(0)

sub { exit(0) }, # safe on Cygwin and UNIX platforms

Exit a thread (Windows) or process (other platforms).

pid

my $pid = $subprocess->pid;

$$.$tid  Windows (only), includes thread id
$$       Cygwin and UNIX platforms

Process id of the spawned subprocess if available.

run

$subprocess = $subprocess->run( sub {...}, sub {...} );

Execute the first callback in a child process and wait for it to return one or more values, without blocking "ioloop" in the parent process. Then execute the second callback in the parent process with the results. The return values of the first callback and exceptions thrown by it, is serialized automatically by MCE::Hobo, using Sereal 3.008+ if installed or Storable otherwise.

hoboprocess

The hoboprocess method is injected into Mojo::IOLoop.

use Mojo::IOLoop;
use Mojo::IOLoop::HoboProcess;

my $subprocess = Mojo::IOLoop->hoboprocess( sub {...}, sub {...} );
my $subprocess = $loop->hoboprocess( sub {...}, sub {...} );

Build Mojo::IOLoop::HoboProcess object to perform computationally expensive operations in subprocesses, without blocking the event loop. Callbacks will be passed along to "run" in Mojo::IOLoop::HoboProcess.

# Concurrent subprocesses
my ($fail, $result) = ();

Mojo::IOLoop->delay(
  sub {
    my $delay = shift;
    Mojo::IOLoop->hoboprocess( sub {1}, $delay->begin );
    Mojo::IOLoop->hoboprocess( sub {2}, $delay->begin );
  },
  sub {
    my ( $delay, $err1, $result1, $err2, $result2 ) = @_;
    $fail = $err1 || $err2;
    $result = [ $result1, $result2 ];
  }
)->wait;

EXAMPLES

The following is a variation of the synopsis above for demonstrating data sharing between subprocesses.

use Mojo::Cache;
use Mojo::IOLoop::HoboProcess;

use MCE::Shared;

# Construct a shared cache and counter variable
my $cache   = MCE::Shared->share( Mojo::Cache->new( max_keys => 50 ) );
my $counter = MCE::Shared->scalar(0);

# Also, construct a shared file handle
mce_open my $OUT, ">", \*STDOUT or die "$!";

# Operations that would block the event loop for 3+ seconds
my $subprocess1 = Mojo::IOLoop::HoboProcess->new;
my $subprocess2 = Mojo::IOLoop::HoboProcess->new;

$subprocess1->run(
  sub {
    my $subprocess = shift;
    say $OUT "Subprocess [$$] started";
    $cache->set('key1', 'foo');
    sleep 4;
    my $val = $cache->get('key2');
    return "♥", "Mojolicious lots: $val: " . $counter->incr;
  },
  sub {
    my ($subprocess, $err, @results) = @_;
    say $OUT "Subprocess error: $err" and return if $err;
    say $OUT "I $results[0] $results[1]!";
  }
);

$subprocess2->run(
  sub {
    my $subprocess = shift;
    say $OUT "Subprocess [$$] started";
    $cache->set('key2', 'baz');
    sleep 3;
    my $val = $cache->get('key1');
    return "♥", "Mojolicious more: $val: " . $counter->incr;
  },
  sub {
    my ($subprocess, $err, @results) = @_;
    say $OUT "Subprocess error: $err" and return if $err;
    say $OUT "I $results[0] $results[1]!";
  }
);

# Start event loop if necessary
Mojo::IOLoop->start unless Mojo::IOLoop->is_running;

__END__
Program output.

Subprocess [7625] started
Subprocess [7626] started
I ♥ Mojolicious more: foo: 1!
I ♥ Mojolicious lots: baz: 2!

A parallel demonstration for Recurring Monte Carlo Pi Calculation.

# Original source by Demian Riccardi and Joel Berger.
# https://gist.github.com/dmr3/e69127ab449bdabd5af7b000c9b5b3b1
#
# Parallel demonstration by Mario Roy.

use Mojolicious::Lite;

use MCE::Hobo;
use MCE::Shared;

any '/' => 'index';

websocket '/data' => sub {
  my $self = shift;
  my ($pi,$runs,$new_runs) = (0,0,1000000);

  my $timer = Mojo::IOLoop->recurring( 0.1 => sub {
    ($pi,$runs) = calc_pi($pi,$runs,$new_runs);
    $self->send({ json => [$runs,$pi] });
  });

  $self->on( finish => sub {
    Mojo::IOLoop->remove($timer);
  });
};

sub gen_data {
  my $x = shift;
  return [ $x, sin( $x + 2*rand() - 2*rand() ) ]
}

sub calc_pi {
  my ( $pi, $total_runs, $new_runs ) = @_;

  # use the itr to show how to submit multiples
  my $cnt_pi = MCE::Shared->scalar(
    -1 * ( ( $pi * $total_runs ) / 4 - $total_runs )
  );

  # shared sequence-generator
  my $seq = MCE::Shared->sequence(
    { chunk_size => 10000, bounds_only => 1 },
    1, $new_runs
  );

  # Run
  my $routine = sub {
    while ( my ($beg, $end) = $seq->next ) {
      my ($cnt, $x, $y) = (0);

      foreach ( $beg .. $end ) {
        $x = rand(1);
        $y = rand(1);
        $cnt++ if $x * $x + $y * $y > 1;
      }

      $cnt_pi->incrby($cnt);
    }
  };

  MCE::Hobo->create( $routine ) for ( 1 .. 3 );
  MCE::Hobo->waitall;

  $total_runs += $new_runs;

  $pi = 4 * ( $total_runs - $cnt_pi->get ) / $total_runs;

  return ($pi, $total_runs);
}

app->start;

__DATA__

@@ index.html.ep
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title><%= title %></title>
  </head>
  <body>
    %= content
  </body>
<html>

%= javascript 'https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.1.1/jquery.min.js'
%= javascript 'https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/flot/0.8.3/jquery.flot.js'

<div id="plot" style="width:600px;height:300px">
</div>

%= javascript begin
  var data = [];
  var plot = $.plot($('#plot'), [ data ]);

  var url = '<%= url_for('data')->to_abs %>';
  var ws = new WebSocket( url );

  ws.onmessage = function(e){
    var point = JSON.parse(e.data);
    data.push(point);
    plot.setData([data]);
    plot.setupGrid();
    plot.draw();
  };
% end

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Mojo::IOLoop::Subprocess was used as a template in the making of this module.

Mojo::IOLoop::Subprocess::Sereal was used as a template for the INSTALL file. As described above, MCE::Hobo already uses Sereal 3.008 or later automatically if available in Perl.

AUTHOR

Mario E. Roy, <marioeroy AT gmail DOT com>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (C) 2016 by Mario E. Roy

Mojo::IOLoop::HoboProcess is released under the same license as Perl.

See http://dev.perl.org/licenses/ for more information.

SEE ALSO

Mojolicious, Mojolicious::Guides, http://mojolicious.org

MCE::Shared