Thread synchronization and aborting.
- by kubal5003
Hello,
I've got a little problem with ending the work of one of my threads. First things first so here's the app "layout":
Thread 1 - worker thread (C++/CLI) - runs and terminates as expected
for(...)
{
try
{
if(TabuStop) return;
System::Threading::Monitor::Enter("Lock1");
//some work, unmanaged code
}
finally
{
if(stop)
{
System::Threading::Monitor::Pulse("Lock1");
}
else
{
System::Threading::Monitor::Pulse("Lock1");
System::Threading::Monitor::Wait("Lock1");
}
}
}
Thread 2 - display results thread (C#)
while (WorkerThread.IsAlive)
{
lock ("Lock1")
{
if (TabuEngine.TabuStop)
{
Monitor.Pulse("Lock1");
}
else
{
Dispatcher.BeginInvoke(RefreshAction);
Monitor.Pulse("Lock1");
Monitor.Wait("Lock1", 5000);
}
}
// Thread.Sleep(5000);
}
I'm trying to shut the whole thing down from app main thread like this:
TabuEngine.TabuStop = true; //terminates nicely the worker thread and
if (DisplayThread.IsAlive)
{
DisplayThread.Abort();
}
I also tried using DisplayThread.Interrupt, but it always blocks on Monitor.Wait("Lock1", 5000); and I can't get rid of it. What is wrong here? How am I supposed to perform the synchronization and let it do the work that it is supposed to do?
//edit
I'm not even sure now if the trick with using "Lock1" string is really working and locks are placed on the same object..
