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ThreadPoolGuardian, kills of zombie processes that run for too long.
public static class ThreadPoolGuardian
{
private static readonly BlockingCollection<Guard> guards = new BlockingCollection<Guard>();
public static void Queue(Action action)
{
Action wrapper = () =>
{
var guard = new Guard
{
IsDone = false,
Thread = Thread.CurrentThread,
Timeout = DateTime.Now.AddSeconds(5),
};
Guard(guard);
action();
guard.IsDone = true;
};
ThreadPool.UnsafeQueueUserWorkItem(_ => wrapper(), null);
}
static ThreadPoolGuardian()
{
var t = new Thread(() =>
{
foreach(var guard in guards.GetConsumingEnumerable())
{
if (guard.IsDone)
continue;
if (guard.Timeout >= DateTime.Now)
{
TimeSpan delay = guard.Timeout - DateTime.Now;
if (delay.Milliseconds > 0) //could possibly occur
Thread.Sleep(delay);
}
if (!guard.IsDone)
{
Console.WriteLine("Killing thread " + guard.Thread.GetHashCode());
guard.Thread.Abort();
}
}
Console.WriteLine("exit");
})
{
IsBackground = true
};
t.Start();
}
internal static void Guard(Guard guard)
{
guards.Add(guard);
}
}
public class Guard
{
public volatile bool IsDone;
public Thread Thread;
public DateTime Timeout;
}
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