libtorrent allows setting a custom dispatch handler that is invoked in
libtorrent thread when new alerts are incoming. QAlertDispatcher is a
class that allows to translate these alerts to UI thread.
The concept is very simple:
1. On initialization QAlertDispatcher constructor calls set_alert_dispatch() passing
QAlertDispatcher::dispatch as argument.
2. On deinitialization destructor calls set_alert_dispatch() passing a empty
function. (line 25) libtorrent handles thos and switches back to queuing
alerts in queue.
3. QAlertDispatcher::dispatch() adds alert to queue and notifies UI thread that new
alerts are incoming. Enqueuing is done in function enqueueToMainThread().
The invariant of class is the following:
if alert queue is not empty, in message loop of UI thread contains a queued
invocation of deliverSignal().
4. When message loop is pumped UI thread execute deliverSignal() function.
It emit appropriate signal and if queue is still not empty (for example
if slot doesn't grab alerts) rewind enqueuing to main thread.
This is a idea. But here is some details.
1. When QAlertDispatcher is destoyed, libtorrent still can call
QAlertDispatcher::dispatch a few times after destruction. This is
handled by passing a "tag". A tag is a object that references QAlertDispatch.
Tag could be invalidated. So on destruction QAlertDispatcher invalidates a tag
and then unsubscribes from alerts. When QAlertDispatcher::dispatch is called
with invalid tag it simply discard an alert.
Therefore we could drop a few alerts during unsubscription. So we unsubscribe
only at exit when missing some alerts is not a problem.
2. Another problem is in QBtSession::saveFastResumeData(). It pumps alert
queue synchronously. My first attempt was to destroy QAlertDispatcher
and then pump libtorrent queue. But as I was afraid of losing alerts I
supported synchronous querying of alerts in QAlertDispatcher.
(QAlertDispatcher::getPendingAlerts)
Conflicts:
src/qtlibtorrent/qbtsession.cpp
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