std::jthread::request_stop

 

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bool request_stop() noexcept;		(since C++20)

Issues a stop request to the internal stop-state, if it has not yet already had stop requested.

The determination is made atomically, and if stop was requested, the stop-state is atomically updated to avoid race conditions, such that:

• stop_requested() and stop_possible() can be concurrently invoked on other std::stop_tokens and std::stop_sources of the same shared stop-state.
• request_stop() can be concurrently invoked from multiple threads on the same jthread object or on other std::stop_source objects associated with the same stop-state, and only one will actually perform the stop request.

However, see the Notes section.

Parameters

(none)

Return value

true if this invocation made a stop request, otherwise false.

Postconditions

For a std::stop_token retrieved by get_stop_token() or a std::stop_source retrieved by get_stop_source(), stop_requested() is true.

Notes

If the request_stop() does issue a stop request (i.e., returns true), then any std::stop_callbacks registered for the same associated stop-state will be invoked synchronously, on the same thread request_stop() is issued on. If an invocation of a callback exits via an exception, std::terminate is called.

If a stop request has already been made, this function returns false. However there is no guarantee that another thread or std::stop_source object which has just (successfully) requested stop for the same stop-state is not still in the middle of invoking a std::stop_callback function.

If the request_stop() does issue a stop request (i.e., returns true), then all condition variables of base type std::condition_variable_any registered with an interruptible wait for std::stop_tokens associated with the jthread's internal stop-state will be awoken.

Example

Run this code

#include <chrono>
#include <condition_variable>
#include <iostream>
#include <mutex>
#include <thread>
 
using namespace std::chrono_literals;
 
int main()
{
    // A sleepy worker thread
    std::jthread sleepy_worker(
        [](std::stop_token stoken)
        {
            for (int i = 10; i; --i)
            {
                std::this_thread::sleep_for(300ms);
                if (stoken.stop_requested())
                {
                    std::cout << "Sleepy worker is requested to stop\n";
                    return;
                }
                std::cout << "Sleepy worker goes back to sleep\n";
            }
        });
 
    // A waiting worker thread
    // The condition variable will be awoken by the stop request.
    std::jthread waiting_worker(
        [](std::stop_token stoken)
        {
            std::mutex mutex;
            std::unique_lock lock(mutex);
            std::condition_variable_any().wait(lock, stoken, []{ return false; });
            std::cout << "Waiting worker is requested to stop\n";
            return;
        });
 
    // std::jthread::request_stop() can be called explicitly:
    std::cout << "Requesting stop of sleepy worker\n";
    sleepy_worker.request_stop();
    sleepy_worker.join();
    std::cout << "Sleepy worker joined\n";
 
    // Or automatically using RAII:
    // waiting_worker's destructor will call request_stop()
    // and join the thread automatically.
}

Possible output:

Requesting stop of sleepy worker
Sleepy worker is requested to stop
Sleepy worker joined
Waiting worker is requested to stop