Several threads executing a root task or a continuation task.

[kio_marv]

Hi,
I have a test program with root, child and continuation tasks. Using gdb, I put breakpoints at the execute functions of the root task and the continuation task. When reaching them, I used info threads to see how many threads were running:

[plain]2 Thread 0xb7ed1b70 (LWP 8537)  0x0012d422 in __kernel_vsyscall ()

* 1 Thread 0xb7fd27a0 (LWP 8534)  MyRoot::execute (this=0xb7fb3aa0) at ../src/src/MyRoot.cpp:44
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The same output goes for the continuation task.
So my question is if a root task or a continuation task could be executed by more than one thread.

Thanks.

PS: I have a 2 core machine.

[RafSchietekat]

"So my question is if a root task or a continuation task could be executed by more than one thread."
Not concurrently, but the program could have them recycled. What do you have in mind?

[kio_marv]

I thought that execute could be splitted in more than one thread.

[RafSchietekat]

As used by TBB, execute() may of course create child tasks, and those could well be executed by other threads.

[kio_marv]

Ok!
So, if in execute() I don't create more child tasks or recycle the task, execute() will be run entirely in one thread, isn't it?.

Thanks!

[RafSchietekat · Accepted solution]

"So, if in execute() I don't create more child tasks or recycle the task, execute() will be run entirely in one thread, isn't it?"
If you don't create child tasks directly or indirectly, e.g., through parallel_for(), that execute() call will run entirely in one thread. If you recycle the task, execute() may run in a different thread, but not concurrently.

[kio_marv]

Thanks!!! It's clear now!!!