Always protect shared mutable state with appropriate synchronization mechanisms to prevent race conditions and data corruption in multi-threaded environments. Use std::call_once
for thread-safe initialization, mutexes for protecting shared resources, and carefully consider whether state belongs in global vs local thread contexts.
Key practices:
std::call_once
instead of simple boolean flags for one-time initializationExample of proper initialization:
void KeywordHelper::InitializeKeywordMaps() {
static std::once_flag initialized_flag;
std::call_once(initialized_flag, []() {
// initialization code here
});
}
Example of protecting shared output:
struct FailureSummary {
void AddSummary(const string &failure) {
std::lock_guard<std::mutex> guard(lock);
summary << failure;
}
std::ostringstream summary;
std::mutex lock;
};
When designing parallel operators, ensure that shared sequential state (like ordinality indices) is properly synchronized in global state rather than duplicated in local thread state, which would produce incorrect results across parallel execution paths.
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