General rustdoc improvements (#450)

* Normalize links to docs.rs/CRATE/M.N/...

docs.rs is smart enough to show docs for the latest M.N.P release when
M.N is used in the link. For example:

  https://docs.rs/mio/0.6/mio/struct.Poll.html

..will show mio 0.6.14 and later docs. While using the `M.N.*`
(ASTERISK) syntax also works, `M.N` is the more common usage, so
standarize a few existing links to that format.

* Fix missing or malformed rustdoc links

* executor lib rustdoc minor format change

* Promote tokio-threadpool crate level comments to rustdoc

* Replace hidden tokio::executor::thread_pool docs with deprecation note

* Fix typo/simplify util module rustdoc

* Reuse some tokio::executor::thread_pool rustdoc for the crate

Relates to #421
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David Kellum
2018-07-22 13:35:30 -07:00
committed by Carl Lerche
parent c17ecb53e7
commit 491f15827b
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pub mod current_thread;
#[deprecated(since = "0.1.8", note = "use tokio-threadpool crate instead")]
#[doc(hidden)]
/// Re-exports of [`tokio-threadpool`], deprecated in favor of the crate.
///
/// [`tokio-threadpool`]: https://docs.rs/tokio-threadpool/0.1
pub mod thread_pool {
//! Maintains a pool of threads across which the set of spawned tasks are
//! executed.
//!
//! [`ThreadPool`] is an executor that uses a thread pool for executing
//! tasks concurrently across multiple cores. It uses a thread pool that is
//! optimized for use cases that involve multiplexing large number of
//! independent tasks that perform short(ish) amounts of computation and are
//! mainly waiting on I/O, i.e. the Tokio use case.
//!
//! Usually, users of [`ThreadPool`] will not create pool instances.
//! Instead, they will create a [`Runtime`] instance, which comes with a
//! pre-configured thread pool.
//!
//! At the core, [`ThreadPool`] uses a work-stealing based scheduling
//! strategy. When spawning a task while *external* to the thread pool
//! (i.e., from a thread that is not part of the thread pool), the task is
//! randomly assigned to a worker thread. When spawning a task while
//! *internal* to the thread pool, the task is assigned to the current
//! worker.
//!
//! Each worker maintains its own queue and first focuses on processing all
//! tasks in its queue. When the worker's queue is empty, the worker will
//! attempt to *steal* tasks from other worker queues. This strategy helps
//! ensure that work is evenly distributed across threads while minimizing
//! synchronization between worker threads.
//!
//! # Usage
//!
//! Thread pool instances are created using [`ThreadPool::new`] or
//! [`Builder::new`]. The first option returns a thread pool with default
//! configuration values. The second option allows configuring the thread
//! pool before instantiating it.
//!
//! Once an instance is obtained, futures may be spawned onto it using the
//! [`spawn`] function.
//!
//! A handle to the thread pool is obtained using [`ThreadPool::sender`].
//! This handle is **only** able to spawn futures onto the thread pool. It
//! is unable to affect the lifecycle of the thread pool in any way. This
//! handle can be passed into functions or stored in structs as a way to
//! grant the capability of spawning futures.
//!
//! # Examples
//!
//! ```rust
//! # extern crate tokio;
//! # extern crate futures;
//! # use tokio::executor::thread_pool::ThreadPool;
//! use futures::future::{Future, lazy};
//!
//! # pub fn main() {
//! // Create a thread pool with default configuration values
//! let thread_pool = ThreadPool::new();
//!
//! thread_pool.spawn(lazy(|| {
//! println!("called from a worker thread");
//! Ok(())
//! }));
//!
//! // Gracefully shutdown the threadpool
//! thread_pool.shutdown().wait().unwrap();
//! # }
//! ```
//!
//! [`ThreadPool`]: struct.ThreadPool.html
//! [`ThreadPool::new`]: struct.ThreadPool.html#method.new
//! [`ThreadPool::sender`]: struct.ThreadPool.html#method.sender
//! [`spawn`]: struct.ThreadPool.html#method.spawn
//! [`Builder::new`]: struct.Builder.html#method.new
//! [`Runtime`]: ../../runtime/struct.Runtime.html
pub use tokio_threadpool::{
Builder,
Sender,