TBufferMerger is a class to facilitate writing data in parallel from multiple threads, while writing to a single output file.

A TBufferMergerFile is similar to a TMemFile, but when data is written to it, it is appended to the TBufferMerger queue.

Its purpose is similar to TParallelMergingFile, but instead of using processes that connect to a network socket, TBufferMerger uses threads that each write to a TBufferMergerFile, which in turn push data into a queue managed by the TBufferMerger.

The TBufferMerger merges all data into the output file on disk.

Definition at line 45 of file TBufferMerger.hxx.

Public Member Functions
	TBufferMerger (const char name, Option_t option="RECREATE", Int_t compress=1)
	Constructor. More...

	TBufferMerger (std::unique_ptr< TFile > output)
	Constructor. More...

virtual	~TBufferMerger ()
	Destructor. More...

size_t	GetAutoSave () const
	Returns the current value of the auto save setting in bytes (default = 0). More...

std::shared_ptr< TBufferMergerFile >	GetFile ()
	Returns a TBufferMergerFile to which data can be written. More...

size_t	GetQueueSize () const
	Returns the number of buffers currently in the queue. More...

void	RegisterCallback (const std::function< void(void)> &f)
	Register a user callback function to be called after a buffer has been removed from the merging queue and finished being processed. More...

void	SetAutoSave (size_t size)
	By default, TBufferMerger will call TFileMerger::PartialMerge() for each buffer pushed onto its merge queue. More...

Private Member Functions
	TBufferMerger ()
	TBufferMerger has no default constructor. More...

	TBufferMerger (const TBufferMerger &)
	TBufferMerger has no copy constructor. More...

void	Init (std::unique_ptr< TFile >)

TBufferMerger &	operator= (const TBufferMerger &)
	TBufferMerger has no copy operator. More...

void	Push (TBufferFile *buffer)

void	WriteOutputFile ()

Private Attributes
std::vector< std::weak_ptr< TBufferMergerFile > >	fAttachedFiles

size_t	fAutoSave

std::function< void(void)>	fCallback

std::condition_variable	fDataAvailable

TFile *	fFile

std::unique_ptr< std::thread >	fMergingThread

std::queue< TBufferFile * >	fQueue

std::mutex	fQueueMutex

Friends
class	TBufferMergerFile

#include <ROOT/TBufferMerger.hxx>

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ TBufferMerger() [1/4]

ROOT::Experimental::TBufferMerger::TBufferMerger	(	const char *	name,
		Option_t *	option = `"RECREATE"`,
		Int_t	compress = `1`
	)

Constructor.

Parameters

name	Output file name
option	Output file creation options
compression	Output file compression level

Definition at line 23 of file TBufferMerger.cxx.

◆ TBufferMerger() [2/4]

ROOT::Experimental::TBufferMerger::TBufferMerger ( std::unique_ptr< TFile > output )

Constructor.

Parameters

output Output TFile

Definition at line 34 of file TBufferMerger.cxx.

◆ ~TBufferMerger()

ROOT::Experimental::TBufferMerger::~TBufferMerger ( )

virtual

Destructor.

Definition at line 46 of file TBufferMerger.cxx.

◆ TBufferMerger() [3/4]

ROOT::Experimental::TBufferMerger::TBufferMerger ( )

private

TBufferMerger has no default constructor.

◆ TBufferMerger() [4/4]

ROOT::Experimental::TBufferMerger::TBufferMerger ( const TBufferMerger & )

private

TBufferMerger has no copy constructor.

Member Function Documentation

◆ GetAutoSave()

size_t ROOT::Experimental::TBufferMerger::GetAutoSave ( ) const

Returns the current value of the auto save setting in bytes (default = 0).

Definition at line 83 of file TBufferMerger.cxx.

◆ GetFile()

std::shared_ptr< TBufferMergerFile > ROOT::Experimental::TBufferMerger::GetFile ( )

Returns a TBufferMergerFile to which data can be written.

At the end, all TBufferMergerFiles get merged into the output file. The user is responsible to "cd" into the file to associate objects such as histograms or trees to it.

After the creation of this file, the user must reset the kMustCleanup bit on any objects attached to it and take care of their deletion, as there is a possibility that a race condition will happen that causes a crash if ROOT manages these objects.

Definition at line 55 of file TBufferMerger.cxx.

◆ GetQueueSize()

size_t ROOT::Experimental::TBufferMerger::GetQueueSize ( ) const

Returns the number of buffers currently in the queue.

Definition at line 64 of file TBufferMerger.cxx.

◆ Init()

void ROOT::Experimental::TBufferMerger::Init ( std::unique_ptr< TFile > output )

private

Definition at line 39 of file TBufferMerger.cxx.

◆ operator=()

TBufferMerger& ROOT::Experimental::TBufferMerger::operator= ( const TBufferMerger & )

private

TBufferMerger has no copy operator.

◆ Push()

void ROOT::Experimental::TBufferMerger::Push ( TBufferFile * buffer )

private

Definition at line 74 of file TBufferMerger.cxx.

◆ RegisterCallback()

void ROOT::Experimental::TBufferMerger::RegisterCallback ( const std::function< void(void)> & f )

Register a user callback function to be called after a buffer has been removed from the merging queue and finished being processed.

This function can be useful to allow asynchronous launching of new tasks to push more data into the queue once its size satisfies user requirements.

Definition at line 69 of file TBufferMerger.cxx.

◆ SetAutoSave()

void ROOT::Experimental::TBufferMerger::SetAutoSave ( size_t size )

By default, TBufferMerger will call TFileMerger::PartialMerge() for each buffer pushed onto its merge queue.

This function lets the user change this behaviour by telling TBufferMerger to accumulate at least

Parameters

size	bytes in memory before performing a partial merge and flushing to disk. This can be useful to avoid an excessive amount of work to happen in the output thread, as the number of TTree headers (which require compression) written to disk can be reduced.

Definition at line 88 of file TBufferMerger.cxx.

◆ WriteOutputFile()

void ROOT::Experimental::TBufferMerger::WriteOutputFile ( )

private

Definition at line 93 of file TBufferMerger.cxx.

Friends And Related Function Documentation

◆ TBufferMergerFile

friend class TBufferMergerFile

friend

Definition at line 97 of file TBufferMerger.hxx.

Member Data Documentation

◆ fAttachedFiles

std::vector<std::weak_ptr<TBufferMergerFile> > ROOT::Experimental::TBufferMerger::fAttachedFiles

private

Definition at line 120 of file TBufferMerger.hxx.

◆ fAutoSave

size_t ROOT::Experimental::TBufferMerger::fAutoSave

private

Definition at line 115 of file TBufferMerger.hxx.

◆ fCallback

std::function<void(void)> ROOT::Experimental::TBufferMerger::fCallback

private

Definition at line 121 of file TBufferMerger.hxx.

◆ fDataAvailable

std::condition_variable ROOT::Experimental::TBufferMerger::fDataAvailable

private

Definition at line 117 of file TBufferMerger.hxx.

◆ fFile

TFile* ROOT::Experimental::TBufferMerger::fFile

private

Definition at line 114 of file TBufferMerger.hxx.

◆ fMergingThread

std::unique_ptr<std::thread> ROOT::Experimental::TBufferMerger::fMergingThread

private

Definition at line 119 of file TBufferMerger.hxx.

◆ fQueue

std::queue<TBufferFile *> ROOT::Experimental::TBufferMerger::fQueue

private

Definition at line 118 of file TBufferMerger.hxx.

◆ fQueueMutex

std::mutex ROOT::Experimental::TBufferMerger::fQueueMutex

private

Definition at line 116 of file TBufferMerger.hxx.

Libraries for ROOT::Experimental::TBufferMerger:

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Public Member Functions

Private Member Functions

Private Attributes

Friends

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

◆ TBufferMerger() [1/4]

◆ TBufferMerger() [2/4]

◆ ~TBufferMerger()

◆ TBufferMerger() [3/4]

◆ TBufferMerger() [4/4]

Member Function Documentation

◆ GetAutoSave()

◆ GetFile()

◆ GetQueueSize()

◆ Init()

◆ operator=()

◆ Push()

◆ RegisterCallback()

◆ SetAutoSave()

◆ WriteOutputFile()

Friends And Related Function Documentation

◆ TBufferMergerFile

Member Data Documentation

◆ fAttachedFiles

◆ fAutoSave

◆ fCallback

◆ fDataAvailable

◆ fFile

◆ fMergingThread

◆ fQueue

◆ fQueueMutex