You could change your code to use `NSBlockOperation`. You would then have an `NSOperationQueue` on which you could set the `maxConcurrentOperationCount` to whatever number makes sense for you.
Damien On Tue, Aug 9, 2016, at 05:38 AM, Andrew Keller wrote: > Am 08.08.2016 um 8:12 nachm. schrieb Kyle Sluder <k...@ksluder.com>: > > > > On Mon, Aug 8, 2016, at 05:11 PM, Jens Alfke wrote: > >> > >>> On Aug 8, 2016, at 2:54 PM, Aaron Tuller <mandelb...@mac.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> "The following classes and functions are generally not thread-safe. In > >>> most cases, you can use these classes from any thread as long as you use > >>> them from only one thread at a time." > >> > >> The images are only being used on one thread at a time. The problem seems > >> to be that the NSImage _cache_ is shared and (apparently) not > >> thread-safe. > > > > I wouldn’t jump immediately to thread-unsafety. It’s possible that > > Andrew is simply exhausting the thread pool. > > > > Andrew, are you doing anything to limit the amount of decode operations > > you’re putting on the global queue? > > Not presently. Under normal usage, it hovers around 10-40 threads, but > I’ve seen it as high as 200. Honestly, I was hoping to limit it to 3 or > 6 — just experimentally, one thread by itself can saturate roughly 20-30% > of my i7 processor. If 3-6 simultaneous operations will saturate the > whole processor, I don’t see much value in letting it go much higher than > that. > > What is the preferred way to limit the number of parallel operations in > the global queue? I was under the impression from the docs that macOS > handles the thread pool “automatically”. > > Thanks, > - Andrew > > > _______________________________________________ > > Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) > > Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. > Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/damien%40ddeville.me > > This email sent to dam...@ddeville.me _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
