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-rw-r--r--generator/photon.py58
1 files changed, 44 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/generator/photon.py b/generator/photon.py
index dacc847..fbaadf0 100644
--- a/generator/photon.py
+++ b/generator/photon.py
@@ -2,24 +2,36 @@ import g4gen
import multiprocessing
import numpy as np
import itertools
+import threading
+import zmq
+import uuid
class G4GeneratorProcess(multiprocessing.Process):
- def __init__(self, idnum, material, input_queue, output_queue, seed=None):
+ def __init__(self, idnum, material, vertex_socket_address, photon_socket_address, seed=None):
multiprocessing.Process.__init__(self)
self.idnum = idnum
self.material = material
- self.input_queue = input_queue
- self.output_queue = output_queue
+ self.vertex_socket_address = vertex_socket_address
+ self.photon_socket_address = photon_socket_address
self.seed = seed
self.daemon = True
def run(self):
gen = g4gen.G4Generator(self.material, seed=self.seed)
+ context = zmq.Context()
+ vertex_socket = context.socket(zmq.PULL)
+ vertex_socket.connect(self.vertex_socket_address)
+ photon_socket = context.socket(zmq.PUSH)
+ photon_socket.connect(self.photon_socket_address)
+
+ # Signal with the photon socket that we are online and ready for messages
+ photon_socket.send('READY')
+
while True:
- ev = self.input_queue.get()
+ ev = vertex_socket.recv_pyobj()
ev.photon_start = gen.generate_photons(ev)
- self.output_queue.put(ev)
+ photon_socket.send_pyobj(ev)
def partition(num, partitions):
'''Generator that returns num//partitions, with the last item including the remainder.
@@ -38,26 +50,44 @@ def partition(num, partitions):
else:
yield step + (num % partitions)
-def queue_iterator(nelements, queue):
+def vertex_sender(vertex_iterator, vertex_socket):
+ for ev in vertex_iterator:
+ vertex_socket.send_pyobj(ev)
+
+def socket_iterator(nelements, socket):
for i in xrange(nelements):
- yield queue.get()
+ yield socket.recv_pyobj()
class G4ParallelGenerator(object):
def __init__(self, nprocesses, material, base_seed=None):
self.material = material
- self.vertex_queue = multiprocessing.Queue()
- self.photon_queue = multiprocessing.Queue()
- self.processes = [ G4GeneratorProcess(i, material, self.vertex_queue, self.photon_queue, seed=base_seed + i)
+ base_address = 'ipc://chroma_'+str(uuid.uuid4())
+ self.vertex_address = base_address + '.vertex'
+ self.photon_address = base_address + '.photon'
+ self.processes = [ G4GeneratorProcess(i, material, self.vertex_address, self.photon_address, seed=base_seed + i)
for i in xrange(nprocesses) ]
+
for p in self.processes:
p.start()
+ self.zmq_context = zmq.Context()
+ self.vertex_socket = self.zmq_context.socket(zmq.PUSH)
+ self.vertex_socket.bind(self.vertex_address)
+ self.photon_socket = self.zmq_context.socket(zmq.PULL)
+ self.photon_socket.bind(self.photon_address)
+
+ # Verify everyone is running and connected to avoid sending all the events to one client
+ for i in xrange(nprocesses):
+ msg = self.photon_socket.recv()
+ assert msg == 'READY'
+
def generate_events(self, nevents, vertex_iterator):
# Doing this to avoid a deadlock caused by putting to one queue while getting from another
- for ev in itertools.islice(vertex_iterator, nevents):
- self.vertex_queue.put(ev)
-
- return queue_iterator(nevents, self.photon_queue)
+ limited_iterator = itertools.islice(vertex_iterator, nevents)
+ sender_thread = threading.Thread(target=vertex_sender, args=(limited_iterator,
+ self.vertex_socket))
+ sender_thread.start()
+ return socket_iterator(nevents, self.photon_socket)