Moved miner over to new Worker class.

libdevcore/Worker.h

@@ -31,8 +31,18 @@ namespace dev
 class Worker
 {
 protected:
-	Worker(std::string const& _name): m_name(_name) {}
+	Worker(std::string const& _name = "anon"): m_name(_name) {}
+
+	/// Move-constructor.
+	Worker(Worker&& _m) { std::swap(m_name, _m.m_name); }
+
+	/// Move-assignment.
+	Worker& operator=(Worker&& _m) { std::swap(m_name, _m.m_name); return *this; }
+
 	virtual ~Worker() { stopWorking(); }
+
+	void setName(std::string _n) { if (!isWorking()) m_name = _n; }
+
 	void startWorking();
 	void stopWorking();
 	bool isWorking() const { Guard l(x_work); return !!m_work; }

libethereum/Client.cpp

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ Client::Client(p2p::Host* _extNet, std::string const& _dbPath, bool _forceClean,
 {
 	m_host = _extNet->registerCapability(new EthereumHost(m_bc, m_tq, m_bq, _networkId));
 
-//	setMiningThreads();
+	setMiningThreads();
 	if (_dbPath.size())
 		Defaults::setDBPath(_dbPath);
 	m_vc.setOk();

libethereum/Miner.cpp

@@ -27,42 +27,12 @@ using namespace dev;
 using namespace dev::eth;
 
 Miner::Miner(MinerHost* _host, unsigned _id):
-	m_host(_host),
+	Worker("miner-" + toString(_id)),
-	m_id(_id)
+	m_host(_host)
 {
 }
 
-void Miner::start()
+void Miner::doWork()
-{
-	if (!m_host)
-		return;
-
-	Guard l(x_work);
-	if (!m_work)
-	{
-		m_stop = false;
-		m_work.reset(new thread([&]()
-		{
-			setThreadName(("miner-" + toString(m_id)).c_str());
-			m_miningStatus = Preparing;
-			while (!m_stop)
-				work();
-		}));
-	}
-}
-
-void Miner::stop()
-{
-	Guard l(x_work);
-	if (m_work)
-	{
-		m_stop = true;
-		m_work->join();
-		m_work.reset(nullptr);
-	}
-}
-
-void Miner::work()
 {
 	// Do some mining.
 	if ((m_pendingCount || m_host->force()) && m_miningStatus != Mined)

libethereum/Miner.h

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <list>
 #include <atomic>
 #include <libdevcore/Common.h>
+#include <libdevcore/Worker.h>
 #include <libethcore/CommonEth.h>
 #include "State.h"
 
@@ -74,38 +75,38 @@ public:
  * @threadsafe
  * @todo Signal Miner to restart once with condition variables.
  */
-class Miner
+class Miner: Worker
 {
 public:
 	/// Null constructor.
-	Miner(): m_host(nullptr), m_id(0) {}
+	Miner(): m_host(nullptr) {}
 
 	/// Constructor.
 	Miner(MinerHost* _host, unsigned _id = 0);
 
 	/// Move-constructor.
-	Miner(Miner&& _m) { std::swap(m_host, _m.m_host); std::swap(m_id, _m.m_id); }
+	Miner(Miner&& _m): Worker((Worker&&)_m) { std::swap(m_host, _m.m_host); }
 
 	/// Move-assignment.
-	Miner& operator=(Miner&& _m) { std::swap(m_host, _m.m_host); std::swap(m_id, _m.m_id); return *this; }
+	Miner& operator=(Miner&& _m) { Worker::operator=((Worker&&)_m); std::swap(m_host, _m.m_host); return *this; }
 
 	/// Destructor. Stops miner.
 	~Miner() { stop(); }
 
 	/// Setup its basics.
-	void setup(MinerHost* _host, unsigned _id = 0) { m_host = _host; m_id = _id; }
+	void setup(MinerHost* _host, unsigned _id = 0) { m_host = _host; setName("miner-" + toString(_id)); }
 
 	/// Start mining.
-	void start();
+	void start() { startWorking(); }
 
 	/// Stop mining.
-	void stop();
+	void stop() { stopWorking(); }
 
 	/// Call to notify Miner of a state change.
 	void noteStateChange() { m_miningStatus = Preparing; }
 
 	/// @returns true iff the mining has been start()ed. It may still not be actually mining, depending on the host's turbo() & force().
-	bool isRunning() { return !!m_work; }
+	bool isRunning() { return isWorking(); }
 
 	/// @returns true if mining is complete.
 	bool isComplete() const { return m_miningStatus == Mined; }
@@ -121,14 +122,9 @@ public:
 
 private:
 	/// Do some work on the mining.
-	void work();
+	virtual void doWork();
 
 	MinerHost* m_host = nullptr;			///< Our host.
-	unsigned m_id = 0;						///< Our identity.
-
-	std::mutex x_work;						///< Mutex protecting the creation of the work thread.
-	std::unique_ptr<std::thread> m_work;	///< The work thread.
-	bool m_stop = false;					///< Stop working?
 
 	enum MiningStatus { Preparing, Mining, Mined, Stopping, Stopped };
 	MiningStatus m_miningStatus = Preparing;///< TODO: consider mutex/atomic variable.

test/TestHelper.cpp

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ void mine(Client& c, int numBlocks)
 
 void connectClients(Client& c1, Client& c2)
 {
+	// TODO: Move to WebThree. eth::Client no longer handles networking.
 #if 0
 	short c1Port = 20000;
 	short c2Port = 21000;