Move scheduler/threadGroup into common-init instead of per-app

This resolves #12229 which pointed out a shutdown deadlock due to
scheduler/checkqueue having been shut down while network message
processing is still running.

src/bitcoind.cpp

@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 #include <rpc/server.h>
 #include <init.h>
 #include <noui.h>
-#include <scheduler.h>
 #include <util.h>
 #include <httpserver.h>
 #include <httprpc.h>
@@ -40,7 +39,7 @@
  * Use the buttons <code>Namespaces</code>, <code>Classes</code> or <code>Files</code> at the top of the page to start navigating the code.
  */
 
-void WaitForShutdown(boost::thread_group* threadGroup)
+void WaitForShutdown()
 {
     bool fShutdown = ShutdownRequested();
     // Tell the main threads to shutdown.
@@ -49,11 +48,7 @@ void WaitForShutdown(boost::thread_group* threadGroup)
         MilliSleep(200);
         fShutdown = ShutdownRequested();
     }
-    if (threadGroup)
+    Interrupt();
-    {
-        Interrupt(*threadGroup);
-        threadGroup->join_all();
-    }
 }
 
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -62,9 +57,6 @@ void WaitForShutdown(boost::thread_group* threadGroup)
 //
 bool AppInit(int argc, char* argv[])
 {
-    boost::thread_group threadGroup;
-    CScheduler scheduler;
-
     bool fRet = false;
 
     //
@@ -165,7 +157,7 @@ bool AppInit(int argc, char* argv[])
             // If locking the data directory failed, exit immediately
             return false;
         }
-        fRet = AppInitMain(threadGroup, scheduler);
+        fRet = AppInitMain();
     }
     catch (const std::exception& e) {
         PrintExceptionContinue(&e, "AppInit()");
@@ -175,10 +167,9 @@ bool AppInit(int argc, char* argv[])
 
     if (!fRet)
     {
-        Interrupt(threadGroup);
+        Interrupt();
-        threadGroup.join_all();
     } else {
-        WaitForShutdown(&threadGroup);
+        WaitForShutdown();
     }
     Shutdown();
 

src/init.cpp

@@ -155,7 +155,10 @@ public:
 static std::unique_ptr<CCoinsViewErrorCatcher> pcoinscatcher;
 static std::unique_ptr<ECCVerifyHandle> globalVerifyHandle;
 
-void Interrupt(boost::thread_group& threadGroup)
+static boost::thread_group threadGroup;
+static CScheduler scheduler;
+
+void Interrupt()
 {
     InterruptHTTPServer();
     InterruptHTTPRPC();
@@ -164,7 +167,6 @@ void Interrupt(boost::thread_group& threadGroup)
     InterruptTorControl();
     if (g_connman)
         g_connman->Interrupt();
-    threadGroup.interrupt_all();
 }
 
 void Shutdown()
@@ -199,6 +201,12 @@ void Shutdown()
     g_connman.reset();
 
     StopTorControl();
+
+    // After everything has been shut down, but before things get flushed, stop the
+    // CScheduler/checkqueue threadGroup
+    threadGroup.interrupt_all();
+    threadGroup.join_all();
+
     if (fDumpMempoolLater && gArgs.GetArg("-persistmempool", DEFAULT_PERSIST_MEMPOOL)) {
         DumpMempool();
     }
@@ -705,7 +713,7 @@ bool InitSanityCheck(void)
     return true;
 }
 
-bool AppInitServers(boost::thread_group& threadGroup)
+bool AppInitServers()
 {
     RPCServer::OnStarted(&OnRPCStarted);
     RPCServer::OnStopped(&OnRPCStopped);
@@ -1184,7 +1192,7 @@ bool AppInitLockDataDirectory()
     return true;
 }
 
-bool AppInitMain(boost::thread_group& threadGroup, CScheduler& scheduler)
+bool AppInitMain()
 {
     const CChainParams& chainparams = Params();
     // ********************************************************* Step 4a: application initialization
@@ -1251,7 +1259,7 @@ bool AppInitMain(boost::thread_group& threadGroup, CScheduler& scheduler)
     if (gArgs.GetBoolArg("-server", false))
     {
         uiInterface.InitMessage.connect(SetRPCWarmupStatus);
-        if (!AppInitServers(threadGroup))
+        if (!AppInitServers())
             return InitError(_("Unable to start HTTP server. See debug log for details."));
     }
 

src/init.h

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class thread_group;
 void StartShutdown();
 bool ShutdownRequested();
 /** Interrupt threads */
-void Interrupt(boost::thread_group& threadGroup);
+void Interrupt();
 void Shutdown();
 //!Initialize the logging infrastructure
 void InitLogging();
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ bool AppInitLockDataDirectory();
  * @note This should only be done after daemonization. Call Shutdown() if this function fails.
  * @pre Parameters should be parsed and config file should be read, AppInitLockDataDirectory should have been called.
  */
-bool AppInitMain(boost::thread_group& threadGroup, CScheduler& scheduler);
+bool AppInitMain();
 
 /** The help message mode determines what help message to show */
 enum HelpMessageMode {

src/qt/bitcoin.cpp

@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 
 #include <init.h>
 #include <rpc/server.h>
-#include <scheduler.h>
 #include <ui_interface.h>
 #include <util.h>
 #include <warnings.h>
@@ -193,8 +192,6 @@ Q_SIGNALS:
     void runawayException(const QString &message);
 
 private:
-    boost::thread_group threadGroup;
-    CScheduler scheduler;
 
     /// Pass fatal exception message to UI thread
     void handleRunawayException(const std::exception *e);
@@ -300,7 +297,7 @@ void BitcoinCore::initialize()
     try
     {
         qDebug() << __func__ << ": Running initialization in thread";
-        bool rv = AppInitMain(threadGroup, scheduler);
+        bool rv = AppInitMain();
         Q_EMIT initializeResult(rv);
     } catch (const std::exception& e) {
         handleRunawayException(&e);
@@ -314,8 +311,7 @@ void BitcoinCore::shutdown()
     try
     {
         qDebug() << __func__ << ": Running Shutdown in thread";
-        Interrupt(threadGroup);
+        Interrupt();
-        threadGroup.join_all();
         Shutdown();
         qDebug() << __func__ << ": Shutdown finished";
         Q_EMIT shutdownResult();