/// \file /// \ingroup multicore /// Fill histograms in parallel and write them on file. /// The simplest meaningful possible example which shows ROOT thread awareness. /// /// \macro_code /// /// \author Danilo Piparo Int_t mt001_fillHistos(UInt_t nWorkers = 4) { // Total amount of numbers const UInt_t nNumbers = 20000000U; // The first, fundamental operation to be performed in order to make ROOT // thread-aware. ROOT::EnableThreadSafety(); // We define our work item auto workItem = [nNumbers](UInt_t workerID) { // One generator, file and ntuple per worker TRandom3 workerRndm(workerID); // Change the seed TFile f(Form("myFile_%u.root", workerID), "RECREATE"); TH1F h(Form("myHisto_%u", workerID), "The Histogram", 64, -4, 4); for (UInt_t i = 0; i < nNumbers; ++i) { h.Fill(workerRndm.Gaus()); } h.Write(); }; // Create the collection which will hold the threads, our "pool" std::vector workers; // Fill the "pool" with workers for (UInt_t workerID = 0; workerID < nWorkers; ++workerID) { workers.emplace_back(workItem, workerID); } // Now join them for (auto && worker : workers) worker.join(); return 0; }