Support for adding tasks in front of the task queue

src/base/task_runner.cc

@@ -11,11 +11,12 @@ namespace {
 void PostTaskAndReplyRelay(Location from,
                            Closure task_cb,
                            Closure reply_cb,
-                           std::shared_ptr<TaskRunner> destination) {
+                           std::shared_ptr<TaskRunner> destination,
+                           bool front) {
   task_cb();
 
   if (reply_cb)
-    destination->PostTask(from, std::move(reply_cb));
+    destination->PostTask(from, std::move(reply_cb), front);
 }
 
 }  // namespace
@@ -36,22 +37,28 @@ std::shared_ptr<TaskRunner> TaskRunner::GetThreadLocalTaskRunner() {
   return thread_local_task_runner;
 }
 
-void TaskRunner::PostTask(Location from, Closure task) {
+void TaskRunner::PostTask(Location from, Closure task, bool front) {
   DCHECK(task) << LOCATION(from);
 
   task_count_.fetch_add(1, std::memory_order_relaxed);
   std::lock_guard<std::mutex> scoped_lock(lock_);
-  queue_.emplace_back(from, std::move(task));
+  if (front)
+    queue_.emplace_front(from, std::move(task));
+  else
+    queue_.emplace_back(from, std::move(task));
 }
 
-void TaskRunner::PostTaskAndReply(Location from, Closure task, Closure reply) {
+void TaskRunner::PostTaskAndReply(Location from,
+                                  Closure task,
+                                  Closure reply,
+                                  bool front) {
   DCHECK(task) << LOCATION(from);
   DCHECK(reply) << LOCATION(from);
   DCHECK(thread_local_task_runner) << LOCATION(from);
 
   auto relay = std::bind(PostTaskAndReplyRelay, from, std::move(task),
-                         std::move(reply), thread_local_task_runner);
-  PostTask(from, std::move(relay));
+                         std::move(reply), thread_local_task_runner, front);
+  PostTask(from, std::move(relay), front);
 }
 
 void TaskRunner::CancelTasks() {

src/base/task_runner.h

@@ -45,21 +45,25 @@ class TaskRunner {
   static void CreateThreadLocalTaskRunner();
   static std::shared_ptr<TaskRunner> GetThreadLocalTaskRunner();
 
-  void PostTask(Location from, Closure task);
+  void PostTask(Location from, Closure task, bool front = false);
 
-  void PostTaskAndReply(Location from, Closure task, Closure reply);
+  void PostTaskAndReply(Location from,
+                        Closure task,
+                        Closure reply,
+                        bool front = false);
 
   template <typename ReturnType>
   void PostTaskAndReplyWithResult(Location from,
                                   std::function<ReturnType()> task,
-                                  std::function<void(ReturnType)> reply) {
+                                  std::function<void(ReturnType)> reply,
+                                  bool front = false) {
     auto* result = new ReturnType;
     return PostTaskAndReply(
         from,
         std::bind(internal::ReturnAsParamAdapter<ReturnType>, std::move(task),
                   result),
         std::bind(internal::ReplyAdapter<ReturnType>, std::move(reply),
-                  result));
+                  result), front);
   }
 
   void CancelTasks();

src/base/thread_pool.cc

@@ -40,17 +40,20 @@ void ThreadPool::Shutdown() {
   threads_.clear();
 }
 
-void ThreadPool::PostTask(Location from, Closure task) {
+void ThreadPool::PostTask(Location from, Closure task, bool front) {
   DCHECK((!threads_.empty()));
 
-  task_runner_.PostTask(from, std::move(task));
+  task_runner_.PostTask(from, std::move(task), front);
   semaphore_.release();
 }
 
-void ThreadPool::PostTaskAndReply(Location from, Closure task, Closure reply) {
+void ThreadPool::PostTaskAndReply(Location from,
+                                  Closure task,
+                                  Closure reply,
+                                  bool front) {
   DCHECK((!threads_.empty()));
 
-  task_runner_.PostTaskAndReply(from, std::move(task), std::move(reply));
+  task_runner_.PostTaskAndReply(from, std::move(task), std::move(reply), front);
   semaphore_.release();
 }
 

src/base/thread_pool.h

@@ -24,16 +24,20 @@ class ThreadPool {
 
   void Shutdown();
 
-  void PostTask(Location from, Closure task);
+  void PostTask(Location from, Closure task, bool front = false);
 
-  void PostTaskAndReply(Location from, Closure task, Closure reply);
+  void PostTaskAndReply(Location from,
+                        Closure task,
+                        Closure reply,
+                        bool front = false);
 
   template <typename ReturnType>
   void PostTaskAndReplyWithResult(Location from,
                                   std::function<ReturnType()> task,
-                                  std::function<void(ReturnType)> reply) {
+                                  std::function<void(ReturnType)> reply,
+                                  bool front = false) {
     task_runner_.PostTaskAndReplyWithResult(from, std::move(task),
-                                            std::move(reply));
+                                            std::move(reply), front);
     semaphore_.release();
   }
 

src/engine/audio/audio_mixer.cc

@@ -254,7 +254,8 @@ void AudioMixer::RenderAudio(float* output_buffer, size_t num_frames) {
 
             ThreadPool::Get().PostTask(
                 HERE,
-                std::bind(&AudioMixer::DoStream, this, *it, flags & kLoop));
+                std::bind(&AudioMixer::DoStream, this, *it, flags & kLoop),
+                true);
           } else {
             DLOG << "Mixer buffer underrun!";
           }