#!/usr/local/bin/perl use threads; use Time::HiRes qw/usleep/; while( 1 ) { my $class = Class->new(); threads->create( \&thread_sub, $class, 0 ); usleep 200_000; } sub thread_sub { my( $class, $level ) = @_; print "THREAD ", threads->self->tid, ", $level running\n"; threads->create( \&thread_sub, $class, $level + 1 ) unless $level; usleep 400_000; print "THREAD ", threads->self->tid, ", $level finished\n"; threads->self->detach; } 1; package Class; use threads::shared; our %MY_CXT : shared = (); our $CXT_ID : shared = 0; sub new { my $class = shift; my $this = {}; $this->{'shared'} = &share( {} ), $this->{'shared'}{'refcnt'} = 1; $this->{'shared'}{'tid'} = threads->self->tid; $this->{'shared'}{'clone'} = 1; lock( %MY_CXT ); $this->{'id'} = ++ $CXT_ID; $MY_CXT{$this->{'id'}} = $this->{'shared'}; bless $this, $class; } sub CLONE { lock( %MY_CXT ); while( my( $k, $v ) = each %MY_CXT ) { # do not CLONE anymore when it's destroyed in the main thread $v->{'refcnt'} ++ if $v->{'clone'}; print "CLONE: id $k, refcnt $v->{'refcnt'}\n"; } } sub DESTROY { my $this = shift; my $shared = $this->{'shared'}; if( $shared->{'tid'} == threads->self->tid ) { # disable futher CLONEs $shared->{'clone'} = 0; # refcnt must decrement twice ? $shared->{'refcnt'} --; } $shared->{'refcnt'} --; print "DESTROY: id $this->{'id'}, refcnt $shared->{'refcnt'}\n"; if( $shared->{'refcnt'} <= 0 ) { lock( %MY_CXT ); # should not happen warn "already destroyed!!!" unless $MY_CXT{$this->{'id'}}; delete $MY_CXT{$this->{'id'}}; } } 1;