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+/*
+ * This file is open source software, licensed to you under the terms
+ * of the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"). See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ * ownership. You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * author: Niek J Bouman
+ * reviewer: Avi Kivity
+ * November 2021
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <iterator>
+#include <cstddef>
+#include <type_traits>
+#include <vector>
+#include <seastar/core/future.hh>
+#include <seastar/core/shared_ptr.hh>
+
+namespace seastar {
+
+template <class Sequence>
+struct when_any_result {
+ std::size_t index;
+ Sequence futures;
+};
+
+namespace internal {
+class waiter {
+ bool _done = false;
+ promise<std::size_t> _promise;
+
+public:
+ void done(std::size_t index) {
+ if (!_done) {
+ _done = true;
+ _promise.set_value(index);
+ }
+ }
+ auto get_future() { return _promise.get_future(); }
+};
+
+} // namespace internal
+
+/// Wait for the first of multiple futures to complete (iterator version).
+///
+/// Given a range of futures as input, wait for the first of them
+/// to resolve (either successfully or with an exception), and return
+/// all of them in a \c when_any_result (following the concurrency TS from
+/// the standard library), containing a std::vector to all futures
+/// and the index (into the vector) of the future that resolved.
+///
+/// \param begin an \c InputIterator designating the beginning of the range of futures
+/// \param end an \c InputIterator designating the end of the range of futures
+/// \return a \c when_any_result of all the futures in the input; when
+/// ready, at least one of the contained futures (the one indicated by index) will be ready.
+template <class FutureIterator>
+SEASTAR_CONCEPT( requires requires (FutureIterator i) { { *i++ }; requires is_future<std::remove_reference_t<decltype(*i)>>::value; } )
+auto when_any(FutureIterator begin, FutureIterator end) noexcept
+ -> future<when_any_result<std::vector<std::decay_t<typename std::iterator_traits<FutureIterator>::value_type>>>>
+{
+ using ReturnType = when_any_result<std::vector<typename std::iterator_traits<FutureIterator>::value_type>>;
+ if (begin == end) {
+ return make_ready_future<ReturnType>();
+ }
+ ReturnType result;
+ result.futures.reserve(std::distance(begin, end));
+ auto waiter_obj = make_lw_shared<internal::waiter>();
+ std::size_t index{0};
+ for (auto it = begin; it != end; ++it) {
+ if (it->available()) {
+ result.futures.push_back(std::move(*it));
+ waiter_obj->done(index);
+ } else {
+ result.futures.push_back(it->finally([waiter_obj, index] {
+ waiter_obj->done(index);
+ }));
+ }
+ index++;
+ }
+ return waiter_obj->get_future().then(
+ [result = std::move(result)](std::size_t index) mutable {
+ result.index = index;
+ return std::move(result);
+ }
+ );
+}
+} // namespace seastar