""" This is an implementation of odd-even transposition sort. It works by performing a series of parallel swaps between odd and even pairs of variables in the list. This implementation represents each variable in the list with a process and each process communicates with its neighboring processes in the list to perform comparisons. They are synchronized with locks and message passing but other forms of synchronization could be used. """ from multiprocessing import Lock, Pipe, Process # lock used to ensure that two processes do not access a pipe at the same time process_lock = Lock() """ The function run by the processes that sorts the list position = the position in the list the process represents, used to know which neighbor we pass our value to value = the initial value at list[position] LSend, RSend = the pipes we use to send to our left and right neighbors LRcv, RRcv = the pipes we use to receive from our left and right neighbors resultPipe = the pipe used to send results back to main """ def oe_process(position, value, l_send, r_send, lr_cv, rr_cv, result_pipe): global process_lock # we perform n swaps since after n swaps we know we are sorted # we *could* stop early if we are sorted already, but it takes as long to # find out we are sorted as it does to sort the list with this algorithm for i in range(0, 10): if (i + position) % 2 == 0 and r_send is not None: # send your value to your right neighbor process_lock.acquire() r_send[1].send(value) process_lock.release() # receive your right neighbor's value process_lock.acquire() temp = rr_cv[0].recv() process_lock.release() # take the lower value since you are on the left value = min(value, temp) elif (i + position) % 2 != 0 and l_send is not None: # send your value to your left neighbor process_lock.acquire() l_send[1].send(value) process_lock.release() # receive your left neighbor's value process_lock.acquire() temp = lr_cv[0].recv() process_lock.release() # take the higher value since you are on the right value = max(value, temp) # after all swaps are performed, send the values back to main result_pipe[1].send(value) """ the function which creates the processes that perform the parallel swaps arr = the list to be sorted """ def odd_even_transposition(arr): process_array_ = [] result_pipe = [] # initialize the list of pipes where the values will be retrieved for _ in arr: result_pipe.append(Pipe()) # creates the processes # the first and last process only have one neighbor so they are made outside # of the loop temp_rs = Pipe() temp_rr = Pipe() process_array_.append( Process( target=oe_process, args=(0, arr[0], None, temp_rs, None, temp_rr, result_pipe[0]), ) ) temp_lr = temp_rs temp_ls = temp_rr for i in range(1, len(arr) - 1): temp_rs = Pipe() temp_rr = Pipe() process_array_.append( Process( target=oe_process, args=(i, arr[i], temp_ls, temp_rs, temp_lr, temp_rr, result_pipe[i]), ) ) temp_lr = temp_rs temp_ls = temp_rr process_array_.append( Process( target=oe_process, args=( len(arr) - 1, arr[len(arr) - 1], temp_ls, None, temp_lr, None, result_pipe[len(arr) - 1], ), ) ) # start the processes for p in process_array_: p.start() # wait for the processes to end and write their values to the list for p in range(0, len(result_pipe)): arr[p] = result_pipe[p][0].recv() process_array_[p].join() return arr # creates a reverse sorted list and sorts it def main(): arr = list(range(10, 0, -1)) print("Initial List") print(*arr) arr = odd_even_transposition(arr) print("Sorted List\n") print(*arr) if __name__ == "__main__": main()