Implementing boost::barrier in C++11

Question

I\'ve been trying to get a project rid of every boost reference and switch to pure C++11.

At one point, thread workers are created which wait for a barrier to give t

Answer 1

Use a std::condition_variable instead of a std::mutex to block all threads until the last one reaches the barrier.

class Barrier
{
private:
    std::mutex _mutex;
    std::condition_variable _cv;
    std::size_t _count;
public:
    explicit Barrier(std::size_t count) : _count(count) { }
    void Wait()
    {
        std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(_mutex);
        if (--_count == 0) {
            _cv.notify_all();
        } else {
            _cv.wait(lock, [this] { return _count == 0; });
        }
    }
};

Answer 2

Here's my version of the accepted answer above with Auto reset behavior for repetitive use; this was achieved by counting up and down alternately.

    /**
    * @brief Represents a CPU thread barrier
    * @note The barrier automatically resets after all threads are synced
    */
    class Barrier
    {
    private:
        std::mutex m_mutex;
        std::condition_variable m_cv;

        size_t m_count;
        const size_t m_initial;

        enum State : unsigned char {
            Up, Down
        };
        State m_state;

    public:
        explicit Barrier(std::size_t count) : m_count{ count }, m_initial{ count }, m_state{ State::Down } { }

        /// Blocks until all N threads reach here
        void Sync()
        {
            std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock{ m_mutex };

            if (m_state == State::Down)
            {
                // Counting down the number of syncing threads
                if (--m_count == 0) {
                    m_state = State::Up;
                    m_cv.notify_all();
                }
                else {
                    m_cv.wait(lock, [this] { return m_state == State::Up; });
                }
            }

            else // (m_state == State::Up)
            {
                // Counting back up for Auto reset
                if (++m_count == m_initial) {
                    m_state = State::Down;
                    m_cv.notify_all();
                }
                else {
                    m_cv.wait(lock, [this] { return m_state == State::Down; });
                }
            }
        }
    };  

Answer 3

class Barrier {
public:
    explicit Barrier(std::size_t iCount) : 
      mThreshold(iCount), 
      mCount(iCount), 
      mGeneration(0) {
    }

    void Wait() {
        std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lLock{mMutex};
        auto lGen = mGeneration;
        if (!--mCount) {
            mGeneration++;
            mCount = mThreshold;
            mCond.notify_all();
        } else {
            mCond.wait(lLock, [this, lGen] { return lGen != mGeneration; });
        }
    }

private:
    std::mutex mMutex;
    std::condition_variable mCond;
    std::size_t mThreshold;
    std::size_t mCount;
    std::size_t mGeneration;
};