* add Optimization build type which uses -O3

* create QTimer object in AWDataEngineAggregator class, emit signal to
  this timer because timers could not be started in the separate thread
* increase limit x2 with leaving the thread pool size as was

sources/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -41,12 +41,14 @@ if(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
     set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "-Wall -Wno-cpp -std=c++11")
     set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "-g -O0")
     set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "-O2 -DNDEBUG")
+    set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_OPTIMIZATION "-O3 -DNDEBUG")
     # avoid newer gcc warnings
     add_definitions(-D_DEFAULT_SOURCE)
 elseif(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Clang")
     set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "-Wall -std=c++11 -stdlib=libc++")
     set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "-g -O0")
     set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "-O2 -DNDEBUG")
+    set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_OPTIMIZATION "-O3 -DNDEBUG")
     # linker flags
     set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "-lc++abi")
     set(CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS "-lc++abi")

sources/awesome-widget/plugin/awdataengineaggregator.cpp

@@ -30,9 +30,16 @@ AWDataEngineAggregator::AWDataEngineAggregator(QObject *parent, const int interv
 {
     qCDebug(LOG_AW);
 
+    // timer events
+    m_timer = new QTimer(this);
+    m_timer->setSingleShot(true);
+
     setInterval(interval);
     initDataEngines();
     connectVisualization();
+
+    connect(this, SIGNAL(startTimer()), m_timer, SLOT(start()));
+    connect(m_timer, SIGNAL(timeout()), this, SLOT(connectVisualization()));
 }
 
 
@@ -41,6 +48,7 @@ AWDataEngineAggregator::~AWDataEngineAggregator()
     qCDebug(LOG_AW);
 
     m_dataEngines.clear();
+    if (m_timer != nullptr) delete m_timer;
 }
 
 
@@ -50,6 +58,7 @@ void AWDataEngineAggregator::setInterval(const int _interval)
     qCDebug(LOG_AW) << "Interval" << _interval;
 
     m_interval = _interval;
+    m_timer->setInterval(5 * _interval);
 }
 
 
@@ -57,6 +66,7 @@ void AWDataEngineAggregator::connectVisualization()
 {
     qCDebug(LOG_AW);
 
+//     reconnectSources();
     connect(this, SIGNAL(updateData(QString, QVariantMap)),
             parent(), SLOT(dataUpdated(QString, QVariantMap)));
 
@@ -70,8 +80,11 @@ void AWDataEngineAggregator::disconnectVisualization()
 
     disconnect(this, SIGNAL(updateData(QString, QVariantMap)),
                parent(), SLOT(dataUpdated(QString, QVariantMap)));
+//     m_dataEngines.clear();
 
-    return QTimer::singleShot(5 * m_interval, this, SLOT(connectVisualization()));
+    // HACK run timer in the main thread since a timer could not be started from
+    // the different thread
+    return emit(startTimer());
 }
 
 

sources/awesome-widget/plugin/awdataengineaggregator.h

@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 #include <QObject>
 
 
+class QTimer;
+
 class AWDataEngineAggregator : public QObject
 {
     Q_OBJECT
@@ -35,6 +37,7 @@ public:
     void setInterval(const int _interval);
 
 signals:
+    void startTimer();
     void updateData(const QString sourceName, const QVariantMap sdata);
 
 public slots:
@@ -52,6 +55,7 @@ private:
     void initDataEngines();
     QHash<QString, Plasma::DataEngine *> m_dataEngines;
     int m_interval;
+    QTimer *m_timer = nullptr;
 };
 
 

sources/awesome-widget/plugin/awkeys.cpp

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ AWKeys::AWKeys(QObject *parent)
 
 #ifdef BUILD_FUTURE
     // thread pool
-    queueLimit = QThread::idealThreadCount();
+    queueLimit = 2 * QThread::idealThreadCount();
     threadPool = new QThreadPool(this);
 #endif /* BUILD_FUTURE */
 
@@ -115,11 +115,9 @@ void AWKeys::initKeys(const QString currentPattern, const int interval, const in
     } else
         dataEngineAggregator->setInterval(interval);
 #ifdef BUILD_FUTURE
-    // queue limit. It may be configured by using QUEUE_LIMIT cmake limit flag.
+    int rawLimit = (limit == 0 ? QThread::idealThreadCount() : limit);
-    // In other hand since I'm using global thread pool, it makes sense to limit
+    queueLimit = 2 * rawLimit;
-    // queue by QThread::idealThreadCount() value
+    threadPool->setMaxThreadCount(rawLimit);
-    queueLimit = limit == 0 ? QThread::idealThreadCount() : limit;
-    threadPool->setMaxThreadCount(queueLimit);
 #endif /* BUILD_FUTURE */
     updateCache();