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+//! Job runner for futures and async functions
+
+pub mod job_worker;
+pub mod worker;
+
+use core::future::Future;
+use std::pin::Pin;
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+use tokio::sync::{mpsc, watch, Mutex};
+
+use crate::error::Error;
+use worker::{Worker, WorkerProcessor};
+
+pub(crate) type JobOutput = Result<(), Error>;
+pub(crate) type Job = Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output = JobOutput> + Send>>;
+
+/// Job runner for futures and async functions
+pub struct BackgroundRunner {
+	send_job: mpsc::UnboundedSender<(Job, bool)>,
+	send_worker: mpsc::UnboundedSender<Box<dyn Worker>>,
+}
+
+impl BackgroundRunner {
+	/// Create a new BackgroundRunner
+	pub fn new(
+		n_runners: usize,
+		stop_signal: watch::Receiver<bool>,
+	) -> (Arc<Self>, tokio::task::JoinHandle<()>) {
+		let (send_worker, worker_out) = mpsc::unbounded_channel::<Box<dyn Worker>>();
+
+		let await_all_done =
+			tokio::spawn(
+				async move { WorkerProcessor::new(worker_out, stop_signal).run().await },
+			);
+
+		let (send_job, queue_out) = mpsc::unbounded_channel();
+		let queue_out = Arc::new(Mutex::new(queue_out));
+
+		for i in 0..n_runners {
+			let queue_out = queue_out.clone();
+
+			send_worker.send(Box::new(job_worker::JobWorker {
+				index: i,
+				job_chan: queue_out.clone(),
+				next_job: None,
+			})).ok().unwrap();
+		}
+
+		let bgrunner = Arc::new(Self {
+			send_job,
+			send_worker,
+		});
+		(bgrunner, await_all_done)
+	}
+
+	/// Spawn a task to be run in background
+	pub fn spawn<T>(&self, job: T)
+	where
+		T: Future<Output = JobOutput> + Send + 'static,
+	{
+		let boxed: Job = Box::pin(job);
+		self.send_job
+			.send((boxed, false))
+			.ok()
+			.expect("Could not put job in queue");
+	}
+
+	/// Spawn a task to be run in background. It may get discarded before running if spawned while
+	/// the runner is stopping
+	pub fn spawn_cancellable<T>(&self, job: T)
+	where
+		T: Future<Output = JobOutput> + Send + 'static,
+	{
+		let boxed: Job = Box::pin(job);
+		self.send_job
+			.send((boxed, true))
+			.ok()
+			.expect("Could not put job in queue");
+	}
+
+	pub fn spawn_worker<W>(&self, worker: W)
+	where
+		W: Worker + 'static,
+	{
+		self.send_worker
+			.send(Box::new(worker))
+			.ok()
+			.expect("Could not put worker in queue");
+	}
+}