QThread 爬坑之旅（三种办法解决QObject: Cannot create children for a parent that is in a different thread）

Cannot create children for a parent that is in a different thread.

在Qt的官方文档，大家知道有两种方式使用 QThread。

• You can use worker objects by moving them to the thread using QObject::moveToThread().
• Another way to make code run in a separate thread, is to subclass QThread and reimplement run().

在使用MoveToThread这种方式时，经常会遇到下面类似的问题：

• QObject: Cannot create children for a parent that is in a different thread.

出现这样的问题根本原因就是，调用MoveToThread 之后，在 Worker的槽函数中Worker的私有成员中又进行了new操作，并且将this指针传给了构造函数。看下实例：

mainwindow.h

#ifndef MAINWINDOW_H #define MAINWINDOW_H #include <QThread> #include <QMainWindow> #include "worker.h" namespace Ui { class MainWindow; } class MainWindow : public QMainWindow { Q_OBJECT public: explicit MainWindow(QWidget *parent = 0); ~MainWindow(); signals: void doWorkSignal(); private: Ui::MainWindow *ui; QThread m_thread; Worker m_worker; }; #endif // MAINWINDOW_H 

mainwindow.cpp

#include "mainwindow.h" #include "ui_mainwindow.h" MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) : QMainWindow(parent), ui(new Ui::MainWindow) { ui->setupUi(this); m_worker.moveToThread(&m_thread); connect(this, SIGNAL(doWorkSignal()), &m_worker, SLOT(doWork())); m_thread.start(); emit doWorkSignal(); qDebug() << "MainWin thread: " << QThread::currentThread(); } MainWindow::~MainWindow() { delete ui; m_thread.exit(); m_thread.wait(); } 

worker.h

#ifndef WORKER_H #define WORKER_H #include <QObject> #include <QThread> #include <QNetworkAccessManager> class WorkerA: public QObject { Q_OBJECT public: inline explicit WorkerA(QObject *parent = 0) { m_net1 = new QNetworkAccessManager(this); qDebug() << "Create WorkerA thread: " << QThread::currentThread(); } inline void doWorkA() { m_net2 = new QNetworkAccessManager(this); qDebug() << "DoWorkA thread: " << QThread::currentThread(); qDebug() << "Net1 Parent: " << m_net1->parent(); qDebug() << "Net2 Parent: " << m_net2->parent();; } inline ~WorkerA() { delete m_net1; delete m_net2; } private: QNetworkAccessManager *m_net1; QNetworkAccessManager *m_net2; }; class Worker : public QObject { Q_OBJECT public: explicit Worker(QObject *parent = 0); ~Worker(); signals: public slots: void doWork(); private: WorkerA *m_workerA; }; #endif // WORKER_H 

worker.cpp

#include <QDebug> #include "worker.h" Worker::Worker(QObject *parent) : QObject(parent) { m_workerA = new WorkerA(this); qDebug() << "Create Worker thread: " << QThread::currentThread(); } void Worker::doWork() { qDebug() << "doWork thread: " << QThread::currentThread(); m_workerA->doWorkA(); } Worker::~Worker() { //delete m_workerTimer; } 

程序运行输出：

Create WorkerA thread: QThread(0x4482e8) Create Worker thread: QThread(0x4482e8) MainWin thread: QThread(0x4482e8) doWork thread: QThread(0x28fe1c) QObject: Cannot create children for a parent that is in a different thread. (Parent is WorkerA(0x4558a8), parent's thread is QThread(0x4482e8), current thread is QThread(0x28fe1c) DoWorkA thread: QThread(0x28fe1c) Net1 Parent: WorkerA(0x4558a8) Net2 Parent: QObject(0x0)

在本案例中，Worker在槽函数中调用私有成员WorkerA的doWorkA()，doWorkA()中

m_net2 = new QNetworkAccessManager(this);

查看官方文档可以知道，doWork槽函数会在另外一个线程被执行。这里 
有new操作，而且传递了this指针，而且我们也可以从打印信息可知道此时this指针和doWorkA()不在同一线程，所以会报出错误：

QObject: Cannot create children for a parent that is in a different thread. (Parent is WorkerA(0x4558a8), parent's thread is QThread(0x4482e8), current thread is QThread(0x28fe1c)

解决办法是： 
(1). new时不传递this指针

m_net2 = new QNetworkAccessManager;

(2). 将new操作放在WorkerA的构造函数中

m_net1 = new QNetworkAccessManager(this); m_net2 = new QNetworkAccessManager(this); 

(3).使用信号与槽的方法调用doWorkA()

总结

QObject: Cannot create children for a parent that is in a different thread.

这样的错误，多是由于在槽函数中多层嵌套时new操作出的问题，建议大家尽量避免在槽函数中进行new操作。

测试代码： 
https://github.com/RobinsonSir/QThreadTest1

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其实还是第四种做法，就是把WorkerA再次moveToThread一下，毕竟它是在构造函数里创建的，而那时候Worker所在的线程还是主线程。