[ONOS-6267] Detect and complete blocked futures on I/O threads.

Change-Id: I0488dc5096f9e610b97405ad05c02d0ff3854b5f
diff --git a/utils/misc/src/main/java/org/onlab/util/OrderedExecutor.java b/utils/misc/src/main/java/org/onlab/util/OrderedExecutor.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Laboratory
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.onlab.util;
+
+import java.util.LinkedList;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executor;
+
+/**
+ * Executor that executes tasks in order on a shared thread pool.
+ * <p>
+ * The ordered executor behaves semantically like a single-threaded executor, but multiplexes tasks on a shared thread
+ * pool, ensuring blocked threads in the shared thread pool don't block individual ordered executors.
+ */
+public class OrderedExecutor implements Executor {
+    private final Executor parent;
+    private final LinkedList<Runnable> tasks = new LinkedList<>();
+    private boolean running;
+
+    public OrderedExecutor(Executor parent) {
+        this.parent = parent;
+    }
+
+    private void run() {
+        for (;;) {
+            final Runnable task;
+            synchronized (tasks) {
+                task = tasks.poll();
+                if (task == null) {
+                    running = false;
+                    return;
+                }
+            }
+            task.run();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void execute(Runnable command) {
+        synchronized (tasks) {
+            tasks.add(command);
+            if (!running) {
+                running = true;
+                parent.execute(this::run);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
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