diff --git a/.cargo_vcs_info.json b/.cargo_vcs_info.json
index 2a30505..f0dc383 100644
--- a/.cargo_vcs_info.json
+++ b/.cargo_vcs_info.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "git": {
-    "sha1": "6236214d717694917e77aa1c16d91176b9bc2fff"
+    "sha1": "7df6d5b8493a5fdb257565cab26dacdfe08ec8aa"
   },
   "path_in_vcs": "rayon-core"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Android.bp b/Android.bp
index 64d1452..9b8ff99 100644
--- a/Android.bp
+++ b/Android.bp
@@ -42,14 +42,12 @@
     host_supported: true,
     crate_name: "rayon_core",
     cargo_env_compat: true,
-    cargo_pkg_version: "1.11.0",
+    cargo_pkg_version: "1.12.1",
     srcs: ["src/lib.rs"],
     edition: "2021",
     rustlibs: [
-        "libcrossbeam_channel",
         "libcrossbeam_deque",
         "libcrossbeam_utils",
-        "libnum_cpus",
     ],
     apex_available: [
         "//apex_available:platform",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d41715e..a3a11c2 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@
 
 [package]
 edition = "2021"
-rust-version = "1.59"
+rust-version = "1.63"
 name = "rayon-core"
-version = "1.11.0"
+version = "1.12.1"
 authors = [
     "Niko Matsakis <niko@alum.mit.edu>",
     "Josh Stone <cuviper@gmail.com>",
@@ -58,8 +58,9 @@
 name = "scoped_threadpool"
 path = "tests/scoped_threadpool.rs"
 
-[dependencies.crossbeam-channel]
-version = "0.5.0"
+[[test]]
+name = "use_current_thread"
+path = "tests/use_current_thread.rs"
 
 [dependencies.crossbeam-deque]
 version = "0.8.1"
@@ -67,8 +68,9 @@
 [dependencies.crossbeam-utils]
 version = "0.8.0"
 
-[dependencies.num_cpus]
-version = "1.2"
+[dependencies.wasm_sync]
+version = "0.1.0"
+optional = true
 
 [dev-dependencies.rand]
 version = "0.8"
@@ -79,5 +81,8 @@
 [dev-dependencies.scoped-tls]
 version = "1.0"
 
+[features]
+web_spin_lock = ["dep:wasm_sync"]
+
 [target."cfg(unix)".dev-dependencies.libc]
 version = "0.2"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml.orig b/Cargo.toml.orig
index 920ffe5..09f8bf6 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml.orig
+++ b/Cargo.toml.orig
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 [package]
 name = "rayon-core"
-version = "1.11.0"
+version = "1.12.1"
 authors = ["Niko Matsakis <niko@alum.mit.edu>",
            "Josh Stone <cuviper@gmail.com>"]
 description = "Core APIs for Rayon"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 repository = "https://github.com/rayon-rs/rayon"
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/rayon/"
-rust-version = "1.59"
+rust-version = "1.63"
 edition = "2021"
 links = "rayon-core"
 build = "build.rs"
@@ -17,10 +17,17 @@
 
 # Some dependencies may not be their latest version, in order to support older rustc.
 [dependencies]
-num_cpus = "1.2"
-crossbeam-channel = "0.5.0"
 crossbeam-deque = "0.8.1"
 crossbeam-utils = "0.8.0"
+wasm_sync = { version = "0.1.0", optional = true }
+
+[features]
+
+# This feature switches to a spin-lock implementation on the browser's
+# main thread to avoid the forbidden `atomics.wait`.
+#
+# Only useful on the `wasm32-unknown-unknown` target.
+web_spin_lock = ["dep:wasm_sync"]
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 rand = "0.8"
@@ -55,3 +62,7 @@
 [[test]]
 name = "scoped_threadpool"
 path = "tests/scoped_threadpool.rs"
+
+[[test]]
+name = "use_current_thread"
+path = "tests/use_current_thread.rs"
diff --git a/METADATA b/METADATA
index e9917f9..1eb7dcd 100644
--- a/METADATA
+++ b/METADATA
@@ -1,23 +1,20 @@
 # This project was upgraded with external_updater.
-# Usage: tools/external_updater/updater.sh update rust/crates/rayon-core
-# For more info, check https://cs.android.com/android/platform/superproject/+/master:tools/external_updater/README.md
+# Usage: tools/external_updater/updater.sh update external/rust/crates/rayon-core
+# For more info, check https://cs.android.com/android/platform/superproject/+/main:tools/external_updater/README.md
 
 name: "rayon-core"
 description: "Core APIs for Rayon"
 third_party {
-  url {
-    type: HOMEPAGE
-    value: "https://crates.io/crates/rayon-core"
-  }
-  url {
-    type: ARCHIVE
-    value: "https://static.crates.io/crates/rayon-core/rayon-core-1.11.0.crate"
-  }
-  version: "1.11.0"
   license_type: NOTICE
   last_upgrade_date {
-    year: 2023
-    month: 4
-    day: 3
+    year: 2024
+    month: 2
+    day: 6
+  }
+  homepage: "https://crates.io/crates/rayon-core"
+  identifier {
+    type: "Archive"
+    value: "https://static.crates.io/crates/rayon-core/rayon-core-1.12.1.crate"
+    version: "1.12.1"
   }
 }
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 448901b..6e2ebe2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@
 
 [Rayon Docs]: https://docs.rs/rayon/
 
-Rayon-core currently requires `rustc 1.59.0` or greater.
+Rayon-core currently requires `rustc 1.63.0` or greater.
diff --git a/src/broadcast/mod.rs b/src/broadcast/mod.rs
index d991c54..96611e4 100644
--- a/src/broadcast/mod.rs
+++ b/src/broadcast/mod.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 use crate::job::{ArcJob, StackJob};
-use crate::latch::LatchRef;
+use crate::latch::{CountLatch, LatchRef};
 use crate::registry::{Registry, WorkerThread};
-use crate::scope::ScopeLatch;
 use std::fmt;
 use std::marker::PhantomData;
 use std::sync::Arc;
@@ -107,7 +106,7 @@
 
     let n_threads = registry.num_threads();
     let current_thread = WorkerThread::current().as_ref();
-    let latch = ScopeLatch::with_count(n_threads, current_thread);
+    let latch = CountLatch::with_count(n_threads, current_thread);
     let jobs: Vec<_> = (0..n_threads)
         .map(|_| StackJob::new(&f, LatchRef::new(&latch)))
         .collect();
diff --git a/src/broadcast/test.rs b/src/broadcast/test.rs
index 3ae11f7..00ab4ad 100644
--- a/src/broadcast/test.rs
+++ b/src/broadcast/test.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 use crate::ThreadPoolBuilder;
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering};
+use std::sync::mpsc::channel;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::{thread, time};
 
@@ -14,7 +15,7 @@
 #[test]
 #[cfg_attr(any(target_os = "emscripten", target_family = "wasm"), ignore)]
 fn spawn_broadcast_global() {
-    let (tx, rx) = crossbeam_channel::unbounded();
+    let (tx, rx) = channel();
     crate::spawn_broadcast(move |ctx| tx.send(ctx.index()).unwrap());
 
     let mut v: Vec<_> = rx.into_iter().collect();
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@
 #[test]
 #[cfg_attr(any(target_os = "emscripten", target_family = "wasm"), ignore)]
 fn spawn_broadcast_pool() {
-    let (tx, rx) = crossbeam_channel::unbounded();
+    let (tx, rx) = channel();
     let pool = ThreadPoolBuilder::new().num_threads(7).build().unwrap();
     pool.spawn_broadcast(move |ctx| tx.send(ctx.index()).unwrap());
 
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@
 #[test]
 #[cfg_attr(any(target_os = "emscripten", target_family = "wasm"), ignore)]
 fn spawn_broadcast_self() {
-    let (tx, rx) = crossbeam_channel::unbounded();
+    let (tx, rx) = channel();
     let pool = ThreadPoolBuilder::new().num_threads(7).build().unwrap();
     pool.spawn(|| crate::spawn_broadcast(move |ctx| tx.send(ctx.index()).unwrap()));
 
@@ -81,7 +82,7 @@
 #[test]
 #[cfg_attr(any(target_os = "emscripten", target_family = "wasm"), ignore)]
 fn spawn_broadcast_mutual() {
-    let (tx, rx) = crossbeam_channel::unbounded();
+    let (tx, rx) = channel();
     let pool1 = Arc::new(ThreadPoolBuilder::new().num_threads(3).build().unwrap());
     let pool2 = ThreadPoolBuilder::new().num_threads(7).build().unwrap();
     pool1.spawn({
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@
 #[test]
 #[cfg_attr(any(target_os = "emscripten", target_family = "wasm"), ignore)]
 fn spawn_broadcast_mutual_sleepy() {
-    let (tx, rx) = crossbeam_channel::unbounded();
+    let (tx, rx) = channel();
     let pool1 = Arc::new(ThreadPoolBuilder::new().num_threads(3).build().unwrap());
     let pool2 = ThreadPoolBuilder::new().num_threads(7).build().unwrap();
     pool1.spawn({
@@ -158,8 +159,8 @@
 #[test]
 #[cfg_attr(not(panic = "unwind"), ignore)]
 fn spawn_broadcast_panic_one() {
-    let (tx, rx) = crossbeam_channel::unbounded();
-    let (panic_tx, panic_rx) = crossbeam_channel::unbounded();
+    let (tx, rx) = channel();
+    let (panic_tx, panic_rx) = channel();
     let pool = ThreadPoolBuilder::new()
         .num_threads(7)
         .panic_handler(move |e| panic_tx.send(e).unwrap())
@@ -196,8 +197,8 @@
 #[test]
 #[cfg_attr(not(panic = "unwind"), ignore)]
 fn spawn_broadcast_panic_many() {
-    let (tx, rx) = crossbeam_channel::unbounded();
-    let (panic_tx, panic_rx) = crossbeam_channel::unbounded();
+    let (tx, rx) = channel();
+    let (panic_tx, panic_rx) = channel();
     let pool = ThreadPoolBuilder::new()
         .num_threads(7)
         .panic_handler(move |e| panic_tx.send(e).unwrap())
@@ -231,7 +232,7 @@
 
 #[test]
 fn broadcast_after_spawn_broadcast() {
-    let (tx, rx) = crossbeam_channel::unbounded();
+    let (tx, rx) = channel();
 
     // Queue a non-blocking spawn_broadcast.
     crate::spawn_broadcast(move |ctx| tx.send(ctx.index()).unwrap());
@@ -247,7 +248,7 @@
 
 #[test]
 fn broadcast_after_spawn() {
-    let (tx, rx) = crossbeam_channel::bounded(1);
+    let (tx, rx) = channel();
 
     // Queue a regular spawn on a thread-local deque.
     crate::registry::in_worker(move |_, _| {
diff --git a/src/latch.rs b/src/latch.rs
index de43272..6c2e4fe 100644
--- a/src/latch.rs
+++ b/src/latch.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 use std::marker::PhantomData;
 use std::ops::Deref;
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering};
-use std::sync::{Arc, Condvar, Mutex};
+use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::usize;
 
 use crate::registry::{Registry, WorkerThread};
+use crate::sync::{Condvar, Mutex};
 
 /// We define various kinds of latches, which are all a primitive signaling
 /// mechanism. A latch starts as false. Eventually someone calls `set()` and
@@ -84,13 +85,6 @@
         }
     }
 
-    /// Returns the address of this core latch as an integer. Used
-    /// for logging.
-    #[inline]
-    pub(super) fn addr(&self) -> usize {
-        self as *const CoreLatch as usize
-    }
-
     /// Invoked by owning thread as it prepares to sleep. Returns true
     /// if the owning thread may proceed to fall asleep, false if the
     /// latch was set in the meantime.
@@ -142,6 +136,13 @@
     }
 }
 
+impl AsCoreLatch for CoreLatch {
+    #[inline]
+    fn as_core_latch(&self) -> &CoreLatch {
+        self
+    }
+}
+
 /// Spin latches are the simplest, most efficient kind, but they do
 /// not support a `wait()` operation. They just have a boolean flag
 /// that becomes true when `set()` is called.
@@ -269,62 +270,32 @@
     }
 }
 
-/// Counting latches are used to implement scopes. They track a
-/// counter. Unlike other latches, calling `set()` does not
-/// necessarily make the latch be considered `set()`; instead, it just
-/// decrements the counter. The latch is only "set" (in the sense that
-/// `probe()` returns true) once the counter reaches zero.
+/// Once latches are used to implement one-time blocking, primarily
+/// for the termination flag of the threads in the pool.
 ///
-/// Note: like a `SpinLatch`, count laches are always associated with
+/// Note: like a `SpinLatch`, once-latches are always associated with
 /// some registry that is probing them, which must be tickled when
 /// they are set. *Unlike* a `SpinLatch`, they don't themselves hold a
 /// reference to that registry. This is because in some cases the
-/// registry owns the count-latch, and that would create a cycle. So a
-/// `CountLatch` must be given a reference to its owning registry when
+/// registry owns the once-latch, and that would create a cycle. So a
+/// `OnceLatch` must be given a reference to its owning registry when
 /// it is set. For this reason, it does not implement the `Latch`
 /// trait (but it doesn't have to, as it is not used in those generic
 /// contexts).
 #[derive(Debug)]
-pub(super) struct CountLatch {
+pub(super) struct OnceLatch {
     core_latch: CoreLatch,
-    counter: AtomicUsize,
 }
 
-impl CountLatch {
+impl OnceLatch {
     #[inline]
-    pub(super) fn new() -> CountLatch {
-        Self::with_count(1)
-    }
-
-    #[inline]
-    pub(super) fn with_count(n: usize) -> CountLatch {
-        CountLatch {
+    pub(super) fn new() -> OnceLatch {
+        Self {
             core_latch: CoreLatch::new(),
-            counter: AtomicUsize::new(n),
         }
     }
 
-    #[inline]
-    pub(super) fn increment(&self) {
-        debug_assert!(!self.core_latch.probe());
-        self.counter.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed);
-    }
-
-    /// Decrements the latch counter by one. If this is the final
-    /// count, then the latch is **set**, and calls to `probe()` will
-    /// return true. Returns whether the latch was set.
-    #[inline]
-    pub(super) unsafe fn set(this: *const Self) -> bool {
-        if (*this).counter.fetch_sub(1, Ordering::SeqCst) == 1 {
-            CoreLatch::set(&(*this).core_latch);
-            true
-        } else {
-            false
-        }
-    }
-
-    /// Decrements the latch counter by one and possibly set it.  If
-    /// the latch is set, then the specific worker thread is tickled,
+    /// Set the latch, then tickle the specific worker thread,
     /// which should be the one that owns this latch.
     #[inline]
     pub(super) unsafe fn set_and_tickle_one(
@@ -332,31 +303,81 @@
         registry: &Registry,
         target_worker_index: usize,
     ) {
-        if Self::set(this) {
+        if CoreLatch::set(&(*this).core_latch) {
             registry.notify_worker_latch_is_set(target_worker_index);
         }
     }
 }
 
-impl AsCoreLatch for CountLatch {
+impl AsCoreLatch for OnceLatch {
     #[inline]
     fn as_core_latch(&self) -> &CoreLatch {
         &self.core_latch
     }
 }
 
+/// Counting latches are used to implement scopes. They track a
+/// counter. Unlike other latches, calling `set()` does not
+/// necessarily make the latch be considered `set()`; instead, it just
+/// decrements the counter. The latch is only "set" (in the sense that
+/// `probe()` returns true) once the counter reaches zero.
 #[derive(Debug)]
-pub(super) struct CountLockLatch {
-    lock_latch: LockLatch,
+pub(super) struct CountLatch {
     counter: AtomicUsize,
+    kind: CountLatchKind,
 }
 
-impl CountLockLatch {
-    #[inline]
-    pub(super) fn with_count(n: usize) -> CountLockLatch {
-        CountLockLatch {
-            lock_latch: LockLatch::new(),
-            counter: AtomicUsize::new(n),
+enum CountLatchKind {
+    /// A latch for scopes created on a rayon thread which will participate in work-
+    /// stealing while it waits for completion. This thread is not necessarily part
+    /// of the same registry as the scope itself!
+    Stealing {
+        latch: CoreLatch,
+        /// If a worker thread in registry A calls `in_place_scope` on a ThreadPool
+        /// with registry B, when a job completes in a thread of registry B, we may
+        /// need to call `notify_worker_latch_is_set()` to wake the thread in registry A.
+        /// That means we need a reference to registry A (since at that point we will
+        /// only have a reference to registry B), so we stash it here.
+        registry: Arc<Registry>,
+        /// The index of the worker to wake in `registry`
+        worker_index: usize,
+    },
+
+    /// A latch for scopes created on a non-rayon thread which will block to wait.
+    Blocking { latch: LockLatch },
+}
+
+impl std::fmt::Debug for CountLatchKind {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        match self {
+            CountLatchKind::Stealing { latch, .. } => {
+                f.debug_tuple("Stealing").field(latch).finish()
+            }
+            CountLatchKind::Blocking { latch, .. } => {
+                f.debug_tuple("Blocking").field(latch).finish()
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl CountLatch {
+    pub(super) fn new(owner: Option<&WorkerThread>) -> Self {
+        Self::with_count(1, owner)
+    }
+
+    pub(super) fn with_count(count: usize, owner: Option<&WorkerThread>) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            counter: AtomicUsize::new(count),
+            kind: match owner {
+                Some(owner) => CountLatchKind::Stealing {
+                    latch: CoreLatch::new(),
+                    registry: Arc::clone(owner.registry()),
+                    worker_index: owner.index(),
+                },
+                None => CountLatchKind::Blocking {
+                    latch: LockLatch::new(),
+                },
+            },
         }
     }
 
@@ -366,16 +387,42 @@
         debug_assert!(old_counter != 0);
     }
 
-    pub(super) fn wait(&self) {
-        self.lock_latch.wait();
+    pub(super) fn wait(&self, owner: Option<&WorkerThread>) {
+        match &self.kind {
+            CountLatchKind::Stealing {
+                latch,
+                registry,
+                worker_index,
+            } => unsafe {
+                let owner = owner.expect("owner thread");
+                debug_assert_eq!(registry.id(), owner.registry().id());
+                debug_assert_eq!(*worker_index, owner.index());
+                owner.wait_until(latch);
+            },
+            CountLatchKind::Blocking { latch } => latch.wait(),
+        }
     }
 }
 
-impl Latch for CountLockLatch {
+impl Latch for CountLatch {
     #[inline]
     unsafe fn set(this: *const Self) {
         if (*this).counter.fetch_sub(1, Ordering::SeqCst) == 1 {
-            LockLatch::set(&(*this).lock_latch);
+            // NOTE: Once we call `set` on the internal `latch`,
+            // the target may proceed and invalidate `this`!
+            match (*this).kind {
+                CountLatchKind::Stealing {
+                    ref latch,
+                    ref registry,
+                    worker_index,
+                } => {
+                    let registry = Arc::clone(registry);
+                    if CoreLatch::set(latch) {
+                        registry.notify_worker_latch_is_set(worker_index);
+                    }
+                }
+                CountLatchKind::Blocking { ref latch } => LockLatch::set(latch),
+            }
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index c9694ee..39df8a2 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -73,10 +73,9 @@
 use std::io;
 use std::marker::PhantomData;
 use std::str::FromStr;
+use std::thread;
 
 #[macro_use]
-mod log;
-#[macro_use]
 mod private;
 
 mod broadcast;
@@ -104,6 +103,12 @@
 pub use self::thread_pool::ThreadPool;
 pub use self::thread_pool::{yield_local, yield_now, Yield};
 
+#[cfg(not(feature = "web_spin_lock"))]
+use std::sync;
+
+#[cfg(feature = "web_spin_lock")]
+use wasm_sync as sync;
+
 use self::registry::{CustomSpawn, DefaultSpawn, ThreadSpawn};
 
 /// Returns the maximum number of threads that Rayon supports in a single thread-pool.
@@ -148,6 +153,7 @@
 #[derive(Debug)]
 enum ErrorKind {
     GlobalPoolAlreadyInitialized,
+    CurrentThreadAlreadyInPool,
     IOError(io::Error),
 }
 
@@ -175,6 +181,9 @@
     /// If RAYON_NUM_THREADS is invalid or zero will use the default.
     num_threads: usize,
 
+    /// The thread we're building *from* will also be part of the pool.
+    use_current_thread: bool,
+
     /// Custom closure, if any, to handle a panic that we cannot propagate
     /// anywhere else.
     panic_handler: Option<Box<PanicHandler>>,
@@ -228,6 +237,7 @@
     fn default() -> Self {
         ThreadPoolBuilder {
             num_threads: 0,
+            use_current_thread: false,
             panic_handler: None,
             get_thread_name: None,
             stack_size: None,
@@ -284,12 +294,12 @@
 impl ThreadPoolBuilder {
     /// Creates a scoped `ThreadPool` initialized using this configuration.
     ///
-    /// This is a convenience function for building a pool using [`crossbeam::scope`]
+    /// This is a convenience function for building a pool using [`std::thread::scope`]
     /// to spawn threads in a [`spawn_handler`](#method.spawn_handler).
     /// The threads in this pool will start by calling `wrapper`, which should
     /// do initialization and continue by calling `ThreadBuilder::run()`.
     ///
-    /// [`crossbeam::scope`]: https://docs.rs/crossbeam/0.8/crossbeam/fn.scope.html
+    /// [`std::thread::scope`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/thread/fn.scope.html
     ///
     /// # Examples
     ///
@@ -324,28 +334,22 @@
         W: Fn(ThreadBuilder) + Sync, // expected to call `run()`
         F: FnOnce(&ThreadPool) -> R,
     {
-        let result = crossbeam_utils::thread::scope(|scope| {
-            let wrapper = &wrapper;
+        std::thread::scope(|scope| {
             let pool = self
                 .spawn_handler(|thread| {
-                    let mut builder = scope.builder();
+                    let mut builder = std::thread::Builder::new();
                     if let Some(name) = thread.name() {
                         builder = builder.name(name.to_string());
                     }
                     if let Some(size) = thread.stack_size() {
                         builder = builder.stack_size(size);
                     }
-                    builder.spawn(move |_| wrapper(thread))?;
+                    builder.spawn_scoped(scope, || wrapper(thread))?;
                     Ok(())
                 })
                 .build()?;
             Ok(with_pool(&pool))
-        });
-
-        match result {
-            Ok(result) => result,
-            Err(err) => unwind::resume_unwinding(err),
-        }
+        })
     }
 }
 
@@ -354,13 +358,11 @@
     ///
     /// Note that the threads will not exit until after the pool is dropped. It
     /// is up to the caller to wait for thread termination if that is important
-    /// for any invariants. For instance, threads created in [`crossbeam::scope`]
+    /// for any invariants. For instance, threads created in [`std::thread::scope`]
     /// will be joined before that scope returns, and this will block indefinitely
     /// if the pool is leaked. Furthermore, the global thread pool doesn't terminate
     /// until the entire process exits!
     ///
-    /// [`crossbeam::scope`]: https://docs.rs/crossbeam/0.8/crossbeam/fn.scope.html
-    ///
     /// # Examples
     ///
     /// A minimal spawn handler just needs to call `run()` from an independent thread.
@@ -409,6 +411,7 @@
     /// or [`std::thread::scope`] introduced in Rust 1.63, which is encapsulated in
     /// [`build_scoped`](#method.build_scoped).
     ///
+    /// [`crossbeam::scope`]: https://docs.rs/crossbeam/0.8/crossbeam/fn.scope.html
     /// [`std::thread::scope`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/thread/fn.scope.html
     ///
     /// ```
@@ -445,6 +448,7 @@
             spawn_handler: CustomSpawn::new(spawn),
             // ..self
             num_threads: self.num_threads,
+            use_current_thread: self.use_current_thread,
             panic_handler: self.panic_handler,
             get_thread_name: self.get_thread_name,
             stack_size: self.stack_size,
@@ -465,12 +469,18 @@
         if self.num_threads > 0 {
             self.num_threads
         } else {
+            let default = || {
+                thread::available_parallelism()
+                    .map(|n| n.get())
+                    .unwrap_or(1)
+            };
+
             match env::var("RAYON_NUM_THREADS")
                 .ok()
                 .and_then(|s| usize::from_str(&s).ok())
             {
-                Some(x) if x > 0 => return x,
-                Some(x) if x == 0 => return num_cpus::get(),
+                Some(x @ 1..) => return x,
+                Some(0) => return default(),
                 _ => {}
             }
 
@@ -479,8 +489,8 @@
                 .ok()
                 .and_then(|s| usize::from_str(&s).ok())
             {
-                Some(x) if x > 0 => x,
-                _ => num_cpus::get(),
+                Some(x @ 1..) => x,
+                _ => default(),
             }
         }
     }
@@ -519,9 +529,8 @@
     /// may change in the future, if you wish to rely on a fixed
     /// number of threads, you should use this function to specify
     /// that number. To reproduce the current default behavior, you
-    /// may wish to use the [`num_cpus`
-    /// crate](https://crates.io/crates/num_cpus) to query the number
-    /// of CPUs dynamically.
+    /// may wish to use [`std::thread::available_parallelism`]
+    /// to query the number of CPUs dynamically.
     ///
     /// **Old environment variable:** `RAYON_NUM_THREADS` is a one-to-one
     /// replacement of the now deprecated `RAYON_RS_NUM_CPUS` environment
@@ -532,6 +541,24 @@
         self
     }
 
+    /// Use the current thread as one of the threads in the pool.
+    ///
+    /// The current thread is guaranteed to be at index 0, and since the thread is not managed by
+    /// rayon, the spawn and exit handlers do not run for that thread.
+    ///
+    /// Note that the current thread won't run the main work-stealing loop, so jobs spawned into
+    /// the thread-pool will generally not be picked up automatically by this thread unless you
+    /// yield to rayon in some way, like via [`yield_now()`], [`yield_local()`], or [`scope()`].
+    ///
+    /// # Local thread-pools
+    ///
+    /// Using this in a local thread-pool means the registry will be leaked. In future versions
+    /// there might be a way of cleaning up the current-thread state.
+    pub fn use_current_thread(mut self) -> Self {
+        self.use_current_thread = true;
+        self
+    }
+
     /// Returns a copy of the current panic handler.
     fn take_panic_handler(&mut self) -> Option<Box<PanicHandler>> {
         self.panic_handler.take()
@@ -734,18 +761,22 @@
 const GLOBAL_POOL_ALREADY_INITIALIZED: &str =
     "The global thread pool has already been initialized.";
 
+const CURRENT_THREAD_ALREADY_IN_POOL: &str =
+    "The current thread is already part of another thread pool.";
+
 impl Error for ThreadPoolBuildError {
     #[allow(deprecated)]
     fn description(&self) -> &str {
         match self.kind {
             ErrorKind::GlobalPoolAlreadyInitialized => GLOBAL_POOL_ALREADY_INITIALIZED,
+            ErrorKind::CurrentThreadAlreadyInPool => CURRENT_THREAD_ALREADY_IN_POOL,
             ErrorKind::IOError(ref e) => e.description(),
         }
     }
 
     fn source(&self) -> Option<&(dyn Error + 'static)> {
         match &self.kind {
-            ErrorKind::GlobalPoolAlreadyInitialized => None,
+            ErrorKind::GlobalPoolAlreadyInitialized | ErrorKind::CurrentThreadAlreadyInPool => None,
             ErrorKind::IOError(e) => Some(e),
         }
     }
@@ -754,6 +785,7 @@
 impl fmt::Display for ThreadPoolBuildError {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
         match &self.kind {
+            ErrorKind::CurrentThreadAlreadyInPool => CURRENT_THREAD_ALREADY_IN_POOL.fmt(f),
             ErrorKind::GlobalPoolAlreadyInitialized => GLOBAL_POOL_ALREADY_INITIALIZED.fmt(f),
             ErrorKind::IOError(e) => e.fmt(f),
         }
@@ -771,6 +803,7 @@
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
         let ThreadPoolBuilder {
             ref num_threads,
+            ref use_current_thread,
             ref get_thread_name,
             ref panic_handler,
             ref stack_size,
@@ -795,6 +828,7 @@
 
         f.debug_struct("ThreadPoolBuilder")
             .field("num_threads", num_threads)
+            .field("use_current_thread", use_current_thread)
             .field("get_thread_name", &get_thread_name)
             .field("panic_handler", &panic_handler)
             .field("stack_size", &stack_size)
diff --git a/src/log.rs b/src/log.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 7b6daf0..0000000
--- a/src/log.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,413 +0,0 @@
-//! Debug Logging
-//!
-//! To use in a debug build, set the env var `RAYON_LOG` as
-//! described below.  In a release build, logs are compiled out by
-//! default unless Rayon is built with `--cfg rayon_rs_log` (try
-//! `RUSTFLAGS="--cfg rayon_rs_log"`).
-//!
-//! Note that logs are an internally debugging tool and their format
-//! is considered unstable, as are the details of how to enable them.
-//!
-//! # Valid values for RAYON_LOG
-//!
-//! The `RAYON_LOG` variable can take on the following values:
-//!
-//! * `tail:<file>` -- dumps the last 10,000 events into the given file;
-//!   useful for tracking down deadlocks
-//! * `profile:<file>` -- dumps only those events needed to reconstruct how
-//!   many workers are active at a given time
-//! * `all:<file>` -- dumps every event to the file; useful for debugging
-
-use crossbeam_channel::{self, Receiver, Sender};
-use std::collections::VecDeque;
-use std::env;
-use std::fs::File;
-use std::io::{self, BufWriter, Write};
-
-/// True if logs are compiled in.
-pub(super) const LOG_ENABLED: bool = cfg!(any(rayon_rs_log, debug_assertions));
-
-#[derive(Copy, Clone, PartialOrd, Ord, PartialEq, Eq, Debug)]
-pub(super) enum Event {
-    /// Flushes events to disk, used to terminate benchmarking.
-    Flush,
-
-    /// Indicates that a worker thread started execution.
-    ThreadStart {
-        worker: usize,
-        terminate_addr: usize,
-    },
-
-    /// Indicates that a worker thread started execution.
-    ThreadTerminate { worker: usize },
-
-    /// Indicates that a worker thread became idle, blocked on `latch_addr`.
-    ThreadIdle { worker: usize, latch_addr: usize },
-
-    /// Indicates that an idle worker thread found work to do, after
-    /// yield rounds. It should no longer be considered idle.
-    ThreadFoundWork { worker: usize, yields: u32 },
-
-    /// Indicates that a worker blocked on a latch observed that it was set.
-    ///
-    /// Internal debugging event that does not affect the state
-    /// machine.
-    ThreadSawLatchSet { worker: usize, latch_addr: usize },
-
-    /// Indicates that an idle worker is getting sleepy. `sleepy_counter` is the internal
-    /// sleep state that we saw at the time.
-    ThreadSleepy { worker: usize, jobs_counter: usize },
-
-    /// Indicates that the thread's attempt to fall asleep was
-    /// interrupted because the latch was set. (This is not, in and of
-    /// itself, a change to the thread state.)
-    ThreadSleepInterruptedByLatch { worker: usize, latch_addr: usize },
-
-    /// Indicates that the thread's attempt to fall asleep was
-    /// interrupted because a job was posted. (This is not, in and of
-    /// itself, a change to the thread state.)
-    ThreadSleepInterruptedByJob { worker: usize },
-
-    /// Indicates that an idle worker has gone to sleep.
-    ThreadSleeping { worker: usize, latch_addr: usize },
-
-    /// Indicates that a sleeping worker has awoken.
-    ThreadAwoken { worker: usize, latch_addr: usize },
-
-    /// Indicates that the given worker thread was notified it should
-    /// awaken.
-    ThreadNotify { worker: usize },
-
-    /// The given worker has pushed a job to its local deque.
-    JobPushed { worker: usize },
-
-    /// The given worker has popped a job from its local deque.
-    JobPopped { worker: usize },
-
-    /// The given worker has stolen a job from the deque of another.
-    JobStolen { worker: usize, victim: usize },
-
-    /// N jobs were injected into the global queue.
-    JobsInjected { count: usize },
-
-    /// A job was removed from the global queue.
-    JobUninjected { worker: usize },
-
-    /// A job was broadcasted to N threads.
-    JobBroadcast { count: usize },
-
-    /// When announcing a job, this was the value of the counters we observed.
-    ///
-    /// No effect on thread state, just a debugging event.
-    JobThreadCounts {
-        worker: usize,
-        num_idle: u16,
-        num_sleepers: u16,
-    },
-}
-
-/// Handle to the logging thread, if any. You can use this to deliver
-/// logs. You can also clone it freely.
-#[derive(Clone)]
-pub(super) struct Logger {
-    sender: Option<Sender<Event>>,
-}
-
-impl Logger {
-    pub(super) fn new(num_workers: usize) -> Logger {
-        if !LOG_ENABLED {
-            return Self::disabled();
-        }
-
-        // see the doc comment for the format
-        let env_log = match env::var("RAYON_LOG") {
-            Ok(s) => s,
-            Err(_) => return Self::disabled(),
-        };
-
-        let (sender, receiver) = crossbeam_channel::unbounded();
-
-        if let Some(filename) = env_log.strip_prefix("tail:") {
-            let filename = filename.to_string();
-            ::std::thread::spawn(move || {
-                Self::tail_logger_thread(num_workers, filename, 10_000, receiver)
-            });
-        } else if env_log == "all" {
-            ::std::thread::spawn(move || Self::all_logger_thread(num_workers, receiver));
-        } else if let Some(filename) = env_log.strip_prefix("profile:") {
-            let filename = filename.to_string();
-            ::std::thread::spawn(move || {
-                Self::profile_logger_thread(num_workers, filename, 10_000, receiver)
-            });
-        } else {
-            panic!("RAYON_LOG should be 'tail:<file>' or 'profile:<file>'");
-        }
-
-        Logger {
-            sender: Some(sender),
-        }
-    }
-
-    fn disabled() -> Logger {
-        Logger { sender: None }
-    }
-
-    #[inline]
-    pub(super) fn log(&self, event: impl FnOnce() -> Event) {
-        if !LOG_ENABLED {
-            return;
-        }
-
-        if let Some(sender) = &self.sender {
-            sender.send(event()).unwrap();
-        }
-    }
-
-    fn profile_logger_thread(
-        num_workers: usize,
-        log_filename: String,
-        capacity: usize,
-        receiver: Receiver<Event>,
-    ) {
-        let file = File::create(&log_filename)
-            .unwrap_or_else(|err| panic!("failed to open `{}`: {}", log_filename, err));
-
-        let mut writer = BufWriter::new(file);
-        let mut events = Vec::with_capacity(capacity);
-        let mut state = SimulatorState::new(num_workers);
-        let timeout = std::time::Duration::from_secs(30);
-
-        loop {
-            while let Ok(event) = receiver.recv_timeout(timeout) {
-                if let Event::Flush = event {
-                    break;
-                }
-
-                events.push(event);
-                if events.len() == capacity {
-                    break;
-                }
-            }
-
-            for event in events.drain(..) {
-                if state.simulate(&event) {
-                    state.dump(&mut writer, &event).unwrap();
-                }
-            }
-
-            writer.flush().unwrap();
-        }
-    }
-
-    fn tail_logger_thread(
-        num_workers: usize,
-        log_filename: String,
-        capacity: usize,
-        receiver: Receiver<Event>,
-    ) {
-        let file = File::create(&log_filename)
-            .unwrap_or_else(|err| panic!("failed to open `{}`: {}", log_filename, err));
-
-        let mut writer = BufWriter::new(file);
-        let mut events: VecDeque<Event> = VecDeque::with_capacity(capacity);
-        let mut state = SimulatorState::new(num_workers);
-        let timeout = std::time::Duration::from_secs(30);
-        let mut skipped = false;
-
-        loop {
-            while let Ok(event) = receiver.recv_timeout(timeout) {
-                if let Event::Flush = event {
-                    // We ignore Flush events in tail mode --
-                    // we're really just looking for
-                    // deadlocks.
-                    continue;
-                } else {
-                    if events.len() == capacity {
-                        let event = events.pop_front().unwrap();
-                        state.simulate(&event);
-                        skipped = true;
-                    }
-
-                    events.push_back(event);
-                }
-            }
-
-            if skipped {
-                writeln!(writer, "...").unwrap();
-                skipped = false;
-            }
-
-            for event in events.drain(..) {
-                // In tail mode, we dump *all* events out, whether or
-                // not they were 'interesting' to the state machine.
-                state.simulate(&event);
-                state.dump(&mut writer, &event).unwrap();
-            }
-
-            writer.flush().unwrap();
-        }
-    }
-
-    fn all_logger_thread(num_workers: usize, receiver: Receiver<Event>) {
-        let stderr = std::io::stderr();
-        let mut state = SimulatorState::new(num_workers);
-
-        for event in receiver {
-            let mut writer = BufWriter::new(stderr.lock());
-            state.simulate(&event);
-            state.dump(&mut writer, &event).unwrap();
-            writer.flush().unwrap();
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-#[derive(Copy, Clone, PartialOrd, Ord, PartialEq, Eq, Debug)]
-enum State {
-    Working,
-    Idle,
-    Notified,
-    Sleeping,
-    Terminated,
-}
-
-impl State {
-    fn letter(&self) -> char {
-        match self {
-            State::Working => 'W',
-            State::Idle => 'I',
-            State::Notified => 'N',
-            State::Sleeping => 'S',
-            State::Terminated => 'T',
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-struct SimulatorState {
-    local_queue_size: Vec<usize>,
-    thread_states: Vec<State>,
-    injector_size: usize,
-}
-
-impl SimulatorState {
-    fn new(num_workers: usize) -> Self {
-        Self {
-            local_queue_size: (0..num_workers).map(|_| 0).collect(),
-            thread_states: (0..num_workers).map(|_| State::Working).collect(),
-            injector_size: 0,
-        }
-    }
-
-    fn simulate(&mut self, event: &Event) -> bool {
-        match *event {
-            Event::ThreadIdle { worker, .. } => {
-                assert_eq!(self.thread_states[worker], State::Working);
-                self.thread_states[worker] = State::Idle;
-                true
-            }
-
-            Event::ThreadStart { worker, .. } | Event::ThreadFoundWork { worker, .. } => {
-                self.thread_states[worker] = State::Working;
-                true
-            }
-
-            Event::ThreadTerminate { worker, .. } => {
-                self.thread_states[worker] = State::Terminated;
-                true
-            }
-
-            Event::ThreadSleeping { worker, .. } => {
-                assert_eq!(self.thread_states[worker], State::Idle);
-                self.thread_states[worker] = State::Sleeping;
-                true
-            }
-
-            Event::ThreadAwoken { worker, .. } => {
-                assert_eq!(self.thread_states[worker], State::Notified);
-                self.thread_states[worker] = State::Idle;
-                true
-            }
-
-            Event::JobPushed { worker } => {
-                self.local_queue_size[worker] += 1;
-                true
-            }
-
-            Event::JobPopped { worker } => {
-                self.local_queue_size[worker] -= 1;
-                true
-            }
-
-            Event::JobStolen { victim, .. } => {
-                self.local_queue_size[victim] -= 1;
-                true
-            }
-
-            Event::JobsInjected { count } => {
-                self.injector_size += count;
-                true
-            }
-
-            Event::JobUninjected { .. } => {
-                self.injector_size -= 1;
-                true
-            }
-
-            Event::ThreadNotify { worker } => {
-                // Currently, this log event occurs while holding the
-                // thread lock, so we should *always* see it before
-                // the worker awakens.
-                assert_eq!(self.thread_states[worker], State::Sleeping);
-                self.thread_states[worker] = State::Notified;
-                true
-            }
-
-            // remaining events are no-ops from pov of simulating the
-            // thread state
-            _ => false,
-        }
-    }
-
-    fn dump(&mut self, w: &mut impl Write, event: &Event) -> io::Result<()> {
-        let num_idle_threads = self
-            .thread_states
-            .iter()
-            .filter(|s| **s == State::Idle)
-            .count();
-
-        let num_sleeping_threads = self
-            .thread_states
-            .iter()
-            .filter(|s| **s == State::Sleeping)
-            .count();
-
-        let num_notified_threads = self
-            .thread_states
-            .iter()
-            .filter(|s| **s == State::Notified)
-            .count();
-
-        let num_pending_jobs: usize = self.local_queue_size.iter().sum();
-
-        write!(w, "{:2},", num_idle_threads)?;
-        write!(w, "{:2},", num_sleeping_threads)?;
-        write!(w, "{:2},", num_notified_threads)?;
-        write!(w, "{:4},", num_pending_jobs)?;
-        write!(w, "{:4},", self.injector_size)?;
-
-        let event_str = format!("{:?}", event);
-        write!(w, r#""{:60}","#, event_str)?;
-
-        for ((i, state), queue_size) in (0..).zip(&self.thread_states).zip(&self.local_queue_size) {
-            write!(w, " T{:02},{}", i, state.letter(),)?;
-
-            if *queue_size > 0 {
-                write!(w, ",{:03},", queue_size)?;
-            } else {
-                write!(w, ",   ,")?;
-            }
-        }
-
-        writeln!(w)?;
-        Ok(())
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/registry.rs b/src/registry.rs
index 5d56ac9..46cd22b 100644
--- a/src/registry.rs
+++ b/src/registry.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 use crate::job::{JobFifo, JobRef, StackJob};
-use crate::latch::{AsCoreLatch, CoreLatch, CountLatch, Latch, LatchRef, LockLatch, SpinLatch};
-use crate::log::Event::*;
-use crate::log::Logger;
+use crate::latch::{AsCoreLatch, CoreLatch, Latch, LatchRef, LockLatch, OnceLatch, SpinLatch};
 use crate::sleep::Sleep;
+use crate::sync::Mutex;
 use crate::unwind;
 use crate::{
     ErrorKind, ExitHandler, PanicHandler, StartHandler, ThreadPoolBuildError, ThreadPoolBuilder,
@@ -17,7 +16,7 @@
 use std::mem;
 use std::ptr;
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicUsize, Ordering};
-use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex, Once};
+use std::sync::{Arc, Once};
 use std::thread;
 use std::usize;
 
@@ -130,7 +129,6 @@
 }
 
 pub(super) struct Registry {
-    logger: Logger,
     thread_infos: Vec<ThreadInfo>,
     sleep: Sleep,
     injected_jobs: Injector<JobRef>,
@@ -210,26 +208,7 @@
     // is stubbed out, and we won't have to change anything if they do add real threading.
     let unsupported = matches!(&result, Err(e) if e.is_unsupported());
     if unsupported && WorkerThread::current().is_null() {
-        let builder = ThreadPoolBuilder::new()
-            .num_threads(1)
-            .spawn_handler(|thread| {
-                // Rather than starting a new thread, we're just taking over the current thread
-                // *without* running the main loop, so we can still return from here.
-                // The WorkerThread is leaked, but we never shutdown the global pool anyway.
-                let worker_thread = Box::leak(Box::new(WorkerThread::from(thread)));
-                let registry = &*worker_thread.registry;
-                let index = worker_thread.index;
-
-                unsafe {
-                    WorkerThread::set_current(worker_thread);
-
-                    // let registry know we are ready to do work
-                    Latch::set(&registry.thread_infos[index].primed);
-                }
-
-                Ok(())
-            });
-
+        let builder = ThreadPoolBuilder::new().num_threads(1).use_current_thread();
         let fallback_result = Registry::new(builder);
         if fallback_result.is_ok() {
             return fallback_result;
@@ -280,11 +259,9 @@
             })
             .unzip();
 
-        let logger = Logger::new(n_threads);
         let registry = Arc::new(Registry {
-            logger: logger.clone(),
             thread_infos: stealers.into_iter().map(ThreadInfo::new).collect(),
-            sleep: Sleep::new(logger, n_threads),
+            sleep: Sleep::new(n_threads),
             injected_jobs: Injector::new(),
             broadcasts: Mutex::new(broadcasts),
             terminate_count: AtomicUsize::new(1),
@@ -305,6 +282,25 @@
                 stealer,
                 index,
             };
+
+            if index == 0 && builder.use_current_thread {
+                if !WorkerThread::current().is_null() {
+                    return Err(ThreadPoolBuildError::new(
+                        ErrorKind::CurrentThreadAlreadyInPool,
+                    ));
+                }
+                // Rather than starting a new thread, we're just taking over the current thread
+                // *without* running the main loop, so we can still return from here.
+                // The WorkerThread is leaked, but we never shutdown the global pool anyway.
+                let worker_thread = Box::into_raw(Box::new(WorkerThread::from(thread)));
+
+                unsafe {
+                    WorkerThread::set_current(worker_thread);
+                    Latch::set(&registry.thread_infos[index].primed);
+                }
+                continue;
+            }
+
             if let Err(e) = builder.get_spawn_handler().spawn(thread) {
                 return Err(ThreadPoolBuildError::new(ErrorKind::IOError(e)));
             }
@@ -363,11 +359,6 @@
         }
     }
 
-    #[inline]
-    pub(super) fn log(&self, event: impl FnOnce() -> crate::log::Event) {
-        self.logger.log(event)
-    }
-
     pub(super) fn num_threads(&self) -> usize {
         self.thread_infos.len()
     }
@@ -426,8 +417,6 @@
     /// whatever worker has nothing to do. Use this if you know that
     /// you are not on a worker of this registry.
     pub(super) fn inject(&self, injected_job: JobRef) {
-        self.log(|| JobsInjected { count: 1 });
-
         // It should not be possible for `state.terminate` to be true
         // here. It is only set to true when the user creates (and
         // drops) a `ThreadPool`; and, in that case, they cannot be
@@ -442,22 +431,17 @@
         let queue_was_empty = self.injected_jobs.is_empty();
 
         self.injected_jobs.push(injected_job);
-        self.sleep.new_injected_jobs(usize::MAX, 1, queue_was_empty);
+        self.sleep.new_injected_jobs(1, queue_was_empty);
     }
 
     fn has_injected_job(&self) -> bool {
         !self.injected_jobs.is_empty()
     }
 
-    fn pop_injected_job(&self, worker_index: usize) -> Option<JobRef> {
+    fn pop_injected_job(&self) -> Option<JobRef> {
         loop {
             match self.injected_jobs.steal() {
-                Steal::Success(job) => {
-                    self.log(|| JobUninjected {
-                        worker: worker_index,
-                    });
-                    return Some(job);
-                }
+                Steal::Success(job) => return Some(job),
                 Steal::Empty => return None,
                 Steal::Retry => {}
             }
@@ -471,9 +455,6 @@
     /// **Panics** if not given exactly as many jobs as there are threads.
     pub(super) fn inject_broadcast(&self, injected_jobs: impl ExactSizeIterator<Item = JobRef>) {
         assert_eq!(self.num_threads(), injected_jobs.len());
-        self.log(|| JobBroadcast {
-            count: self.num_threads(),
-        });
         {
             let broadcasts = self.broadcasts.lock().unwrap();
 
@@ -545,9 +526,6 @@
             self.inject(job.as_job_ref());
             job.latch.wait_and_reset(); // Make sure we can use the same latch again next time.
 
-            // flush accumulated logs as we exit the thread
-            self.logger.log(|| Flush);
-
             job.into_result()
         })
     }
@@ -610,7 +588,7 @@
     pub(super) fn terminate(&self) {
         if self.terminate_count.fetch_sub(1, Ordering::AcqRel) == 1 {
             for (i, thread_info) in self.thread_infos.iter().enumerate() {
-                unsafe { CountLatch::set_and_tickle_one(&thread_info.terminate, self, i) };
+                unsafe { OnceLatch::set_and_tickle_one(&thread_info.terminate, self, i) };
             }
         }
     }
@@ -640,10 +618,7 @@
     /// This latch is *set* by the `terminate` method on the
     /// `Registry`, once the registry's main "terminate" counter
     /// reaches zero.
-    ///
-    /// NB. We use a `CountLatch` here because it has no lifetimes and is
-    /// meant for async use, but the count never gets higher than one.
-    terminate: CountLatch,
+    terminate: OnceLatch,
 
     /// the "stealer" half of the worker's deque
     stealer: Stealer<JobRef>,
@@ -654,7 +629,7 @@
         ThreadInfo {
             primed: LockLatch::new(),
             stopped: LockLatch::new(),
-            terminate: CountLatch::new(),
+            terminate: OnceLatch::new(),
             stealer,
         }
     }
@@ -737,11 +712,6 @@
         &self.registry
     }
 
-    #[inline]
-    pub(super) fn log(&self, event: impl FnOnce() -> crate::log::Event) {
-        self.registry.logger.log(event)
-    }
-
     /// Our index amongst the worker threads (ranges from `0..self.num_threads()`).
     #[inline]
     pub(super) fn index(&self) -> usize {
@@ -750,12 +720,9 @@
 
     #[inline]
     pub(super) unsafe fn push(&self, job: JobRef) {
-        self.log(|| JobPushed { worker: self.index });
         let queue_was_empty = self.worker.is_empty();
         self.worker.push(job);
-        self.registry
-            .sleep
-            .new_internal_jobs(self.index, 1, queue_was_empty);
+        self.registry.sleep.new_internal_jobs(1, queue_was_empty);
     }
 
     #[inline]
@@ -777,7 +744,6 @@
         let popped_job = self.worker.pop();
 
         if popped_job.is_some() {
-            self.log(|| JobPopped { worker: self.index });
             return popped_job;
         }
 
@@ -813,31 +779,51 @@
         // accesses, which would be *very bad*
         let abort_guard = unwind::AbortIfPanic;
 
-        let mut idle_state = self.registry.sleep.start_looking(self.index, latch);
-        while !latch.probe() {
-            if let Some(job) = self.find_work() {
-                self.registry.sleep.work_found(idle_state);
+        'outer: while !latch.probe() {
+            // Check for local work *before* we start marking ourself idle,
+            // especially to avoid modifying shared sleep state.
+            if let Some(job) = self.take_local_job() {
                 self.execute(job);
-                idle_state = self.registry.sleep.start_looking(self.index, latch);
-            } else {
-                self.registry
-                    .sleep
-                    .no_work_found(&mut idle_state, latch, || self.has_injected_job())
+                continue;
             }
+
+            let mut idle_state = self.registry.sleep.start_looking(self.index);
+            while !latch.probe() {
+                if let Some(job) = self.find_work() {
+                    self.registry.sleep.work_found();
+                    self.execute(job);
+                    // The job might have injected local work, so go back to the outer loop.
+                    continue 'outer;
+                } else {
+                    self.registry
+                        .sleep
+                        .no_work_found(&mut idle_state, latch, || self.has_injected_job())
+                }
+            }
+
+            // If we were sleepy, we are not anymore. We "found work" --
+            // whatever the surrounding thread was doing before it had to wait.
+            self.registry.sleep.work_found();
+            break;
         }
 
-        // If we were sleepy, we are not anymore. We "found work" --
-        // whatever the surrounding thread was doing before it had to
-        // wait.
-        self.registry.sleep.work_found(idle_state);
-
-        self.log(|| ThreadSawLatchSet {
-            worker: self.index,
-            latch_addr: latch.addr(),
-        });
         mem::forget(abort_guard); // successful execution, do not abort
     }
 
+    unsafe fn wait_until_out_of_work(&self) {
+        debug_assert_eq!(self as *const _, WorkerThread::current());
+        let registry = &*self.registry;
+        let index = self.index;
+
+        self.wait_until(&registry.thread_infos[index].terminate);
+
+        // Should not be any work left in our queue.
+        debug_assert!(self.take_local_job().is_none());
+
+        // Let registry know we are done
+        Latch::set(&registry.thread_infos[index].stopped);
+    }
+
     fn find_work(&self) -> Option<JobRef> {
         // Try to find some work to do. We give preference first
         // to things in our local deque, then in other workers
@@ -846,7 +832,7 @@
         // we take on something new.
         self.take_local_job()
             .or_else(|| self.steal())
-            .or_else(|| self.registry.pop_injected_job(self.index))
+            .or_else(|| self.registry.pop_injected_job())
     }
 
     pub(super) fn yield_now(&self) -> Yield {
@@ -898,13 +884,7 @@
                 .find_map(|victim_index| {
                     let victim = &thread_infos[victim_index];
                     match victim.stealer.steal() {
-                        Steal::Success(job) => {
-                            self.log(|| JobStolen {
-                                worker: self.index,
-                                victim: victim_index,
-                            });
-                            Some(job)
-                        }
+                        Steal::Success(job) => Some(job),
                         Steal::Empty => None,
                         Steal::Retry => {
                             retry = true;
@@ -940,24 +920,11 @@
         registry.catch_unwind(|| handler(index));
     }
 
-    let my_terminate_latch = &registry.thread_infos[index].terminate;
-    worker_thread.log(|| ThreadStart {
-        worker: index,
-        terminate_addr: my_terminate_latch.as_core_latch().addr(),
-    });
-    worker_thread.wait_until(my_terminate_latch);
-
-    // Should not be any work left in our queue.
-    debug_assert!(worker_thread.take_local_job().is_none());
-
-    // let registry know we are done
-    Latch::set(&registry.thread_infos[index].stopped);
+    worker_thread.wait_until_out_of_work();
 
     // Normal termination, do not abort.
     mem::forget(abort_guard);
 
-    worker_thread.log(|| ThreadTerminate { worker: index });
-
     // Inform a user callback that we exited a thread.
     if let Some(ref handler) = registry.exit_handler {
         registry.catch_unwind(|| handler(index));
diff --git a/src/scope/mod.rs b/src/scope/mod.rs
index f460dd7..b7163d1 100644
--- a/src/scope/mod.rs
+++ b/src/scope/mod.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 use crate::broadcast::BroadcastContext;
 use crate::job::{ArcJob, HeapJob, JobFifo, JobRef};
-use crate::latch::{CountLatch, CountLockLatch, Latch};
+use crate::latch::{CountLatch, Latch};
 use crate::registry::{global_registry, in_worker, Registry, WorkerThread};
 use crate::unwind;
 use std::any::Any;
@@ -39,26 +39,6 @@
     fifos: Vec<JobFifo>,
 }
 
-pub(super) enum ScopeLatch {
-    /// A latch for scopes created on a rayon thread which will participate in work-
-    /// stealing while it waits for completion. This thread is not necessarily part
-    /// of the same registry as the scope itself!
-    Stealing {
-        latch: CountLatch,
-        /// If a worker thread in registry A calls `in_place_scope` on a ThreadPool
-        /// with registry B, when a job completes in a thread of registry B, we may
-        /// need to call `latch.set_and_tickle_one()` to wake the thread in registry A.
-        /// That means we need a reference to registry A (since at that point we will
-        /// only have a reference to registry B), so we stash it here.
-        registry: Arc<Registry>,
-        /// The index of the worker to wake in `registry`
-        worker_index: usize,
-    },
-
-    /// A latch for scopes created on a non-rayon thread which will block to wait.
-    Blocking { latch: CountLockLatch },
-}
-
 struct ScopeBase<'scope> {
     /// thread registry where `scope()` was executed or where `in_place_scope()`
     /// should spawn jobs.
@@ -69,7 +49,7 @@
     panic: AtomicPtr<Box<dyn Any + Send + 'static>>,
 
     /// latch to track job counts
-    job_completed_latch: ScopeLatch,
+    job_completed_latch: CountLatch,
 
     /// You can think of a scope as containing a list of closures to execute,
     /// all of which outlive `'scope`.  They're not actually required to be
@@ -650,21 +630,17 @@
         ScopeBase {
             registry: Arc::clone(registry),
             panic: AtomicPtr::new(ptr::null_mut()),
-            job_completed_latch: ScopeLatch::new(owner),
+            job_completed_latch: CountLatch::new(owner),
             marker: PhantomData,
         }
     }
 
-    fn increment(&self) {
-        self.job_completed_latch.increment();
-    }
-
     fn heap_job_ref<FUNC>(&self, job: Box<HeapJob<FUNC>>) -> JobRef
     where
         FUNC: FnOnce() + Send + 'scope,
     {
         unsafe {
-            self.increment();
+            self.job_completed_latch.increment();
             job.into_job_ref()
         }
     }
@@ -675,7 +651,7 @@
     {
         let n_threads = self.registry.num_threads();
         let job_refs = (0..n_threads).map(|_| unsafe {
-            self.increment();
+            self.job_completed_latch.increment();
             ArcJob::as_job_ref(&job)
         });
 
@@ -710,17 +686,15 @@
     where
         FUNC: FnOnce() -> R,
     {
-        match unwind::halt_unwinding(func) {
-            Ok(r) => {
-                Latch::set(&(*this).job_completed_latch);
-                Some(r)
-            }
+        let result = match unwind::halt_unwinding(func) {
+            Ok(r) => Some(r),
             Err(err) => {
                 (*this).job_panicked(err);
-                Latch::set(&(*this).job_completed_latch);
                 None
             }
-        }
+        };
+        Latch::set(&(*this).job_completed_latch);
+        result
     }
 
     fn job_panicked(&self, err: Box<dyn Any + Send + 'static>) {
@@ -754,61 +728,6 @@
     }
 }
 
-impl ScopeLatch {
-    fn new(owner: Option<&WorkerThread>) -> Self {
-        Self::with_count(1, owner)
-    }
-
-    pub(super) fn with_count(count: usize, owner: Option<&WorkerThread>) -> Self {
-        match owner {
-            Some(owner) => ScopeLatch::Stealing {
-                latch: CountLatch::with_count(count),
-                registry: Arc::clone(owner.registry()),
-                worker_index: owner.index(),
-            },
-            None => ScopeLatch::Blocking {
-                latch: CountLockLatch::with_count(count),
-            },
-        }
-    }
-
-    fn increment(&self) {
-        match self {
-            ScopeLatch::Stealing { latch, .. } => latch.increment(),
-            ScopeLatch::Blocking { latch } => latch.increment(),
-        }
-    }
-
-    pub(super) fn wait(&self, owner: Option<&WorkerThread>) {
-        match self {
-            ScopeLatch::Stealing {
-                latch,
-                registry,
-                worker_index,
-            } => unsafe {
-                let owner = owner.expect("owner thread");
-                debug_assert_eq!(registry.id(), owner.registry().id());
-                debug_assert_eq!(*worker_index, owner.index());
-                owner.wait_until(latch);
-            },
-            ScopeLatch::Blocking { latch } => latch.wait(),
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-impl Latch for ScopeLatch {
-    unsafe fn set(this: *const Self) {
-        match &*this {
-            ScopeLatch::Stealing {
-                latch,
-                registry,
-                worker_index,
-            } => CountLatch::set_and_tickle_one(latch, registry, *worker_index),
-            ScopeLatch::Blocking { latch } => Latch::set(latch),
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 impl<'scope> fmt::Debug for Scope<'scope> {
     fn fmt(&self, fmt: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
         fmt.debug_struct("Scope")
@@ -830,21 +749,6 @@
     }
 }
 
-impl fmt::Debug for ScopeLatch {
-    fn fmt(&self, fmt: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
-        match self {
-            ScopeLatch::Stealing { latch, .. } => fmt
-                .debug_tuple("ScopeLatch::Stealing")
-                .field(latch)
-                .finish(),
-            ScopeLatch::Blocking { latch } => fmt
-                .debug_tuple("ScopeLatch::Blocking")
-                .field(latch)
-                .finish(),
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 /// Used to capture a scope `&Self` pointer in jobs, without faking a lifetime.
 ///
 /// Unsafe code is still required to dereference the pointer, but that's fine in
diff --git a/src/sleep/counters.rs b/src/sleep/counters.rs
index f2a3de3..53d2c55 100644
--- a/src/sleep/counters.rs
+++ b/src/sleep/counters.rs
@@ -212,12 +212,12 @@
 
 #[inline]
 fn select_thread(word: usize, shift: usize) -> usize {
-    ((word >> shift) as usize) & THREADS_MAX
+    (word >> shift) & THREADS_MAX
 }
 
 #[inline]
 fn select_jec(word: usize) -> usize {
-    (word >> JEC_SHIFT) as usize
+    word >> JEC_SHIFT
 }
 
 impl Counters {
diff --git a/src/sleep/mod.rs b/src/sleep/mod.rs
index af7225a..fa1f7be 100644
--- a/src/sleep/mod.rs
+++ b/src/sleep/mod.rs
@@ -2,11 +2,9 @@
 //! for an overview.
 
 use crate::latch::CoreLatch;
-use crate::log::Event::*;
-use crate::log::Logger;
+use crate::sync::{Condvar, Mutex};
 use crossbeam_utils::CachePadded;
 use std::sync::atomic::Ordering;
-use std::sync::{Condvar, Mutex};
 use std::thread;
 use std::usize;
 
@@ -22,8 +20,6 @@
 ///
 /// [`README.md`] README.md
 pub(super) struct Sleep {
-    logger: Logger,
-
     /// One "sleep state" per worker. Used to track if a worker is sleeping and to have
     /// them block.
     worker_sleep_states: Vec<CachePadded<WorkerSleepState>>,
@@ -62,22 +58,16 @@
 const ROUNDS_UNTIL_SLEEPING: u32 = ROUNDS_UNTIL_SLEEPY + 1;
 
 impl Sleep {
-    pub(super) fn new(logger: Logger, n_threads: usize) -> Sleep {
+    pub(super) fn new(n_threads: usize) -> Sleep {
         assert!(n_threads <= THREADS_MAX);
         Sleep {
-            logger,
             worker_sleep_states: (0..n_threads).map(|_| Default::default()).collect(),
             counters: AtomicCounters::new(),
         }
     }
 
     #[inline]
-    pub(super) fn start_looking(&self, worker_index: usize, latch: &CoreLatch) -> IdleState {
-        self.logger.log(|| ThreadIdle {
-            worker: worker_index,
-            latch_addr: latch.addr(),
-        });
-
+    pub(super) fn start_looking(&self, worker_index: usize) -> IdleState {
         self.counters.add_inactive_thread();
 
         IdleState {
@@ -88,12 +78,7 @@
     }
 
     #[inline]
-    pub(super) fn work_found(&self, idle_state: IdleState) {
-        self.logger.log(|| ThreadFoundWork {
-            worker: idle_state.worker_index,
-            yields: idle_state.rounds,
-        });
-
+    pub(super) fn work_found(&self) {
         // If we were the last idle thread and other threads are still sleeping,
         // then we should wake up another thread.
         let threads_to_wake = self.counters.sub_inactive_thread();
@@ -111,7 +96,7 @@
             thread::yield_now();
             idle_state.rounds += 1;
         } else if idle_state.rounds == ROUNDS_UNTIL_SLEEPY {
-            idle_state.jobs_counter = self.announce_sleepy(idle_state.worker_index);
+            idle_state.jobs_counter = self.announce_sleepy();
             idle_state.rounds += 1;
             thread::yield_now();
         } else if idle_state.rounds < ROUNDS_UNTIL_SLEEPING {
@@ -124,16 +109,10 @@
     }
 
     #[cold]
-    fn announce_sleepy(&self, worker_index: usize) -> JobsEventCounter {
-        let counters = self
-            .counters
-            .increment_jobs_event_counter_if(JobsEventCounter::is_active);
-        let jobs_counter = counters.jobs_counter();
-        self.logger.log(|| ThreadSleepy {
-            worker: worker_index,
-            jobs_counter: jobs_counter.as_usize(),
-        });
-        jobs_counter
+    fn announce_sleepy(&self) -> JobsEventCounter {
+        self.counters
+            .increment_jobs_event_counter_if(JobsEventCounter::is_active)
+            .jobs_counter()
     }
 
     #[cold]
@@ -146,11 +125,6 @@
         let worker_index = idle_state.worker_index;
 
         if !latch.get_sleepy() {
-            self.logger.log(|| ThreadSleepInterruptedByLatch {
-                worker: worker_index,
-                latch_addr: latch.addr(),
-            });
-
             return;
         }
 
@@ -161,11 +135,6 @@
         // Our latch was signalled. We should wake back up fully as we
         // will have some stuff to do.
         if !latch.fall_asleep() {
-            self.logger.log(|| ThreadSleepInterruptedByLatch {
-                worker: worker_index,
-                latch_addr: latch.addr(),
-            });
-
             idle_state.wake_fully();
             return;
         }
@@ -180,10 +149,6 @@
                 // we didn't see it. We should return to just before the SLEEPY
                 // state so we can do another search and (if we fail to find
                 // work) go back to sleep.
-                self.logger.log(|| ThreadSleepInterruptedByJob {
-                    worker: worker_index,
-                });
-
                 idle_state.wake_partly();
                 latch.wake_up();
                 return;
@@ -197,11 +162,6 @@
 
         // Successfully registered as asleep.
 
-        self.logger.log(|| ThreadSleeping {
-            worker: worker_index,
-            latch_addr: latch.addr(),
-        });
-
         // We have one last check for injected jobs to do. This protects against
         // deadlock in the very unlikely event that
         //
@@ -232,11 +192,6 @@
         // Update other state:
         idle_state.wake_fully();
         latch.wake_up();
-
-        self.logger.log(|| ThreadAwoken {
-            worker: worker_index,
-            latch_addr: latch.addr(),
-        });
     }
 
     /// Notify the given thread that it should wake up (if it is
@@ -254,24 +209,16 @@
     ///
     /// # Parameters
     ///
-    /// - `source_worker_index` -- index of the thread that did the
-    ///   push, or `usize::MAX` if this came from outside the thread
-    ///   pool -- it is used only for logging.
     /// - `num_jobs` -- lower bound on number of jobs available for stealing.
     ///   We'll try to get at least one thread per job.
     #[inline]
-    pub(super) fn new_injected_jobs(
-        &self,
-        source_worker_index: usize,
-        num_jobs: u32,
-        queue_was_empty: bool,
-    ) {
+    pub(super) fn new_injected_jobs(&self, num_jobs: u32, queue_was_empty: bool) {
         // This fence is needed to guarantee that threads
         // as they are about to fall asleep, observe any
         // new jobs that may have been injected.
         std::sync::atomic::fence(Ordering::SeqCst);
 
-        self.new_jobs(source_worker_index, num_jobs, queue_was_empty)
+        self.new_jobs(num_jobs, queue_was_empty)
     }
 
     /// Signals that `num_jobs` new jobs were pushed onto a thread's
@@ -284,24 +231,16 @@
     ///
     /// # Parameters
     ///
-    /// - `source_worker_index` -- index of the thread that did the
-    ///   push, or `usize::MAX` if this came from outside the thread
-    ///   pool -- it is used only for logging.
     /// - `num_jobs` -- lower bound on number of jobs available for stealing.
     ///   We'll try to get at least one thread per job.
     #[inline]
-    pub(super) fn new_internal_jobs(
-        &self,
-        source_worker_index: usize,
-        num_jobs: u32,
-        queue_was_empty: bool,
-    ) {
-        self.new_jobs(source_worker_index, num_jobs, queue_was_empty)
+    pub(super) fn new_internal_jobs(&self, num_jobs: u32, queue_was_empty: bool) {
+        self.new_jobs(num_jobs, queue_was_empty)
     }
 
     /// Common helper for `new_injected_jobs` and `new_internal_jobs`.
     #[inline]
-    fn new_jobs(&self, source_worker_index: usize, num_jobs: u32, queue_was_empty: bool) {
+    fn new_jobs(&self, num_jobs: u32, queue_was_empty: bool) {
         // Read the counters and -- if sleepy workers have announced themselves
         // -- announce that there is now work available. The final value of `counters`
         // with which we exit the loop thus corresponds to a state when
@@ -311,12 +250,6 @@
         let num_awake_but_idle = counters.awake_but_idle_threads();
         let num_sleepers = counters.sleeping_threads();
 
-        self.logger.log(|| JobThreadCounts {
-            worker: source_worker_index,
-            num_idle: num_awake_but_idle as u16,
-            num_sleepers: num_sleepers as u16,
-        });
-
         if num_sleepers == 0 {
             // nobody to wake
             return;
@@ -372,8 +305,6 @@
             // do.
             self.counters.sub_sleeping_thread();
 
-            self.logger.log(|| ThreadNotify { worker: index });
-
             true
         } else {
             false
diff --git a/src/spawn/mod.rs b/src/spawn/mod.rs
index 1aa9edb..22c5898 100644
--- a/src/spawn/mod.rs
+++ b/src/spawn/mod.rs
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 use std::mem;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
-/// Fires off a task into the Rayon threadpool in the "static" or
-/// "global" scope.  Just like a standard thread, this task is not
+/// Puts the task into the Rayon threadpool's job queue in the "static"
+/// or "global" scope. Just like a standard thread, this task is not
 /// tied to the current stack frame, and hence it cannot hold any
 /// references other than those with `'static` lifetime. If you want
 /// to spawn a task that references stack data, use [the `scope()`
diff --git a/src/thread_pool/mod.rs b/src/thread_pool/mod.rs
index c37826e..5ae6e0f 100644
--- a/src/thread_pool/mod.rs
+++ b/src/thread_pool/mod.rs
@@ -80,6 +80,43 @@
     /// thread-local data from the current thread will not be
     /// accessible.
     ///
+    /// # Warning: execution order
+    ///
+    /// If the current thread is part of a different thread pool, it will try to
+    /// keep busy while the `op` completes in its target pool, similar to
+    /// calling [`ThreadPool::yield_now()`] in a loop. Therefore, it may
+    /// potentially schedule other tasks to run on the current thread in the
+    /// meantime. For example
+    ///
+    /// ```rust
+    /// # use rayon_core as rayon;
+    /// fn main() {
+    ///     rayon::ThreadPoolBuilder::new().num_threads(1).build_global().unwrap();
+    ///     let pool = rayon_core::ThreadPoolBuilder::default().build().unwrap();
+    ///     let do_it = || {
+    ///         print!("one ");
+    ///         pool.install(||{});
+    ///         print!("two ");
+    ///     };
+    ///     rayon::join(|| do_it(), || do_it());
+    /// }
+    /// ```
+    ///
+    /// Since we configured just one thread in the global pool, one might
+    /// expect `do_it()` to run sequentially, producing:
+    ///
+    /// ```ascii
+    /// one two one two
+    /// ```
+    ///
+    /// However each call to `install()` yields implicitly, allowing rayon to
+    /// run multiple instances of `do_it()` concurrently on the single, global
+    /// thread. The following output would be equally valid:
+    ///
+    /// ```ascii
+    /// one one two two
+    /// ```
+    ///
     /// # Panics
     ///
     /// If `op` should panic, that panic will be propagated.
diff --git a/src/thread_pool/test.rs b/src/thread_pool/test.rs
index 6143e57..88b3628 100644
--- a/src/thread_pool/test.rs
+++ b/src/thread_pool/test.rs
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@
 
 #[test]
 fn yield_now_to_spawn() {
-    let (tx, rx) = crossbeam_channel::bounded(1);
+    let (tx, rx) = channel();
 
     // Queue a regular spawn.
     crate::spawn(move || tx.send(22).unwrap());
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@
 
 #[test]
 fn yield_local_to_spawn() {
-    let (tx, rx) = crossbeam_channel::bounded(1);
+    let (tx, rx) = channel();
 
     // Queue a regular spawn.
     crate::spawn(move || tx.send(22).unwrap());
diff --git a/tests/scoped_threadpool.rs b/tests/scoped_threadpool.rs
index 534e8bb..9321471 100644
--- a/tests/scoped_threadpool.rs
+++ b/tests/scoped_threadpool.rs
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
                     },
                 )
                 .expect("thread pool created");
-            // Internally, `crossbeam::scope` will wait for the threads to exit before returning.
+            // Internally, `std::thread::scope` will wait for the threads to exit before returning.
         });
     });
 }
diff --git a/tests/use_current_thread.rs b/tests/use_current_thread.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ec801c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/use_current_thread.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+use rayon_core::ThreadPoolBuilder;
+use std::sync::{Arc, Condvar, Mutex};
+use std::thread::{self, JoinHandle};
+
+#[test]
+#[cfg_attr(any(target_os = "emscripten", target_family = "wasm"), ignore)]
+fn use_current_thread_basic() {
+    static JOIN_HANDLES: Mutex<Vec<JoinHandle<()>>> = Mutex::new(Vec::new());
+    let pool = ThreadPoolBuilder::new()
+        .num_threads(2)
+        .use_current_thread()
+        .spawn_handler(|builder| {
+            let handle = thread::Builder::new().spawn(|| builder.run())?;
+            JOIN_HANDLES.lock().unwrap().push(handle);
+            Ok(())
+        })
+        .build()
+        .unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(rayon_core::current_thread_index(), Some(0));
+    assert_eq!(
+        JOIN_HANDLES.lock().unwrap().len(),
+        1,
+        "Should only spawn one extra thread"
+    );
+
+    let another_pool = ThreadPoolBuilder::new()
+        .num_threads(2)
+        .use_current_thread()
+        .build();
+    assert!(
+        another_pool.is_err(),
+        "Should error if the thread is already part of a pool"
+    );
+
+    let pair = Arc::new((Mutex::new(false), Condvar::new()));
+    let pair2 = Arc::clone(&pair);
+    pool.spawn(move || {
+        assert_ne!(rayon_core::current_thread_index(), Some(0));
+        // This should execute even if the current thread is blocked, since we have two threads in
+        // the pool.
+        let &(ref started, ref condvar) = &*pair2;
+        *started.lock().unwrap() = true;
+        condvar.notify_one();
+    });
+
+    let _guard = pair
+        .1
+        .wait_while(pair.0.lock().unwrap(), |ran| !*ran)
+        .unwrap();
+    std::mem::drop(pool); // Drop the pool.
+
+    // Wait until all threads have actually exited. This is not really needed, other than to
+    // reduce noise of leak-checking tools.
+    for handle in std::mem::take(&mut *JOIN_HANDLES.lock().unwrap()) {
+        let _ = handle.join();
+    }
+}