Threads

Functions
void *	thread_init (void(*threadfunc)(void *), void *user, const char *name)
void	thread_wait (void *thread)
void	thread_yield ()
void	thread_detach (void *thread)
void	thread_init_and_detach (void(*threadfunc)(void *), void *user, const char *name)

Detailed Description

Threading related functions.

See also

Locks

Semaphore

Function Documentation

thread_detach()

void thread_detach

(

void *

thread

)

Puts the thread in the detached state, guaranteeing that resources of the thread will be freed immediately when the thread terminates.

Parameters

thread

Thread to detach.

thread_init()

void * thread_init	(	void(*)(void *)	threadfunc,
		void *	user,
		const char *	name
	)

Creates a new thread.

Parameters

threadfunc	Entry point for the new thread.
user	Pointer to pass to the thread.
name	Name describing the use of the thread.

Returns

Handle for the new thread.

thread_init_and_detach()

void thread_init_and_detach	(	void(*)(void *)	threadfunc,
		void *	user,
		const char *	name
	)

Creates a new thread and detaches it.

Parameters

threadfunc	Entry point for the new thread.
user	Pointer to pass to the thread.
name	Name describing the use of the thread.

thread_wait()

void thread_wait

(

void *

thread

)

Waits for a thread to be done or destroyed.

Parameters

thread

Thread to wait for.

thread_yield()

void thread_yield

(

)

Yield the current thread's execution slice.