efl/src/lib/eina/eina_thread.h

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/* EINA - EFL data type library
* Copyright (C) 2012 Cedric Bail
*
* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
* version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
* This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
* Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
* License along with this library;
* if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/
#ifndef EINA_THREAD_H_
#define EINA_THREAD_H_
#include "eina_config.h"
#include "eina_types.h"
#include "eina_error.h"
/**
* @addtogroup Eina_Tools_Group Tools
*
* @{
*/
/**
* @defgroup Eina_Thread_Group Thread
*
* Abstracts platform threads, providing an uniform API. It's modeled
* after POSIX THREADS (pthreads), on Linux they are almost 1:1
* mapping.
*
* @see @ref Eina_Lock_Group for mutex/locking abstraction.
*
* @since 1.8
* @{
*/
typedef unsigned long int Eina_Thread;
typedef void *(*Eina_Thread_Cb)(void *data, Eina_Thread t);
typedef enum _Eina_Thread_Priority
{
EINA_THREAD_URGENT,
EINA_THREAD_NORMAL,
EINA_THREAD_BACKGROUND,
EINA_THREAD_IDLE
} Eina_Thread_Priority;
/**
* Return identifier of the current thread.
* @return identifier of current thread.
* @since 1.8
*/
EAPI Eina_Thread eina_thread_self(void) EINA_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
/**
* Check if two thread identifiers are the same.
* @param t1 first thread identifier to compare.
* @param t2 second thread identifier to compare.
* @return #EINA_TRUE if they are equal, #EINA_FALSE otherwise.
* @since 1.8
*/
EAPI Eina_Bool eina_thread_equal(Eina_Thread t1, Eina_Thread t2) EINA_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
/**
* Create a new thread, setting its priority and affinity.
*
* @param t[out] where to return the thread identifier. Must @b not be @c NULL.
* @param prio thread priority to use, usually #EINA_THREAD_BACKGROUND
* @param affinity thread affinity to use. To not set affinity use @c -1.
* @param func function to run in the thread. Must @b not be @c NULL.
* @param data context data to provide to @a func as first argument.
* @return #EINA_TRUE if thread was created, #EINA_FALSE on errors.
* @since 1.8
*/
EAPI Eina_Bool eina_thread_create(Eina_Thread *t,
Eina_Thread_Priority prio, int affinity,
Eina_Thread_Cb func, const void *data) EINA_ARG_NONNULL(1, 4) EINA_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
/**
* Join a currently running thread, waiting until it finishes.
*
* This function will block the current thread until @a t
* finishes. The returned value is the one returned by @a t @c func()
* and may be @c NULL on errors. See @ref Eina_Error_Group to identify
* problems.
*
* @param t thread identifier to wait.
* @return value returned by @a t creation function @c func() or
* @c NULL on errors. Check error with @ref Eina_Error_Group.
* @since 1.8
*/
EAPI void *eina_thread_join(Eina_Thread t);
/**
* @}
*/
/**
* @}
*/
#endif