Blame view

RIOT/sys/posix/pthread/include/pthread_threading.h 4.07 KB
a752c7ab   elopes   add first test an...
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
  /*
   * Copyright (C) 2014 René Kijewski <rene.kijewski@fu-berlin.de>
   *
   * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU Lesser
   * General Public License v2.1. See the file LICENSE in the top level
   * directory for more details.
   */
  
  /**
   * @ingroup pthread
   * @{
   * @file
   * @brief   Thread creation features.
   * @note    Do not include this header file directly, but pthread.h.
   */
  
  #ifndef PTHREAD_THREADING_H
  #define PTHREAD_THREADING_H
  
  #include "kernel_defines.h"
  
  #ifdef __cplusplus
  extern "C" {
  #endif
  
  /**
   * @brief        Datatype to identify a POSIX thread.
   * @note         The pthread ids are one off to the index in the internal array.
   */
  typedef unsigned pthread_t;
  
  /**
   * @brief        Spawn a new POSIX thread.
   * @details      This functions starts a new thread.
   *               The thread will be joinable (from another pthread),
   *               unless `attr` tells to create the thread detached.
   *               A non-detached thread must be joined will stay a zombie into it is joined.
   *               You can call pthread_exit() inside the thread, or return from `start_routine()`.
   * @note         Cancellation is currently not implemented.
   * @note         In an embedded system you probably want to supply a statically allocated stack in `attr`.
   * @param[out]   newthread       The identifier of the new thread.
   * @param[in]    attr            An attribute set that describes how the new thread should be started.
   * @param[in]    start_routine   The entry point of the new thread.
   * @param[in]    arg             Argument supplied to `start_routine`.
   * @return       `== 0` on success.
   *               `!= 0` on error.
   */
  int pthread_create(pthread_t *newthread, const pthread_attr_t *attr, void *(*start_routine)(void *), void *arg);
  
  /**
   * @brief        Exit calling pthread.
   * @note         Only pthreads must call this function.
   *               Native threads must call sched_thread_exit().
   *               A pthread must not call sched_thread_exit().
   * @param[out]   retval   Return value, supplied to a joining thread.
   * @return       This function does not return.
   */
  void pthread_exit(void *retval) NORETURN;
  
  /**
   * @brief        Join a pthread.
   * @details      The current thread sleeps until `th` exits.
   *               The exit value of `th` gets written into `thread_return`.
   *               You can only join pthreads, and only pthreads can join.
   *               A thread must not join itself.
   * @param[in]    th              pthread to join, the id was supplied by pthread_create()
   * @param[out]   thread_return   Exit code of `th`.
   * @return       `== 0` on success.
   *               `!= 0` on error.
   */
  int pthread_join(pthread_t th, void **thread_return);
  
  /**
   * @brief        Make a pthread unjoinable.
   * @details      The resources of a detached thread get released as soon as it exits,
   *               without the need to call pthread_join() out of another pthread.
   *               In fact you cannot join a detached thread, it will return an error.
   *               Detaching a thread while another thread tries to join it causes undefined behavior.
   *               A pthread may detach himself.
   *               A non-pthread may call this function, too.
   *               A pthread cannot be "attached" again.
   * @param[in]    th   pthread to detach.
   * @return       `== 0` on success.
   *               `!= 0` on error.
   */
  int pthread_detach(pthread_t th);
  
  /**
   * @brief        Returns the pthread id of the calling/current thread.
   * @note         This function should not be used to determine if the calling thread is a pthread.
   *               If your logic is sane then there should be no need to do that.
   * @return       `> 0` identifies the calling pthread.
   *               `== 0` if the calling thread is not a pthread.
   */
  pthread_t pthread_self(void);
  
  /**
   * @brief        Compared two pthread identifiers.
   * @return       `0` if the ids identify two different threads.
   */
  static inline int pthread_equal(pthread_t thread1, pthread_t thread2)
  {
      return thread1 == thread2;
  }
  
  #ifdef __cplusplus
  }
  #endif
  
  #endif /* PTHREAD_THREADING_H */
  
  /**
   * @}
   */