pthread_threading.h
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1 /*
2  * Copyright (C) 2014 René Kijewski <rene.kijewski@fu-berlin.de>
3  *
4  * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU Lesser
5  * General Public License v2.1. See the file LICENSE in the top level
6  * directory for more details.
7  */
8 
17 #ifndef PTHREAD_THREADING_H
18 #define PTHREAD_THREADING_H
19 
20 #include "kernel_defines.h"
21 
22 #ifdef __cplusplus
23 extern "C" {
24 #endif
25 
30 typedef unsigned pthread_t;
31 
48 int pthread_create(pthread_t *newthread, const pthread_attr_t *attr, void *(*start_routine)(void *), void *arg);
49 
57 void pthread_exit(void *retval) NORETURN;
58 
70 int pthread_join(pthread_t th, void **thread_return);
71 
85 int pthread_detach(pthread_t th);
86 
94 pthread_t pthread_self(void);
95 
100 static inline int pthread_equal(pthread_t thread1, pthread_t thread2)
101 {
102  return thread1 == thread2;
103 }
104 
105 #ifdef __cplusplus
106 }
107 #endif
108 
109 #endif /* PTHREAD_THREADING_H */
110 
NORETURN
#define NORETURN
The NORETURN keyword tells the compiler to assume that the function cannot return.
Definition: compiler_hints.h:39
kernel_defines.h
Common macros and compiler attributes/pragmas configuration.
pthread_detach
int pthread_detach(pthread_t th)
Make a pthread unjoinable.
pthread_create
int pthread_create(pthread_t *newthread, const pthread_attr_t *attr, void *(*start_routine)(void *), void *arg)
Spawn a new POSIX thread.
pthread_equal
static int pthread_equal(pthread_t thread1, pthread_t thread2)
Compared two pthread identifiers.
Definition: pthread_threading.h:100
pthread_self
pthread_t pthread_self(void)
Returns the pthread id of the calling/current thread.
pthread_exit
void pthread_exit(void *retval) NORETURN
Exit calling pthread.
pthread_join
int pthread_join(pthread_t th, void **thread_return)
Join a pthread.
pthread_t
unsigned pthread_t
Datatype to identify a POSIX thread.
Definition: pthread_threading.h:30
pthread_attr_t
An attribute set to supply to pthread_create()
Definition: pthread_threading_attr.h:30