// Copyright 2012-2022 David Robillard // SPDX-License-Identifier: ISC #ifndef ZIX_THREAD_H #define ZIX_THREAD_H #include "zix/attributes.h" #include "zix/status.h" #ifdef _WIN32 # include #else # include #endif #include ZIX_BEGIN_DECLS /** @defgroup zix_thread Thread @ingroup zix_threading @{ */ #ifdef _WIN32 # define ZIX_THREAD_RESULT 0 # define ZIX_THREAD_FUNC __stdcall typedef HANDLE ZixThread; typedef DWORD ZixThreadResult; #else # define ZIX_THREAD_RESULT NULL ///< Result returned from a thread function # define ZIX_THREAD_FUNC ///< Thread function attribute typedef pthread_t ZixThread; ///< A thread typedef void* ZixThreadResult; ///< Thread function return type #endif /** A thread function. For portability reasons, the return type varies between platforms, and the return value is ignored. Thread functions should always return #ZIX_THREAD_RESULT. This allows thread functions to be used directly by the system without any wrapper overhead. "Returning" a result, and communicating with the parent thread in general, can be done through the pointer argument. */ typedef ZixThreadResult(ZIX_THREAD_FUNC* ZixThreadFunc)(void*); /** Initialize `thread` to a new thread. The thread will immediately be launched, calling `function` with `arg` as the only parameter. */ ZIX_API ZixStatus zix_thread_create(ZixThread* thread, size_t stack_size, ZixThreadFunc function, void* arg); /// Join `thread` (block until `thread` exits) ZIX_API ZixStatus zix_thread_join(ZixThread thread); /** @} */ ZIX_END_DECLS #endif /* ZIX_THREAD_H */