/home/elb/work/cs590n/mace/mace/lib/ThreadCreate.h File Reference

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Detailed Description

provides macro declarations for creating new threads.

All threads should be created Using these macros. They have at least the following benefits:

• automatic logging at thread creation and destruction
• automatic call to Scheduler::shutdownJoinThread() to make sure it gets joined on exit
• automatic call to Scheduler::joinThread() on end to allow the thread to be joined quickly
• Ability to start threads in static methods or object methods

Definition in file ThreadCreate.h.

#include <pthread.h>
#include <string>

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Classes
class	RunThreadClass
	Class marker for classes which are used for running new threads. More...
Defines
#define	runNewThread(a, b, c, f)   _runNewThread(a, b, c, f, #b)
	Start a new thread in a static method or global method.
#define	runNewThreadClass(a, cl, b, c, f)   _runNewThreadClass(a, cl, b, c, f, #b)
	Start a new thread in a class method.
Typedefs
typedef void *(*	func )(void *)
	non-class function for starting a thread
typedef void *(RunThreadClass::*	classfunc )(void *)
	class-member function for starting a thread
Functions
void	_runNewThread (pthread_t *t, func f, void *arg, pthread_attr_t *attr, const char *fname, bool joinThread=true)
	Generally you should not use this directly. Exceptions are if you don't want joinThread or if you want to specify a different string.
void	_runNewThreadClass (pthread_t *t, RunThreadClass *c, classfunc f, void *arg, pthread_attr_t *attr, const char *fname, bool joinThread=true)
	Generally you should not use this directly. Exceptions are if you don't want joinThread or if you want to specify a different string.
void	logThread (uint64_t vtid, const std::string &fname, bool ending=false)
	Method to do standard logging at beginning and end of thread. Declared here to be able to call in main.

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Define Documentation

#define runNewThread	(	a,
		b,
		c,
		f		)	_runNewThread(a, b, c, f, #b)

Start a new thread in a static method or global method.

Parameters:

	a	pthread to store the created thread
	b	the function to call on start
	c	the void* parameter to pass the function
	f	the pthread attributes

Definition at line 66 of file ThreadCreate.h.

Referenced by BufferedBlockManager::open(), and Accumulator::startLogging().

#define runNewThreadClass	(	a,
		cl,
		b,
		c,
		f		)	_runNewThreadClass(a, cl, b, c, f, #b)

Start a new thread in a class method.

Parameters:

	a	pthread to store the created thread
	cl	the class object to call the function on
	b	the function to call on start
	c	the void* parameter to pass the function
	f	the pthread attributes

Definition at line 75 of file ThreadCreate.h.