/********************************** * @author Johan Hanssen Seferidis * License: MIT * **********************************/ #ifndef _THPOOL_ #define _THPOOL_ #ifdef __cplusplus extern "C" { #endif /* =================================== API ======================================= */ typedef struct thpool_* threadpool; /** * @brief Initialize threadpool * * Initializes a threadpool. This function will not return until all * threads have initialized successfully. * * @example * * .. * threadpool thpool; //First we declare a threadpool * thpool = thpool_init(4); //then we initialize it to 4 threads * .. * * @param num_threads number of threads to be created in the threadpool * @return threadpool created threadpool on success, * NULL on error */ threadpool thpool_init(int num_threads); /** * @brief Add work to the job queue * * Takes an action and its argument and adds it to the threadpool's job queue. * If you want to add to work a function with more than one arguments then * a way to implement this is by passing a pointer to a structure. * * NOTICE: You have to cast both the function and argument to not get warnings. * * @example * * void print_num(int num){ * printf("%d\n", num); * } * * int main() { * .. * int a = 10; * thpool_add_work(thpool, (void*)print_num, (void*)a); * .. * } * * @param threadpool threadpool to which the work will be added * @param function_p pointer to function to add as work * @param arg_p pointer to an argument * @return 0 on successs, -1 otherwise. */ int thpool_add_work(threadpool, void (*function_p)(void*), void* arg_p); /** * @brief Wait for all queued jobs to finish * * Will wait for all jobs - both queued and currently running to finish. * Once the queue is empty and all work has completed, the calling thread * (probably the main program) will continue. * * Smart polling is used in wait. The polling is initially 0 - meaning that * there is virtually no polling at all. If after 1 seconds the threads * haven't finished, the polling interval starts growing exponentially * until it reaches max_secs seconds. Then it jumps down to a maximum polling * interval assuming that heavy processing is being used in the threadpool. * * @example * * .. * threadpool thpool = thpool_init(4); * .. * // Add a bunch of work * .. * thpool_wait(thpool); * puts("All added work has finished"); * .. * * @param threadpool the threadpool to wait for * @return nothing */ void thpool_wait(threadpool); /** * @brief Pauses all threads immediately * * The threads will be paused no matter if they are idle or working. * The threads return to their previous states once thpool_resume * is called. * * While the thread is being paused, new work can be added. * * @example * * threadpool thpool = thpool_init(4); * thpool_pause(thpool); * .. * // Add a bunch of work * .. * thpool_resume(thpool); // Let the threads start their magic * * @param threadpool the threadpool where the threads should be paused * @return nothing */ void thpool_pause(threadpool); /** * @brief Unpauses all threads if they are paused * * @example * .. * thpool_pause(thpool); * sleep(10); // Delay execution 10 seconds * thpool_resume(thpool); * .. * * @param threadpool the threadpool where the threads should be unpaused * @return nothing */ void thpool_resume(threadpool); /** * @brief Destroy the threadpool * * This will wait for the currently active threads to finish and then 'kill' * the whole threadpool to free up memory. * * @example * int main() { * threadpool thpool1 = thpool_init(2); * threadpool thpool2 = thpool_init(2); * .. * thpool_destroy(thpool1); * .. * return 0; * } * * @param threadpool the threadpool to destroy * @return nothing */ void thpool_destroy(threadpool); /** * @brief Show currently working threads * * Working threads are the threads that are performing work (not idle). * * @example * int main() { * threadpool thpool1 = thpool_init(2); * threadpool thpool2 = thpool_init(2); * .. * printf("Working threads: %d\n", thpool_num_threads_working(thpool1)); * .. * return 0; * } * * @param threadpool the threadpool of interest * @return integer number of threads working */ int thpool_num_threads_working(threadpool); #ifdef __cplusplus } #endif #endif