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RIOT/sys/posix/pthread/include/pthread_barrier.h
2014-04-06 19:25:15 +02:00

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/* Functions to handle barriers. */
#include "mutex.h"
#define PTHREAD_PROCESS_SHARED (0) /**< Share the barrier with child processes (default). */
#define PTHREAD_PROCESS_PRIVATE (1) /**< Do not share the barrier with child processes. */
/**
* @brief Internal structure to store the list of waiting threads.
*/
typedef struct pthread_barrier_waiting_node
{
struct pthread_barrier_waiting_node *next; /**< The next waiting thread. */
int pid; /**< The current thread to wake up. */
volatile int cont; /**< 0 = spurious wake up, 1 = wake up */
} pthread_barrier_waiting_node_t;
/**
* @brief A synchronization barrier.
* @details Initialize with pthread_barrier_init().
* For a zeroed out datum you do not need to call the initializer, it is enough to set `count`.
*/
typedef struct pthread_barrier
{
struct pthread_barrier_waiting_node *next; /**< The first waiting thread. */
mutex_t mutex; /**< Mutex to unlock to wake the thread up. */
volatile int count; /**< Wait to N more threads before waking everyone up. */
} pthread_barrier_t;
/**
* @brief Details for a pthread_barrier_t.
* @details RIOT does not need this structure, because it is a single process OS.
* This is only here to POSIX compatibility.
*/
typedef struct pthread_barrierattr
{
int pshared; /**< Set pthread_barrierattr_setpshared() and pthread_barrierattr_getpshared(). */
} pthread_barrierattr_t;
/**
* @brief Initializes a pthread_barrier_t
* @param barrier Datum to initialize
* @param attr (unused)
* @param count Number of thread to wait for
* @returns 0, the invocation cannot fail
*/
int pthread_barrier_init(pthread_barrier_t *barrier,
const pthread_barrierattr_t *attr,
unsigned int count);
/**
* @brief Destroys a pthread_barrier_t
* @details To use the barrier again you will need to call pthread_barrier_init() again.
* Destroying a barrier while threads are currently waiting for it causes indefined behavior.
* @param barrier Barrier to destoy
* @returns 0, the invocation cannot fail
*/
int pthread_barrier_destroy(pthread_barrier_t *barrier);
/**
* @brief Waiting on a synchronization barrier
* @details The barrier need to be initialized with pthread_barrier_init().
* @param barrier Barrier to wait for
* @returns 0, the invocation cannot fail
*/
int pthread_barrier_wait(pthread_barrier_t *barrier);
/**
* @brief Initialize a pthread_barrierattr_t
* @details A zeroed out datum is initialized.
* @param attr Datum to initialize.
* @returns 0, the invocation cannot fail
*/
int pthread_barrierattr_init(pthread_barrierattr_t *attr);
/**
* @brief Destroy a pthread_barrierattr_t
* @details This function does nothing.
* @param attr Datum to destroy
* @returns 0, the invocation cannot fail
*/
int pthread_barrierattr_destroy(pthread_barrierattr_t *attr);
/**
* @brief Returns whether the barrier attribute was set to be shared
* @param attr Barrier attribute to read
* @param pshared The value previously stored with pthread_barrierattr_setpshared().
* @returns 0, the invocation cannot fail
*/
int pthread_barrierattr_getpshared(const pthread_barrierattr_t *attr, int *pshared);
/**
* @brief Set if the barrier should be shared with child processes
* @details Since RIOT is a single process OS, pthread_barrier_init() wil ignore the value.
* @param attr Attribute set for pthread_barrier_init()
* @param pshared Either PTHREAD_PROCESS_PRIVATE or PTHREAD_PROCESS_SHARED
* @returns 0, the invocation cannot fail
*/
int pthread_barrierattr_setpshared(pthread_barrierattr_t *attr, int pshared);