SDL_thread.h
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*/
#ifndef SDL_thread_h_
#define SDL_thread_h_
/**
* # CategoryThread
*
* Header for the SDL thread management routines.
*/
#include "SDL_stdinc.h"
#include "SDL_error.h"
/* Thread synchronization primitives */
#include "SDL_atomic.h"
#include "SDL_mutex.h"
#if (defined(__WIN32__) || defined(__GDK__)) && !defined(__WINRT__)
#include <process.h> /* _beginthreadex() and _endthreadex() */
#endif
#if defined(__OS2__) /* for _beginthread() and _endthread() */
#ifndef __EMX__
#include <process.h>
#else
#include <stdlib.h>
#endif
#endif
#include "begin_code.h"
/* Set up for C function definitions, even when using C++ */
#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif
/* The SDL thread structure, defined in SDL_thread.c */
struct SDL_Thread;
typedef struct SDL_Thread SDL_Thread;
/* The SDL thread ID */
typedef unsigned long SDL_threadID;
/* Thread local storage ID, 0 is the invalid ID */
typedef unsigned int SDL_TLSID;
/**
* The SDL thread priority.
*
* SDL will make system changes as necessary in order to apply the thread
* priority. Code which attempts to control thread state related to priority
* should be aware that calling SDL_SetThreadPriority may alter such state.
* SDL_HINT_THREAD_PRIORITY_POLICY can be used to control aspects of this
* behavior.
*
* On many systems you require special privileges to set high or time critical
* priority.
*/
typedef enum SDL_ThreadPriority {
SDL_THREAD_PRIORITY_LOW,
SDL_THREAD_PRIORITY_NORMAL,
SDL_THREAD_PRIORITY_HIGH,
SDL_THREAD_PRIORITY_TIME_CRITICAL
} SDL_ThreadPriority;
/**
* The function passed to SDL_CreateThread().
*
* \param data what was passed as `data` to SDL_CreateThread().
* \returns a value that can be reported through SDL_WaitThread().
*/
typedef int (SDLCALL * SDL_ThreadFunction) (void *data);
#if (defined(__WIN32__) || defined(__GDK__)) && !defined(__WINRT__)
/**
* \file SDL_thread.h
*
* We compile SDL into a DLL. This means, that it's the DLL which
* creates a new thread for the calling process with the SDL_CreateThread()
* API. There is a problem with this, that only the RTL of the SDL2.DLL will
* be initialized for those threads, and not the RTL of the calling
* application!
*
* To solve this, we make a little hack here.
*
* We'll always use the caller's _beginthread() and _endthread() APIs to
* start a new thread. This way, if it's the SDL2.DLL which uses this API,
* then the RTL of SDL2.DLL will be used to create the new thread, and if it's
* the application, then the RTL of the application will be used.
*
* So, in short:
* Always use the _beginthread() and _endthread() of the calling runtime
* library!
*/
#define SDL_PASSED_BEGINTHREAD_ENDTHREAD
typedef uintptr_t (__cdecl * pfnSDL_CurrentBeginThread)
(void *, unsigned, unsigned (__stdcall *func)(void *),
void * /*arg*/, unsigned, unsigned * /* threadID */);
typedef void (__cdecl * pfnSDL_CurrentEndThread) (unsigned code);
#ifndef SDL_beginthread
#define SDL_beginthread _beginthreadex
#endif
#ifndef SDL_endthread
#define SDL_endthread _endthreadex
#endif
extern DECLSPEC SDL_Thread *SDLCALL
SDL_CreateThread(SDL_ThreadFunction fn, const char *name, void *data,
pfnSDL_CurrentBeginThread pfnBeginThread,
pfnSDL_CurrentEndThread pfnEndThread);
extern DECLSPEC SDL_Thread *SDLCALL
SDL_CreateThreadWithStackSize(SDL_ThreadFunction fn,
const char *name, const size_t stacksize, void *data,
pfnSDL_CurrentBeginThread pfnBeginThread,
pfnSDL_CurrentEndThread pfnEndThread);
#if defined(SDL_CreateThread) && SDL_DYNAMIC_API
#undef SDL_CreateThread
#define SDL_CreateThread(fn, name, data) SDL_CreateThread_REAL(fn, name, data, (pfnSDL_CurrentBeginThread)SDL_beginthread, (pfnSDL_CurrentEndThread)SDL_endthread)
#undef SDL_CreateThreadWithStackSize
#define SDL_CreateThreadWithStackSize(fn, name, stacksize, data) SDL_CreateThreadWithStackSize_REAL(fn, name, stacksize, data, (pfnSDL_CurrentBeginThread)SDL_beginthread, (pfnSDL_CurrentEndThread)SDL_endthread)
#else
#define SDL_CreateThread(fn, name, data) SDL_CreateThread(fn, name, data, (pfnSDL_CurrentBeginThread)SDL_beginthread, (pfnSDL_CurrentEndThread)SDL_endthread)
#define SDL_CreateThreadWithStackSize(fn, name, stacksize, data) SDL_CreateThreadWithStackSize(fn, name, stacksize, data, (pfnSDL_CurrentBeginThread)SDL_beginthread, (pfnSDL_CurrentEndThread)SDL_endthread)
#endif
#elif defined(__OS2__)
/*
* just like the windows case above: We compile SDL2
* into a dll with Watcom's runtime statically linked.
*/
#define SDL_PASSED_BEGINTHREAD_ENDTHREAD
typedef int (*pfnSDL_CurrentBeginThread)(void (*func)(void *), void *, unsigned, void * /*arg*/);
typedef void (*pfnSDL_CurrentEndThread)(void);
#ifndef SDL_beginthread
#define SDL_beginthread _beginthread
#endif
#ifndef SDL_endthread
#define SDL_endthread _endthread
#endif
extern DECLSPEC SDL_Thread *SDLCALL
SDL_CreateThread(SDL_ThreadFunction fn, const char *name, void *data,
pfnSDL_CurrentBeginThread pfnBeginThread,
pfnSDL_CurrentEndThread pfnEndThread);
extern DECLSPEC SDL_Thread *SDLCALL
SDL_CreateThreadWithStackSize(SDL_ThreadFunction fn, const char *name, const size_t stacksize, void *data,
pfnSDL_CurrentBeginThread pfnBeginThread,
pfnSDL_CurrentEndThread pfnEndThread);
#if defined(SDL_CreateThread) && SDL_DYNAMIC_API
#undef SDL_CreateThread
#define SDL_CreateThread(fn, name, data) SDL_CreateThread_REAL(fn, name, data, (pfnSDL_CurrentBeginThread)SDL_beginthread, (pfnSDL_CurrentEndThread)SDL_endthread)
#undef SDL_CreateThreadWithStackSize
#define SDL_CreateThreadWithStackSize(fn, name, stacksize, data) SDL_CreateThreadWithStackSize_REAL(fn, name, stacksize, data, (pfnSDL_CurrentBeginThread)SDL_beginthread, (pfnSDL_CurrentEndThread)SDL_endthread)
#else
#define SDL_CreateThread(fn, name, data) SDL_CreateThread(fn, name, data, (pfnSDL_CurrentBeginThread)SDL_beginthread, (pfnSDL_CurrentEndThread)SDL_endthread)
#define SDL_CreateThreadWithStackSize(fn, name, stacksize, data) SDL_CreateThreadWithStackSize(fn, name, stacksize, data, (pfnSDL_CurrentBeginThread)SDL_beginthread, (pfnSDL_CurrentEndThread)SDL_endthread)
#endif
#else
/**
* Create a new thread with a default stack size.
*
* This is equivalent to calling:
*
* ```c
* SDL_CreateThreadWithStackSize(fn, name, 0, data);
* ```
*
* \param fn the SDL_ThreadFunction function to call in the new thread.
* \param name the name of the thread.
* \param data a pointer that is passed to `fn`.
* \returns an opaque pointer to the new thread object on success, NULL if the
* new thread could not be created; call SDL_GetError() for more
* information.
*
* \since This function is available since SDL 2.0.0.
*
* \sa SDL_CreateThreadWithStackSize
* \sa SDL_WaitThread
*/
extern DECLSPEC SDL_Thread *SDLCALL
SDL_CreateThread(SDL_ThreadFunction fn, const char *name, void *data);
/**
* Create a new thread with a specific stack size.
*
* SDL makes an attempt to report `name` to the system, so that debuggers can
* display it. Not all platforms support this.
*
* Thread naming is a little complicated: Most systems have very small limits
* for the string length (Haiku has 32 bytes, Linux currently has 16, Visual
* C++ 6.0 has _nine_!), and possibly other arbitrary rules. You'll have to
* see what happens with your system's debugger. The name should be UTF-8 (but
* using the naming limits of C identifiers is a better bet). There are no
* requirements for thread naming conventions, so long as the string is
* null-terminated UTF-8, but these guidelines are helpful in choosing a name:
*
* https://stackoverflow.com/questions/149932/naming-conventions-for-threads
*
* If a system imposes requirements, SDL will try to munge the string for it
* (truncate, etc), but the original string contents will be available from
* SDL_GetThreadName().
*
* The size (in bytes) of the new stack can be specified. Zero means "use the
* system default" which might be wildly different between platforms. x86
* Linux generally defaults to eight megabytes, an embedded device might be a
* few kilobytes instead. You generally need to specify a stack that is a
* multiple of the system's page size (in many cases, this is 4 kilobytes, but
* check your system documentation).
*
* In SDL 2.1, stack size will be folded into the original SDL_CreateThread
* function, but for backwards compatibility, this is currently a separate
* function.
*
* \param fn the SDL_ThreadFunction function to call in the new thread.
* \param name the name of the thread.
* \param stacksize the size, in bytes, to allocate for the new thread stack.
* \param data a pointer that is passed to `fn`.
* \returns an opaque pointer to the new thread object on success, NULL if the
* new thread could not be created; call SDL_GetError() for more
* information.
*
* \since This function is available since SDL 2.0.9.
*
* \sa SDL_WaitThread
*/
extern DECLSPEC SDL_Thread *SDLCALL
SDL_CreateThreadWithStackSize(SDL_ThreadFunction fn, const char *name, const size_t stacksize, void *data);
#endif
/**
* Get the thread name as it was specified in SDL_CreateThread().
*
* This is internal memory, not to be freed by the caller, and remains valid
* until the specified thread is cleaned up by SDL_WaitThread().
*
* \param thread the thread to query.
* \returns a pointer to a UTF-8 string that names the specified thread, or
* NULL if it doesn't have a name.
*
* \since This function is available since SDL 2.0.0.
*
* \sa SDL_CreateThread
*/
extern DECLSPEC const char *SDLCALL SDL_GetThreadName(SDL_Thread *thread);
/**
* Get the thread identifier for the current thread.
*
* This thread identifier is as reported by the underlying operating system.
* If SDL is running on a platform that does not support threads the return
* value will always be zero.
*
* This function also returns a valid thread ID when called from the main
* thread.
*
* \returns the ID of the current thread.
*
* \since This function is available since SDL 2.0.0.
*
* \sa SDL_GetThreadID
*/
extern DECLSPEC SDL_threadID SDLCALL SDL_ThreadID(void);
/**
* Get the thread identifier for the specified thread.
*
* This thread identifier is as reported by the underlying operating system.
* If SDL is running on a platform that does not support threads the return
* value will always be zero.
*
* \param thread the thread to query.
* \returns the ID of the specified thread, or the ID of the current thread if
* `thread` is NULL.
*
* \since This function is available since SDL 2.0.0.
*
* \sa SDL_ThreadID
*/
extern DECLSPEC SDL_threadID SDLCALL SDL_GetThreadID(SDL_Thread * thread);
/**
* Set the priority for the current thread.
*
* Note that some platforms will not let you alter the priority (or at least,
* promote the thread to a higher priority) at all, and some require you to be
* an administrator account. Be prepared for this to fail.
*
* \param priority the SDL_ThreadPriority to set.
* \returns 0 on success or a negative error code on failure; call
* SDL_GetError() for more information.
*
* \since This function is available since SDL 2.0.0.
*/
extern DECLSPEC int SDLCALL SDL_SetThreadPriority(SDL_ThreadPriority priority);
/**
* Wait for a thread to finish.
*
* Threads that haven't been detached will remain (as a "zombie") until this
* function cleans them up. Not doing so is a resource leak.
*
* Once a thread has been cleaned up through this function, the SDL_Thread
* that references it becomes invalid and should not be referenced again. As
* such, only one thread may call SDL_WaitThread() on another.
*
* The return code for the thread function is placed in the area pointed to by
* `status`, if `status` is not NULL.
*
* You may not wait on a thread that has been used in a call to
* SDL_DetachThread(). Use either that function or this one, but not both, or
* behavior is undefined.
*
* It is safe to pass a NULL thread to this function; it is a no-op.
*
* Note that the thread pointer is freed by this function and is not valid
* afterward.
*
* \param thread the SDL_Thread pointer that was returned from the
* SDL_CreateThread() call that started this thread.
* \param status pointer to an integer that will receive the value returned
* from the thread function by its 'return', or NULL to not
* receive such value back.
*
* \since This function is available since SDL 2.0.0.
*
* \sa SDL_CreateThread
* \sa SDL_DetachThread
*/
extern DECLSPEC void SDLCALL SDL_WaitThread(SDL_Thread * thread, int *status);
/**
* Let a thread clean up on exit without intervention.
*
* A thread may be "detached" to signify that it should not remain until
* another thread has called SDL_WaitThread() on it. Detaching a thread is
* useful for long-running threads that nothing needs to synchronize with or
* further manage. When a detached thread is done, it simply goes away.
*
* There is no way to recover the return code of a detached thread. If you
* need this, don't detach the thread and instead use SDL_WaitThread().
*
* Once a thread is detached, you should usually assume the SDL_Thread isn't
* safe to reference again, as it will become invalid immediately upon the
* detached thread's exit, instead of remaining until someone has called
* SDL_WaitThread() to finally clean it up. As such, don't detach the same
* thread more than once.
*
* If a thread has already exited when passed to SDL_DetachThread(), it will
* stop waiting for a call to SDL_WaitThread() and clean up immediately. It is
* not safe to detach a thread that might be used with SDL_WaitThread().
*
* You may not call SDL_WaitThread() on a thread that has been detached. Use
* either that function or this one, but not both, or behavior is undefined.
*
* It is safe to pass NULL to this function; it is a no-op.
*
* \param thread the SDL_Thread pointer that was returned from the
* SDL_CreateThread() call that started this thread.
*
* \since This function is available since SDL 2.0.2.
*
* \sa SDL_CreateThread
* \sa SDL_WaitThread
*/
extern DECLSPEC void SDLCALL SDL_DetachThread(SDL_Thread * thread);
/**
* Create a piece of thread-local storage.
*
* This creates an identifier that is globally visible to all threads but
* refers to data that is thread-specific.
*
* \returns the newly created thread local storage identifier or 0 on error.
*
* \since This function is available since SDL 2.0.0.
*
* \sa SDL_TLSGet
* \sa SDL_TLSSet
*/
extern DECLSPEC SDL_TLSID SDLCALL SDL_TLSCreate(void);
/**
* Get the current thread's value associated with a thread local storage ID.
*
* \param id the thread local storage ID.
* \returns the value associated with the ID for the current thread or NULL if
* no value has been set; call SDL_GetError() for more information.
*
* \since This function is available since SDL 2.0.0.
*
* \sa SDL_TLSCreate
* \sa SDL_TLSSet
*/
extern DECLSPEC void * SDLCALL SDL_TLSGet(SDL_TLSID id);
typedef void (SDLCALL *SDL_TLSDestructorCallback)(void*);
/**
* Set the current thread's value associated with a thread local storage ID.
*
* The function prototype for `destructor` is:
*
* ```c
* void destructor(void *value)
* ```
*
* where its parameter `value` is what was passed as `value` to SDL_TLSSet().
*
* \param id the thread local storage ID.
* \param value the value to associate with the ID for the current thread.
* \param destructor a function called when the thread exits, to free the
* value.
* \returns 0 on success or a negative error code on failure; call
* SDL_GetError() for more information.
*
* \since This function is available since SDL 2.0.0.
*
* \sa SDL_TLSCreate
* \sa SDL_TLSGet
*/
extern DECLSPEC int SDLCALL SDL_TLSSet(SDL_TLSID id, const void *value, SDL_TLSDestructorCallback destructor);
/**
* Cleanup all TLS data for this thread.
*
* \since This function is available since SDL 2.0.16.
*/
extern DECLSPEC void SDLCALL SDL_TLSCleanup(void);
/* Ends C function definitions when using C++ */
#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif
#include "close_code.h"
#endif /* SDL_thread_h_ */
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