qore_thread.h File Reference

#include <cstdio>
#include <pthread.h>

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Classes
class	QoreForeignThreadHelper
	use this class to temporarily register and deregister a foreign thread to allow Qore code to be executed and the Qore library to be used from threads not created by the Qore library More...
class	ThreadCleanupList
	list of functions to be run when a thread ends; required for some external libraries that require explicit cleanup when a thread terminates More...

Macros
#define	QFT_ERROR   -1
	error when calling q_register_foreign_thread()
#define	QFT_OK   0
	OK response when calling q_register_foreign_thread()
#define	QFT_REGISTERED   -2
	thread already registered when calling q_register_foreign_thread()

Typedefs
typedef void(*	q_thread_t) (ExceptionSink *xsink, void *arg)
	pointer to a function that can be started with q_start_thread()
typedef void(*	qtdest_t) (void *)
	pointer to a qore thread destructor function
typedef void(*	qtrdest_t) (void *, ExceptionSink *)
	pointer to a qore thread resource destructor function

Functions
DLLEXPORT bool	check_thread_resource (AbstractThreadResource *atr)
	check if a thread resouce has been saved More...
DLLEXPORT const AbstractQoreZoneInfo *	currentTZ ()
	returns the current local time zone, note that if 0 = UTC
DLLEXPORT QoreProgram *	getProgram ()
	returns the current QoreProgram
DLLEXPORT int	gettid ()
	returns the current TID number
DLLEXPORT bool	is_valid_qore_thread ()
	returns true if the current thread is a valid qore thread; it is not safe to call most Qore functions unless the thread is registered with Qore More...
DLLEXPORT int	q_deregister_foreign_thread ()
	deregisters the current thread as a foreign thread More...
DLLEXPORT int	q_deregister_reserved_foreign_thread ()
	deregisters a foreign qore thread but retains the TID as reserved More...
DLLEXPORT int	q_register_foreign_thread ()
	registers the current thread as a Qore thread; returns QFT_OK (0) if the thread was successfully registered, QFT_ERROR (-1) if an error occurred, or QFT_REGISTERED (-2) if it was already registered More...
DLLEXPORT int	q_register_reserved_foreign_thread (int tid)
	registers a foreign qore thread as a Qore thread with a reserved TID More...
DLLEXPORT int	q_release_reserved_foreign_thread_id (int tid)
	releases a TID reserved with q_reserve_foreign_thread_id() More...
DLLEXPORT int	q_reserve_foreign_thread_id ()
	reserves a thread ID for later registration and returns the TID reserved; use q_release_reserved_foreign_thread_id() to release the reservation More...
int	q_start_thread (ExceptionSink *xsink, q_thread_t f, void *arg=0)
	starts a new thread with the given arguments, when the thread terminates, it deregisters itself More...
DLLEXPORT q_trid_t	qore_get_trid ()
	get a thread resource ID
DLLEXPORT int	remove_thread_resource (AbstractThreadResource *atr)
	remove the resource from the thread resource list for the current thread More...
DLLEXPORT int	remove_thread_resource (const ResolvedCallReferenceNode *rcr, ExceptionSink *xsink)
	remove the callable resource from the thread resource list for the current thread More...
DLLEXPORT void	set_thread_resource (AbstractThreadResource *atr)
	save a resource against a thread for thread resource handling More...
DLLEXPORT void	set_thread_resource (const ResolvedCallReferenceNode *rcr, const QoreValue arg)
	save a callable resource against a thread for thread resource handling More...

Variables
DLLEXPORT ThreadCleanupList	tclist
	the interface to the thread cleanup list

Detailed Description

Provides definitions relative to threading in Qore.

Function Documentation

check_thread_resource()

DLLEXPORT bool check_thread_resource

(

AbstractThreadResource *

atr

)

check if a thread resouce has been saved

Parameters

atr	thread resource id to check

Returns

true if saved, false if not saved

is_valid_qore_thread()

DLLEXPORT bool is_valid_qore_thread

(

)

returns true if the current thread is a valid qore thread; it is not safe to call most Qore functions unless the thread is registered with Qore

See also

• QoreForeignThreadHelper
• q_register_foreign_thread()
• q_deregister_foreign_thread()

q_deregister_foreign_thread()

DLLEXPORT int q_deregister_foreign_thread

(

)

deregisters the current thread as a foreign thread

Returns

0 if the foreign thread was deregistered, -1 if it was not registered or was not a foreign thread

See also

• QoreForeignThreadHelper
• q_register_foreign_thread()
• is_valid_qore_thread();

Since

Qore 0.8.7

q_deregister_reserved_foreign_thread()

DLLEXPORT int q_deregister_reserved_foreign_thread

(

)

deregisters a foreign qore thread but retains the TID as reserved

Returns

0 for OK, -1 for error (TID invalid or not foreign)

Since

Qore 0.8.7

q_register_foreign_thread()

DLLEXPORT int q_register_foreign_thread

(

)

registers the current thread as a Qore thread; returns QFT_OK (0) if the thread was successfully registered, QFT_ERROR (-1) if an error occurred, or QFT_REGISTERED (-2) if it was already registered

call q_deregister_foreign_thread() when Qore functionality is no longer required; not calling q_deregister_foreign_thread() will cause a memory leak

Returns

see Return Value Codes for q_register_foreign_thread() for return values

See also

• QoreForeignThreadHelper
• q_deregister_foreign_thread()
• is_valid_qore_thread();

Since

Qore 0.8.7

q_register_reserved_foreign_thread()

DLLEXPORT int q_register_reserved_foreign_thread

(

int

tid

)

registers a foreign qore thread as a Qore thread with a reserved TID

Parameters

tid	the TID reserved with q_reserve_foreign_thread_id()

Returns

0 for OK, -1 for error (TID invalid or not reserved)

Since

Qore 0.8.7

q_release_reserved_foreign_thread_id()

DLLEXPORT int q_release_reserved_foreign_thread_id

(

int

tid

)

releases a TID reserved with q_reserve_foreign_thread_id()

Parameters

tid	the TID reserved with q_reserve_foreign_thread_id()

Returns

0 for OK, -1 for error (TID invalid or not reserved)

Since

Qore 0.8.7

q_reserve_foreign_thread_id()

DLLEXPORT int q_reserve_foreign_thread_id

(

)

reserves a thread ID for later registration and returns the TID reserved; use q_release_reserved_foreign_thread_id() to release the reservation

Returns

the TID reserved or -1 if an error occurred (thread table full)

Since

Qore 0.8.7

q_start_thread()

int q_start_thread	(	ExceptionSink *	xsink,
		q_thread_t	f,
		void *	arg = 0
	)

starts a new thread with the given arguments, when the thread terminates, it deregisters itself

Parameters

arg	the argument to the function
f	the function to start in the new thread
xsink	any errors starting the new thread will be raised here and cause -1 to be returned

Returns

the new TID or -1 if an error occurred

Since

Qore 0.8.8

remove_thread_resource() [1/2]

DLLEXPORT int remove_thread_resource

(

AbstractThreadResource *

atr

)

remove the resource from the thread resource list for the current thread

Parameters

atr	a pointer to the thread resource to remove

Returns

0 if successful (resource was found and removed), -1 if the resource was not found

remove_thread_resource() [2/2]

DLLEXPORT int remove_thread_resource	(	const ResolvedCallReferenceNode *	rcr,
		ExceptionSink *	xsink
	)

remove the callable resource from the thread resource list for the current thread

Parameters

rcr	a pointer to the thread resource to remove
xsink	any Qore-language exceptions raised when dereferencing the callable object will be saved here

Returns

0 if successful (resource was found and removed), -1 if the resource was not found

set_thread_resource() [1/2]

DLLEXPORT void set_thread_resource

(

AbstractThreadResource *

atr

)

save a resource against a thread for thread resource handling

Parameters

atr	a pointer to the thread resource to save

set_thread_resource() [2/2]

DLLEXPORT void set_thread_resource	(	const ResolvedCallReferenceNode *	rcr,
		const QoreValue	arg
	)

save a callable resource against a thread for thread resource handling

Parameters

rcr	a pointer to a callable node for thread resource handling
arg	an argument to use when calling the thread resource handler