hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/native/libhdfs/os/thread.h

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#ifndef LIBHDFS_THREAD_H
#define LIBHDFS_THREAD_H

/*
 * Defines abstraction over platform-specific threads.
 */

#include "platform.h"

/** Pointer to function to run in thread. */
typedef void (*threadProcedure)(void *);

/** Structure containing a thread's ID, starting address and argument. */
typedef struct {
  threadId id;
  threadProcedure start;
  void *arg;
} thread;

/**
 * Creates and immediately starts a new thread.
 *
 * @param t thread to create
 * @return 0 if successful, non-zero otherwise
 */
int threadCreate(thread *t);

/**
 * Joins to the given thread, blocking if necessary.
 *
 * @param t thread to join
 * @return 0 if successful, non-zero otherwise
 */
int threadJoin(const thread *t);

#endif