Threads

Macros
#define	SYThread   pthread_t
#define	syIsValidThread(_taskId_)   TRUE
#define	syThreadGetCurrent   pthread_self
#define	syThreadDestroy(_taskId_)   pthread_cancel(_taskId_);

Functions
void	syThreadStart (NQ_BOOL isRT, NQ_INT priorityLevel, SYThread *taskIdPtr, void(*startpoint)(void), NQ_BOOL background)

Detailed Description

Threads

Thread management calls.

Macro Definition Documentation

#define SYThread   pthread_t

TID - thread handle

#define syIsValidThread

(

_taskId_

)

TRUE

#define syThreadGetCurrent   pthread_self

#define syThreadDestroy

(

_taskId_

)

pthread_cancel(_taskId_);

Function Documentation

void syThreadStart	(	NQ_BOOL	isRT,
		NQ_INT	priorityLevel,
		SYThread *	taskIdPtr,
		void(*)(void)	startpoint,
		NQ_BOOL	background
	)

Create an internal thread

Parameters

isRT	Whether to set priority level according to priorityLevel
priorityLevel	The priority level of the thread
taskIdPtr	Pointer to a thread handle to create
startpoint	Pointer to the function to be used as the thread startpoint
background	TRUE if the thread should have low priority. FALSE if the thread should have normal priority.