Ogre::Threads Class Reference

#include <OgreThreads.h>

Static Public Member Functions
static ThreadHandlePtr	CreateThread (THREAD_ENTRY_POINT entryPoint, size_t threadIdx, void *param)
	Creates and executes a new thread. More...
static bool	CreateTls (TlsHandle *outTls)
	Allocates a Thread Local Storage handle to use. More...
static void	DestroyTls (TlsHandle tlsHandle)
	Destroys a Thread Local Storage handle created with CreateTls. More...
static void *	GetTls (TlsHandle tlsHandle)
static void	SetTls (TlsHandle tlsHandle, void *value)
static void	Sleep (uint32 milliseconds)
	Sleeps for a minimum of the specified time of milliseconds. More...
static void	WaitForThreads (const ThreadHandleVec &threadHandles)
static void	WaitForThreads (size_t numThreadHandles, const ThreadHandlePtr *threadHandles)
	Waits until all threads are finished. More...

Member Function Documentation

CreateThread()

static ThreadHandlePtr Ogre::Threads::CreateThread ( THREAD_ENTRY_POINT  entryPoint, size_t  threadIdx, void *  param  )

static

Creates and executes a new thread.

Remarks

The function to execute must be declared via THREAD_DECLARE, and the first argument must be provided through THREAD_GET. The following example shows how to use:

unsigned long myOwnThread( ThreadHandle *ownThreadHandle ) { Should print "Hello from thread 50" printf( "Hello from thread %i", ownThreadHandle.getThreadIdx() ); return 0; } THREAD_DECLARE( myOwnThread );

int main() { ThreadHandle handle = CreateThread( THREAD_GET( myOwnThread ), 50, 0 ); WaitForThreads( 1, handle ); return 0; }

It is not possible to retrieve the return value of the function because it's not portable (and trying to emulate it induces to easy-to-cause memory leaks; as we're dealing with C functions + potential race conditions, not C++)

Parameters

entryPoint	Function name of the entry point. VERY IMPORTANT: The entry point must be provided by THREAD_GET. Do not use a function directly, otherwise there will be memory leaks!
threadIdx	Optional index for this thread (ie. when you have many worker threads to work on a section of data.
param	Optional argument to be passed.

Returns

Handle to created thread.

CreateTls()

static bool Ogre::Threads::CreateTls ( TlsHandle *  outTls )

static

Allocates a Thread Local Storage handle to use.

Parameters

outTls

[out] Handle to TLS. On failure this handle is set to OGRE_TLS_INVALID_HANDLE

Returns

True on success, false on failure. TLS allocation can fail if the system ran out of handles, or it ran out of memory.

DestroyTls()

static void Ogre::Threads::DestroyTls ( TlsHandle  tlsHandle )

static

Destroys a Thread Local Storage handle created with CreateTls.

Parameters

tlsHandle

Handle to destroy

GetTls()

static void* Ogre::Threads::GetTls ( TlsHandle  tlsHandle )

static

SetTls()

static void Ogre::Threads::SetTls ( TlsHandle  tlsHandle, void *  value  )

static

Sleep()

static void Ogre::Threads::Sleep ( uint32  milliseconds )

static

Sleeps for a minimum of the specified time of milliseconds.

Actual time spent sleeping may vary widely depending on OS and other variables. Do not feed 0.

WaitForThreads() [1/2]

static void Ogre::Threads::WaitForThreads ( const ThreadHandleVec &  threadHandles )

static

WaitForThreads() [2/2]

static void Ogre::Threads::WaitForThreads ( size_t  numThreadHandles, const ThreadHandlePtr *  threadHandles  )

static

Waits until all threads are finished.

Parameters

numThreadHandles	Number of ThreadHandle passed in the array as 'threadHandles'
threadHandles	Array of numThreadHandles or more ThreadHandle

Remarks

Don't pass more than 128 handles per call

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• OgreThreads.h