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Object-Oriented Graphics Rendering Engine
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 bool SetThreadName (ThreadHandle *thread, const String &name)
 Sets the name to the given thread. More...
 
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
entryPointFunction 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!
threadIdxOptional index for this thread (ie. when you have many worker threads to work on a section of data.
paramOptional 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
tlsHandleHandle to destroy

◆ GetTls()

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

◆ SetThreadName()

static bool Ogre::Threads::SetThreadName ( ThreadHandle thread,
const String name 
)
static

Sets the name to the given thread.

Remarks
For best performance, call this function from the same thread setting the current name.
Parameters
threadThe thread to set the name. If nullptr, we will attempt to set the name to the calling thread.
nameName for the given thread. The name may be truncated on some platforms if it's too large.
Returns
True on success.

◆ 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
numThreadHandlesNumber of ThreadHandle passed in the array as 'threadHandles'
threadHandlesArray of numThreadHandles or more ThreadHandle
Remarks
Don't pass more than 128 handles per call

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