Threading.cpp   [plain text]

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#include "config.h"
#include "Threading.h"

#include <string.h>

namespace WTF {

struct NewThreadContext {
    NewThreadContext(ThreadFunction entryPoint, void* data, const char* name)
        : entryPoint(entryPoint)
        , data(data)
        , name(name)
    {
    }

    ThreadFunction entryPoint;
    void* data;
    const char* name;

    Mutex creationMutex;
};

static void* threadEntryPoint(void* contextData)
{
    NewThreadContext* context = reinterpret_cast<NewThreadContext*>(contextData);

    setThreadNameInternal(context->name);

    // Block until our creating thread has completed any extra setup work
    {
        MutexLocker locker(context->creationMutex);
    }

    // Grab the info that we need out of the context, then deallocate it.
    ThreadFunction entryPoint = context->entryPoint;
    void* data = context->data;
    delete context;

    return entryPoint(data);
}

ThreadIdentifier createThread(ThreadFunction entryPoint, void* data, const char* name)
{
    // Visual Studio has a 31-character limit on thread names. Longer names will
    // be truncated silently, but we'd like callers to know about the limit.
#if !LOG_DISABLED
    if (strlen(name) > 31)
        LOG_ERROR("Thread name \"%s\" is longer than 31 characters and will be truncated by Visual Studio", name);
#endif

    NewThreadContext* context = new NewThreadContext(entryPoint, data, name);

    // Prevent the thread body from executing until we've established the thread identifier
    MutexLocker locker(context->creationMutex);

    return createThreadInternal(threadEntryPoint, context, name);
}

#if PLATFORM(MAC) || PLATFORM(WIN)

// This function is deprecated but needs to be kept around for backward
// compatibility. Use the 3-argument version of createThread above.

ThreadIdentifier createThread(ThreadFunction entryPoint, void* data);

ThreadIdentifier createThread(ThreadFunction entryPoint, void* data)
{
    return createThread(entryPoint, data, 0);
}
#endif

} // namespace WTF