ola::thread Namespace Reference

Detailed Description

Threads and synchronization mechanisms.

Classes
class	CallbackThread
	A thread which executes a Callback. More...
class	ConditionVariable
class	ConsumerThread
class	ExecutorInterface
	Defer execution of a callback. More...
class	ExecutorThread
	Enables callbacks to be executed in a separate thread. More...
class	Future
class	Future< void >
class	FutureImpl
class	FutureImpl< void >
class	Mutex
class	MutexLocker
class	PeriodicThread
	A thread which executes a Callback. More...
class	SchedulerInterface
	Allows Callbacks to be scheduled to run after a specified interval. More...
class	SchedulingExecutorInterface
	Combines the ExecutorInterface and the SchedulerInterface. More...
class	SignalThread
class	Thread
class	ThreadPool

Typedefs
typedef void *	timeout_id
	A timeout handle which can later be used to cancel a timeout.
typedef pthread_t	ThreadId

Functions
std::string	PolicyToString (int policy)
	Convert a scheduling policy to a string. More...
bool	SetSchedParam (pthread_t thread, int policy, const struct sched_param &param)
	Wraps pthread_setschedparam(). More...

Variables
static const timeout_id	INVALID_TIMEOUT = NULL
	An invalid / uninitialized timeout_id.

Function Documentation

PolicyToString()

std::string ola::thread::PolicyToString

(

int

policy

)

Convert a scheduling policy to a string.

Parameters

policy

the scheduling policy.

Returns

The name of the policy or "unknown".

SetSchedParam()

bool ola::thread::SetSchedParam	(	pthread_t	thread,
		int	policy,
		const struct sched_param &	param
	)

Wraps pthread_setschedparam().

Parameters

thread	The thread id.
policy	the new policy.
param	the scheduling parameters.

Returns

True if the call succeeded, false otherwise.