thread.h

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#pragma once

#if defined(__GNUC__) && !KJ_HEADER_WARNINGS
#pragma GCC system_header
#endif

#include "common.h"
#include "function.h"
#include "exception.h"

namespace kj {

class Thread {
  // A thread!  Pass a lambda to the constructor, and it runs in the thread.  The destructor joins
  // the thread.  If the function throws an exception, it is rethrown from the thread's destructor
  // (if not unwinding from another exception).

public:
  explicit Thread(Function<void()> func);
  KJ_DISALLOW_COPY(Thread);

  ~Thread() noexcept(false);

#if !_WIN32
  void sendSignal(int signo);
  // Send a Unix signal to the given thread, using pthread_kill or an equivalent.
#endif

  void detach();
  // Don't join the thread in ~Thread().

private:
  struct ThreadState {
    ThreadState(Function<void()> func);

    Function<void()> func;
    Function<void(Function<void()>)> initializer;
    kj::Maybe<kj::Exception> exception;

    unsigned int refcount;
    // Owned by the parent thread and the child thread.

    void unref();
  };
  ThreadState* state;

#if _WIN32
  void* threadHandle;
#else
  unsigned long long threadId;  // actually pthread_t
#endif
  bool detached = false;

#if _WIN32
  static unsigned long __stdcall runThread(void* ptr);
#else
  static void* runThread(void* ptr);
#endif
};

}  // namespace kj