1 files changed, 62 insertions, 29 deletions

diff --git a/include/threadengines/threadengine_pthread.h b/include/threadengines/threadengine_pthread.h
index 72fa1d219..2aba4cb15 100644
--- a/include/threadengines/threadengine_pthread.h
+++ b/include/threadengines/threadengine_pthread.h
@@ -17,61 +17,94 @@
 #include <pthread.h>
 #include "inspircd_config.h"
 #include "base.h"
-#include "threadengine.h"
 
 class InspIRCd;
+class Thread;
 
-class CoreExport PThreadEngine : public ThreadEngine
+/** The ThreadEngine class has the responsibility of initialising
+ * Thread derived classes. It does this by creating operating system
+ * level threads which are then associated with the class transparently.
+ * This allows Thread classes to be derived without needing to know how
+ * the OS implements threads. You should ensure that any sections of code
+ * that use threads are threadsafe and do not interact with any other
+ * parts of the code which are NOT known threadsafe! If you really MUST
+ * access non-threadsafe code from a Thread, use the Mutex class to wrap
+ * access to the code carefully.
+ */
+class CoreExport ThreadEngine : public Extensible
 {
  public:
 
-	PThreadEngine(InspIRCd* Instance);
+	/** Constructor.
+	 * @param Instance Creator object
+	 */
+	ThreadEngine(InspIRCd* Instance);
 
-	virtual ~PThreadEngine();
+	/** Destructor
+	 */
+	virtual ~ThreadEngine();
 
+	/** Create a new thread. This takes an already allocated
+	 * Thread* pointer and initializes it to use this threading
+	 * engine. On failure, this function may throw a CoreException.
+	 * @param thread_to_init Pointer to a newly allocated Thread
+	 * derived object.
+	 */
 	void Start(Thread* thread_to_init);
 
-	void FreeThread(Thread* thread);
-
+	/** Returns the thread engine's name for display purposes
+	 * @return The thread engine name
+	 */
 	const std::string GetName()
 	{
 		return "posix-thread";
 	}
 };
 
-class CoreExport ThreadEngineFactory : public classbase
-{
- public:
-	ThreadEngine* Create(InspIRCd* ServerInstance)
-	{
-		return new PThreadEngine(ServerInstance);
-	}
-};
-
-class CoreExport PThreadData : public ThreadData
+class CoreExport ThreadData
 {
  public:
 	pthread_t pthread_id;
 	void FreeThread(Thread* toFree);
 };
 
-class CoreExport PosixMutex : public Mutex
+/** The Mutex class represents a mutex, which can be used to keep threads
+ * properly synchronised. Use mutexes sparingly, as they are a good source
+ * of thread deadlocks etc, and should be avoided except where absolutely
+ * neccessary. Note that the internal behaviour of the mutex varies from OS
+ * to OS depending on the thread engine, for example in windows a Mutex
+ * in InspIRCd uses critical sections, as they are faster and simpler to
+ * manage.
+ */
+class CoreExport Mutex
 {
  private:
 	pthread_mutex_t putex;
  public:
-	PosixMutex();
-	virtual void Enable(bool enable);
-	~PosixMutex();
-};
-
-class CoreExport MutexFactory : public Extensible
-{
- protected:
-	InspIRCd* ServerInstance;
- public:
-	MutexFactory(InspIRCd* Instance);
-	Mutex* CreateMutex();
+	/** Constructor.
+	 */
+	Mutex()
+	{
+		pthread_mutex_init(&putex, NULL);
+	}
+	/** Enter/enable the mutex lock.
+	 */
+	void Lock()
+	{
+		pthread_mutex_lock(&putex);
+	}
+	/** Leave/disable the mutex lock.
+	 */
+	void Unlock()
+	{
+		pthread_mutex_unlock(&putex);
+	}
+	/** Destructor
+	 */
+	~Mutex()
+	{
+		pthread_mutex_destroy(&putex);
+	}
 };
 
 #endif