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Diffstat (limited to 'include/threadengines/threadengine_pthread.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/threadengines/threadengine_pthread.h | 13 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/threadengines/threadengine_pthread.h b/include/threadengines/threadengine_pthread.h index 5756926fd..9304536f1 100644 --- a/include/threadengines/threadengine_pthread.h +++ b/include/threadengines/threadengine_pthread.h @@ -43,13 +43,24 @@ class CoreExport ThreadEngine * derived object. */ void Start(Thread* thread_to_init); + + /** Stop a thread gracefully. + * First, this function asks the thread to terminate by calling Thread::SetExitFlag(). + * Next, it waits until the thread terminates (on the operating system level). Finally, + * all OS-level resources associated with the thread are released. The Thread instance + * passed to the function is NOT freed. + * When this function returns, the thread is stopped and you can destroy it or restart it + * at a later point. + * Stopping a thread that is not running is a bug. + * @param thread The thread to stop. + */ + void Stop(Thread* thread); }; class CoreExport ThreadData { public: pthread_t pthread_id; - void FreeThread(Thread* toFree); }; /** The Mutex class represents a mutex, which can be used to keep threads |