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+/*
+ * Unix SMB/CIFS implementation.
+ * threadpool implementation based on pthreads
+ * Copyright (C) Volker Lendecke 2009,2011
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __PTHREADPOOL_H__
+#define __PTHREADPOOL_H__
+
+struct pthreadpool;
+
+/**
+ * @defgroup pthreadpool The pthreadpool API
+ *
+ * This API provides a way to run threadsafe functions in a helper
+ * thread. It is initially intended to run getaddrinfo asynchronously.
+ */
+
+
+/**
+ * @brief Create a pthreadpool
+ *
+ * A struct pthreadpool is the basis for for running threads in the
+ * background.
+ *
+ * @param[in]	max_threads	Maximum parallelism in this pool
+ * @param[out]	presult		Pointer to the threadpool returned
+ * @return			success: 0, failure: errno
+ *
+ * max_threads=0 means unlimited parallelism. The caller has to take
+ * care to not overload the system.
+ */
+int pthreadpool_init(unsigned max_threads, struct pthreadpool **presult);
+
+/**
+ * @brief Destroy a pthreadpool
+ *
+ * Destroy a pthreadpool. If jobs are still active, this returns
+ * EBUSY.
+ *
+ * @param[in]	pool		The pool to destroy
+ * @return			success: 0, failure: errno
+ */
+int pthreadpool_destroy(struct pthreadpool *pool);
+
+/**
+ * @brief Add a job to a pthreadpool
+ *
+ * This adds a job to a pthreadpool. The job can be identified by
+ * job_id. This integer will be returned from
+ * pthreadpool_finished_job() then the job is completed.
+ *
+ * @param[in]	pool		The pool to run the job on
+ * @param[in]	job_id		A custom identifier
+ * @param[in]	fn		The function to run asynchronously
+ * @param[in]	private_data	Pointer passed to fn
+ * @return			success: 0, failure: errno
+ */
+int pthreadpool_add_job(struct pthreadpool *pool, int job_id,
+			void (*fn)(void *private_data), void *private_data);
+
+/**
+ * @brief Get the signalling fd from a pthreadpool
+ *
+ * Completion of a job is indicated by readability of the fd retuned
+ * by pthreadpool_signal_fd().
+ *
+ * @param[in]	pool		The pool in question
+ * @return			The fd to listen on for readability
+ */
+int pthreadpool_signal_fd(struct pthreadpool *pool);
+
+/**
+ * @brief Get the job_id of a finished job
+ *
+ * This blocks until a job has finished unless the fd returned by
+ * pthreadpool_signal_fd() is readable.
+ *
+ * @param[in]	pool		The pool to query for finished jobs
+ * @return			The job_id of the finished job
+ */
+int pthreadpool_finished_job(struct pthreadpool *pool);
+
+#endif