Thread - System Specific

Functions
int	M_thread_poll (struct pollfd fds[], nfds_t nfds, int timeout)
M_bool	M_thread_sigmask (int how, const sigset_t *set, sigset_t *oldset)

Detailed Description

Low level threading functionality. These are only provided due to fundamental and irreconcilable differences that they cannot be provided in a platform agnostic manner.

Function Documentation

M_thread_poll()

int M_thread_poll	(	struct pollfd	fds[],
		nfds_t	nfds,
		int	timeout
	)

Monitor a file descriptor waiting for it to become ready for I/O operations.

Parameters

[in]	fds	Array of FDs to monitor with monitoring flags
[in]	nfds	Number of file descriptors in array.
[in]	timeout	How long to wait before giving up in ms. -1 = infinite

Returns

The number of ready fds, 0 if timeout, -1 on error.

M_thread_sigmask()

M_bool M_thread_sigmask	(	int	how,
		const sigset_t *	set,
		sigset_t *	oldset
	)

Examine and change blocked signals.

Parameters

[in]	how	How to change signal behavior. Values are SIG_BLOCK SIG_UNBLOCK SIG_SETMASK
[in]	set	What signals to set using how. Optional, NULL if only getting current signals from oldset.
[in]	oldset	Previous signal status. Optional, NULL if only setting signals.

Returns

M_TRUE on success, otherwise M_FALSE.