int
qthread_fork (const qthread_f *f, const void *arg, aligned_t *ret);
int
qthread_fork_syncvar (const qthread_f *f, const void *arg, syncvar_t *ret);
int
qthread_fork_to (const qthread_f *f, const void *arg, aligned_t *ret,
const qthread_shepherd_id_t shepherd);
int
qthread_fork_syncvar_to (const qthread_f *f, const void *arg, syncvar_t
*ret, const qthread_shepherd_id_t shepherd);
The first argument to these functions, f, is a function that will be run to completion by the created qthread. The second argument to these functions, arg, is an argument that will be passed to the specified function. Finally, ret is a pointer to the location that the return value of f will be placed into.
The qthread_f function must have a prototype like this:
aligned_t function(void *arg);
The qthread_fork_to() function spawns the qthread to a specific shepherd.
When a qthread is spawned, it is immediately scheduled to be run, and may be executed by its shepherd at any time.
The return value of the function f will be placed into the memory pointed to by ret, in accordance with the full-empty bits. When qthread_fork() or qthread_fork_to() is called, ret will be emptied (as if it had been passed to qthread_empty() or qthread_syncvar_empty()). When the function f returns, the returned value will be stored into ret and ret will be filled. The way to block until a function has finished is to use qthread_readFF() or qthread_syncvar_readFF() on the ret pointer.