-/* $Id$ */
+/* $Id$ */
-/* gras/core.h - Unsorted part of the GRAS public interface */
+/* gras/process.h - Manipulating data related to an host. */
-/* Authors: Martin Quinson */
-/* Copyright (C) 2003 the OURAGAN project. */
+/* Copyright (c) 2003, 2004 Martin Quinson. All rights reserved. */
/* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
- under the terms of the license (GNU LGPL) which comes with this package. */
+ * under the terms of the license (GNU LGPL) which comes with this package. */
#ifndef GRAS_PROCESS_H
#define GRAS_PROCESS_H
-#include <stddef.h> /* offsetof() */
-#include <sys/types.h> /* size_t */
-#include <stdarg.h>
+#include "xbt/misc.h" /* BEGIN_DECL */
+#include "xbt/error.h" /* xbt_error_t */
-
-/*! C++ users need love */
-#ifndef BEGIN_DECL
-# ifdef __cplusplus
-# define BEGIN_DECL extern "C" {
-# else
-# define BEGIN_DECL
-# endif
-#endif
-
-/*! C++ users need love */
-#ifndef END_DECL
-# ifdef __cplusplus
-# define END_DECL }
-# else
-# define END_DECL
-# endif
-#endif
-/* End of cruft for C++ */
-
-BEGIN_DECL
+BEGIN_DECL()
/* **************************************************************************
* Initializing the processes
*
* Perform the various intialisations needed by gras. Each process must run it
*/
-gras_error_t gras_process_init(void);
+xbt_error_t gras_process_init(void);
/**
* gras_process_exit:
*
* Frees the memory allocated by gras. Processes should run it
*/
-gras_error_t gras_process_exit(void);
+xbt_error_t gras_process_exit(void);
/****************************************************************************/
/* Manipulating User Data */
/****************************************************************************/
-/**
- * gras_userdata_get:
- *
- * Get the data associated with the current process.
+
+/** \addtogroup GRAS_globals
+ * \brief Handling global variables so that it works on simulator (Virtualization).
+ *
+ * In GRAS, using globals is forbidden since the "processes" will
+ * sometimes run as a thread inside the same process (namely, in
+ * simulation mode). So, you have to put all globals in a structure, and
+ * let GRAS handle it.
+ *
+ * Use the \ref gras_userdata_new macro to create a new user data (or malloc it
+ * and use \ref gras_userdata_set yourself), and \ref gras_userdata_get to
+ * retrive a reference to it.
*/
-void *gras_userdata_get(void);
+/* @{ */
/**
- * gras_userdata_set:
- *
- * Set the data associated with the current process.
+ * \brief Get the data associated with the current process.
+ * \ingroup GRAS_globals
*/
-void *gras_userdata_set(void *ud);
+void *gras_userdata_get(void);
/**
- * gras_userdata_new:
- *
- * Malloc and set the data associated with the current process.
+ * \brief Set the data associated with the current process.
+ * \ingroup GRAS_globals
*/
+void gras_userdata_set(void *ud);
-#define gras_userdata_new(type) gras_userdata_set(malloc(sizeof(type)))
+/** \brief Malloc and set the data associated with the current process. */
+#define gras_userdata_new(type) (gras_userdata_set(xbt_new0(type,1)),gras_userdata_get())
+/* @} */
-END_DECL
+END_DECL()
#endif /* GRAS_PROCESS_H */