/** \addtogroup XBT_parmap
* \brief Parallel map.
*
- * A function is applied to the n first elements of a dynar in parallel,
- * where n is the number of threads. The threads are persistent until the
- * destruction of the parmap object.
+ * A function is applied to all elements of a dynar in parallel with n worker
+ * threads.
+ * The worker threads are persistent until the destruction of the parmap.
*
- * If there are more than n elements in the dynar, the worker threads should
- * fetch themselves remaining work with xbt_parmap_next() and execute it.
+ * If there are more than n elements in the dynar, the worker threads are
+ * allowed to fetch themselves remaining work with xbt_parmap_next() and
+ * execute it.
*
* \{
*/
/** \brief Parallel map data type (opaque type) */
typedef struct s_xbt_parmap *xbt_parmap_t;
-XBT_PUBLIC(xbt_parmap_t) xbt_parmap_new(unsigned int num_workers);
+/**
+ * \brief Synchronization mode of the worker threads of a parmap.
+ */
+typedef enum {
+ XBT_PARMAP_POSIX, /**< use POSIX synchronization primitives */
+ XBT_PARMAP_FUTEX, /**< use Linux futex system call */
+ XBT_PARMAP_BUSY_WAIT, /**< busy waits (no system calls, maximum CPU usage) */
+ XBT_PARMAP_DEFAULT /**< futex if available, posix otherwise */
+} e_xbt_parmap_mode_t;
+
+XBT_PUBLIC(xbt_parmap_t) xbt_parmap_new(unsigned int num_workers,
+ e_xbt_parmap_mode_t mode);
XBT_PUBLIC(void) xbt_parmap_destroy(xbt_parmap_t parmap);
XBT_PUBLIC(void) xbt_parmap_apply(xbt_parmap_t parmap,