+
+/**
+ * \brief Sets the number of parallel threads to use
+ * for the user contexts.
+ *
+ * This function should be called before initializing SIMIX.
+ * A value of 1 means no parallelism.
+ * If the value is greater than 1, the thread support must be enabled.
+ *
+ * \param nb_threads the number of threads to use
+ */
+void SIMIX_context_set_nthreads(int nb_threads) {
+
+ xbt_assert1(nb_threads > 0, "Invalid number of parallel threads: %d", nb_threads);
+ smx_parallel_contexts = nb_threads;
+}
+
+/**
+ * \brief Returns the number of parallel threads used
+ * for the user contexts.
+ * \return the number of threads (1 means no parallelism)
+ */
+int SIMIX_context_get_nthreads() {
+ return smx_parallel_contexts;
+}
+
+/**
+ * \brief Returns whether some parallel threads are used
+ * for the user contexts.
+ * \return 1 if parallelism is used
+ */
+int SIMIX_context_is_parallel() {
+ return smx_parallel_contexts > 1;
+}
+