+
+/**
+ * \brief Returns the number of parallel threads used
+ * for the user contexts.
+ * \return the number of threads (1 means no parallelism)
+ */
+XBT_INLINE int SIMIX_context_get_nthreads(void) {
+ return smx_parallel_contexts;
+}
+
+/**
+ * \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 (1 thread only).
+ * If the value is greater than 1, the thread support must be enabled.
+ *
+ * \param nb_threads the number of threads to use
+ */
+XBT_INLINE void SIMIX_context_set_nthreads(int nb_threads) {
+
+ if (nb_threads<=0) {
+ nb_threads = xbt_os_get_numcores();
+ XBT_INFO("Auto-setting contexts/nthreads to %d",nb_threads);
+ }
+
+ if (nb_threads > 1) {
+#ifndef CONTEXT_THREADS
+ THROWF(arg_error, 0, "The thread factory cannot be run in parallel");
+#endif
+ }
+
+ smx_parallel_contexts = nb_threads;
+}
+
+/**
+ * \brief Returns the threshold above which user processes are run in parallel.
+ *
+ * If the number of threads is set to 1, there is no parallelism and this
+ * threshold has no effect.
+ *
+ * \return when the number of user processes ready to run is above
+ * this threshold, they are run in parallel
+ */
+XBT_INLINE int SIMIX_context_get_parallel_threshold(void) {
+ return smx_parallel_threshold;
+}
+
+/**
+ * \brief Sets the threshold above which user processes are run in parallel.
+ *
+ * If the number of threads is set to 1, there is no parallelism and this
+ * threshold has no effect.
+ *
+ * \param threshold when the number of user processes ready to run is above
+ * this threshold, they are run in parallel
+ */
+XBT_INLINE void SIMIX_context_set_parallel_threshold(int threshold) {
+ smx_parallel_threshold = threshold;
+}
+
+/**
+ * \brief Returns the synchronization mode used when processes are run in
+ * parallel.
+ * \return how threads are synchronized if processes are run in parallel
+ */
+XBT_INLINE e_xbt_parmap_mode_t SIMIX_context_get_parallel_mode(void) {
+ return smx_parallel_synchronization_mode;
+}
+
+/**
+ * \brief Sets the synchronization mode to use when processes are run in
+ * parallel.
+ * \param mode how to synchronize threads if processes are run in parallel
+ */
+XBT_INLINE void SIMIX_context_set_parallel_mode(e_xbt_parmap_mode_t mode) {
+ smx_parallel_synchronization_mode = mode;
+}
+
+/**
+ * \brief Returns the current context of this thread.
+ * \return the current context of this thread
+ */
+XBT_INLINE smx_context_t SIMIX_context_get_current(void)
+{
+ if (SIMIX_context_is_parallel()) {
+#ifdef HAVE_THREAD_LOCAL_STORAGE
+ return smx_current_context_parallel;
+#else
+ return xbt_os_thread_get_specific(smx_current_context_key);
+#endif
+ }
+ else {
+ return smx_current_context_serial;
+ }
+}
+
+/**
+ * \brief Sets the current context of this thread.
+ * \param context the context to set
+ */
+XBT_INLINE void SIMIX_context_set_current(smx_context_t context)
+{
+ if (SIMIX_context_is_parallel()) {
+#ifdef HAVE_THREAD_LOCAL_STORAGE
+ smx_current_context_parallel = context;
+#else
+ xbt_os_thread_set_specific(smx_current_context_key, context);
+#endif
+ }
+ else {
+ smx_current_context_serial = context;
+ }
+}
+