+/* Become a process in the simulation
+ *
+ * Currently this can only be called by the main thread (once) and only work with some thread factories
+ * (currently ThreadContextFactory).
+ *
+ * In the future, it might be extended in order to attach other threads created by a third party library.
+ */
+msg_process_t MSG_process_attach(const char *name, void *data, msg_host_t host, xbt_dict_t properties)
+{
+ xbt_assert(host != nullptr, "Invalid parameters: host and code params must not be nullptr");
+ MsgActorExt* msgExt = new MsgActorExt();
+
+ /* Simulator data for MSG */
+ msgExt->m_host = host;
+ msgExt->data = data;
+
+ /* Let's create the process: SIMIX may decide to start it right now, even before returning the flow control to us */
+ msg_process_t process = SIMIX_process_attach(name, msgExt, host->cname(), properties, nullptr);
+ if (!process)
+ xbt_die("Could not attach");
+ simcall_process_on_exit(process,(int_f_pvoid_pvoid_t)TRACE_msg_process_kill,process);
+ return process;
+}
+
+/** Detach a process attached with `MSG_process_attach()`
+ *
+ * This is called when the current process has finished its job.
+ * Used in the main thread, it waits for the simulation to finish before returning. When it returns, the other
+ * simulated processes and the maestro are destroyed.
+ */
+void MSG_process_detach()
+{
+ SIMIX_process_detach();
+}
+