X-Git-Url: http://info.iut-bm.univ-fcomte.fr/pub/gitweb/simgrid.git/blobdiff_plain/cab107a617d2c5a0d760bd68bcd245d558347bea..2b277690e134be83dd52dac256dc16dd014f88a8:/include/xbt/xbt_os_thread.h

diff --git a/include/xbt/xbt_os_thread.h b/include/xbt/xbt_os_thread.h
index bcebc8febb..7d7bd290d6 100644
--- a/include/xbt/xbt_os_thread.h
+++ b/include/xbt/xbt_os_thread.h
@@ -24,16 +24,20 @@ SG_BEGIN_DECL()
   /** \brief Thread data type (opaque structure) */
 typedef struct xbt_os_thread_ *xbt_os_thread_t;
 
+#include <pthread.h>
+
 #ifdef _XBT_WIN32 /* defined if this is a windows system, 32bits or 64bits) */
 #include <WinDef.h>
 typedef DWORD xbt_os_thread_key_t;
 #else /* assume that every non-windows system is POSIX-compatible */
-#include <pthread.h>
 typedef pthread_key_t xbt_os_thread_key_t;
 #endif
 
-/* Calls pthread_atfork() if present, and else does nothing.
- * The only known user of this wrapper is mmalloc_preinit(); This function may disapear in the near future.
+/** Calls pthread_atfork() if present, and raise an exception otherwise.
+ *
+ * The only known user of this wrapper is mmalloc_preinit(), but it is absolutely mandatory there:
+ * when used with tesh, mmalloc *must* be mutex protected and resistant to forks.
+ * This functionality is the only way to get it working (by ensuring that the mutex is consistently released on forks)
  */
 XBT_PUBLIC(int) xbt_os_thread_atfork(void (*prepare)(void),
                                      void (*parent)(void),
@@ -62,7 +66,7 @@ XBT_PUBLIC(void) xbt_os_thread_join(xbt_os_thread_t thread,
 XBT_PUBLIC(void) xbt_os_thread_yield(void);
 XBT_PUBLIC(void) xbt_os_thread_cancel(xbt_os_thread_t thread);
 XBT_PUBLIC(void *) xbt_os_thread_getparam(void);
-
+XBT_PUBLIC(void) xbt_os_thread_setstacksize(int stack_size);
 
   /** \brief Thread mutex data type (opaque structure) */
 typedef struct xbt_os_mutex_ *xbt_os_mutex_t;