owntone-server/src/worker.h
ejurgensen 18a80f15dd [httpd] Multithread solution using worker threads instead of httpd threads
Using worker threads instead of httpd threads means that we, not libevent,
decide which requests get handled by which threads. This means that we can
make sure blocking requests (e.g. volume changes) don't get in the way of
realtime(ish) stuff like mp3 streaming.

Includes refactor of httpd_stream_file() since it was a bit of a monster.
2023-03-07 21:01:45 +01:00

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#ifndef __WORKER_H__
#define __WORKER_H__
#include <event2/event.h>
/* The worker thread is made for running asyncronous tasks from a real time
* thread.
* The worker_execute() function will trigger a callback from the worker thread.
* Before returning the function will copy the argument given, so the caller
* does not need to preserve them. However, if the argument contains pointers to
* data, the caller must either make sure that the data remains valid until the
* callback (which can free it), or make sure the callback does not refer to it.
*
* @param cb the function to call from the worker thread
* @param cb_arg arguments for callback
* @param arg_size size of the arguments given
* @param delay how much in seconds to delay the execution
*/
void
worker_execute(void (*cb)(void *), void *cb_arg, size_t arg_size, int delay);
/* Can be called within a callback to get the worker thread's event base
*/
struct event_base *
worker_evbase_get(void);
int
worker_init(void);
void
worker_deinit(void);
#endif /* !__WORKER_H__ */