On Tuesday 22 June 2004 14:22, Vinu V wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My requirement is to have a timer implementation using Pth library.
>
> The call shown below causes the callback "func" to be called at the
> specified timeout:
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>-- -----------------------------------------------
> main_func()
> {
> pth_ev = pth_event(PTH_EVENT_FUNC, func, NULL, pth_timeout(0,
> 500000));
> pth_wait(pth_ev); /* Thread waits here . it is signalled from
> callback - func*/
> }
>
> However, the execution of the main_func thread is blocked until it is
> signalled which happens when the callback is called.
>
> int func(void * arg)
> {
> /* In timer callback */
> }
>
> I need to have a timer implementation similar to timer_init, timer_add,
> timer_settime etc....where the caller does not get blocked.
> Is there a way of doing the same using Pth.?
>
> Kind Regards,
> Bhanu Kurpad
If I was you I'd spawn a special "timer thread". This thread would sleep for a
while and when it wakes up it would call the callback function and exit or
sleep again, depending on what kind of behaviour is needed.
Regards
Marc
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