js/public/HelperThreadAPI.h

   1 /* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 8; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 2 -*-
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   6
   7 /*
   8  * API for supplying an external thread pool to run internal work off the main
   9  * thread.
  10  */
  11
  12 #ifndef js_HelperThreadAPI_h
  13 #define js_HelperThreadAPI_h
  14
  15 #include <stddef.h>  // size_t
  16
  17 #include "jstypes.h"  // JS_PUBLIC_API
  18
  19 namespace JS {
  20
  21 class HelperThreadTask;
  22
  23 /**
  24  * Set callback to dispatch a task to an external thread pool.
  25  *
  26  * When the task runs it should call JS::RunHelperThreadTask passing |task|.
  27  */
  28 using HelperThreadTaskCallback = void (*)(HelperThreadTask* task);
  29 extern JS_PUBLIC_API void SetHelperThreadTaskCallback(
  30     HelperThreadTaskCallback callback, size_t threadCount, size_t stackSize);
  31
  32 // Function to call from external thread pool to run a helper thread task.
  33 extern JS_PUBLIC_API void RunHelperThreadTask(HelperThreadTask* task);
  34
  35 // Function to get the name of the helper thread task.
  36 extern JS_PUBLIC_API const char* GetHelperThreadTaskName(
  37     HelperThreadTask* task);
  38
  39 }  // namespace JS
  40
  41 #endif  // js_HelperThreadAPI_h