C threadpool

An implementation of a threadpool, created with C and Pthread

Details for use:

To see debug information from the c_threadpool.h header file, or the xor_LL.h header file, change the debug macros in their respective files:

note: currently both of these are set to 0, and debug information will not be shown. the library must be rebuilt if you wish to see any debug information when using it.

#define DEBUG_XOR_LL 0
#define DEBUG_C_THREADPOOL 0

The threadpool is a pool of threads to push functions into. The queue is a queue made using my own XOR linked list. It is used to buffer functions before they enter the pool.

See the example_threadpool.c file for a typical example of how to use the threadpool. Standard protocol would be:

 1. initialise a threadpool
 2. prepare threadpool before pushing anything
 3. push functions
 4. repeat steps 2 and 3 if threadpool is not set to exit
 5. cleanup threadpool

Instructions

Compile example with:

cc -Wall example_threadpool.c -o run -L. -ltheadpool -lpthread

or see compilation instructions for more details

and run using:

./run