sched: Introduce task_status().

[paraslash.git] / sched.h

diff --git a/sched.h b/sched.h
index 303877a4435d0b31fc779ac03d68e20326af17b2..6a35f0e8e56a2f7fa4609ce63906d57981dbff0b 100644 (file)
--- a/sched.h
+++ b/sched.h
@@ -36,35 +36,55 @@ struct sched {
 /**
  * Paraslash's task structure.
  *
- * Before registering a task to the scheduler, the task structure must be
- * filled in properly by the caller.
+ * This is considered an internal structure and will eventually be made private.
  *
  * \sa \ref sched.
  */
 struct task {
+       /** Copied from the task_info struct during task_register(). */
+       void (*pre_select)(struct sched *s, struct task *t);
+       /** Copied from the task_info struct during task_register(). */
+       int (*post_select)(struct sched *s, struct task *t);
+       /** Whether this task is active (>=0) or in error state (<0). */
+       int error;
+       /** Position of the task in the task list of the scheduler. */
+       struct list_head node;
+       /** The task name supplied when the task was registered(). */
+       char status[255];
+       /** If less than zero, the task was notified by another task. */
+       int notification;
+       /** True if task is in error state and exit status has been queried. */
+       bool dead;
+       /** Usually a pointer to the struct containing this task. */
+       void *context;
+};
+
+/** Information that must be supplied by callers of \ref task_register(). */
+struct task_info {
+       /** Used for log messages and by \ref get_task_list(). */
+       const char *name;
        /**
-        * The optional pre select hook of \a t.
+        * The optional pre select method.
         *
         * Its purpose is to add file descriptors to the fd sets of the
         * scheduler and to decrease the select timeout if necessary.
         */
        void (*pre_select)(struct sched *s, struct task *t);
        /**
-        * The mandatory post select hook of \a t.
+        * The mandatory post select method.
         *
         * Its purpose is to evaluate and act upon the results of the previous
         * select call. If this function returns a negative value, the
         * scheduler unregisters the task.
         */
        int (*post_select)(struct sched *s, struct task *t);
-       /** Whether this task is active (>=0) or in error state (<0). */
-       int error;
-       /** Position of the task in the task list of the scheduler. */
-       struct list_head node;
-       /** Descriptive text and current status of the task. */
-       char status[255];
-       /** If less than zero, the task was notified by another task. */
-       int notification;
+       /**
+        * This pointer is saved when the task is register(ed). It may be
+        * queried from ->pre_select() and ->post_select() via \ref
+        * task_context(). Usually this is a pointer to the struct owned by the
+        * caller which contains the task pointer as one member.
+        */
+       void *context;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -75,12 +95,16 @@ struct task {
  */
 extern struct timeval *now;
 
-void register_task(struct sched *s, struct task *t);
+struct task *task_register(struct task_info *info, struct sched *s);
+void *task_context(struct task *t);
 int schedule(struct sched *s);
+void sched_shutdown(struct sched *s);
 char *get_task_list(struct sched *s);
 void task_notify(struct task *t, int err);
 void task_notify_all(struct sched *s, int err);
 int task_get_notification(const struct task *t);
+int task_status(const struct task *t);
+int task_reap(struct task **tptr);
 void sched_min_delay(struct sched *s);
 void sched_request_timeout(struct timeval *to, struct sched *s);
 void sched_request_timeout_ms(long unsigned ms, struct sched *s);