https://github.com/jonhoo/pthread_pool

A simple implementation of thread pooling for C/C++ using POSIX threads
https://github.com/jonhoo/pthread_pool

multi-core multithreading posix-threads pthreads thread-pool

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A simple implementation of thread pooling for C/C++ using POSIX threads

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/jonhoo/pthread_pool
• Owner: jonhoo
• License: mit
• Created: 2014-02-06T14:56:05.000Z (about 12 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2020-10-01T01:28:44.000Z (over 5 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-03-15T14:55:58.586Z (12 months ago)
• Topics: multi-core, multithreading, posix-threads, pthreads, thread-pool
• Language: C
• Size: 176 KB
• Stars: 80
• Watchers: 5
• Forks: 27
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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pthread_pool

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A simple implementation of thread pooling for C/C++ using POSIX threads.

Each pool has a designated worker function, and expects to be given a number of

work items. Any thread in the pool can take a work item, and will pass the work

item to the pool's worker function. The work items are `void *`, and are passed

to the worker function exactly as they are given to `pool_enqueue`. The return

values of the worker functions are ignored.

Four functions of interest are provided:

  - `pool_start` will start a new pool. The worker function and number of

    threads in the pool need to be given as arguments.

  - `pool_enqueue` will add a new work item to the pool. The work item data

    pointer should be passed, as well as a flag specifying whether the work item

    should be free'd after the work item has been processed (or if the pool is

    terminated).

  - `pool_wait` will block until all queued work items have been processed.

  - `pool_end` should be called when the pool is no longer needed. This

    terminates the threads, deallocates the queue and the pool, as well as any

    freeable work items.

Further documentation is given in Doxygen format in `pthread_pool.h`.