/*** *threadex.c - Extended versions of Begin (Create) and End (Exit) a Thread * * Copyright (c) 1989-1997, Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. * *Purpose: * This source contains the _beginthreadex() and _endthreadex() * routines which are used to start and terminate a thread. These * routines are more like the Win32 APIs CreateThread() and ExitThread() * than the original functions _beginthread() & _endthread() were. * *******************************************************************************/ #ifdef _MT #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include /* * Startup code for new thread. */ static unsigned long WINAPI _threadstartex(void *); /* * declare pointers to per-thread FP initialization and termination routines */ _PVFV _FPmtinit; _PVFV _FPmtterm; /*** *_beginthreadex() - Create a child thread * *Purpose: * Create a child thread. * *Entry: * *** Same parameters as the Win32 API CreateThread() *** * security = security descriptor for the new thread * stacksize = size of stack * initialcode = pointer to thread's startup code address * must be a __stdcall function returning an unsigned. * argument = argument to be passed to new thread * createflag = flag to create thread in a suspended state * thrdaddr = points to an int to receive the ID of the new thread * *Exit: * *** Same as the Win32 API CreateThread() *** * * success = handle for new thread if successful * * failure = 0 in case of error, errno and _doserrno are set * *Exceptions: * *Notes: * This routine is more like the Win32 API CreateThread() than it * is like the C run-time routine _beginthread(). Ditto for * _endthreadex() and the Win32 API ExitThread() versus _endthread(). * * Differences between _beginthread/_endthread and the "ex" versions: * * 1) _beginthreadex takes the 3 extra parameters to CreateThread * which are lacking in _beginthread(): * A) security descriptor for the new thread * B) initial thread state (running/asleep) * C) pointer to return ID of newly created thread * * 2) The routine passed to _beginthread() must be __cdecl and has * no return code, but the routine passed to _beginthreadex() * must be __stdcall and returns a thread exit code. _endthread * likewise takes no parameter and calls ExitThread() with a * parameter of zero, but _endthreadex() takes a parameter as * thread exit code. * * 3) _endthread implicitly closes the handle to the thread, but * _endthreadex does not! * * 4) _beginthread returns -1 for failure, _beginthreadex returns * 0 for failure (just like CreateThread). * *******************************************************************************/ unsigned long __cdecl _beginthreadex ( void *security, unsigned stacksize, unsigned (__stdcall * initialcode) (void *), void * argument, unsigned createflag, unsigned *thrdaddr ) { _ptiddata ptd; /* pointer to per-thread data */ unsigned long thdl; /* thread handle */ unsigned long errcode = 0L; /* Return from GetLastError() */ /* * Allocate and initialize a per-thread data structure for the to- * be-created thread. */ if ( (ptd = _calloc_crt(1, sizeof(struct _tiddata))) == NULL ) goto error_return; /* * Initialize the per-thread data */ _initptd(ptd); ptd->_initaddr = (void *) initialcode; ptd->_initarg = argument; ptd->_thandle = (unsigned long)(-1L); /* * Create the new thread using the parameters supplied by the caller. */ if ( (thdl = (unsigned long) CreateThread( security, stacksize, _threadstartex, (LPVOID)ptd, createflag, thrdaddr)) == 0L ) { errcode = GetLastError(); goto error_return; } /* * Good return */ return(thdl); /* * Error return */ error_return: /* * Either ptd is NULL, or it points to the no-longer-necessary block * calloc-ed for the _tiddata struct which should now be freed up. */ _free_crt(ptd); /* * Map the error, if necessary. * * Note: this routine returns 0 for failure, just like the Win32 * API CreateThread, but _beginthread() returns -1 for failure. */ if ( errcode != 0L ) _dosmaperr(errcode); return((unsigned long)0L); } /*** *_threadstartex() - New thread begins here * *Purpose: * The new thread begins execution here. This routine, in turn, * passes control to the user's code. * *Entry: * void *ptd = pointer to _tiddata structure for this thread * *Exit: * Never returns - terminates thread! * *Exceptions: * *******************************************************************************/ static unsigned long WINAPI _threadstartex ( void * ptd ) { /* * Stash the pointer to the per-thread data stucture in TLS */ if ( !TlsSetValue(__tlsindex, ptd) ) _amsg_exit(_RT_THREAD); /* * Set the thread ID field -- parent thread cannot set it after * CreateThread() returns since the child thread might have run * to completion and already freed its per-thread data block! */ ((_ptiddata) ptd)->_tid = GetCurrentThreadId(); /* * Call fp initialization, if necessary */ if ( _FPmtinit != NULL ) (*_FPmtinit)(); /* * Guard call to user code with a _try - _except statement to * implement runtime errors and signal support */ __try { _endthreadex ( ( (unsigned (WINAPI *)(void *))(((_ptiddata)ptd)->_initaddr) ) ( ((_ptiddata)ptd)->_initarg ) ) ; } __except ( _XcptFilter(GetExceptionCode(), GetExceptionInformation()) ) { /* * Should never reach here */ _exit( GetExceptionCode() ); } /* end of _try - _except */ /* * Never executed! */ return(0L); } /*** *_endthreadex() - Terminate the calling thread * *Purpose: * *Entry: * Thread exit code * *Exit: * Never returns! * *Exceptions: * *******************************************************************************/ void __cdecl _endthreadex ( unsigned retcode ) { _ptiddata ptd; /* pointer to thread's _tiddata struct */ /* * Call fp termination, if necessary */ if ( _FPmtterm != NULL ) (*_FPmtterm)(); if ( (ptd = _getptd()) == NULL ) _amsg_exit(_RT_THREAD); /* * Free up the _tiddata structure & its subordinate buffers * _freeptd() will also clear the value for this thread * of the TLS variable __tlsindex. */ _freeptd(ptd); /* * Terminate the thread */ ExitThread(retcode); } #endif /* _MT */