thr.c (objc_thread_add): New function.

2001-03-14  Nicola Pero  <n.pero@mi.flashnet.it>

        * thr.c (objc_thread_add): New function.
        (objc_thread_remove): Ditto.
        * objc/thr.h: Declare them.
        * libobjc.def: Mention them.

From-SVN: r40479

1 files changed, 29 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/libobjc/thr.c b/libobjc/thr.c
index f1c957aaa15..437ee577810 100644
--- a/libobjc/thr.c
+++ b/libobjc/thr.c
@@ -531,4 +531,33 @@ objc_condition_signal(objc_condition_t condition)
   return __objc_condition_signal(condition);
 }
 
+/* Make the objc thread system aware that a thread which is managed
+   (started, stopped) by external code could access objc facilities
+   from now on.  This is used when you are interfacing with some
+   external non-objc-based environment/system - you must call
+   objc_thread_add() before an alien thread makes any calls to
+   Objective-C.  Do not cause the _objc_became_multi_threaded hook to
+   be executed. */
+void 
+objc_thread_add(void)
+{
+  objc_mutex_lock(__objc_runtime_mutex);
+  __objc_is_multi_threaded = 1;
+  __objc_runtime_threads_alive++;
+  objc_mutex_unlock(__objc_runtime_mutex);  
+}
+
+/* Make the objc thread system aware that a thread managed (started,
+   stopped) by some external code will no longer access objc and thus
+   can be forgotten by the objc thread system.  Call
+   objc_thread_remove() when your alien thread is done with making
+   calls to Objective-C. */
+void
+objc_thread_remove(void)
+{
+  objc_mutex_lock(__objc_runtime_mutex);
+  __objc_runtime_threads_alive--;
+  objc_mutex_unlock(__objc_runtime_mutex);  
+}
+
 /* End of File */