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threadtest.cc

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// threadtest.cc 
//      Simple test case for the threads assignment.
//
//      Create two threads, and have them context switch
//      back and forth between themselves by calling Thread::Yield, 
//      to illustratethe inner workings of the thread system.
//
// Copyright (c) 1992-1993 The Regents of the University of California.
// All rights reserved.  See copyright.h for copyright notice and limitation 
// of liability and disclaimer of warranty provisions.

#include "copyright.h"
#include "system.h"

//----------------------------------------------------------------------
// SimpleThread
//      Loop 5 times, yielding the CPU to another ready thread 
//      each iteration.
//
//      "which" is simply a number identifying the thread, for debugging
//      purposes.
//----------------------------------------------------------------------

void
SimpleThread(int which)
{
    int num;
    
    for (num = 0; num < 5; num++) {
        printf("*** thread %d looped %d times\n", which, num);
        currentThread->Yield();
    }
}

//----------------------------------------------------------------------
// ThreadTest
//      Set up a ping-pong between two threads, by forking a thread 
//      to call SimpleThread, and then calling SimpleThread ourselves.
//----------------------------------------------------------------------

void
ThreadTest()
{
    DEBUG('t', "Entering SimpleTest");

    Thread *t = new Thread("forked thread");

    t->Fork(SimpleThread, 1);
    SimpleThread(0);
}

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