System: Add llvm_execute_on_thread, which does what it says.

 - Primarily useful for running some code with a specified stack size, when
   pthreads are available.

git-svn-id: https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/trunk@118222 91177308-0d34-0410-b5e6-96231b3b80d8

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/llvm/System/Threading.h b/include/llvm/System/Threading.h
index 42d2f89..1d0ed1e 100644
--- a/include/llvm/System/Threading.h
+++ b/include/llvm/System/Threading.h
@@ -40,6 +40,20 @@ namespace llvm {
   /// release_global_lock - Release the global lock.  This is a no-op if called
   /// before llvm_start_multithreaded().
   void llvm_release_global_lock();
+
+  /// llvm_execute_on_thread - Execute the given \arg UserFn on a separate
+  /// thread, passing it the provided \arg UserData.
+  ///
+  /// This function does not guarantee that the code will actually be executed
+  /// on a separate thread or honoring the requested stack size, but tries to do
+  /// so where system support is available.
+  ///
+  /// \param UserFn - The callback to execute.
+  /// \param UserData - An argument to pass to the callback function.
+  /// \param RequestedStackSize - If non-zero, a requested size (in bytes) for
+  /// the thread stack.
+  void llvm_execute_on_thread(void (*UserFn)(void*), void *UserData,
+                              unsigned RequestedStackSize = 0);
 }
 
 #endif