// 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); }