dnxTimer.h File Reference

Definitions and prototypes for the DNX Timer thread. More...

#include "dnxJobList.h"

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Data Structures
struct	DnxTimer
	DNX job expiration timer abstract type. More...
Functions
int	dnxTimerCreate (DnxJobList *joblist, int sleeptime, DnxTimer **ptimer)
	Create a new job list expiration timer object.
void	dnxTimerDestroy (DnxTimer *timer)
	Destroy an existing job list expiration timer object.

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Detailed Description

Definitions and prototypes for the DNX Timer thread.

The purpose of this thread is to monitor the age of service requests which are being actively executed by the worker nodes.

This requires access to the global Pending queue (which is also manipulated by the Dispatcher and Collector threads.)

Author:

Robert W. Ingraham (dnx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net)

Attention:

Please submit patches to http://dnx.sourceforge.net

Definition in file dnxTimer.h.

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Function Documentation

int dnxTimerCreate	(	DnxJobList *	joblist,
		int	sleeptime,
		DnxTimer **	ptimer
	)

Create a new job list expiration timer object.

Parameters:

[in]	joblist	- the job list that should be expired by the timer.
[in]	sleeptime	- time between expiration checks, in milliseconds.
[out]	ptimer	- the address of storage for returning the new object reference.

Returns:

Zero on success, or a non-zero error value.

Definition at line 166 of file dnxTimer.c.

References DNX_DEF_TIMER_SLEEP, DNX_ERR_MEMORY, DNX_ERR_THREAD, DNX_OK, dnxErrorString(), dnxLog(), dnxTimer(), iDnxTimer_::joblist, iDnxTimer_::sleepms, iDnxTimer_::tid, xfree, and xmalloc.

Referenced by dnxJobListCreate().

void dnxTimerDestroy

(

DnxTimer *

timer

)

Destroy an existing job list expiration timer object.

Parameters:

[in]

timer

- the timer object to be destroyed.

Definition at line 200 of file dnxTimer.c.

References iDnxTimer_::tid, and xfree.

Referenced by dnxJobListDestroy().