Add kernel worker threads for handling various tasks (eg. interrupts)

1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/kernel/include/worker.h b/src/kernel/include/worker.h
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+++ b/src/kernel/include/worker.h
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+#pragma once
+
+#include <thread.h>
+#include <mutex.h>
+
+void start_workers(int num_worker_threads);		// default : one is enough
+
+bool worker_push(entry_t fun, void* data);
+bool worker_push_in(int usecs, entry_t fun, void* data);
+
+void worker_notify_time(int usecs);		// time source : PIT IRQ0
+
+uint64_t worker_get_time();				// usecs since we started some worker threads, ie since kernel startup
+
+/* vim: set ts=4 sw=4 tw=0 noet :*/