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 | /*-*- Mode: C; c-basic-offset: 8; indent-tabs-mode: nil -*-*/
/***
  This file is part of systemd.
  Copyright 2013 Lennart Poettering
  systemd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
  under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
  (at your option) any later version.
  systemd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
  WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
  Lesser General Public License for more details.
  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
  along with systemd; If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
***/
#include <pthread.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include "async.h"
#include "log.h"
int asynchronous_job(void* (*func)(void *p), void *arg) {
        pthread_attr_t a;
        pthread_t t;
        int r;
        /* It kinda sucks that we have to resort to threads to
         * implement an asynchronous sync(), but well, such is
         * life.
         *
         * Note that issuing this command right before exiting a
         * process will cause the process to wait for the sync() to
         * complete. This function hence is nicely asynchronous really
         * only in long running processes. */
        r = pthread_attr_init(&a);
        if (r != 0)
                return -r;
        r = pthread_attr_setdetachstate(&a, PTHREAD_CREATE_DETACHED);
        if (r != 0) {
                r = -r;
                goto finish;
        }
        r = pthread_create(&t, &a, func, arg);
        if (r != 0) {
                r = -r;
                goto finish;
        }
finish:
        pthread_attr_destroy(&a);
        return r;
}
static void *sync_thread(void *p) {
        sync();
        return NULL;
}
int asynchronous_sync(void) {
        log_debug("Spawning new thread for sync");
        return asynchronous_job(sync_thread, NULL);
}
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