io_thread: new thread for non-blocking background I/O

Try to eliminate the remaining blocking I/O.

1 files changed, 39 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/io_thread.h b/src/io_thread.h
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2003-2011 The Music Player Daemon Project
+ * http://www.musicpd.org
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program 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 General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+ * with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ */
+
+#ifndef MPD_IO_THREAD_H
+#define MPD_IO_THREAD_H
+
+#include <glib.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+
+void
+io_thread_init(void);
+
+bool
+io_thread_start(GError **error_r);
+
+void
+io_thread_deinit(void);
+
+G_GNUC_PURE
+GMainContext *
+io_thread_context(void);
+
+#endif