vdev_thread_create()

Create a thread for a vdev

Synopsis:

#include <qvm/vdev-core.h>

int vdev_thread_create(const vdev_t *vdp,
                       const char *name,
                       pthread_t *thread,
                       pthread_attr_t *attr,
                       void *(*start_routine)(void *),
                       void *arg)

Arguments:

vdp: A pointer to the vdev.
name: A pointer to the name of the thread.
thread: A pointer to the location where the returned pthread_t object is to be stored.
attr: A pointer to the pthread_attr_t object to pass to pthread_create().
start_routine: A pointer to the function to be passed to pthread_create().
arg: A pointer to the argument to be passed to the thread_create() arg parameter.

Library:

Provided by qvm; no external library is required.

Description:

See pthread_create() in the C Library Reference.

Returns:

The value returned by pthread_create().