Thread Management

Functions of the platform thread management library.

The platform thread management library consists of the following functions.

• Iot_CreateDetachedThread
  Create a new detached thread, i.e. a thread that cleans up after itself.
• IotMutex_Create
  Create a new mutex.
• IotMutex_Destroy
  Free resources used by a mutex.
• IotMutex_Lock
  Lock a mutex. This function should only return when the mutex is locked; it is not expected to fail.
• IotMutex_TryLock
  Attempt to lock a mutex. Return immediately if the mutex is not available.
• IotMutex_Unlock
  Unlock a mutex. This function should only return when the mutex is unlocked; it is not expected to fail.
• IotSemaphore_Create
  Create a new counting semaphore.
• IotSemaphore_Destroy
  Free resources used by a semaphore.
• IotSemaphore_GetCount
  Query the current count of the semaphore.
• IotSemaphore_Wait
  Wait on (lock) a semaphore. This function should only return when the semaphore wait succeeds; it is not expected to fail.
• IotSemaphore_TryWait
  Attempt to wait on (lock) a semaphore. Return immediately if the semaphore is not available.
• IotSemaphore_TimedWait
  Attempt to wait on (lock) a semaphore with a timeout.
• IotSemaphore_Post
  Post to (unlock) a semaphore. This function should only return when the semaphore post succeeds; it is not expected to fail.