MPMT

A small library providing generic interface for multithreading across different platforms.
Created due to the fact that macOS does not support <threads.h> in C11.

See the documentation.

Features

• Mutex (Mutual exclusion)
• Cond (Condition variable)
• Thread (sleep, yield, etc.)
• Thread pool (tasks)
• Atomics (fetch add)
• Supports Windows, macOS and Linux

Usage example

voidmutexExample()
{
Mutexmutex=createMutex();
if (!mutex)
abort();
lockMutex(mutex);
// Do some synchronized work...unlockMutex(mutex);
destroyMutex(mutex);
}
// ========================================staticvoidonUpdate(void*argument)
{
volatilebool*isRunning=argument;
while (*isRunning)
{
// Do some parallel work...sleepThread(0.001);
}
}
voidthreadExample()
{
volatileboolisRunning= true;
Threadthread=createThread(
onUpdate, &isRunning);
if (!thread)
abort();
isRunning= false;
joinThread(thread);
destroyThread(thread);
}

Build requirements

• C99 compiler
• C++17 compiler (optional)
• Git 2.53+
• CMake 3.10+

Use building instructions to install all required tools and libraries.

CMake options

Name	Description	Default value
MPMT_BUILD_SHARED	Build MPMT shared library	ON
MPMT_BUILD_TESTS	Build MPMT library tests	ON
MPMT_BUILD_EXAMPLES	Build MPMT usage examples	ON

CMake targets

Name	Description	Windows	macOS	Linux
mpmt-static	Static MPMT library	.lib	.a	.a
mpmt-shared	Dynamic MPMT library	.dll	.dylib	.so

Cloning

git clone https://github.com/cfnptr/mpmt

Building

• Windows: ./scripts/build-release.bat
• macOS / Linux: ./scripts/build-release.sh

Usage

Thread example: examples/thread_example.c
Mutex example: examples/mutex_example.c