Backed out changeset: cb5901bb1890

2 files changed, 43 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/common/thread.c b/src/common/thread.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..02b17cfb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/thread.c
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include "thread.h"
+
+thread *
+thread_new (void)
+{
+	thread *th;
+
+	th = calloc (1, sizeof (*th));
+	if (!th)
+	{
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	if (_pipe (th->pipe_fd, 4096, _O_BINARY) == -1)
+	{
+		free (th);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	return th;
+}
+
+int
+thread_start (thread *th, void *(*start_routine)(void *), void *arg)
+{
+	DWORD id;
+
+	CloseHandle (CreateThread (NULL, 0, (LPTHREAD_START_ROUTINE)start_routine, arg, 0, (DWORD *)&id));
+	th->threadid = id;
+
+	return 1;
+}
diff --git a/src/common/thread.h b/src/common/thread.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7ca0f937
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/thread.h
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#include <windows.h>
+
+typedef struct
+{
+	DWORD threadid;
+	int pipe_fd[2];
+} thread;
+
+thread *thread_new (void);
+int thread_start (thread *th, void *(*start_routine)(void *), void *arg);