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+/*
+ * Event loop thread
+ *
+ * Copyright Red Hat Inc., 2013
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ * Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
+ * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef IOTHREAD_H
+#define IOTHREAD_H
+
+#include "block/aio.h"
+#include "qemu/thread.h"
+
+#define TYPE_IOTHREAD "iothread"
+
+typedef struct {
+ Object parent_obj;
+
+ QemuThread thread;
+ AioContext *ctx;
+ QemuMutex init_done_lock;
+ QemuCond init_done_cond; /* is thread initialization done? */
+ bool stopping;
+ int thread_id;
+} IOThread;
+
+#define IOTHREAD(obj) \
+ OBJECT_CHECK(IOThread, obj, TYPE_IOTHREAD)
+
+char *iothread_get_id(IOThread *iothread);
+AioContext *iothread_get_aio_context(IOThread *iothread);
+
+#endif /* IOTHREAD_H */