1 files changed, 49 insertions, 27 deletions

diff --git a/include/threadengines/threadengine_win32.h b/include/threadengines/threadengine_win32.h
index 3388cead0..c1f9f2cce 100644
--- a/include/threadengines/threadengine_win32.h
+++ b/include/threadengines/threadengine_win32.h
@@ -16,61 +16,83 @@
 
 #include "inspircd_config.h"
 #include "base.h"
-#include "threadengine.h"
 
 class InspIRCd;
+class Thread;
 
-class CoreExport Win32ThreadEngine : public ThreadEngine
+/** The ThreadEngine class has the responsibility of initialising
+ * Thread derived classes. It does this by creating operating system
+ * level threads which are then associated with the class transparently.
+ * This allows Thread classes to be derived without needing to know how
+ * the OS implements threads. You should ensure that any sections of code
+ * that use threads are threadsafe and do not interact with any other
+ * parts of the code which are NOT known threadsafe! If you really MUST
+ * access non-threadsafe code from a Thread, use the Mutex class to wrap
+ * access to the code carefully.
+ */
+class CoreExport ThreadEngine : public Extensible
 {
  public:
 
-	Win32ThreadEngine(InspIRCd* Instance);
+	ThreadEngine(InspIRCd* Instance);
 
-	virtual ~Win32ThreadEngine();
+	virtual ~ThreadEngine();
 
 	static DWORD WINAPI Entry(void* parameter);
 
+	/** Create a new thread. This takes an already allocated
+	  * Thread* pointer and initializes it to use this threading
+	  * engine. On failure, this function may throw a CoreException.
+	  * @param thread_to_init Pointer to a newly allocated Thread
+	  * derived object.
+	  */
 	void Start(Thread* thread_to_init);
 
+	/** Returns the thread engine's name for display purposes
+	 * @return The thread engine name
+	 */
 	const std::string GetName()
 	{
 		return "windows-thread";
 	}
 };
 
-class CoreExport ThreadEngineFactory : public classbase
-{
- public:
-	ThreadEngine* Create(InspIRCd* ServerInstance)
-	{
-		return new Win32ThreadEngine(ServerInstance);
-	}
-};
-
-class CoreExport Win32ThreadData : public ThreadData
+class CoreExport ThreadData
 {
  public:
 	HANDLE handle;
 	void FreeThread(Thread* toFree);
 };
 
-class CoreExport Win32Mutex : public Mutex
+/** The Mutex class represents a mutex, which can be used to keep threads
+ * properly synchronised. Use mutexes sparingly, as they are a good source
+ * of thread deadlocks etc, and should be avoided except where absolutely
+ * neccessary. Note that the internal behaviour of the mutex varies from OS
+ * to OS depending on the thread engine, for example in windows a Mutex
+ * in InspIRCd uses critical sections, as they are faster and simpler to
+ * manage.
+ */
+class CoreExport Mutex
 {
  private:
 	CRITICAL_SECTION wutex;
  public:
-	Win32Mutex();
-	virtual void Enable(bool enable);
-	~Win32Mutex();
-};
-
-class CoreExport MutexFactory : public Extensible
-{
- protected:
-	InspIRCd* ServerInstance;
- public:
-	MutexFactory(InspIRCd* Instance);
-	virtual Mutex* CreateMutex();
+	Win32Mutex()
+	{
+		InitializeCriticalSection(&wutex);
+	}
+	void Lock()
+	{
+		EnterCriticalSection(&wutex);
+	}
+	void Unlock()
+	{
+		LeaveCriticalSection(&wutex);
+	}
+	~Win32Mutex()
+	{
+		DeleteCriticalSection(&wutex);
+	}
 };
 
 #endif