first try for a threaded event dispatcher, but this is not correctly working right now.

@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@ nobase_include_HEADERS = trevent.h \
 			 tr/event.h \
 			 tr/event_handler.h \
 			 tr/event_subject.h \
-			 tr/event_dispatcher.h
+			 tr/event_dispatcher.h \
+			 tr/event_thread.h

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 
 #include <time.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
 
 #include "trbase.h"
 #include "trdata.h"
@@ -49,6 +50,10 @@ TR_CLASS(TR_EventDispatcher) {
 	TR_EXTENDS(TR_EventSubject);
 
 	TR_Queue               events;
+	pthread_mutex_t        events_lock;
+	pthread_cond_t         events_cond;
+	pthread_t              events_wait;
+
 	TR_Hash                handler;
 	TR_EventHandler        default_handler;
 	int                    running;
@@ -78,8 +83,12 @@ TR_eventDispatcherGetDataWaitTime(TR_EventDispatcher);
 void TR_eventDispatcherStart(TR_EventDispatcher);
 void TR_eventDispatcherShutdown(TR_EventDispatcher);
 
-#define TR_eventDispatcherEnqueueEvent(disp,ev)	\
-	(TR_queuePut((disp)->events, (ev)))
+#define TR_eventDispatcherEnqueueEvent(disp,ev)	    \
+	pthread_mutex_lock(&((disp)->events_lock));     \
+	TR_queuePut((disp)->events, (ev));              \
+	pthread_cond_broadcast(&((disp)->events_cond)); \
+	pthread_mutex_unlock(&((disp)->events_lock))
+
 #define TR_eventDispatcherStop(disp) \
 	(((TR_EventDispatcher)disp)->running = 0)
 #define TR_eventDispatcherSetHeartbeat(disp, beat) \

+/**
+ * \file
+ *
+ * \author	Georg Hopp
+ *
+ * \copyright
+ * Copyright © 2014 Georg Hopp
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __TR_EVENT_THREAD_H__
+#define __TR_EVENT_THREAD_H__
+
+#include <pthread.h>
+
+#include "trbase.h"
+#include "event_dispatcher.h"
+
+TR_CLASS(TR_EventThread) {
+	TR_EventDispatcher dispatcher;
+	pthread_t          handle;
+};
+TR_INSTANCE_INIT(TR_EventThread);
+TR_CLASSVARS_DECL(TR_EventThread) {};
+
+void TR_eventThreadStart(TR_EventThread);
+void TR_eventThreadJoin(TR_EventThread);
+
+#endif // __TR_EVENT_THREAD_H__
+
+// vim: set ts=4 sw=4:
+

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include "tr/event_handler.h"
 #include "tr/event_subject.h"
 #include "tr/event_dispatcher.h"
+#include "tr/event_thread.h"
 
 #endif // __TR_EVENT_H__
 

@@ -17,10 +17,13 @@ TREVENT = event.c \
 	  event_handler_class_cleanup.c \
 	  event_subject.c \
 	  event_subject_emit.c \
-	  event_subject_id.c
+	  event_subject_id.c \
+	  event_thread.c \
+	  event_thread_start.c \
+	  event_thread_join.c
 
 lib_LTLIBRARIES = libtrevent.la
 
 libtrevent_la_SOURCES = $(TREVENT)
-libtrevent_la_CFLAGS  = $(AM_CFLAGS)
+libtrevent_la_CFLAGS  = $(AM_CFLAGS) -pthread
 libtrevent_la_LIBADD  =

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <time.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
 
 #include "trbase.h"
 #include "trdata.h"
@@ -65,7 +66,10 @@ int
 eventDispatcherCtor(void * _this, va_list * params) {
 	TR_EventDispatcher this = _this;
 
-	this->events          = TR_new(TR_Queue);
+	this->events = TR_new(TR_Queue);
+	pthread_mutex_init(&(this->events_lock), NULL);
+	pthread_cond_init(&(this->events_cond), NULL);
+
 	this->handler         = TR_new(TR_Hash);
 	this->heartbeat       = TR_new(TR_Timer, TR_TBASE_MIL, 1000);
 	this->mode            = va_arg(*params, TR_EventDispatcherMode);
@@ -98,6 +102,9 @@ eventDispatcherDtor(void * _this) {
 	TR_delete(this->heartbeat);
 	TR_delete(this->handler);
 	TR_delete(this->events);
+
+	pthread_mutex_destroy(&(this->events_lock));
+	pthread_cond_destroy(&(this->events_cond));
 }
 
 static

@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ TR_eventDispatcherStart(TR_EventDispatcher this)
 		TR_Queue        handler_queue;
 		TR_HashValue    handler_queue_hv;
 
+		pthread_mutex_lock(&(this->events_lock));
+
 		TR_eventDispatcherGetBeatTime(this);
 
 		if (this->n_beats) {
@@ -48,15 +50,27 @@ TR_eventDispatcherStart(TR_EventDispatcher this)
 					TR_DISPATCHER_EVENT_HEARTBEAT,
 					NULL);
 		} else if (TR_queueEmpty(this->events)) {
-			int evtid = TR_EVD_CLIENT == this->mode
-				? TR_DISPATCHER_EVENT_USER_WAIT
-				: TR_DISPATCHER_EVENT_DATA_WAIT;
+			if (! this->events_wait) {
+				int evtid = TR_EVD_CLIENT == this->mode
+					? TR_DISPATCHER_EVENT_USER_WAIT
+					: TR_DISPATCHER_EVENT_DATA_WAIT;
 
-			event = TR_eventSubjectEmit((TR_EventSubject)this, evtid, NULL);
+				this->events_wait = pthread_self();
+				event = TR_eventSubjectEmit((TR_EventSubject)this, evtid, NULL);
+			} else {
+				pthread_cond_wait(&(this->events_cond), &(this->events_lock));
+				event = NULL;
+			}
 		} else {
 			event = TR_queueGet(this->events);
 		}
 
+		pthread_mutex_unlock(&(this->events_lock));
+
+		if (! event) {
+			continue;
+		}
+
 		handler_queue_hv = TR_hashGetByVal(
 				this->handler,
 				TR_sdbm(
@@ -89,6 +103,10 @@ TR_eventDispatcherStart(TR_EventDispatcher this)
 		} else {
 			TR_delete(event);
 		}
+
+		if (pthread_equal(this->events_wait, pthread_self())) {
+			this->events_wait = FALSE;
+		}
 	}
 }
 

@@ -32,26 +32,29 @@
 TR_EventDone
 TR_eventHandlerHandleEvent(TR_EventHandler this, TR_Event event)
 {
+	TR_EventDone        retval;
 	TR_EventMethod_fptr event_func     = NULL;
 	TR_HashValue        handle_func_hv = TR_hashGetByVal(
 			TR_CLASSVARS(TR_EventHandler, TR_GET_CLASS(this))->event_methods,
 			TR_sdbm((unsigned char *)&event->id, sizeof(event->id)));
 
-	TR_loggerLog(TR_logger, TR_LOGGER_DEBUG,
-			"%zd - HANDLE(%zd): %s event on %p with no. %d",
-			this->dispatcher[0]->events->nmsg,
-			event->subject->emitted,
-			TR_getEventString(event),
-			event->subject,
-			event->serial);
-
 	if (! handle_func_hv) {
 		return 0;
 	}
 
 	event_func = *(TR_EventMethod_fptr *)handle_func_hv->value;
 
-	return event_func(this, event);
+	retval = event_func(this, event);
+
+	TR_loggerLog(TR_logger, TR_LOGGER_DEBUG,
+			"[%ld] - HANDLE(%zd): %s event on %p with no. %d",
+			pthread_self(),
+			event->subject->emitted,
+			TR_getEventString(event),
+			event->subject,
+			event->serial);
+
+	return retval;
 }
 
 // vim: set ts=4 sw=4:

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
 
 #include "trbase.h"
 
@@ -34,15 +35,15 @@ TR_eventHandlerIssueEvent(TR_EventHandler this, TR_Event event)
 		int i;
 
 		for (i=0; i<this->ndispatcher; i++) {
-			TR_eventDispatcherEnqueueEvent(this->dispatcher[i], event);
-
 			TR_loggerLog(TR_logger, TR_LOGGER_DEBUG,
-					"%zd - ISSUE(%zd): %s event on %p with no. %d",
-					this->dispatcher[i]->events->nmsg,
+					"[%ld] - ISSUE(%zd): %s event on %p with no. %d",
+					pthread_self(),
 					event->subject->emitted,
 					TR_getEventString(event),
 					event->subject,
 					event->serial);
+
+			TR_eventDispatcherEnqueueEvent(this->dispatcher[i], event);
 		}
 
 		return TRUE;

+/**
+ * \file
+ *
+ * \author	Georg Hopp
+ *
+ * \copyright
+ * Copyright © 2014 Georg Hopp
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#include <pthread.h>
+
+#include "trbase.h"
+
+#include "tr/event_dispatcher.h"
+#include "tr/event_thread.h"
+
+static
+int
+eventThreadCtor(void * _this, va_list * params)
+{
+	TR_EventThread this = _this;
+
+	this->dispatcher = va_arg(*params, TR_EventDispatcher);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static
+void
+eventThreadDtor(void * _this)
+{
+	TR_EventThread this = _this;
+
+	if (this->handle) {
+		pthread_cancel(this->handle);
+		pthread_join(this->handle, NULL);
+	}
+}
+
+TR_INIT_IFACE(TR_Class, eventThreadCtor, eventThreadDtor, NULL);
+TR_CREATE_CLASS(TR_EventThread, NULL, NULL, TR_IF(TR_Class));
+
+// vim: set ts=4 sw=4:

+/**
+ * \file
+ *
+ * \author	Georg Hopp
+ *
+ * \copyright
+ * Copyright © 2014 Georg Hopp
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#include <pthread.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+
+#include "trbase.h"
+
+#include "tr/event_thread.h"
+
+void
+TR_eventThreadJoin(TR_EventThread this)
+{
+	int error = pthread_join(this->handle, NULL);
+
+	/*
+	 * AFAIC there is no error condition from this function that
+	 * should lead to a retry. Additionally pthread_join is
+	 * continued after a signal, so all I do is log error and
+	 * continue with the next.
+	 */
+	switch (error) {
+		case EDEADLK:
+			TR_loggerLog(
+					TR_logger,
+					TR_LOGGER_WARNING,
+					"Thread deadlock detected");
+			break;
+
+		case EINVAL:
+			TR_loggerLog(
+					TR_logger,
+					TR_LOGGER_WARNING,
+					"Tried to join a non joinable thread");
+			break;
+
+		case ESRCH:
+			TR_loggerLog(
+					TR_logger,
+					TR_LOGGER_WARNING,
+					"Tried to join non existent thread");
+			break;
+	}
+}
+
+// vim: set ts=4 sw=4:

+/**
+ * \file
+ *
+ * \author	Georg Hopp
+ *
+ * \copyright
+ * Copyright © 2014 Georg Hopp
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+#include <pthread.h>
+
+#include "trbase.h"
+
+#include "tr/event_dispatcher.h"
+#include "tr/event_thread.h"
+
+static
+void *
+TR_eventStreadRun(void * message)
+{
+	TR_EventThread this = message;
+	TR_eventDispatcherStart(this->dispatcher);
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+void
+TR_eventThreadStart(TR_EventThread  this)
+{
+	int error = pthread_create(
+			&this->handle,
+			NULL,
+			TR_eventStreadRun,
+			(void *)this);
+
+	if (error) {
+		TR_loggerLog(
+				TR_logger,
+				TR_LOGGER_ERR,
+				"Thread creation failed with error code: %d",
+				error);
+	}
+}
+
+// vim: set ts=4 sw=4: