-//@node Some convenient macros, Index, Scheduler Vars and Data Types
-//@subsection Some convenient macros
+/* Main threads:
+ *
+ * These are the threads which clients have requested that we run.
+ *
+ * In a 'threaded' build, we might have several concurrent clients all
+ * waiting for results, and each one will wait on a condition variable
+ * until the result is available.
+ *
+ * In non-SMP, clients are strictly nested: the first client calls
+ * into the RTS, which might call out again to C with a _ccall_GC, and
+ * eventually re-enter the RTS.
+ *
+ * This is non-abstract at the moment because the garbage collector
+ * treats pointers to TSOs from the main thread list as "weak" - these
+ * pointers won't prevent a thread from receiving a BlockedOnDeadMVar
+ * exception.
+ *
+ * Main threads information is kept in a linked list:
+ */
+typedef struct StgMainThread_ {
+ StgTSO * tso;
+ SchedulerStatus stat;
+ StgClosure ** ret;
+#if defined(RTS_SUPPORTS_THREADS)
+ Condition wakeup;
+#endif
+ struct StgMainThread_ *link;
+} StgMainThread;