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25.Dd December 26, 2011
26.Dt THRD_CREATE 3
27.Os
28.Sh NAME
29.Nm call_once ,
30.Nm cnd_broadcast ,
31.Nm cnd_destroy ,
32.Nm cnd_init ,
33.Nm cnd_signal ,
34.Nm cnd_timedwait ,
35.Nm cnd_wait ,
36.Nm mtx_destroy ,
37.Nm mtx_init ,
38.Nm mtx_lock ,
39.Nm mtx_timedlock ,
40.Nm mtx_trylock ,
41.Nm mtx_unlock ,
42.Nm thrd_create ,
43.Nm thrd_current ,
44.Nm thrd_detach ,
45.Nm thrd_equal ,
46.Nm thrd_exit ,
47.Nm thrd_join ,
48.Nm thrd_sleep ,
49.Nm thrd_yield ,
50.Nm tss_create ,
51.Nm tss_delete ,
52.Nm tss_get ,
53.Nm tss_set
54.Nd C11 threads interface
55.Sh LIBRARY
56.Lb libstdthreads
57.Sh SYNOPSIS
58.In threads.h
59.Ft void
60.Fn call_once "once_flag *flag" "void (*func)(void)"
61.Ft int
62.Fn cnd_broadcast "cnd_t *cond"
63.Ft void
64.Fn cnd_destroy "cnd_t *cond"
65.Ft int
66.Fn cnd_init "cnd_t *cond"
67.Ft int
68.Fn cnd_signal "cnd_t *cond"
69.Ft int
70.Fn cnd_timedwait "cnd_t * restrict cond" "mtx_t * restrict mtx" "const struct timespec * restrict ts"
71.Ft int
72.Fn cnd_wait "cnd_t *cond" "mtx_t *mtx"
73.Ft void
74.Fn mtx_destroy "mtx_t *mtx"
75.Ft int
76.Fn mtx_init "mtx_t *mtx" "int type"
77.Ft int
78.Fn mtx_lock "mtx_t *mtx"
79.Ft int
80.Fn mtx_timedlock "mtx_t * restrict mtx" "const struct timespec * restrict ts"
81.Ft int
82.Fn mtx_trylock "mtx_t *mtx"
83.Ft int
84.Fn mtx_unlock "mtx_t *mtx"
85.Ft int
86.Fn thrd_create "thrd_t *thr" "int (*func)(void *)" "void *arg"
87.Ft thrd_t
88.Fn thrd_current "void"
89.Ft int
90.Fn thrd_detach "thrd_t thr"
91.Ft int
92.Fn thrd_equal "thrd_t thr0" "thrd_t thr1"
93.Ft _Noreturn void
94.Fn thrd_exit "int res"
95.Ft int
96.Fn thrd_join "thrd_t thr" "int *res"
97.Ft int
98.Fn thrd_sleep "const struct timespec *duration" "struct timespec *remaining"
99.Ft void
100.Fn thrd_yield "void"
101.Ft int
102.Fn tss_create "tss_t *key" "void (*dtor)(void *)"
103.Ft void
104.Fn tss_delete "tss_t key"
105.Ft void *
106.Fn tss_get "tss_t key"
107.Ft int
108.Fn tss_set "tss_t key" "void *val"
109.Sh DESCRIPTION
110As of
111.St -isoC-2011 ,
112the C standard includes an API for writing multithreaded applications.
113Since POSIX.1 already includes a threading API that is used by virtually
114any multithreaded application, the interface provided by the C standard
115can be considered superfluous.
116.Pp
117In this implementation, the threading interface is therefore implemented
118as a light-weight layer on top of existing interfaces.
119The functions to which these routines are mapped, are listed in the
120following table.
121Please refer to the documentation of the POSIX equivalent functions for
122more information.
123.Bl -column ".Fn mtx_timedlock" ".Xr pthread_mutex_timedlock 3" -offset indent
124.It Em Function Ta Em POSIX equivalent
125.It Fn call_once Ta Xr pthread_once 3
126.It Fn cnd_broadcast Ta Xr pthread_cond_broadcast 3
127.It Fn cnd_destroy Ta Xr pthread_cond_destroy 3
128.It Fn cnd_init Ta Xr pthread_cond_init 3
129.It Fn cnd_signal Ta Xr pthread_cond_signal 3
130.It Fn cnd_timedwait Ta Xr pthread_cond_timedwait 3
131.It Fn cnd_wait Ta Xr pthread_cond_wait 3
132.It Fn mtx_destroy Ta Xr pthread_mutex_destroy 3
133.It Fn mtx_init Ta Xr pthread_mutex_init 3
134.It Fn mtx_lock Ta Xr pthread_mutex_lock 3
135.It Fn mtx_timedlock Ta Xr pthread_mutex_timedlock 3
136.It Fn mtx_trylock Ta Xr pthread_mutex_trylock 3
137.It Fn mtx_unlock Ta Xr pthread_mutex_unlock 3
138.It Fn thrd_create Ta Xr pthread_create 3
139.It Fn thrd_current Ta Xr pthread_self 3
140.It Fn thrd_detach Ta Xr pthread_detach 3
141.It Fn thrd_equal Ta Xr pthread_equal 3
142.It Fn thrd_exit Ta Xr pthread_exit 3
143.It Fn thrd_join Ta Xr pthread_join 3
144.It Fn thrd_sleep Ta Xr nanosleep 2
145.It Fn thrd_yield Ta Xr pthread_yield 3
146.It Fn tss_create Ta Xr pthread_key_create 3
147.It Fn tss_delete Ta Xr pthread_key_delete 3
148.It Fn tss_get Ta Xr pthread_getspecific 3
149.It Fn tss_set Ta Xr pthread_setspecific 3
150.El
151.Sh DIFFERENCES WITH POSIX EQUIVALENTS
152The
153.Fn thrd_exit
154function returns an integer value to the thread calling
155.Fn thrd_join ,
156whereas the
157.Fn pthread_exit
158function uses a pointer.
159.Pp
160The mutex created by
161.Fn mtx_init
162can be of
163.Fa type
164.Dv mtx_plain
165or
166.Dv mtx_timed
167to distinguish between a mutex that supports
168.Fn mtx_timedlock .
169This type can be
170.Em or'd
171with
172.Dv mtx_recursive
173to create a mutex that allows recursive acquisition.
174These properties are normally set using
175.Fn pthread_mutex_init Ns 's
176.Fa attr
177parameter.
178.Sh RETURN VALUES
179If successful, the
180.Fn cnd_broadcast ,
181.Fn cnd_init ,
182.Fn cnd_signal ,
183.Fn cnd_timedwait ,
184.Fn cnd_wait ,
185.Fn mtx_init ,
186.Fn mtx_lock ,
187.Fn mtx_timedlock ,
188.Fn mtx_trylock ,
189.Fn mtx_unlock ,
190.Fn thrd_create ,
191.Fn thrd_detach ,
192.Fn thrd_equal ,
193.Fn thrd_join ,
194.Fn thrd_sleep ,
195.Fn tss_create
196and
197.Fn tss_set
198functions return
199.Dv thrd_success .
200Otherwise an error code will be returned to indicate the error.
201.Pp
202The
203.Fn thrd_current
204function returns the thread ID of the calling thread.
205.Pp
206The
207.Fn tss_get
208function returns the thread-specific data value associated with the
209given
210.Fa key .
211If no thread-specific data value is associated with
212.Fa key ,
213then the value NULL is returned.
214.Sh ERRORS
215The
216.Fn cnd_init
217and
218.Fn thrd_create
219functions will fail if:
220.Bl -tag -width thrd_timedout
221.It Dv thrd_nomem
222The system has insufficient memory.
223.El
224.Pp
225The
226.Fn cnd_timedwait
227and
228.Fn mtx_timedlock
229functions will fail if:
230.Bl -tag -width thrd_timedout
231.It Dv thrd_timedout
232The system time has reached or exceeded the time specified in
233.Fa ts
234before the operation could be completed.
235.El
236.Pp
237The
238.Fn mtx_trylock
239function will fail if:
240.Bl -tag -width thrd_timedout
241.It Dv thrd_busy
242The mutex is already locked.
243.El
244.Pp
245In all other cases, these functions may fail by returning general error
246code
247.Dv thrd_error .
248.Sh SEE ALSO
249.Xr nanosleep 2 ,
250.Xr pthread 3
251.Sh STANDARDS
252These functions are expected to conform to
253.St -isoC-2011 .
254.Sh HISTORY
255These functions appeared in
256.Fx 10.0 .
257.Sh AUTHORS
258.An Ed Schouten Aq Mt ed@FreeBSD.org
259