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27.Dd December 26, 2011
28.Dt THRD_CREATE 3
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm call_once ,
32.Nm cnd_broadcast ,
33.Nm cnd_destroy ,
34.Nm cnd_init ,
35.Nm cnd_signal ,
36.Nm cnd_timedwait ,
37.Nm cnd_wait ,
38.Nm mtx_destroy ,
39.Nm mtx_init ,
40.Nm mtx_lock ,
41.Nm mtx_timedlock ,
42.Nm mtx_trylock ,
43.Nm mtx_unlock ,
44.Nm thrd_create ,
45.Nm thrd_current ,
46.Nm thrd_detach ,
47.Nm thrd_equal ,
48.Nm thrd_exit ,
49.Nm thrd_join ,
50.Nm thrd_sleep ,
51.Nm thrd_yield ,
52.Nm tss_create ,
53.Nm tss_delete ,
54.Nm tss_get ,
55.Nm tss_set
56.Nd C11 threads interface
57.Sh LIBRARY
58.Lb libstdthreads
59.Sh SYNOPSIS
60.In threads.h
61.Ft void
62.Fn call_once "once_flag *flag" "void (*func)(void)"
63.Ft int
64.Fn cnd_broadcast "cnd_t *cond"
65.Ft void
66.Fn cnd_destroy "cnd_t *cond"
67.Ft int
68.Fn cnd_init "cnd_t *cond"
69.Ft int
70.Fn cnd_signal "cnd_t *cond"
71.Ft int
72.Fn cnd_timedwait "cnd_t * restrict cond" "mtx_t * restrict mtx" "const struct timespec * restrict ts"
73.Ft int
74.Fn cnd_wait "cnd_t *cond" "mtx_t *mtx"
75.Ft void
76.Fn mtx_destroy "mtx_t *mtx"
77.Ft int
78.Fn mtx_init "mtx_t *mtx" "int type"
79.Ft int
80.Fn mtx_lock "mtx_t *mtx"
81.Ft int
82.Fn mtx_timedlock "mtx_t * restrict mtx" "const struct timespec * restrict ts"
83.Ft int
84.Fn mtx_trylock "mtx_t *mtx"
85.Ft int
86.Fn mtx_unlock "mtx_t *mtx"
87.Ft int
88.Fn thrd_create "thrd_t *thr" "int (*func)(void *)" "void *arg"
89.Ft thrd_t
90.Fn thrd_current "void"
91.Ft int
92.Fn thrd_detach "thrd_t thr"
93.Ft int
94.Fn thrd_equal "thrd_t thr0" "thrd_t thr1"
95.Ft _Noreturn void
96.Fn thrd_exit "int res"
97.Ft int
98.Fn thrd_join "thrd_t thr" "int *res"
99.Ft int
100.Fn thrd_sleep "const struct timespec *duration" "struct timespec *remaining"
101.Ft void
102.Fn thrd_yield "void"
103.Ft int
104.Fn tss_create "tss_t *key" "void (*dtor)(void *)"
105.Ft void
106.Fn tss_delete "tss_t key"
107.Ft void *
108.Fn tss_get "tss_t key"
109.Ft int
110.Fn tss_set "tss_t key" "void *val"
111.Sh DESCRIPTION
112As of
113.St -isoC-2011 ,
114the C standard includes an API for writing multithreaded applications.
115Since POSIX.1 already includes a threading API that is used by virtually
116any multithreaded application, the interface provided by the C standard
117can be considered superfluous.
118.Pp
119In this implementation, the threading interface is therefore implemented
120as a light-weight layer on top of existing interfaces.
121The functions to which these routines are mapped, are listed in the
122following table.
123Please refer to the documentation of the POSIX equivalent functions for
124more information.
125.Bl -column ".Fn mtx_timedlock" ".Xr pthread_mutex_timedlock 3" -offset indent
126.It Em Function Ta Em POSIX equivalent
127.It Fn call_once Ta Xr pthread_once 3
128.It Fn cnd_broadcast Ta Xr pthread_cond_broadcast 3
129.It Fn cnd_destroy Ta Xr pthread_cond_destroy 3
130.It Fn cnd_init Ta Xr pthread_cond_init 3
131.It Fn cnd_signal Ta Xr pthread_cond_signal 3
132.It Fn cnd_timedwait Ta Xr pthread_cond_timedwait 3
133.It Fn cnd_wait Ta Xr pthread_cond_wait 3
134.It Fn mtx_destroy Ta Xr pthread_mutex_destroy 3
135.It Fn mtx_init Ta Xr pthread_mutex_init 3
136.It Fn mtx_lock Ta Xr pthread_mutex_lock 3
137.It Fn mtx_timedlock Ta Xr pthread_mutex_timedlock 3
138.It Fn mtx_trylock Ta Xr pthread_mutex_trylock 3
139.It Fn mtx_unlock Ta Xr pthread_mutex_unlock 3
140.It Fn thrd_create Ta Xr pthread_create 3
141.It Fn thrd_current Ta Xr pthread_self 3
142.It Fn thrd_detach Ta Xr pthread_detach 3
143.It Fn thrd_equal Ta Xr pthread_equal 3
144.It Fn thrd_exit Ta Xr pthread_exit 3
145.It Fn thrd_join Ta Xr pthread_join 3
146.It Fn thrd_sleep Ta Xr nanosleep 2
147.It Fn thrd_yield Ta Xr pthread_yield 3
148.It Fn tss_create Ta Xr pthread_key_create 3
149.It Fn tss_delete Ta Xr pthread_key_delete 3
150.It Fn tss_get Ta Xr pthread_getspecific 3
151.It Fn tss_set Ta Xr pthread_setspecific 3
152.El
153.Sh DIFFERENCES WITH POSIX EQUIVALENTS
154The
155.Fn thrd_exit
156function returns an integer value to the thread calling
157.Fn thrd_join ,
158whereas the
159.Fn pthread_exit
160function uses a pointer.
161.Pp
162The mutex created by
163.Fn mtx_init
164can be of
165.Fa type
166.Dv mtx_plain
167or
168.Dv mtx_timed
169to distinguish between a mutex that supports
170.Fn mtx_timedlock .
171This type can be
172.Em or'd
173with
174.Dv mtx_recursive
175to create a mutex that allows recursive acquisition.
176These properties are normally set using
177.Fn pthread_mutex_init Ns 's
178.Fa attr
179parameter.
180.Sh RETURN VALUES
181If successful, the
182.Fn cnd_broadcast ,
183.Fn cnd_init ,
184.Fn cnd_signal ,
185.Fn cnd_timedwait ,
186.Fn cnd_wait ,
187.Fn mtx_init ,
188.Fn mtx_lock ,
189.Fn mtx_timedlock ,
190.Fn mtx_trylock ,
191.Fn mtx_unlock ,
192.Fn thrd_create ,
193.Fn thrd_detach ,
194.Fn thrd_equal ,
195.Fn thrd_join ,
196.Fn thrd_sleep ,
197.Fn tss_create
198and
199.Fn tss_set
200functions return
201.Dv thrd_success .
202Otherwise an error code will be returned to indicate the error.
203.Pp
204The
205.Fn thrd_current
206function returns the thread ID of the calling thread.
207.Pp
208The
209.Fn tss_get
210function returns the thread-specific data value associated with the
211given
212.Fa key .
213If no thread-specific data value is associated with
214.Fa key ,
215then the value NULL is returned.
216.Sh ERRORS
217The
218.Fn cnd_init
219and
220.Fn thrd_create
221functions will fail if:
222.Bl -tag -width thrd_timedout
223.It Dv thrd_nomem
224The system has insufficient memory.
225.El
226.Pp
227The
228.Fn cnd_timedwait
229and
230.Fn mtx_timedlock
231functions will fail if:
232.Bl -tag -width thrd_timedout
233.It Dv thrd_timedout
234The system time has reached or exceeded the time specified in
235.Fa ts
236before the operation could be completed.
237.El
238.Pp
239The
240.Fn mtx_trylock
241function will fail if:
242.Bl -tag -width thrd_timedout
243.It Dv thrd_busy
244The mutex is already locked.
245.El
246.Pp
247In all other cases, these functions may fail by returning general error
248code
249.Dv thrd_error .
250.Sh SEE ALSO
251.Xr nanosleep 2 ,
252.Xr pthread 3
253.Sh STANDARDS
254These functions are expected to conform to
255.St -isoC-2011 .
256.Sh HISTORY
257These functions appeared in
258.Fx 10.0 .
259.Sh AUTHORS
260.An Ed Schouten Aq ed@FreeBSD.org
261