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27.Dd February 19, 2004
28.Dt PTHREAD_BARRIERATTR 3
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm pthread_barrierattr_destroy , pthread_barrierattr_getpshared ,
32.Nm pthread_barrierattr_init , pthread_barrierattr_setpshared
33.Nd "manipulate a barrier attribute object"
34.Sh LIBRARY
35.Lb libpthread
36.Lb libthr
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.In pthread.h
39.Ft int
40.Fn pthread_barrierattr_destroy "pthread_barrierattr_t *attr"
41.Ft int
42.Fn pthread_barrierattr_getpshared "const pthread_barrierattr_t *attr" "int *pshared"
43.Ft int
44.Fn pthread_barrierattr_init "pthread_barrierattr_t *attr"
45.Ft int
46.Fn pthread_barrierattr_setpshared "pthread_barrierattr_t *attr" "int pshared"
47.Sh DESCRIPTION
48The
49.Fn pthread_barrierattr_init
50function will initialize
51.Fa attr
52with default attributes.
53The
54.Fn pthread_barrierattr_destroy
55function will destroy
56.Fa attr
57and release any resources that may have been allocated on its behalf.
58.Pp
59The
60.Fn pthread_barrierattr_getpshared
61function will put the value of the process-shared attribute from
62.Fa attr
63into the memory area pointed to by
64.Fa pshared .
65The
66.Fn pthread_barrierattr_setpshared
67function will set the process-shared attribute of
68.Fa attr
69to the value specified in
70.Fa pshared .
71The argument
72.Fa pshared
73may have one of the following values:
74.Bl -tag -width ".Dv PTHREAD_PROCESS_PRIVATE"
75.It Dv PTHREAD_PROCESS_PRIVATE
76The barrier object it is attached to may only be accessed by
77threads in the same process as the one that created the object.
78.It Dv PTHREAD_PROCESS_SHARED
79The barrier object it is attached to may be accessed by
80threads in processes other than the one that created the object.
81.El
82.Sh RETURN VALUES
83If successful, all these functions will return zero.
84Otherwise, an error number will be returned to indicate the error.
85.Pp
86None of these functions will return
87.Er EINTR .
88.Sh ERRORS
89The
90.Fn pthread_barrierattr_destroy ,
91.Fn pthread_barrierattr_getpshared
92and
93.Fn pthread_barrierattr_setpshared
94functions may fail if:
95.Bl -tag -width Er
96.It Bq Er EINVAL
97The value specified by
98.Fa attr
99is invalid.
100.El
101.Pp
102The
103.Fn pthread_barrierattr_init
104function will fail if:
105.Bl -tag -width Er
106.It Bq Er ENOMEM
107Insufficient memory to initialize the barrier attribute object
108.Fa attr .
109.El
110.Pp
111The
112.Fn pthread_barrierattr_setpshared
113function will fail if:
114.Bl -tag -width Er
115.It Bq Er EINVAL
116The value specified in
117.Fa pshared
118is not one of the allowed values.
119.El
120.Sh SEE ALSO
121.Xr pthread_barrier_destroy 3 ,
122.Xr pthread_barrier_init 3 ,
123.Xr pthread_barrier_wait 3
124.Sh HISTORY
125The
126.Fn pthread_barrierattr_*
127functions first appeared in
128.Lb libpthread
129in
130.Fx 5.2 ,
131and in
132.Lb libthr
133in
134.Fx 5.3 .
135.Sh BUGS
136The implementation of
137barriers
138does not fully conform to
139.St -p1003.2
140because the process-shared attribute is ignored in
141.Lb libthr ,
142and in
143.Lb libpthread ;
144if any value other than
145.Dv PTHREAD_PROCESSES_PRIVATE
146is specified in a call to
147.Fn pthread_barrierattr_setpshared ,
148it will return
149.Er EINVAL .
150