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340f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Dt PTHREAD_KEY_DELETE 3
35a307d598SRuslan Ermilov.Os
360f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Sh NAME
370f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Nm pthread_key_delete
380f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Nd delete a thread-specific data key
39d8a78688SAlexey Zelkin.Sh LIBRARY
40d8a78688SAlexey Zelkin.Lb libc_r
41ec7452f1SRuslan Ermilov.Lb libpthread
420f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Sh SYNOPSIS
4332eef9aeSRuslan Ermilov.In pthread.h
440f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Ft int
450f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Fn pthread_key_delete "pthread_key_t key"
460f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Sh DESCRIPTION
470f7d6847SJulian ElischerThe
480f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Fn pthread_key_delete
490f7d6847SJulian Elischerfunction deletes a thread-specific data key previously returned by
500f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Fn pthread_key_create .
510f7d6847SJulian ElischerThe thread-specific data values associated with
520f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Fa key
530f7d6847SJulian Elischerneed not be NULL at the time that
540f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Fn pthread_key_delete
55c6ff3a1bSSheldon Hearnis called.
56c6ff3a1bSSheldon HearnIt is the responsibility of the application to free any
570f7d6847SJulian Elischerapplication storage or perform any cleanup actions for data structures
580f7d6847SJulian Elischerrelated to the deleted key or associated thread-specific data in any threads;
590f7d6847SJulian Elischerthis cleanup can be done either before or after
600f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Fn pthread_key_delete
61c6ff3a1bSSheldon Hearnis called.
62c6ff3a1bSSheldon HearnAny attempt to use
630f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Fa key
640f7d6847SJulian Elischerfollowing the call to
650f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Fn pthread_key_delete
660f7d6847SJulian Elischerresults in undefined behavior.
670f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Pp
680f7d6847SJulian ElischerThe
690f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Fn pthread_key_delete
70c6ff3a1bSSheldon Hearnfunction is callable from within destructor functions.
71c6ff3a1bSSheldon HearnDestructor functions
720f7d6847SJulian Elischerare not invoked by
730f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Fn pthread_key_delete .
740f7d6847SJulian ElischerAny destructor function that may have been associated with
750f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Fa key
760f7d6847SJulian Elischerwill no longer be called upon thread exit.
770f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Sh RETURN VALUES
780f7d6847SJulian ElischerIf successful, the
790f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Fn pthread_key_delete
80c6ff3a1bSSheldon Hearnfunction will return zero.
81c6ff3a1bSSheldon HearnOtherwise an error number will be returned to
820f7d6847SJulian Elischerindicate the error.
830f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Sh ERRORS
849d09157aSPhilippe CharnierThe
850f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Fn pthread_key_delete
869d09157aSPhilippe Charnierfunction will fail if:
870f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Bl -tag -width Er
880f7d6847SJulian Elischer.It Bq Er EINVAL
890f7d6847SJulian ElischerThe
900f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Fa key
910f7d6847SJulian Elischervalue is invalid.
920f7d6847SJulian Elischer.El
930f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Sh SEE ALSO
940f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Xr pthread_getspecific 3 ,
9575141cc9SWolfram Schneider.Xr pthread_key_create 3 ,
960f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Xr pthread_setspecific 3
970f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Sh STANDARDS
989d09157aSPhilippe CharnierThe
990f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Fn pthread_key_delete
1009d09157aSPhilippe Charnierfunction conforms to
101096841ecSRuslan Ermilov.St -p1003.1-96 .
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