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31.\" $FreeBSD$
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33.Dd April 4, 1996
34.Dt PTHREAD_ONCE 3
35.Os BSD 4
36.Sh NAME
37.Nm pthread_once
38.Nd dynamic package initialization
39.Sh SYNOPSIS
40.Fd #include <pthread.h>
41.Pp
42pthread_once
43.Fa once_control
44= PTHREAD_ONCE_INIT;
45.Ft int
46.Fn pthread_once "pthread_once_t *once_control" "void (*init_routine)(void)"
47.Sh DESCRIPTION
48The first call to
49.Fn pthread_once
50by any thread in a process, with a given
51.Fa once_control ,
52will call the
53.Fn init_routine
54with no arguments. Subsequent calls to
55.Fn pthread_once
56with the same
57.Fa once_control
58will not call the
59.Fn init_routine .
60On return from
61.Fn pthread_once ,
62it is guaranteed that
63.Fn init_routine
64has completed. The
65.Fa once_control
66parameter is used to determine whether the associated initialization
67routine has been called.
68.Pp
69The function
70.Fn pthread_once
71is not a cancellation point. However, if
72.Fn init_routine
73is a cancellation point and is cancelled, the effect on
74.Fa once_control is as if
75.Fn pthread_once
76was never called.
77.Pp
78The constant
79.Fa PTHREAD_ONCE_INIT
80is defined by header
81.Aq Pa pthread.h .
82.Pp
83The behavior of
84.Fn pthread_once
85is undefined if
86.Fa once_control
87has automatic storage duration or is not initialized by
88.Fa PTHREAD_ONCE_INIT .
89.Pp
90.Sh RETURN VALUES
91If successful,  the
92.Fn pthread_once
93function will return zero. Otherwise an error number will be returned to
94indicate the error.
95.Sh ERRORS
96None.
97.Pp
98.Sh STANDARDS
99.Fn pthread_once
100conforms to ISO/IEC 9945-1 ANSI/IEEE
101.Pq Dq Tn POSIX
102Std 1003.1 Second Edition 1996-07-12.
103