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310f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Dd April 4, 1996
320f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Dt PTHREAD_SETSPECIFIC 3
33a307d598SRuslan Ermilov.Os
340f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Sh NAME
350f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Nm pthread_setspecific
360f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Nd set a thread-specific data value
37d8a78688SAlexey Zelkin.Sh LIBRARY
38ec7452f1SRuslan Ermilov.Lb libpthread
390f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Sh SYNOPSIS
4032eef9aeSRuslan Ermilov.In pthread.h
410f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Ft int
420f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Fn pthread_setspecific "pthread_key_t key" "const void *value"
430f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Sh DESCRIPTION
440f7d6847SJulian ElischerThe
450f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Fn pthread_setspecific
460f7d6847SJulian Elischerfunction associates a thread-specific value with a
470f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Fa key
480f7d6847SJulian Elischerobtained via a previous call to
490f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Fn pthread_key_create .
50ddbb94adSTom RhodesDifferent threads can bind different values to the same key.
51c6ff3a1bSSheldon HearnThese values are
520f7d6847SJulian Elischertypically pointers to blocks of dynamically allocated memory that have been
530f7d6847SJulian Elischerreserved for use by the calling thread.
540f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Pp
550f7d6847SJulian ElischerThe effect of calling
560f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Fn pthread_setspecific
570f7d6847SJulian Elischerwith a key value not obtained from
580f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Fn pthread_key_create
590f7d6847SJulian Elischeror after
600f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Fa key
610f7d6847SJulian Elischerhas been deleted with
620f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Fn pthread_key_delete
630f7d6847SJulian Elischeris undefined.
640f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Pp
659d09157aSPhilippe CharnierThe
660f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Fn pthread_setspecific
679d09157aSPhilippe Charnierfunction may be called from a thread-specific data destructor function,
68*e5315a56SPatrick Kelseyhowever this may result in lost storage or infinite loops if doing so
69*e5315a56SPatrick Kelseycauses non-NULL key values to remain after
70*e5315a56SPatrick Kelsey.Bq PTHREAD_DESTRUCTOR_ITERATIONS
71*e5315a56SPatrick Kelseyiterations of destructor calls have been made.
720f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Sh RETURN VALUES
730f7d6847SJulian ElischerIf successful, the
740f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Fn pthread_setspecific
75c6ff3a1bSSheldon Hearnfunction will return zero.
76c6ff3a1bSSheldon HearnOtherwise an error number will be returned to
770f7d6847SJulian Elischerindicate the error.
780f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Sh ERRORS
799d09157aSPhilippe CharnierThe
800f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Fn pthread_setspecific
819d09157aSPhilippe Charnierfunction will fail if:
820f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Bl -tag -width Er
830f7d6847SJulian Elischer.It Bq Er ENOMEM
840f7d6847SJulian ElischerInsufficient memory exists to associate the value with the
850f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Fa key .
860f7d6847SJulian Elischer.It Bq Er EINVAL
870f7d6847SJulian ElischerThe
880f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Fa key
890f7d6847SJulian Elischervalue is invalid.
900f7d6847SJulian Elischer.El
910f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Sh SEE ALSO
9275141cc9SWolfram Schneider.Xr pthread_getspecific 3 ,
930f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Xr pthread_key_create 3 ,
9475141cc9SWolfram Schneider.Xr pthread_key_delete 3
950f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Sh STANDARDS
969d09157aSPhilippe CharnierThe
970f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Fn pthread_setspecific
989d09157aSPhilippe Charnierfunction conforms to
99096841ecSRuslan Ermilov.St -p1003.1-96 .
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