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330f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Dd April 4, 1996
340f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Dt PTHREAD_SETSPECIFIC 3
35a307d598SRuslan Ermilov.Os
360f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Sh NAME
370f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Nm pthread_setspecific
380f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Nd set a thread-specific data value
39d8a78688SAlexey Zelkin.Sh LIBRARY
40d8a78688SAlexey Zelkin.Lb libc_r
410f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Sh SYNOPSIS
4232eef9aeSRuslan Ermilov.In pthread.h
430f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Ft int
440f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Fn pthread_setspecific "pthread_key_t key" "const void *value"
450f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Sh DESCRIPTION
460f7d6847SJulian ElischerThe
470f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Fn pthread_setspecific
480f7d6847SJulian Elischerfunction associates a thread-specific value with a
490f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Fa key
500f7d6847SJulian Elischerobtained via a previous call to
510f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Fn pthread_key_create .
52c6ff3a1bSSheldon HearnDifferent threads man bind different values to the same key.
53c6ff3a1bSSheldon HearnThese values are
540f7d6847SJulian Elischertypically pointers to blocks of dynamically allocated memory that have been
550f7d6847SJulian Elischerreserved for use by the calling thread.
560f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Pp
570f7d6847SJulian ElischerThe effect of calling
580f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Fn pthread_setspecific
590f7d6847SJulian Elischerwith a key value not obtained from
600f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Fn pthread_key_create
610f7d6847SJulian Elischeror after
620f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Fa key
630f7d6847SJulian Elischerhas been deleted with
640f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Fn pthread_key_delete
650f7d6847SJulian Elischeris undefined.
660f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Pp
670f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Fn pthread_setspecific
680f7d6847SJulian Elischermay be called from a thread-specific data destructor function, however this
690f7d6847SJulian Elischermay result in lost storage or infinite loops.
700f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Sh RETURN VALUES
710f7d6847SJulian ElischerIf successful,  the
720f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Fn pthread_setspecific
73c6ff3a1bSSheldon Hearnfunction will return zero.
74c6ff3a1bSSheldon HearnOtherwise an error number will be returned to
750f7d6847SJulian Elischerindicate the error.
760f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Sh ERRORS
770f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Fn pthread_setspecific
780f7d6847SJulian Elischerwill fail if:
790f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Bl -tag -width Er
800f7d6847SJulian Elischer.It Bq Er ENOMEM
810f7d6847SJulian ElischerInsufficient memory exists to associate the value with the
820f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Fa key .
830f7d6847SJulian Elischer.It Bq Er EINVAL
840f7d6847SJulian ElischerThe
850f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Fa key
860f7d6847SJulian Elischervalue is invalid.
870f7d6847SJulian Elischer.El
880f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Sh SEE ALSO
8975141cc9SWolfram Schneider.Xr pthread_getspecific 3 ,
900f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Xr pthread_key_create 3 ,
9175141cc9SWolfram Schneider.Xr pthread_key_delete 3
920f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Sh STANDARDS
930f7d6847SJulian Elischer.Fn pthread_setspecific
94096841ecSRuslan Ermilovconforms to
95096841ecSRuslan Ermilov.St -p1003.1-96 .
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