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25.Dd May 31, 2016
26.Dt PTHREAD_SPIN_INIT 3
27.Os
28.Sh NAME
29.Nm pthread_spin_init , pthread_spin_destroy
30.Nd "initialize or destroy a spin lock"
31.Sh LIBRARY
32.Lb libpthread
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34.In pthread.h
35.Ft int
36.Fn pthread_spin_init "pthread_spinlock_t *lock" "int pshared"
37.Ft int
38.Fn pthread_spin_destroy "pthread_spinlock_t *lock"
39.Sh DESCRIPTION
40The
41.Fn pthread_spin_init
42function will initialize
43.Fa lock
44to an unlocked state and
45allocate any resources necessary to begin using it.
46If
47.Fa pshared
48is set to
49.Dv PTHREAD_PROCESS_SHARED ,
50any thread,
51whether belonging to the process in which the spinlock was created or not,
52that has access to the memory area where
53.Fa lock
54resides, can use
55.Fa lock .
56If it is set to
57.Dv PTHREAD_PROCESS_PRIVATE ,
58it can only be used by threads within the same process.
59.Pp
60The
61.Fn pthread_spin_destroy
62function will destroy
63.Fa lock
64and release any resources that may have been allocated on its behalf.
65.Sh RETURN VALUES
66If successful,
67both
68.Fn pthread_spin_init
69and
70.Fn pthread_spin_destroy
71will return zero.
72Otherwise, an error number will be returned to indicate the error.
73.Pp
74Neither of these functions will return
75.Er EINTR .
76.Sh ERRORS
77The
78.Fn pthread_spin_init
79and
80.Fn pthread_spin_destroy
81functions will fail if:
82.Bl -tag -width Er
83.It Bq Er EBUSY
84An attempt to initialize or destroy
85.Fa lock
86while it is in use.
87.It Bq Er EINVAL
88The value specified by
89.Fa lock
90is invalid.
91.El
92.Pp
93The
94.Fn pthread_spin_init
95function will fail if:
96.Bl -tag -width Er
97.It Bq Er EAGAIN
98Insufficient resources,
99other than memory,
100to initialize
101.Fa lock .
102.It Bq Er ENOMEM
103Insufficient memory to initialize
104.Fa lock .
105.El
106.Sh SEE ALSO
107.Xr pthread_spin_lock 3 ,
108.Xr pthread_spin_unlock 3
109.Sh HISTORY
110The
111.Fn pthread_spin_init
112and
113.Fn pthread_spin_destroy
114functions first appeared in
115.Lb libkse
116in
117.Fx 5.2 ,
118and in
119.Lb libthr
120in
121.Fx 5.3 .
122Support for process-shared spinlocks appeared in
123.Fx 11.0 .
124