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27.Dd January 22, 2004
28.Dt PTHREAD_SPIN_INIT 3
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm pthread_spin_init , pthread_spin_destroy
32.Nd "initialize or destroy a spin lock"
33.Sh LIBRARY
34.Lb libpthread
35.Sh SYNOPSIS
36.In pthread.h
37.Ft int
38.Fn pthread_spin_init "pthread_spinlock_t *lock" "int pshared"
39.Ft int
40.Fn pthread_spin_destroy "pthread_spinlock_t *lock"
41.Sh DESCRIPTION
42The
43.Fn pthread_spin_init
44function will initialize
45.Fa lock
46to an unlocked state and
47allocate any resources necessary to begin using it.
48If
49.Fa pshared
50is set to
51.Dv PTHREAD_PROCESS_SHARED ,
52any thread,
53whether belonging to the process in which the spinlock was created or not,
54that has access to the memory area where
55.Fa lock
56resides, can use
57.Fa lock .
58If it is set to
59.Dv PTHREAD_PROCESS_PRIVATE ,
60it can only be used by threads within the same process.
61.Pp
62The
63.Fn pthread_spin_destroy
64function will destroy
65.Fa lock
66and release any resources that may have been allocated on its behalf.
67.Sh RETURN VALUES
68If successful,
69both
70.Fn pthread_spin_init
71and
72.Fn pthread_spin_destroy
73will return zero.
74Otherwise, an error number will be returned to indicate the error.
75.Pp
76Neither of these functions will return
77.Er EINTR .
78.Sh ERRORS
79The
80.Fn pthread_spin_init
81and
82.Fn pthread_spin_destroy
83functions will fail if:
84.Bl -tag -width Er
85.It Bq Er EBUSY
86An attempt to initialize or destroy
87.Fa lock
88while it is in use.
89.It Bq Er EINVAL
90The value specified by
91.Fa lock
92is invalid.
93.El
94.Pp
95The
96.Fn pthread_spin_init
97function will fail if:
98.Bl -tag -width Er
99.It Bq Er EAGAIN
100Insufficient resources,
101other than memory,
102to initialize
103.Fa lock .
104.It Bq Er ENOMEM
105Insufficient memory to initialize
106.Fa lock .
107.El
108.Sh SEE ALSO
109.Xr pthread_spin_lock 3 ,
110.Xr pthread_spin_unlock 3
111.Sh HISTORY
112The
113.Fn pthread_spin_init
114and
115.Fn pthread_spin_destroy
116functions first appeared in
117.Lb libkse
118in
119.Fx 5.2 ,
120and in
121.Lb libthr
122in
123.Fx 5.3 .
124.Sh BUGS
125The implementation of
126.Fn pthread_spin_init
127does not fully conform to
128.St -p1003.2
129because the
130.Fa pshared
131argument is ignored in
132.Lb libthr ,
133and in
134.Lb libkse
135if any value other than
136.Dv PTHREAD_PROCESSES_PRIVATE
137is specified, it returns
138.Er EINVAL .
139