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diff --git a/lib/libpthread/man/pthread_create.3 b/lib/libpthread/man/pthread_create.3 new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..5ac24e8cdadd --- /dev/null +++ b/lib/libpthread/man/pthread_create.3 @@ -0,0 +1,109 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 1996 John Birrell <jb@cimlogic.com.au>. +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software +.\" must display the following acknowledgement: +.\" This product includes software developed by John Birrell. +.\" 4. Neither the name of the author nor the names of any co-contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY JOHN BIRRELL AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.Dd April 4, 1996 +.Dt PTHREAD_CREATE 3 +.Os BSD 4 +.Sh NAME +.Nm pthread_create +.Nd create a new thread +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Fd #include <pthread.h> +.Ft int +.Fn pthread_create "pthread_t *thread" "const pthread_attr_t *attr" "void *(*start_routine)(void *)" "void *arg" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Fn pthread_create +function is used to create a new thread, with attributes specified by +.Fa attr , +within a process. If +.Fa attr +is NULL, the default attributes are used. If the attributes specified by +.Fa attr +are modified later, the thread's attributes are not affected. Upon +successful completion +.Fn pthread_create +will store the ID of the created thread in the location specified by +.Fa thread . +.Pp +The thread is created executing +.Fa start_routine +with +.Fa arg +as its sole argument. If the +.Fa start_routine +returns, the effect is as if there was an implicit call to +.Fn pthread_exit +using the return value of +.Fa start_toutine +as the exit status. Note that the thread in which +.Fn main +was originally invoked differs from this. When it returns from +.Fn main , +the effect is as if there was an implicit call to +.Fn exit using the return value of +.Fn main +as the exit status. +.Pp +The signal state of the new thread is initialized as: +.Bl -bullet -offset indent +.It +The signal mask is inherited from the creating thread. +.It +The set of signals pending for the new thread is empty. +.El +.Sh RETURN VALUES +If successful, the +.Fn pthread_create +function will return zero. Otherwise an error number will be returned to +indicate the error. +.Sh ERRORS +.Fn pthread_create +will fail if: +.Bl -tag -width Er +.It Bq Er EAGAIN +The system lacked the necessary resources to create another thread, or +the system-imposed limit on the total number of threads in a process +[PTHREAD_THREADS_MAX] would be exceeded. +.It Bq Er EINVAL +The value specified by +.Fa attr +is invalid. +.El +.Pp +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr pthread_exit 3 , +.Xr pthread_join 3 , +.Xr fork 2 +.Sh STANDARDS +.Fn pthread_create +is expected to conform to IEEE +.Pq Dq Tn POSIX +Std 1003.1c when it is published. |