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diff --git a/share/man/man3/pthread_barrier_destroy.3 b/share/man/man3/pthread_barrier_destroy.3 new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..34be9d0c793f --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man3/pthread_barrier_destroy.3 @@ -0,0 +1,158 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 2004 Michael Telahun Makonnen +.\" 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. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR 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 AUTHOR 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. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd February 19, 2004 +.Dt PTHREAD_BARRIER 3 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm pthread_barrier_destroy , pthread_barrier_init , pthread_barrier_wait +.Nd "destroy, initialize or wait on a barrier object" +.Sh LIBRARY +.Lb libpthread +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.In pthread.h +.Ft int +.Fn pthread_barrier_destroy "pthread_barrier_t *barrier" +.Ft int +.Fn pthread_barrier_init "pthread_barrier_t *barrier" "const pthread_barrierattr_t *attr" "unsigned count" +.Ft int +.Fn pthread_barrier_wait "pthread_barrier_t *barrier" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Fn pthread_barrier_init +function will initialize +.Fa barrier +with attributes specified in +.Fa attr , +or if it is +.Dv NULL , +with default attributes. +The number of threads that must call +.Fn pthread_barrier_wait +before any of the waiting threads can be +released is specified by +.Fa count . +The +.Fn pthread_barrier_destroy +function will destroy +.Fa barrier +and release any resources that may have been allocated on its behalf. +.Pp +The +.Fn pthread_barrier_wait +function will synchronize calling threads at +.Fa barrier . +The threads will be blocked from +making further progress until +a sufficient number of threads calls this function. +The number of threads that must call it before +any of them will be released is determined by the +.Fa count +argument to +.Fn pthread_barrier_init . +Once the threads have been released the barrier will be reset. +.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES +In both +.Lb libkse +and +.Lb libthr +the +.Dv PTHREAD_BARRIER_SERIAL_THREAD +return value will +always be returned by the last thread to reach the barrier. +.Sh RETURN VALUES +If successful, +both +.Fn pthread_barrier_destroy +and +.Fn pthread_barrier_init +will return zero. +Otherwise, an error number will be returned to indicate the error. +If the call to +.Fn pthread_barrier_wait +is successful, all but one of the threads will return zero. +That one thread will return +.Dv PTHREAD_BARRIER_SERIAL_THREAD . +Otherwise, an error number will be returned to indicate the error. +.Pp +None of these functions will return +.Er EINTR . +.Sh ERRORS +The +.Fn pthread_barrier_destroy +function will fail if: +.Bl -tag -width Er +.It Bq Er EBUSY +An attempt was made to destroy +.Fa barrier +while it was in use. +.El +.Pp +The +.Fn pthread_barrier_destroy +and +.Fn pthread_barrier_wait +functions may fail if: +.Bl -tag -width Er +.It Bq Er EINVAL +The value specified by +.Fa barrier +is invalid. +.El +.Pp +The +.Fn pthread_barrier_init +function will fail if: +.Bl -tag -width Er +.It Bq Er EAGAIN +The system lacks resources, +other than memory, +to initialize +.Fa barrier . +.It Bq Er EINVAL +The +.Fa count +argument is less than 1. +.It Bq Er ENOMEM +Insufficient memory to initialize +.Fa barrier . +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr pthread_barrierattr 3 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Fn pthread_barrier_destroy , +.Fn pthread_barrier_init +and +.Fn pthread_barrier_wait +functions first appeared in +.Lb libkse +in +.Fx 5.2 , +and in +.Lb libthr +in +.Fx 5.3 . |