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API Description
This page lists the different categories in the libpthread library.
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API Categories
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libpthread Functions
Basic Thread Operations
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Function |
Description |
| pthread_create | Creates a new thread, with attributes specified by attrib, within a process. |
| pthread_exit | Terminates the calling thread and makes the value retValPtr available to any successful join with the terminating thread. |
| pthread_join | Suspends execution of the calling thread until the target thrHandle terminates unless the target thrHandle has already terminated. |
Condition Variables
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Function |
Description |
| pthread_cond_broadcast | Unblocks all threads waiting for the condition variable cond. |
| pthread_cond_destroy | Frees the resources allocated by the condition variable cond. |
| pthread_cond_init | Creates a new condition variable. |
| pthread_cond_signal | Unblocks one thread waiting for the condition variable cond. |
| pthread_cond_timedwait | Atomically blocks the current thread waiting on the condition variable specified by cond, and unblocks the mutex specified by mutex. |
| pthread_cond_wait | Atomically blocks the current thread waiting on the condition variable specified by cond, and unblocks the mutex specified by mutex. |
Miscellaneous Thread Functions
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Function |
Description |
| pthread_equal | Compares the thread IDs t1 and t2. |
| pthread_detach | Indicates to the implementation, that storage for the thread thrHandle can be reclaimed when the thread terminates. |
| pthread_once | Calls the init_routine with no arguments |
| pthread_self | Returns the thread ID of the calling thread. |
Mutexes
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Function |
Description |
| pthread_mutex_destroy | Frees the resources allocated for mutex. |
| pthread_mutex_init | Creates a new mutex, with attributes specified with attr. |
| pthread_mutex_lock | Locks mutex. If the mutex is already locked, the calling thread will block until the mutex becomes available. |
| pthread_mutex_unlock | Unlocks mutex. |
| pthread_mutexattr_init | Initializes attr with all the default mutex attributes. |
Thread Attributes
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Function |
Description |
| pthread_attr_destroy | Destroys attrib. |
| pthread_attr_init | Initializes attrib with all the default thread attributes. |
Thread-Specific Data
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Function |
Description |
| pthread_getspecific | Returns the thread-specific data value associated with the given key. |
| pthread_key_create | Creates a thread-specific data key visible to all threads in the process. |
| pthread_setspecific | Associates a thread-specific value with a key obtained via a previous call to pthread_key_create. |
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Pseudo Functions
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| pthread_condattr_init | Destroys and initializes the condition variable attributes object |
| pthread_condattr_destroy | Destroys and initializes the condition variable attributes object |
| pthread_attr_setscope | Gets and sets the contentionscope attribute |
| pthread_attr_getscope | Gets and sets the contentionscope attribute |
| pthread_attr_setschedpolicy | Gets and sets the schedpolicy attribute |
| pthread_attr_getschedpolicy | Gets and sets the schedpolicy attribute |
| pthread_setschedparam | Dynamic thread scheduling parameters access |
| pthread_getschedparam | Dynamic thread scheduling parameters access |
| pthread_mutexattr_setpshared | Gets and sets the process-shared attribute |
| pthread_mutexattr_getpshared | Gets and sets the process-shared attribute |