2 @c @node POSIX Threads, , Cryptographic Functions, Top
4 @c %MENU% POSIX Threads
7 This chapter describes the @glibcadj{} POSIX Thread implementation.
10 * Thread-specific Data:: Support for creating and
11 managing thread-specific data
12 * Non-POSIX Extensions:: Additional functions to extend
13 POSIX Thread functionality
16 @node Thread-specific Data
17 @section Thread-specific Data
19 The @glibcadj{} implements functions to allow users to create and manage
20 data specific to a thread. Such data may be destroyed at thread exit,
21 if a destructor is provided. The following functions are defined:
25 @item int pthread_key_create (pthread_key_t *@var{key}, void (*@var{destructor})(void*))
26 Create a thread-specific data key for the calling thread, referenced by
29 Objects declared with the C++11 @code{thread_local} keyword are destroyed
30 before thread-specific data, so they should not be used in thread-specific
31 data destructors or even as members of the thread-specific data, since the
32 latter is passed as an argument to the destructor function.
34 @item int pthread_key_delete (pthread_key_t @var{key})
35 Destroy the thread-specific data @var{key} in the calling thread. The
36 destructor for the thread-specific data is not called during destruction, nor
37 is it called during thread exit.
39 @item void *pthread_getspecific (pthread_key_t @var{key})
40 Return the thread-specific data associated with @var{key} in the calling
43 @item int pthread_setspecific (pthread_key_t @var{key}, const void *@var{value})
44 Associate the thread-specific @var{value} with @var{key} in the calling thread.
48 @node Non-POSIX Extensions
49 @section Non-POSIX Extensions
51 In addition to implementing the POSIX API for threads, @theglibc{} provides
52 additional functions and interfaces to provide functionality not specified in
56 * Default Thread Attributes:: Setting default attributes for
60 @node Default Thread Attributes
61 @subsection Setting Process-wide defaults for thread attributes
63 @Theglibc{} provides non-standard API functions to set and get the default
64 attributes used in the creation of threads in a process.
66 @deftypefun int pthread_getattr_default_np (pthread_attr_t *@var{attr})
67 Get the default attribute values and set @var{attr} to match. This
68 function returns @math{0} on success and a non-zero error code on
72 @deftypefun int pthread_getattr_default_np (pthread_attr_t *@var{attr})
73 Set the default attribute values to match the values in @var{attr}. The
74 function returns @math{0} on success and a non-zero error code on failure.
75 The following error codes are defined for this function:
79 At least one of the values in @var{attr} does not qualify as valid for the
80 attributes or the stack address is set in the attribute.
82 The system does not have sufficient memory.