NetBSD/lib/libpthread/pthread_barrier.3

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.Dd July 8, 2010
.Dt PTHREAD_BARRIER 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm pthread_barrier
.Nd barrier interface
.Sh LIBRARY
.Lb libpthread
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In pthread.h
.Ft int
.Fn pthread_barrier_init "pthread_barrier_t * restrict barrier" \
"const pthread_barrierattr_t * restrict attr" "unsigned int count"
.Ft int
.Fn pthread_barrier_destroy "pthread_barrier_t *barrier"
.Ft int
.Fn pthread_barrier_wait "pthread_barrier_t *barrier"
.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn pthread_barrier_init
function creates a new barrier with attributes
.Fa attr
and
.Fa count .
The
.Fa count
parameter indicates the number of threads
which will participate in the barrier.
The
.Xr pthread_barrierattr_init 3
function may be used to specify the attributes supplied in
.Fa attr .
If
.Fa attr
is
.Dv NULL ,
the default attributes are used.
Barriers are most commonly used in the decomposition of parallel loops.
.Pp
.\" -----
The
.Fn pthread_barrier_destroy
function causes the resources allocated to
.Fa barrier
to be released.
No threads should be blocked on
.Fa barrier .
.Pp
.\" -----
The
.Fn pthread_barrier_wait
function causes the current thread to wait on the barrier specified.
Once as many threads as specified by the
.Fa count
parameter to the corresponding
.Fn pthread_barrier_init
call have called
.Fn pthread_barrier_wait ,
all threads will wake up, return from their respective
.Fn pthread_barrier_wait
calls and continue execution.
.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
.Sh RETURN VALUES
If successful,
.Fn pthread_barrier_init
will return zero and put the new barrier id into
.Fa barrier ,
otherwise an error number will be returned to indicate the error.
.Pp
.\" -----
If successful,
.Fn pthread_barrier_destroy
will return zero.
Otherwise an error value will be returned.
.Pp
.\" -----
If successful,
.Fn pthread_barrier_wait
will return zero for all waiting threads except for one.
One thread will receive status
.Dv PTHREAD_BARRIER_SERIAL_THREAD ,
which is intended to indicate that this thread may be used to update
shared data.
It is the responsibility of this thread to insure the visibility
and atomicity of any updates to shared data with respect to the
other threads participating in the barrier.
In the case of failure, an error value will be returned.
.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
.Sh ERRORS
The
.Fn pthread_barrier_init
function may fail if:
.Bl -tag -width Er
.It Bq Er EINVAL
The value specified by
.Fa count
is zero or
.Fa attr
is invalid.
.El
.Pp
.\" -----
The
.Fn pthread_barrier_destroy
function may fail if:
.Bl -tag -width Er
.It Bq Er EBUSY
The
.Fa barrier
still has active threads associated with it.
.It Bq Er EINVAL
The value specified by
.Fa barrier
is invalid.
.El
.Pp
.\" -----
The
.Fn pthread_barrier_wait
function may fail if:
.Bl -tag -width Er
.It Bq Er EINVAL
The value specified by
.Fa barrier
is invalid.
.El
.\" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr pthread_barrierattr 3 ,
.Xr pthread_cond 3 ,
.Xr pthread_mutex 3
.Sh STANDARDS
These functions conform to
.St -p1003.1-2001 .