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| <H4>POSIX Threads for Windows – REFERENCE - <A HREF="http://sources.redhat.com/pthreads-win32">Pthreads-w32</A></H4> | |
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| <H2><A HREF="#toc0" NAME="sect0">Name</A></H2> | |
| <P>pthread_create - create a new thread | |
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| <H2><A HREF="#toc1" NAME="sect1">Synopsis</A></H2> | |
| <P><B>#include <pthread.h></B> | |
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| <P><B>int pthread_create(pthread_t * </B><I>thread</I><B>, | |
| pthread_attr_t * </B><I>attr</I><B>, void * (*</B><I>start_routine</I><B>)(void | |
| *), void * </B><I>arg</I><B>);</B> | |
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| <H2><A HREF="#toc2" NAME="sect2">Description</A></H2> | |
| <P><B>pthread_create</B> creates a new thread of control that | |
| executes concurrently with the calling thread. The new thread applies | |
| the function <I>start_routine</I> passing it <I>arg</I> as first | |
| argument. The new thread terminates either explicitly, by calling | |
| <A HREF="pthread_exit.html"><B>pthread_exit</B>(3)</A> , or | |
| implicitly, by returning from the <I>start_routine</I> function. The | |
| latter case is equivalent to calling <A HREF="pthread_exit.html"><B>pthread_exit</B>(3)</A> | |
| with the result returned by <I>start_routine</I> as exit code. | |
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| <P>The initial signal state of the new thread is inherited from it's | |
| creating thread and there are no pending signals. <B>Pthreads-w32</B> | |
| does not yet implement signals.</P> | |
| <P>The <I>attr</I> argument specifies thread attributes to be applied | |
| to the new thread. See <A HREF="pthread_attr_init.html"><B>pthread_attr_init</B>(3)</A> | |
| for a complete list of thread attributes. The <I>attr</I> argument | |
| can also be <B>NULL</B>, in which case default attributes are used: | |
| the created thread is joinable (not detached) and has default (non | |
| real-time) scheduling policy. | |
| </P> | |
| <H2><A HREF="#toc3" NAME="sect3">Return Value</A></H2> | |
| <P>On success, the identifier of the newly created thread is stored | |
| in the location pointed by the <I>thread</I> argument, and a 0 is | |
| returned. On error, a non-zero error code is returned. | |
| </P> | |
| <H2><A HREF="#toc4" NAME="sect4">Errors</A></H2> | |
| <DL> | |
| <DT><B>EAGAIN</B> | |
| </DT><DL> | |
| <DL> | |
| <DT> | |
| Not enough system resources to create a process for the new | |
| thread, or<BR>more than <B>PTHREAD_THREADS_MAX</B> threads are | |
| already active. | |
| </DT></DL> | |
| </DL> | |
| </DL> | |
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| <A HREF="#toc5" NAME="sect5">Author</A></H2> | |
| <P>Xavier Leroy <Xavier.Leroy@inria.fr> | |
| </P> | |
| <P>Modified by Ross Johnson for use with <A HREF="http://sources.redhat.com/pthreads-win32">Pthreads-w32</A>.</P> | |
| <H2><A HREF="#toc6" NAME="sect6">See Also</A></H2> | |
| <P><A HREF="pthread_exit.html"><B>pthread_exit</B>(3)</A> , | |
| <A HREF="pthread_join.html"><B>pthread_join</B>(3)</A> , | |
| <A HREF="pthread_detach.html"><B>pthread_detach</B>(3)</A> , | |
| <A HREF="pthread_attr_init.html"><B>pthread_attr_init</B>(3)</A> . | |
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| <P><A NAME="toc"></A><B>Table of Contents</B></P> | |
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| <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><A HREF="#sect0" NAME="toc0">Name</A> | |
| </P> | |
| <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><A HREF="#sect1" NAME="toc1">Synopsis</A> | |
| </P> | |
| <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><A HREF="#sect2" NAME="toc2">Description</A> | |
| </P> | |
| <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><A HREF="#sect3" NAME="toc3">Return | |
| Value</A> | |
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| <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><A HREF="#sect4" NAME="toc4">Errors</A> | |
| </P> | |
| <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><A HREF="#sect5" NAME="toc5">Author</A> | |
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| <LI><P><A HREF="#sect6" NAME="toc6">See Also</A> | |
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