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2.8 KiB
Groff
80 lines
2.8 KiB
Groff
.\" Copyright (c) 1997 Brian Cully <shmit@kublai.com>
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.Dd July 28, 1998
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.Dt PTHREAD_COND_WAIT 3
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.Os BSD 4
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm pthread_cond_wait
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.Nd wait on a condition variable
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Fd #include <pthread.h>
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.Ft int
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.Fn pthread_cond_wait "pthread_cond_t *cond" "pthread_mutex_t *mutex"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn pthread_cond_wait
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function atomically blocks the current thread waiting on the condition
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variable specified by
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.Fa cond ,
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and unblocks the mutex specified by
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.Fa mutex .
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The waiting thread unblocks only after another thread calls
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.Xr pthread_cond_signal 3 , or
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.Xr pthread_cond_broadcast 3
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with the same condition variable, and the current thread reaquires the lock
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on
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.Fa mutex .
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
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If successful, the
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.Fn pthread_cond_wait
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function will return zero. Otherwise an error number will be returned to
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indicate the error.
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.Sh ERRORS
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.Fn pthread_cond_wait
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will fail if:
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.Bl -tag -width Er
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.It Bq Er EINVAL
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The value specified by
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.Fa cond
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or the value specified by
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.Fa attr
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is invalid.
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.El
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.Pp
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr pthread_cond_broadcast 3 ,
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.Xr pthread_cond_destroy 3 ,
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.Xr pthread_cond_init 3 ,
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.Xr pthread_cond_signal 3 ,
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.Xr pthread_cond_timedwait 3
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.Sh STANDARDS
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.Fn pthread_cond_wait
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conforms to ISO/IEC 9945-1 ANSI/IEEE
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.Pq Dq Tn POSIX
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Std 1003.1 Second Edition 1996-07-12.
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