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59 .Dt PTHREAD_KEY_CREATE 3
62 .Nm pthread_key_create
63 .Nd thread-specific data key creation
69 .Fn pthread_key_create "pthread_key_t *key" "void (*destructor)(void *)"
72 .Fn pthread_key_create
73 function creates a thread-specific data key visible to all threads in the
75 Key values provided by
76 .Fn pthread_key_create
77 are opaque objects used to locate thread-specific data.
79 key value may be used by different threads, the values bound to the key
81 .Fn pthread_setspecific
82 are maintained on a per-thread basis and persist for the life of the calling
85 Upon key creation, the value NULL is associated with the new key in all
87 Upon thread creation, the value NULL is associated with all
88 defined keys in the new thread.
90 An optional destructor function may be associated with each key value.
92 thread exit, if a key value has a non-NULL destructor pointer, and the
93 thread has a non-NULL value associated with the key, the function pointed
94 to is called with the current associated value as its sole argument.
96 order of destructor calls is unspecified if more than one destructor exists
97 for a thread when it exits.
99 If, after all the destructors have been called for all non-NULL values
100 with associated destructors, there are still some non-NULL values with
101 associated destructors, then the process is repeated.
103 .Dv PTHREAD_DESTRUCTOR_ITERATIONS
104 iterations of destructor calls for
105 outstanding non-NULL values, there are still some non-NULL values with
106 associated destructors, the implementation stops calling destructors.
109 .Fn pthread_key_create
110 function will store the newly created key value at the location specified by
113 Otherwise an error number will be returned to indicate
116 .Fn pthread_key_create
120 The system lacked the necessary resources to create another thread-specific
121 data key, or the system-imposed limit on the total number of keys per process
125 Insufficient memory exists to create the key.
128 .Xr pthread_getspecific 3 ,
129 .Xr pthread_key_delete 3 ,
130 .Xr pthread_setspecific 3
132 .Fn pthread_key_create