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59 .Dt PTHREAD_KEY_DELETE 3
62 .Nm pthread_key_delete
63 .Nd delete a thread-specific data key
69 .Fn pthread_key_delete "pthread_key_t key"
72 .Fn pthread_key_delete
73 function deletes a thread-specific data key previously returned by
74 .Fn pthread_key_create .
75 The thread-specific data values associated with
77 need not be NULL at the time that
78 .Fn pthread_key_delete
80 It is the responsibility of the application to free any
81 application storage or perform any cleanup actions for data structures
82 related to the deleted key or associated thread-specific data in any threads;
83 this cleanup can be done either before or after
84 .Fn pthread_key_delete
89 .Fn pthread_key_delete
90 results in undefined behavior.
93 .Fn pthread_key_delete
94 function is callable from within destructor functions.
97 .Fn pthread_key_delete .
98 Any destructor function that may have been associated with
100 will no longer be called upon thread exit.
103 .Fn pthread_key_delete
104 function will return zero.
105 Otherwise an error number will be returned to
108 .Fn pthread_key_delete
117 .Xr pthread_getspecific 3 ,
118 .Xr pthread_key_create 3 ,
119 .Xr pthread_setspecific 3
121 .Fn pthread_key_delete
125 The current specifications of
126 .Fn pthread_key_create
128 .Fn pthread_key_delete
129 are flawed and do not permit a clean implementation without
131 The current implementation of these functions
133 in addresses these problems by not supporting key reuse.