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-<H4>POSIX Threads for Windows – REFERENCE - <A HREF="http://sources.redhat.com/pthreads-win32">Pthreads-w32</A></H4>
-<P><A HREF="index.html">Reference Index</A></P>
-<P><A HREF="#toc">Table of Contents</A></P>
-<H2><A HREF="#toc0" NAME="sect0">Name</A></H2>
-<P>pthread_create - create a new thread
-</P>
-<H2><A HREF="#toc1" NAME="sect1">Synopsis</A></H2>
-<P><B>#include &lt;pthread.h&gt;</B>
-</P>
-<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>
-</P>
-<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.
-</P>
-<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>
-<H2>
-<A HREF="#toc5" NAME="sect5">Author</A></H2>
-<P>Xavier Leroy &lt;Xavier.Leroy@inria.fr&gt;
-</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> .
-</P>
-<HR>
-<P><A NAME="toc"></A><B>Table of Contents</B></P>
-<UL>
- <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>
- </P>
- <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>
- </P>
- <LI><P><A HREF="#sect6" NAME="toc6">See Also</A>
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+<P><A HREF="index.html">Reference Index</A></P>
+<P><A HREF="#toc">Table of Contents</A></P>
+<H2 CLASS="western"><A HREF="#toc0" NAME="sect0">Name</A></H2>
+<P>pthread_create - create a new thread
+</P>
+<H2 CLASS="western"><A HREF="#toc1" NAME="sect1">Synopsis</A></H2>
+<P><B>#include &lt;pthread.h&gt;</B>
+</P>
+<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>
+</P>
+<H2 CLASS="western"><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.
+</P>
+<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 initial CPU affinity of the new thread is inherited from it's
+creating thread. A threads CPU affinity can be obtained through
+<A HREF="pthread_setaffinity_np.html"><B>pthread_getaffinity_np(3)</B></A>
+and may be changed through <A HREF="pthread_setaffinity_np.html"><B>pthread_setaffinity_np(3)</B></A>.
+Unless changed, all threads inherit the CPU affinity of the parent
+process. See <A HREF="sched_setaffinity.html"><B>sched_getaffinity(3)</B></A>
+and <A HREF="sched_setaffinity.html"><B>sched_setaffinity(3)</B></A>.</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 CLASS="western"><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 CLASS="western"><A HREF="#toc4" NAME="sect4">Errors</A></H2>
+<DL>
+ <DT><B>EAGAIN</B>
+ </DT><DL>
+ <DL>
+ <DT STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.5cm">
+ 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>
+<H2 CLASS="western">
+<A HREF="#toc5" NAME="sect5">Author</A></H2>
+<P>Xavier Leroy &lt;Xavier.Leroy@inria.fr&gt;
+</P>
+<P>Modified by Ross Johnson for use with <A HREF="http://sources.redhat.com/pthreads-win32">Pthreads-w32</A>.</P>
+<H2 CLASS="western"><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> ,
+<A HREF="pthread_setaffinity_np.html"><B>pthread_getaffinity_np(3)</B></A>
+, <A HREF="pthread_setaffinity_np.html"><B>pthread_setaffinity_np(3)</B></A>
+, <A HREF="sched_setaffinity.html"><B>sched_getaffinity(3)</B></A> ,
+<A HREF="sched_setaffinity.html"><B>sched_setaffinity(3)</B></A> .
+</P>
+<HR>
+<P><A NAME="toc"></A><B>Table of Contents</B></P>
+<UL>
+ <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>
+ </P>
+ <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>
+ </P>
+ <LI><P><A HREF="#sect6" NAME="toc6">See Also</A>
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