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<H4 CLASS="western">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 CLASS="western"><A HREF="#toc0" NAME="sect0">Name</A></H2>
<P>pthread_create - create a new thread
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<H2 CLASS="western"><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 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.
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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 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.
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<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.
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<H2 CLASS="western"><A HREF="#toc4" NAME="sect4">Errors</A></H2>
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<DT><B>EAGAIN</B>
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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.
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<H2 CLASS="western">
<A HREF="#toc5" NAME="sect5">Author</A></H2>
<P>Xavier Leroy <Xavier.Leroy@inria.fr>
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<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> .
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<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><A HREF="#sect0" NAME="toc0">Name</A>
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<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><A HREF="#sect1" NAME="toc1">Synopsis</A>
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<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><A HREF="#sect2" NAME="toc2">Description</A>
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<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>
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<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><A HREF="#sect5" NAME="toc5">Author</A>
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