pthread_setspecific(3-thr) — Reliant UNIX 5.44c4

pthread_setspecific(3-thr)                       pthread_setspecific(3-thr)

NAME
     pthreadsetspecific - sets the thread-specific data associated with
     the specified key for the current thread

SYNOPSIS
     #include <pthread.h>

     int pthreadsetspecific(
          pthreadkeyt key,
          pthreadaddrt value);

PARAMETERS
     key       Context key value that uniquely identifies the context value
               specified in value. This key value must have been obtained
               from pthreadkeycreate().

     value     Address containing data to be associated with the specified
               key for the current thread; this is the thread-specific
               data.

DESCRIPTION
     The pthreadsetspecific() routine sets the thread-specific data asso-
     ciated with the specified key for the current thread. If a value has
     already been defined for the key in this thread, the new value is sub-
     stituted for it.

     Different threads can bind different values to the same key. These
     values are typically pointers to blocks of dynamically allocated
     memory that are reserved for use by the calling thread.

RETURN VALUES
     If the function fails, -1 is returned, and errno may be set to the
     following value:

     EINVAL    The key value is invalid.

SEE ALSO
     pthreadgetspecific(3-thr), pthreadkeycreate(3-thr).

















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