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38 .Nd create a new thread
46 .Fn pthread_create "pthread_t *thread" "const pthread_attr_t *attr" "void *(*start_routine)(void *)" "void *arg"
50 function is used to create a new thread, with attributes specified by
57 the default attributes are used.
58 If the attributes specified by
60 are modified later, the thread's attributes are not affected.
64 will store the ID of the created thread in the location specified by
67 The thread is created executing
74 returns, the effect is as if there was an implicit call to
76 using the return value of
79 Note that the thread in which
81 was originally invoked differs from this.
84 the effect is as if there was an implicit call to
86 using the return value of
90 The signal state of the new thread is initialized as:
91 .Bl -bullet -offset indent
93 The signal mask is inherited from the creating thread.
95 The set of signals pending for the new thread is empty.
100 function will return zero.
101 Otherwise an error number will be returned to
106 function will fail if:
109 The system lacked the necessary resources to create another thread, or
110 the system-imposed limit on the total number of threads in a process
111 [PTHREAD_THREADS_MAX] would be exceeded.
113 The value specified by
119 .Xr pthread_cleanup_pop 3 ,
120 .Xr pthread_cleanup_push 3 ,