freebsd man page for pthread_create

PTHREAD_CREATE(3)					   BSD Library Functions Manual 					 PTHREAD_CREATE(3)

NAME
     pthread_create -- create a new thread

LIBRARY
     POSIX Threads Library (libpthread, -lpthread)

SYNOPSIS
     #include <pthread.h>

     int
     pthread_create(pthread_t *thread, const pthread_attr_t *attr, void *(*start_routine)(void *), void *arg);

DESCRIPTION
     The pthread_create() function is used to create a new thread, with attributes specified by attr, within a process.  If attr is NULL, the
     default attributes are used.  If the attributes specified by attr are modified later, the thread's attributes are not affected.  Upon suc-
     cessful completion pthread_create() will store the ID of the created thread in the location specified by thread.

     The thread is created executing start_routine with arg as its sole argument.  If the start_routine returns, the effect is as if there was an
     implicit call to pthread_exit() using the return value of start_routine as the exit status.  Note that the thread in which main() was origi-
     nally invoked differs from this.  When it returns from main(), the effect is as if there was an implicit call to exit() using the return
     value of main() as the exit status.

     The signal state of the new thread is initialized as:

	   o   The signal mask is inherited from the creating thread.

	   o   The set of signals pending for the new thread is empty.

RETURN VALUES
     If successful, the pthread_create() function will return zero.  Otherwise an error number will be returned to indicate the error.

ERRORS
     The pthread_create() function will fail if:

     [EAGAIN]		The system lacked the necessary resources to create another thread, or the system-imposed limit on the total number of
			threads in a process [PTHREAD_THREADS_MAX] would be exceeded.

     [EPERM]		The caller does not have appropriate permission to set the required scheduling parameters or scheduling policy.

     [EINVAL]		The value specified by attr is invalid.

SEE ALSO
     fork(2), pthread_attr(3), pthread_cancel(3), pthread_cleanup_pop(3), pthread_cleanup_push(3), pthread_exit(3), pthread_join(3)

STANDARDS
     The pthread_create() function conforms to ISO/IEC 9945-1:1996 (``POSIX.1'').

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