So we found our pthreads library lacks a bit of documentation.
Maybe someone can pick this up, fix it and commit?


 - Hubert

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.Dd Jun 21, 2003
.Dt PTHREAD 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm pthread
.Nd POSIX Threads Library
.Sh LIBRARY
.Lb libpthread
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In pthread.h
.Pp
.Nm cc
.Op Ar flags
.Ar files
.Fl lpthread
.Op Ar libraries
.Sh DESCRIPTION
This library implements a threads library that is supported by
the Scheduler Activations framework implemented in the
.Os
kernel, implementing a kernel-supported MxN scheduling system.
.\" This next request is for sections 1 and 8 exit statuses only.
.\" .Sh EXIT STATUS
.\" This next request is for sections 2 and 3 function return values only.
.\" .Sh RETURN VALUES
.\" This next request is for sections 1, 6, 7 & 8 only.
.Sh ENVIRONMENT
.Ss PTHREAD_ERRORMODE
Possible values are:
.Bl -tag -width 4n -offset indent -compact
.It Sy ignore
Ignore error
.It Sy print
Print error, and continue execution.
.It Sy abort
Call
.Xr abort 3
to force creating a core dump for further debugging.
.El
.Ss PTHREAD_DEBUGCOUNTERS
Print pthread event counters before the program terminates.
.Ss PTHREAD_DEBUGLOG
Print some debug stuff. No idea what.  - HF
.Ss PTHREAD_PREEMPT
Generate upcalls on a vanilla preempt().
.Ss PTHREAD_RRTIME
Integer value giving the round-robin interval.
.\" .Sh FILES
.\" .Sh EXAMPLES
.\" This next request is for sections 1, 6, 7 & 8 only
.\"     (command return values (to shell) and fprintf/stderr type diagnostics).
.\" .Sh DIAGNOSTICS
.\" The next request is for sections 2 and 3 error and signal handling only.
.\" .Sh ERRORS
.Sh SEE ALSO
Scheduler Activations paper
.Pp
Nathan's masters thesis?
.Pp
.Xr pthread_attr 3 ,
.Xr pthread_barrier_destroy 3 ,
.Xr pthread_barrier_init 3 ,
.Xr pthread_barrier_wait 3 ,
.Xr pthread_barrierattr 3 ,
.Xr pthread_cancel 3 ,
.Xr pthread_cleanup_push 3 ,
.Xr pthread_cond_broadcast 3 ,
.Xr pthread_cond_destroy 3 ,
.Xr pthread_cond_init 3 ,
.Xr pthread_cond_wait 3 ,
.Xr pthread_condattr 3 ,
.Xr pthread_create 3 ,
.Xr pthread_detach 3 ,
.Xr pthread_equal 3 ,
.Xr pthread_exit 3 ,
.Xr pthread_getspecific 3 ,
.Xr pthread_join 3 ,
.Xr pthread_key_create 3 ,
.Xr pthread_key_delete 3 ,
.Xr pthread_kill 3 ,
.Xr pthread_mutex_destroy 3 ,
.Xr pthread_mutex_init 3 ,
.Xr pthread_mutex_lock 3 ,
.Xr pthread_mutex_unlock 3 ,
.Xr pthread_mutexattr 3 ,
.Xr pthread_once 3 ,
.Xr pthread_rwlock_destroy 3 ,
.Xr pthread_rwlock_init 3 ,
.Xr pthread_rwlock_rdlock 3 ,
.Xr pthread_rwlock_unlock 3 ,
.Xr pthread_rwlock_wrlock 3 ,
.Xr pthread_rwlockattr 3 ,
.Xr pthread_schedparam 3 ,
.Xr pthread_self 3 ,
.Xr pthread_setspecific 3 ,
.Xr pthread_sigmask 3 ,
.Xr pthread_spin_destroy 3 ,
.Xr pthread_spin_init 3 ,
.Xr pthread_spin_lock 3 ,
.Xr pthread_spin_unlock 3 ,
.Xr pthread_testcancel 3
.Sh STANDARDS
.St -p1003.1-96
.\" .Sh HISTORY
.Sh AUTHORS
Nathan Williams, Jason Thorpe
.\" .Sh BUGS
.\" .Sh SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS

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