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<center><font size="2">The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6<br>
IEEE Std 1003.1-2001<br>
Copyright &copy; 2001 The IEEE and The Open Group, All Rights reserved.</font></center>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_508_01"></a>NAME</h4>
<blockquote>pthread_barrier_wait - synchronize at a barrier (<b>ADVANCED REALTIME THREADS</b>)</blockquote>
<h4><a name="tag_03_508_02"></a>SYNOPSIS</h4>
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<div class="box"><code><tt><sup>[<a href="javascript:open_code('THR BAR')">THR BAR</a>]</sup> <img src="../images/opt-start.gif" alt=
"[Option Start]" border="0"> #include &lt;<a href="../basedefs/pthread.h.html">pthread.h</a>&gt;<br>
<br>
int pthread_barrier_wait(pthread_barrier_t *</tt><i>barrier</i><tt>); <img src="../images/opt-end.gif" alt="[Option End]" border=
"0"></tt></code></div>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_508_03"></a>DESCRIPTION</h4>
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<p>The <i>pthread_barrier_wait</i>() function shall synchronize participating threads at the barrier referenced by <i>barrier</i>.
The calling thread shall block until the required number of threads have called <i>pthread_barrier_wait</i>() specifying the
barrier.</p>
<p>When the required number of threads have called <i>pthread_barrier_wait</i>() specifying the barrier, the constant
PTHREAD_BARRIER_SERIAL_THREAD shall be returned to one unspecified thread and zero shall be returned to each of the remaining
threads. At this point, the barrier shall be reset to the state it had as a result of the most recent <a href=
"../functions/pthread_barrier_init.html"><i>pthread_barrier_init</i>()</a> function that referenced it.</p>
<p>The constant PTHREAD_BARRIER_SERIAL_THREAD is defined in <a href="../basedefs/pthread.h.html"><i>&lt;pthread.h&gt;</i></a> and
its value shall be distinct from any other value returned by <i>pthread_barrier_wait</i>().</p>
<p>The results are undefined if this function is called with an uninitialized barrier.</p>
<p>If a signal is delivered to a thread blocked on a barrier, upon return from the signal handler the thread shall resume waiting
at the barrier if the barrier wait has not completed (that is, if the required number of threads have not arrived at the barrier
during the execution of the signal handler); otherwise, the thread shall continue as normal from the completed barrier wait. Until
the thread in the signal handler returns from it, it is unspecified whether other threads may proceed past the barrier once they
have all reached it.</p>
<p>A thread that has blocked on a barrier shall not prevent any unblocked thread that is eligible to use the same processing
resources from eventually making forward progress in its execution. Eligibility for processing resources shall be determined by the
scheduling policy.</p>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_508_04"></a>RETURN VALUE</h4>
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<p>Upon successful completion, the <i>pthread_barrier_wait</i>() function shall return PTHREAD_BARRIER_SERIAL_THREAD for a single
(arbitrary) thread synchronized at the barrier and zero for each of the other threads. Otherwise, an error number shall be returned
to indicate the error.</p>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_508_05"></a>ERRORS</h4>
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<p>The <i>pthread_barrier_wait</i>() function may fail if:</p>
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<dt>[EINVAL]</dt>
<dd>The value specified by <i>barrier</i> does not refer to an initialized barrier object.</dd>
</dl>
<p>This function shall not return an error code of [EINTR].</p>
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<div class="box"><em>The following sections are informative.</em></div>
<h4><a name="tag_03_508_06"></a>EXAMPLES</h4>
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<p>None.</p>
</blockquote>
<h4><a name="tag_03_508_07"></a>APPLICATION USAGE</h4>
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<p>Applications using this function may be subject to priority inversion, as discussed in the Base Definitions volume of
IEEE&nbsp;Std&nbsp;1003.1-2001, <a href="../basedefs/xbd_chap03.html#tag_03_285">Section 3.285, Priority Inversion</a>.</p>
<p>The <i>pthread_barrier_wait</i>() function is part of the Barriers option and need not be provided on all implementations.</p>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_508_08"></a>RATIONALE</h4>
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<p>None.</p>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_508_09"></a>FUTURE DIRECTIONS</h4>
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<p>None.</p>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_508_10"></a>SEE ALSO</h4>
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<p><a href="pthread_barrier_destroy.html"><i>pthread_barrier_destroy</i>()</a> , the Base Definitions volume of
IEEE&nbsp;Std&nbsp;1003.1-2001, <a href="../basedefs/pthread.h.html"><i>&lt;pthread.h&gt;</i></a></p>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_508_11"></a>CHANGE HISTORY</h4>
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<p>First released in Issue 6. Derived from IEEE&nbsp;Std&nbsp;1003.1j-2000.</p>
<p>In the SYNOPSIS, the inclusion of <a href="../basedefs/sys/types.h.html"><i>&lt;sys/types.h&gt;</i></a> is no longer
required.</p>
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