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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_532_01"></a>NAME</h4>
<blockquote>pthread_getspecific, pthread_setspecific - thread-specific data management</blockquote>
<h4><a name="tag_03_532_02"></a>SYNOPSIS</h4>
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<div class="box"><code><tt><sup>[<a href="javascript:open_code('THR')">THR</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>
void *pthread_getspecific(pthread_key_t</tt> <i>key</i><tt>);<br>
int pthread_setspecific(pthread_key_t</tt> <i>key</i><tt>, const void *</tt><i>value</i><tt>); <img src="../images/opt-end.gif"
alt="[Option End]" border="0"></tt></code></div>
<tt><br>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_532_03"></a>DESCRIPTION</h4>
<blockquote>
<p>The <i>pthread_getspecific</i>() function shall return the value currently bound to the specified <i>key</i> on behalf of the
calling thread.</p>
<p>The <i>pthread_setspecific</i>() function shall associate a thread-specific <i>value</i> with a <i>key</i> obtained via a
previous call to <a href="../functions/pthread_key_create.html"><i>pthread_key_create</i>()</a>. Different threads may bind
different values to the same key. These values are typically pointers to blocks of dynamically allocated memory that have been
reserved for use by the calling thread.</p>
<p>The effect of calling <i>pthread_getspecific</i>() or <i>pthread_setspecific</i>() with a <i>key</i> value not obtained from <a
href="../functions/pthread_key_create.html"><i>pthread_key_create</i>()</a> or after <i>key</i> has been deleted with <a href=
"../functions/pthread_key_delete.html"><i>pthread_key_delete</i>()</a> is undefined.</p>
<p>Both <i>pthread_getspecific</i>() and <i>pthread_setspecific</i>() may be called from a thread-specific data destructor
function. A call to <i>pthread_getspecific</i>() for the thread-specific data key being destroyed shall return the value NULL,
unless the value is changed (after the destructor starts) by a call to <i>pthread_setspecific</i>(). Calling
<i>pthread_setspecific</i>() from a thread-specific data destructor routine may result either in lost storage (after at least
PTHREAD_DESTRUCTOR_ITERATIONS attempts at destruction) or in an infinite loop.</p>
<p>Both functions may be implemented as macros.</p>
</blockquote>
<h4><a name="tag_03_532_04"></a>RETURN VALUE</h4>
<blockquote>
<p>The <i>pthread_getspecific</i>() function shall return the thread-specific data value associated with the given <i>key</i>. If
no thread-specific data value is associated with <i>key</i>, then the value NULL shall be returned.</p>
<p>If successful, the <i>pthread_setspecific</i>() function shall return zero; otherwise, an error number shall be returned to
indicate the error.</p>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_532_05"></a>ERRORS</h4>
<blockquote>
<p>No errors are returned from <i>pthread_getspecific</i>().</p>
<p>The <i>pthread_setspecific</i>() function shall fail if:</p>
<dl compact>
<dt>[ENOMEM]</dt>
<dd>Insufficient memory exists to associate the value with the key.</dd>
</dl>
<p>The <i>pthread_setspecific</i>() function may fail if:</p>
<dl compact>
<dt>[EINVAL]</dt>
<dd>The key value is invalid.</dd>
</dl>
<p>These functions shall not return an error code of [EINTR].</p>
</blockquote>
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<div class="box"><em>The following sections are informative.</em></div>
<h4><a name="tag_03_532_06"></a>EXAMPLES</h4>
<blockquote>
<p>None.</p>
</blockquote>
<h4><a name="tag_03_532_07"></a>APPLICATION USAGE</h4>
<blockquote>
<p>None.</p>
</blockquote>
<h4><a name="tag_03_532_08"></a>RATIONALE</h4>
<blockquote>
<p>Performance and ease-of-use of <i>pthread_getspecific</i>() are critical for functions that rely on maintaining state in
thread-specific data. Since no errors are required to be detected by it, and since the only error that could be detected is the use
of an invalid key, the function to <i>pthread_getspecific</i>() has been designed to favor speed and simplicity over error
reporting.</p>
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<h4><a name="tag_03_532_09"></a>FUTURE DIRECTIONS</h4>
<blockquote>
<p>None.</p>
</blockquote>
<h4><a name="tag_03_532_10"></a>SEE ALSO</h4>
<blockquote>
<p><a href="pthread_key_create.html"><i>pthread_key_create</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>
</blockquote>
<h4><a name="tag_03_532_11"></a>CHANGE HISTORY</h4>
<blockquote>
<p>First released in Issue 5. Included for alignment with the POSIX Threads Extension.</p>
</blockquote>
<h4><a name="tag_03_532_12"></a>Issue 6</h4>
<blockquote>
<p>The <i>pthread_getspecific</i>() and <i>pthread_setspecific</i>() functions are marked as part of the Threads option.</p>
<p>IEEE PASC Interpretation 1003.1c #3 (Part 6) is applied, updating the DESCRIPTION.</p>
</blockquote>
<div class="box"><em>End of informative text.</em></div>
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