NAME
pthread_barrier_wait
—
synchronize at a barrier
SYNOPSIS
#include
<pthread.h>
int
pthread_barrier_wait
(pthread_barrier_t
*barrier);
DESCRIPTION
The
pthread_barrier_wait
()
function blocks the calling thread until the required number of threads call
pthread_barrier_wait
(), as specified at the object's
initialization.
RETURN VALUES
If successful, pthread_barrier_wait
()
returns PTHREAD_BARRIER_SERIAL_THREAD
for a single
arbitrary thread and zero for each of the other threads; otherwise an error
number is returned to indicate the error.
ERRORS
pthread_barrier_wait
() will fail if:
- [
EINVAL
] - The value specified by barrier is invalid.
SEE ALSO
pthread_barrier_init(3), pthread_barrierattr_getpshared(3), pthread_barrierattr_init(3)
STANDARDS
pthread_barrier_wait
() conforms to
IEEE Std 1003.1-2008 (“POSIX.1”).