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33.Dd April 4, 1996
34.Dt PTHREAD_ONCE 3
35.Os
36.Sh NAME
37.Nm pthread_once
38.Nd dynamic package initialization
39.Sh SYNOPSIS
40.In pthread.h
41.Pp
42pthread_once_t
43.Fa once_control
44= PTHREAD_ONCE_INIT;
45.Ft int
46.Fn pthread_once "pthread_once_t *once_control" "void (*init_routine)(void)"
47.Sh DESCRIPTION
48The first call to
49.Fn pthread_once
50by any thread in a process, with a given
51.Fa once_control ,
52will call the
53.Fn init_routine
54with no arguments.
55Subsequent calls to
56.Fn pthread_once
57with the same
58.Fa once_control
59will not call the
60.Fn init_routine .
61On return from
62.Fn pthread_once ,
63it is guaranteed that
64.Fn init_routine
65has completed.
66The
67.Fa once_control
68parameter is used to determine whether the associated initialization
69routine has been called.
70.Pp
71The function
72.Fn pthread_once
73is not a cancellation point.
74However, if
75.Fn init_routine
76is a cancellation point and is cancelled, the effect on
77.Fa once_control
78is as if
79.Fn pthread_once
80was never called.
81.Pp
82The constant
83.Fa PTHREAD_ONCE_INIT
84is defined by header
85.In pthread.h .
86.Pp
87The behavior of
88.Fn pthread_once
89is undefined if
90.Fa once_control
91has automatic storage duration or is not initialized by
92.Fa PTHREAD_ONCE_INIT .
93.Sh RETURN VALUES
94If successful, the
95.Fn pthread_once
96function will return zero.
97Otherwise an error number will be returned to
98indicate the error.
99.Sh ERRORS
100None.
101.Sh STANDARDS
102The
103.Fn pthread_once
104function conforms to
105.St -p1003.1-96 .