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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libpthread/pthread_barrier.3 | 15 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libpthread/pthread_barrier.3 b/lib/libpthread/pthread_barrier.3 index c9d6cdf41bc..ac390060017 100644 --- a/lib/libpthread/pthread_barrier.3 +++ b/lib/libpthread/pthread_barrier.3 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $NetBSD: pthread_barrier.3,v 1.1 2010/07/08 19:20:16 rmind Exp $ +.\" $NetBSD: pthread_barrier.3,v 1.2 2010/07/08 20:59:43 jruoho Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2002, 2010 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. .\" All rights reserved. @@ -46,16 +46,23 @@ .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Fn pthread_barrier_init -function creates a new barrier, with attributes specified with +function creates a new barrier with attributes .Fa attr and .Fa count . The .Fa count -parameter indicates the number of threads which will participate in the barrier. +parameter indicates the number of threads +which will participate in the barrier. +The +.Xr pthread_barrierattr_init 3 +function may be used to specify the attributes supplied in +.Fa attr . If .Fa attr -is NULL the default attributes are used. +is +.Dv NULL , +the default attributes are used. Barriers are most commonly used in the decomposition of parallel loops. .Pp .\" ----- |
