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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc_r/man/pthread_setspecific.3')
-rw-r--r-- | lib/libc_r/man/pthread_setspecific.3 | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc_r/man/pthread_setspecific.3 b/lib/libc_r/man/pthread_setspecific.3 index 89a416f..ca141de 100644 --- a/lib/libc_r/man/pthread_setspecific.3 +++ b/lib/libc_r/man/pthread_setspecific.3 @@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ function associates a thread-specific value with a .Fa key obtained via a previous call to .Fn pthread_key_create . -Different threads man bind different values to the same key. These values are +Different threads man 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. .Pp @@ -67,7 +68,8 @@ may result in lost storage or infinite loops. .Sh RETURN VALUES If successful, the .Fn pthread_setspecific -function will return zero. Otherwise an error number will be returned to +function will return zero. +Otherwise an error number will be returned to indicate the error. .Sh ERRORS .Fn pthread_setspecific |