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<h2><span class="refentrytitle">threads</span></h2>
<p>threads - interfaces for thread handling</p>
<p>set of generic threading related routines should work with pthreads, Windows native or TLS threads </p>
<p>Author(s): Daniel Veillard </p>
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<h2>Synopsis</h2>
<pre class="synopsis">typedef struct _xmlMutex <a href="#xmlMutex">xmlMutex</a>;
typedef <a href="libxml2-threads.html#xmlMutex">xmlMutex</a> * <a href="#xmlMutexPtr">xmlMutexPtr</a>;
typedef struct _xmlRMutex <a href="#xmlRMutex">xmlRMutex</a>;
typedef <a href="libxml2-threads.html#xmlRMutex">xmlRMutex</a> * <a href="#xmlRMutexPtr">xmlRMutexPtr</a>;
int <a href="#xmlCheckThreadLocalStorage">xmlCheckThreadLocalStorage</a> (void);
void <a href="#xmlCleanupThreads">xmlCleanupThreads</a> (void);
void <a href="#xmlFreeMutex">xmlFreeMutex</a> (<a href="libxml2-threads.html#xmlMutexPtr">xmlMutexPtr</a> tok);
void <a href="#xmlFreeRMutex">xmlFreeRMutex</a> (<a href="libxml2-threads.html#xmlRMutexPtr">xmlRMutexPtr</a> tok);
int <a href="#xmlGetThreadId">xmlGetThreadId</a> (void);
void <a href="#xmlInitThreads">xmlInitThreads</a> (void);
int <a href="#xmlIsMainThread">xmlIsMainThread</a> (void);
void <a href="#xmlLockLibrary">xmlLockLibrary</a> (void);
void <a href="#xmlMutexLock">xmlMutexLock</a> (<a href="libxml2-threads.html#xmlMutexPtr">xmlMutexPtr</a> tok);
void <a href="#xmlMutexUnlock">xmlMutexUnlock</a> (<a href="libxml2-threads.html#xmlMutexPtr">xmlMutexPtr</a> tok);
<a href="libxml2-threads.html#xmlMutexPtr">xmlMutexPtr</a> <a href="#xmlNewMutex">xmlNewMutex</a> (void);
<a href="libxml2-threads.html#xmlRMutexPtr">xmlRMutexPtr</a> <a href="#xmlNewRMutex">xmlNewRMutex</a> (void);
void <a href="#xmlRMutexLock">xmlRMutexLock</a> (<a href="libxml2-threads.html#xmlRMutexPtr">xmlRMutexPtr</a> tok);
void <a href="#xmlRMutexUnlock">xmlRMutexUnlock</a> (<a href="libxml2-threads.html#xmlRMutexPtr">xmlRMutexPtr</a> tok);
void <a href="#xmlUnlockLibrary">xmlUnlockLibrary</a> (void);
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<div class="refsect1" lang="en"><h2>Description</h2></div>
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<h2>Details</h2>
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<a name="xmlMutex">Structure </a>xmlMutex</h3>
<pre class="programlisting">struct _xmlMutex {
The content of this structure is not made public by the API.
} xmlMutex;
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<a name="xmlMutexPtr">Typedef </a>xmlMutexPtr</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a href="libxml2-threads.html#xmlMutex">xmlMutex</a> * xmlMutexPtr;
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<a name="xmlRMutex">Structure </a>xmlRMutex</h3>
<pre class="programlisting">struct _xmlRMutex {
The content of this structure is not made public by the API.
} xmlRMutex;
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<a name="xmlRMutexPtr">Typedef </a>xmlRMutexPtr</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a href="libxml2-threads.html#xmlRMutex">xmlRMutex</a> * xmlRMutexPtr;
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<a name="xmlCheckThreadLocalStorage"></a>xmlCheckThreadLocalStorage ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting">int xmlCheckThreadLocalStorage (void)<br>
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<p>Check whether thread-local storage could be allocated. In cross-platform code running in multithreaded environments, this function should be called once in each thread before calling other library functions to make sure that thread-local storage was allocated properly.</p>
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<td>0 on success or -1 if a memory allocation failed. A failed allocation signals a typically fatal and irrecoverable out-of-memory situation. Don't call any library functions in this case. This function never fails if the library is compiled with support for thread-local storage. This function never fails for the "main" thread which is the first thread calling <a href="libxml2-parser.html#xmlInitParser">xmlInitParser</a>. Available since v2.12.0.</td>
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<a name="xmlCleanupThreads"></a>xmlCleanupThreads ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting">void xmlCleanupThreads (void)<br>
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<p>DEPRECATED: This function is a no-op. Call <a href="libxml2-parser.html#xmlCleanupParser">xmlCleanupParser</a> to free global state but see the warnings there. <a href="libxml2-parser.html#xmlCleanupParser">xmlCleanupParser</a> should be only called once at program exit. In most cases, you don't have call cleanup functions at all.</p>
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<a name="xmlFreeMutex"></a>xmlFreeMutex ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting">void xmlFreeMutex (<a href="libxml2-threads.html#xmlMutexPtr">xmlMutexPtr</a> tok)<br>
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<p>Free a mutex.</p>
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<td><span class="term"><i><tt>tok</tt></i>:</span></td>
<td>the simple mutex</td>
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<a name="xmlFreeRMutex"></a>xmlFreeRMutex ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting">void xmlFreeRMutex (<a href="libxml2-threads.html#xmlRMutexPtr">xmlRMutexPtr</a> tok)<br>
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<p>xmlRFreeMutex() is used to reclaim resources associated with a reentrant mutex.</p>
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<td><span class="term"><i><tt>tok</tt></i>:</span></td>
<td>the reentrant mutex</td>
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<a name="xmlGetThreadId"></a>xmlGetThreadId ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting">int xmlGetThreadId (void)<br>
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<p>DEPRECATED: Internal function, do not use. xmlGetThreadId() find the current thread ID number Note that this is likely to be broken on some platforms using pthreads as the specification doesn't mandate pthread_t to be an integer type</p>
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<td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td>
<td>the current thread ID number</td>
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<a name="xmlInitThreads"></a>xmlInitThreads ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting">void xmlInitThreads (void)<br>
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<p>DEPRECATED: Alias for <a href="libxml2-parser.html#xmlInitParser">xmlInitParser</a>.</p>
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<a name="xmlIsMainThread"></a>xmlIsMainThread ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting">int xmlIsMainThread (void)<br>
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<p>DEPRECATED: Internal function, do not use. Check whether the current thread is the main thread.</p>
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<td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td>
<td>1 if the current thread is the main thread, 0 otherwise</td>
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<a name="xmlLockLibrary"></a>xmlLockLibrary ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting">void xmlLockLibrary (void)<br>
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<p>xmlLockLibrary() is used to take out a re-entrant lock on the libxml2 library.</p>
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<a name="xmlMutexLock"></a>xmlMutexLock ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting">void xmlMutexLock (<a href="libxml2-threads.html#xmlMutexPtr">xmlMutexPtr</a> tok)<br>
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<p>xmlMutexLock() is used to lock a libxml2 token.</p>
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<td><span class="term"><i><tt>tok</tt></i>:</span></td>
<td>the simple mutex</td>
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<a name="xmlMutexUnlock"></a>xmlMutexUnlock ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting">void xmlMutexUnlock (<a href="libxml2-threads.html#xmlMutexPtr">xmlMutexPtr</a> tok)<br>
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<p>xmlMutexUnlock() is used to unlock a libxml2 token.</p>
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<td><span class="term"><i><tt>tok</tt></i>:</span></td>
<td>the simple mutex</td>
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<a name="xmlNewMutex"></a>xmlNewMutex ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a href="libxml2-threads.html#xmlMutexPtr">xmlMutexPtr</a> xmlNewMutex (void)<br>
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<p>xmlNewMutex() is used to allocate a libxml2 token struct for use in synchronizing access to data.</p>
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<td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td>
<td>a new simple mutex pointer or NULL in case of error</td>
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<a name="xmlNewRMutex"></a>xmlNewRMutex ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a href="libxml2-threads.html#xmlRMutexPtr">xmlRMutexPtr</a> xmlNewRMutex (void)<br>
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<p>xmlRNewMutex() is used to allocate a reentrant mutex for use in synchronizing access to data. token_r is a re-entrant lock and thus useful for synchronizing access to data structures that may be manipulated in a recursive fashion.</p>
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<td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td>
<td>the new reentrant mutex pointer or NULL in case of error</td>
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<a name="xmlRMutexLock"></a>xmlRMutexLock ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting">void xmlRMutexLock (<a href="libxml2-threads.html#xmlRMutexPtr">xmlRMutexPtr</a> tok)<br>
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<p>xmlRMutexLock() is used to lock a libxml2 token_r.</p>
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<td><span class="term"><i><tt>tok</tt></i>:</span></td>
<td>the reentrant mutex</td>
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<a name="xmlRMutexUnlock"></a>xmlRMutexUnlock ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting">void xmlRMutexUnlock (<a href="libxml2-threads.html#xmlRMutexPtr">xmlRMutexPtr</a> tok)<br>
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<p>xmlRMutexUnlock() is used to unlock a libxml2 token_r.</p>
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<td><span class="term"><i><tt>tok</tt></i>:</span></td>
<td>the reentrant mutex</td>
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<a name="xmlUnlockLibrary"></a>xmlUnlockLibrary ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting">void xmlUnlockLibrary (void)<br>
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<p>xmlUnlockLibrary() is used to release a re-entrant lock on the libxml2 library.</p>
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