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30.Dd October 16, 2016
31.Dt CALL_ONCE 3
32.Os
33.Sh NAME
34.Nm call_once
35.Nd calls function exactly once
36.Sh LIBRARY
37.Lb libpthread
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39.In threads.h
40.Ft void
41.Fn call_once "once_flag *flag" "void (*func)(void)"
42.Vt #define ONCE_FLAG_INIT /* implementation specified */
43.Sh DESCRIPTION
44The
45.Nm
46function uses the
47.Fa flag
48parameter to ensure that
49.Fa func
50is called exactly once,
51even if called from several threads.
52.Pp
53The
54.Dv ONCE_FLAG_INIT
55definition expands to a value that can be used to initialize an object of type
56.Dv once_flag .
57.Pp
58This portable interface is implemented on top of the
59.Xr pthread_once 3
60functionality.
61.Sh RETURN VALUES
62None.
63.Sh EXAMPLES
64The following calls
65.Nm
66from two threads using the portable
67.Xr thrd 3
68interface.
69.Bd -literal -offset indent
70#include <stdio.h>
71#include <threads.h>
72
73static once_flag oflag = ONCE_FLAG_INIT;
74
75void
76called_once(void)
77{
78	printf("called once\n");
79}
80
81int
82tfun(void *ptr)
83{
84	call_once(&oflag, called_once);
85}
86
87int
88main(int argc, char **argv)
89{
90	thrd_t th1, th2;
91
92	thrd_create(&th1, tfun, NULL);
93	thrd_create(&th2, tfun, NULL);
94
95	thrd_join(th1, NULL);
96	thrd_join(th2, NULL);
97
98	return 0;
99}
100.Ed
101.Sh SEE ALSO
102.Xr pthread_once 3 ,
103.Xr threads 3
104.Sh STANDARDS
105The
106.Nm
107function conforms to
108.St -isoC-2011 .
109.Sh HISTORY
110This interface first appeared in
111.Nx 9 .
112.Sh AUTHORS
113.An Kamil Rytarowski Aq Mt kamil@NetBSD.org
114