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diff --git a/manual/pthread_win32_test_features_np.html b/manual/pthread_win32_test_features_np.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..fcb9eab --- /dev/null +++ b/manual/pthread_win32_test_features_np.html @@ -0,0 +1,70 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> +<HTML> +<HEAD> + <META HTTP-EQUIV="CONTENT-TYPE" CONTENT="text/html; charset=utf-8"> + <TITLE>PTHREAD_WIN32_TEST_FEATURES_NP manual page</TITLE> + <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="OpenOffice.org 1.1.3 (Linux)"> + <META NAME="CREATED" CONTENT="20050505;322600"> + <META NAME="CHANGED" CONTENT="20050505;22310200"> + <!-- manual page source format generated by PolyglotMan v3.2, --> + <!-- available at http://polyglotman.sourceforge.net/ --> +</HEAD> +<BODY LANG="en-GB" BGCOLOR="#ffffff" DIR="LTR"> +<P><A HREF="#toc">Table of Contents</A></P> +<H2><A HREF="#toc0" NAME="sect0">Name</A></H2> +<P STYLE="font-weight: medium">pthread_win32_test_features_np – +find out what features were detected at process attach time.</P> +<H2><A HREF="#toc1" NAME="sect1">Synopsis</A></H2> +<P><B>#include <pthread.h></B> +</P> +<P><B>BOOL pthread_win32_test_features_np(int</B> <I>mask</I><B>);</B></P> +<H2><A HREF="#toc2" NAME="sect2">Description</A></H2> +<P><B>pthread_win32_test_features_np</B> allows an application to +check which run-time auto-detected features are available within the +library.</P> +<P>The possible features are:</P> +<P><B>PTW32_SYSTEM_INTERLOCKED_COMPARE_EXCHANGE</B></P> +<P STYLE="margin-left: 2cm">Return TRUE if the Win32 version of +InterlockedCompareExchange() is being used. On IA32 systems the +library can use optimised and inlinable assembler versions of +InterlockedExchange() and InterlockedCompareExchange().</P> +<P><B>PTW32_ALERTABLE_ASYNC_CANCEL</B></P> +<P STYLE="margin-left: 2cm">Return TRUE if the QueueUserAPCEx package +QUSEREX.DLL and the AlertDrv.sys driver was detected. This package +provides alertable (pre-emptive) asynchronous threads cancellation. +If this feature returns FALSE then the default async cancel scheme +is in use, which cannot cancel blocked threads.</P> +<P>Features may be OR'ed into the mask parameter, in which case the +routine returns TRUE if any of the OR'ed features would +return TRUE. At this stage it doesn't make sense to OR features but +it may some day.</P> +<H2><A HREF="#toc3" NAME="sect3">Cancellation</A></H2> +<P>None.</P> +<H2><A HREF="#toc4" NAME="sect4"><FONT COLOR="#000080">Return Value</FONT></A></H2> +<P><B>pthread_win32_test_features_np</B> returns TRUE (non-zero) if +any of the specified features is present, and FALSE (0) otherwise.</P> +<H2><A HREF="#toc5" NAME="sect5">Errors</A></H2> +<P>None.</P> +<H2><A HREF="#toc6" NAME="sect6">Author</A></H2> +<P>Ross Johnson for use with <A HREF="http://sources.redhat.com/pthreads-win32">Pthreads-w32</A>.</P> +<HR> +<P><A NAME="toc"></A><B>Table of Contents</B></P> +<UL> + <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><A HREF="#sect0" NAME="toc0">Name</A> + </P> + <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><A HREF="#sect1" NAME="toc1">Synopsis</A> + </P> + <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><A HREF="#sect2" NAME="toc2">Description</A> + </P> + <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><A HREF="#sect3" NAME="toc3">Cancellation</A> + </P> + <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><A HREF="#sect4" NAME="toc4">Return + Value</A> + </P> + <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><A HREF="#sect5" NAME="toc5">Errors</A> + </P> + <LI><P><A HREF="#sect6" NAME="toc6">Author</A> + </P> +</UL> +</BODY> +</HTML>
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