Open System Services System Calls Reference Manual (G06.29+, H06.08+, J06.03+)

pthread_atfork(2) OSS System Calls Reference Manual
handler just unlocks those mutexes. The child handler also unlocks them all — and might also
create threads or reset any program state for the child process.
If no fork handling is desired, you can set any of this function’s parameters to NULL.
On systems running H06.21 or later H-series RVUs or J06.10 or later J-series RVUs, you can use
either the POSIX User Thread Model library or the Standard POSIX Threads library for threaded
applications.
To use this function in a threaded application that uses the POSIX User Thread Model library on
systems running H06.21 or later RVUs or J06.10 or later RVUs, you must perform all of the fol-
lowing tasks:
• Include the pthread.h header file in the application.
• Compile the application using the _PUT_MODEL_ feature test macro or equivalent
compiler command option.
• Link the application to the zputdll library (/G/system/zdllnnn/zputdll).
On systems running H06.24 or later H-series RVUs or J06.13 or later J-series RVUs, you can use
the POSIX User Thread Model library with 32-bit or 64-bit threaded applications.
To use this function in a 32-bit threaded application that uses the POSIX User Thread Model
library on systems running H06.24 or later RVUs or J06.13 or later RVUs, perform the same
tasks (described above) used to enable the POSIX User Thread Model library on systems running
H06.21/J06.10 or later RVUs.
To use this function in a 64-bit threaded application that uses the POSIX User Thread Model
library on systems running H06.24 or later RVUs or J06.13 or later RVUs, you must perform all
of the following tasks:
• Include the pthread.h header file in the application.
• Compile the application using the _PUT_MODEL_ feature test macro or equivalent
compiler command option.
• Compile the application using the -Wlp64 compiler command option.
• Link the application to the yputdll library (/G/system/zdllnnn/yputdll).
To use this function in a threaded application that uses the Standard POSIX Threads library on
systems running H06.21 or later RVUs or J06.10 or later RVUs, you must perform all of the fol-
lowing tasks:
• Include the spthread.h header file in the application.
• Compile the application using the _SPT_MODEL_ feature test macro or equivalent
compiler command option.
• Link the application to the zsptdll library (/G/system/zdllnnn/zsptdll).
EXAMPLES
If your library uses a mutex my_mutex, you might provide pthread_atfork() handler routines
coded as follows:
void my_prepare(void)
{
pthread_mutex_lock(&my_mutex);
}
void my_parent(void)
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