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30.Dd January 16, 2003
31.Dt _LWP_GETPRIVATE 2
32.Os
33.Sh NAME
34.Nm _lwp_getprivate ,
35.Nm _lwp_setprivate
36.Nd get and set light-weight process private data
37.Sh LIBRARY
38.Lb libc
39.Sh SYNOPSIS
40.In lwp.h
41.Ft void *
42.Fn _lwp_getprivate void
43.Ft void
44.Fn _lwp_setprivate "void *ptr"
45.Sh DESCRIPTION
46.Fn _lwp_setprivate
47stores the pointer to private data
48.Fa ptr
49in a location private to the LWP.
50.Pp
51.Fn _lwp_getprivate
52returns the pointer to private data for the LWP.
53.Sh ERRORS
54The
55.Fn _lwp_getprivate
56and
57.Fn _lwp_setprivate
58functions are always successful, and no return value is reserved to indicate
59an error.
60.Sh SEE ALSO
61.Xr _lwp_makecontext 3
62.Sh HISTORY
63The
64.Fn _lwp_getprivate
65and
66.Fn _lwp_setprivate
67system calls first appeared in
68.Nx 2.0 .
69