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  16. <H2><A HREF="#toc0" NAME="sect0">Name</A></H2>
  17. <P STYLE="font-weight: medium">pthread_win32_test_features_np –
  18. find out what features were detected at process attach time.</P>
  19. <H2><A HREF="#toc1" NAME="sect1">Synopsis</A></H2>
  20. <P><B>#include &lt;pthread.h&gt;</B>
  21. </P>
  22. <P><B>BOOL pthread_win32_test_features_np(int</B> <I>mask</I><B>);</B></P>
  23. <H2><A HREF="#toc2" NAME="sect2">Description</A></H2>
  24. <P><B>pthread_win32_test_features_np</B> allows an application to
  25. check which run-time auto-detected features are available within the
  26. library.</P>
  27. <P>The possible features are:</P>
  28. <P><B>PTW32_SYSTEM_INTERLOCKED_COMPARE_EXCHANGE</B></P>
  29. <P STYLE="margin-left: 2cm">Return TRUE if the Win32 version of
  30. InterlockedCompareExchange() is being used. On IA32 systems the
  31. library can use optimised and inlinable assembler versions of
  32. InterlockedExchange() and InterlockedCompareExchange().</P>
  33. <P><B>PTW32_ALERTABLE_ASYNC_CANCEL</B></P>
  34. <P STYLE="margin-left: 2cm">Return TRUE if the QueueUserAPCEx package
  35. QUSEREX.DLL and the AlertDrv.sys driver was detected. This package
  36. provides alertable (pre-emptive) asynchronous threads cancellation.
  37. If this feature returns FALSE then the default async cancel scheme is
  38. in use, which cannot cancel blocked threads.</P>
  39. <H2><A HREF="#toc3" NAME="sect3">Cancellation</A></H2>
  40. <P>None.</P>
  41. <H2><A HREF="#toc4" NAME="sect4"><FONT COLOR="#000080">Return Value</FONT></A></H2>
  42. <P><B>pthread_win32_test_features_np</B> returns TRUE (non-zero) if
  43. the specified feature is present, and FALSE (0) otherwise.</P>
  44. <H2><A HREF="#toc5" NAME="sect5">Errors</A></H2>
  45. <P>None.</P>
  46. <H2><A HREF="#toc6" NAME="sect6">Author</A></H2>
  47. <P>Ross Johnson for use with <A HREF="http://sources.redhat.com/pthreads-win32">Pthreads-w32</A>.</P>
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  57. <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><A HREF="#sect3" NAME="toc3">Cancellation</A>
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  59. <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><A HREF="#sect4" NAME="toc4">Return
  60. Value</A>
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  62. <LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm"><A HREF="#sect5" NAME="toc5">Errors</A>
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