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.Dd February 24, 2013.
.Dt CK_COHORT_INIT 3
.Sh NAME
.Nm CK_COHORT_INIT
.Nd initialize instance of a cohort type
.Sh LIBRARY
Concurrency Kit (libck, \-lck)
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In ck_cohort.h
.Fn CK_COHORT_INIT "COHORT_NAME cohort_name" "COHORT *cohort" "void *global_lock" \
"void *local_lock" "unsigned int pass_limit"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
Until a cohort instance is initialized using the CK_COHORT_INIT macro, any operations
involving it will have undefined behavior.  After this macro has been called, the cohort
pointed to by the 
.Fa cohort
argument will use the lock pointed to by
.Fa global_lock
as its global lock and the lock pointed to by
.Fa local_lock
as its local lock.
.Pp
The cohort will relinquish its global lock after
.Fa pass_limit
consecutive acquisitions of its local lock, even if there are other threads waiting.  
If you are unsure of a value to use for the 
.Fa pass_limit
argument, you should use CK_COHORT_DEFAULT_LOCAL_PASS_LIMIT.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr ck_cohort 3 ,
.Xr CK_COHORT_PROTOTYPE 3 ,
.Xr CK_COHORT_TRYLOCK_PROTOTYPE 3 ,
.Xr CK_COHORT_INSTANCE 3 ,
.Xr CK_COHORT_INITIALIZER 3 ,
.Xr CK_COHORT_LOCK 3 ,
.Xr CK_COHORT_UNLOCK 3 ,
.Xr CK_COHORT_LOCKED 3 ,
.Xr CK_COHORT_TRYLOCK 3 ,
.Pp
Additional information available at http://concurrencykit.org/
