.\" (C) 2023, NGINX, Inc.
.\"
.TH nxt_unit_ctx_alloc 3 (date) "NGINX Unit (unreleased)"
.SH Name
nxt_unit_ctx_alloc \- create context object for Unit app thread
.SH Library
NGINX Unit library
.RI ( libunit ", " -lunit )
.SH Synopsis
.nf
.B #include <nxt_unit.h>
.PP
.B [[gnu::malloc(nxt_unit_done)]]
.BI "nxt_unit_ctx_t *_Nullable nxt_unit_ctx_alloc(nxt_unit_ctx_t *" ctx ,
.BI "                                             void *_Nullable " data );
.fi
.SH Arguments
.TP
.I ctx
Main context object for the application.
It should have been created with
.MR nxt_unit_init 3 .
.TP
.I data
XXX
.SH Description
.MR nxt_unit_ctx_alloc 3
creates a context object that will be used for a worker thread.
.PP
The next step after creating a thread context object
is running the application thread;
for that, see
.MR nxt_unit_run 3 .
.PP
The context object created by this function should be
destroyed by passing it to
.MR nxt_unit_done 3 .
.SH Return value
A pointer to a context object on success,
or NULL on error.
.SH Errors
Errors will be reported in the Unit debug log.
.IP \[bu] 3
.MR pthread_mutex_init 3
failed.
.PD 0
.IP \[bu]
.MR socketpair 2
failed.
.IP \[bu]
.MR setsockopt 2
failed.
.IP \[bu]
.MR memfd_create 2
failed.
.IP \[bu]
.MR shm_open 2
failed.
.IP \[bu]
.MR ftruncate 2
failed.
.IP \[bu]
.MR mmap 2
failed.
.IP \[bu]
.MR sendmsg 2
failed.
.IP \[bu]
.MR nxt_unit_malloc 3
failed.
.IP \[bu]
.I nxt_unit_init_t::callbacks.port_send
failed.
.IP \[bu]
Internal hash table failure.
.PD
.SH Examples
See
.MR nxt_unit_init 3
for an example where this
.IR worker ()
function is used.
.PP
.EX
#include <pthread.h>
#include <stddef.h>
#include <stdint.h>
\&
#include <nxt_unit.h>
\&
void *
worker(void *main_ctx)
{
    int             rc;
    nxt_unit_ctx_t  *ctx;
\&
    ctx = nxt_unit_ctx_alloc(main_ctx, NULL);
    if (ctx == NULL) {
        pthread_exit(NULL);
    }
\&
    nxt_unit_debug(ctx, "start worker");
    rc = nxt_unit_run(ctx);
    nxt_unit_debug(ctx, "worker finished with %d code", rc);
\&
    nxt_unit_done(ctx);
\&
    pthread_exit((void *) (intptr_t) rc);
}
.EE
.SH Copyright
(C) 2017-2023, NGINX, Inc.
.PP
SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
.SH See also
.MR nxt_unit_done 3 ,
.MR nxt_unit_run 3 ,
.MR pthread_create 3 ,
.MR pthread_exit 3 ,
.MR unitd 8
.PP
Website
.UR https://unit.nginx.org
.UE
.PP
Mailing list
.UR https://mailman.nginx.org/mailman/listinfo/unit
.UE
.PP
GitHub
.UR https://github.com/nginx/unit
.UE