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3 PPL$ADJUST_QUORUM The Adjust Barrier Quorum routine increments or decrements the quorum associated with a barrier. Format PPL$ADJUST_QUORUM barrier-id ,amount 4 Arguments barrier-id OpenVMS usage identifier type longword (unsigned) access read only mechanism by reference Identifier of the barrier. The barrier-id argument is the address of an unsigned longword containing the barrier identifier. Barrier-id is returned by PPL$CREATE_BARRIER. amount OpenVMS usage word_signed type word (signed) access read only mechanism by reference Value to add to the barrier quorum. The amount argument is the address of a signed word containing the amount. You can specify a negative value to decrement the quorum. 3 PPL$ADJUST_SEMAPHORE_MAXIMUM The Adjust a Semaphore Maximum routine increments or decrements the maximum associated with a semaphore. Format PPL$ADJUST_SEMAPHORE_MAXIMUM semaphore-id ,amount 4 Arguments semaphore-id OpenVMS usage identifier type longword (unsigned) access read only mechanism by reference Identifier of the semaphore. The semaphore-id argument is the address of an unsigned longword containing the identifier. amount OpenVMS usage word_signed type word (signed) access read only mechanism by reference Value to add to the semaphore maximum. The amount argument is the address of a signed word containing the amount. Specify a positive value for amount to increase the maximum; specify a negative value to decrease the maximum. 3 PPL$AWAIT_EVENT The Await Event Occurrence routine blocks the caller until an event occurs. Format PPL$AWAIT_EVENT event-id [,output] 4 Arguments event-id OpenVMS usage identifier type longword (unsigned) access read only mechanism by reference Identifier of the event. The event-id argument is the address of an unsigned longword containing the identifier. The event-id is returned by PPL$CREATE_EVENT. output OpenVMS usage user_arg type longword (unsigned) access write only mechanism by reference Receives the event-param argument from PPL$TRIGGER_EVENT. The output argument is the address of an unsigned longword that receives the value of event-param. The value of event-param is copied to output when an event is triggered. 3 PPL$CREATE_APPLICATION The Form or Join a PPL$ Application routine informs the PPL$ facility that the calling process is forming or joining a parallel application. Format PPL$CREATE_APPLICATION [size] [,application-name] [,protection] [,flags] 4 Arguments size OpenVMS usage longword_unsigned type longword (unsigned) access read only mechanism by reference Number of (512 byte) pages that PPL$ allocates for its internal data structures. The optional size argument is the address of an unsigned longword containing this size value. See the Description section for information about the default value. application-name OpenVMS usage char_string type character string access read only mechanism by descriptor The name of the application that the calling process will form or join. The optional application-name argument is the address of a descriptor pointing to a character string containing the name of the application. The application-name argument can contain up to 11 characters. protection OpenVMS usage file_protection type longword (unsigned) access read only mechanism by reference Numeric value representing the protection mask to be applied to the application. The optional protection argument is the address of an unsigned longword containing this numeric value. For more information, see the description of the $CRMPSC system service in the OpenVMS System Services Reference Manual. flags OpenVMS usage mask_longword type longword (unsigned) access read only mechanism by reference Specifies options for forming or joining a PPL$ application. The flags argument is a longword bit mask containing the flags. Valid values for flags are as follows: PPL$M_ Form a new application only-do not join an FORMONLY existing application. If this flag is not specified, a process will join an application if it already exists. PPL$M_ Join an existing application only-do not form a JOINONLY new application. If this flag is not specified, a process will form an application if it does not already exist. PPL$M_PERM Form a permanent application in which data is maintained even though there are no active processes. By default, application data is lost when the last process in the application exits. Use of this flag requires PRMGBL privilege. PPL$M_SYSTEM Form or join a systemwide application. By default, the application is available only to processes running under the same group UIC. Use of this flag requires SYSGBL and SYSLCK privileges. 3 PPL$CREATE_BARRIER The Create a Barrier routine creates and initializes a barrier, and returns the barrier identifier. You use the barrier identifier to perform all operations on that barrier. Format PPL$CREATE_BARRIER barrier-id [,barrier-name] [,quorum] 4 Arguments barrier-id OpenVMS usage identifier type longword (unsigned) access write only mechanism by reference Identifier of the barrier. The barrier-id argument is the address of an unsigned longword containing the identifier. Barrier-id must be used in calls to the other barrier routines (listed in the Description section) to identify the barrier. barrier-name OpenVMS usage char_string type character string access read only mechanism by descriptor Name of the barrier. The optional barrier-name argument is the address of a descriptor pointing to a character string containing the barrier name. The name of the barrier is arbitrary. If you do not specify this argument, or if you specify 0, an unnamed barrier is created. An arbitrary number of unnamed barriers may be created by a given application. quorum OpenVMS usage word_signed type word (signed) access read only mechanism by reference Number of participants required to terminate an active wait for this barrier. The quorum argument is the address of a signed word containing the quorum number. For example, a quorum value of 3 indicates that the first two callers of PPL$WAIT_AT_BARRIER specifying this barrier-id are blocked until a third caller calls PPL$WAIT_AT_BARRIER. At that point, all three participants are released for further processing. If you do not specify a value for quorum, a default value of 1 is assigned. 3 PPL$CREATE_EVENT The Create an Event routine creates an arbitrary user-defined event and returns the event identifier. You use the event identifier to perform all operations on that event. Format PPL$CREATE_EVENT event-id [,event-name] 4 Arguments event-id OpenVMS usage identifier type longword (unsigned) access write only mechanism by reference Identifier of the event. The event-id argument is the address of an unsigned longword containing the identifier. Event-id must be used in other calls to identify the event. event-name OpenVMS usage char_string type character string access read only mechanism by descriptor Name of the event. The event-name argument is the address of a descriptor pointing to a character string containing the event name. The name of the event is entirely arbitrary. If you do not specify a value for event-name, or if you specify 0, a new unnamed event is created, which can be referenced only by its identifier. An arbitrary number of unnamed events can be created by a given application. 3 PPL$CREATE_SEMAPHORE The Create a Semaphore routine creates and initializes a semaphore with a waiting queue, and returns the semaphore identifier. You use the semaphore identifier to perform all operations on that semaphore. Format PPL$CREATE_SEMAPHORE semaphore-id [,semaphore-name] [,semaphore-maximum] [,semaphore-initial] 4 Arguments semaphore-id OpenVMS usage identifier type longword (unsigned) access write only mechanism by reference Identifier of the semaphore. The semaphore-id argument is the address of an unsigned longword containing the identifier. Semaphore-id must be used in other calls to identify the semaphore. semaphore-name OpenVMS usage char_string type character string access read only mechanism by descriptor Name of the semaphore. The semaphore-name argument is the address of a descriptor pointing to a character string containing the semaphore name. The name of the semaphore is entirely arbitrary. If you do not specify a value for semaphore-name, or if you specify 0, a new unnamed semaphore is created. An arbitrary number of unnamed semaphores may be created by a given application. semaphore-maximum OpenVMS usage word_signed type word (signed) access read only mechanism by reference Maximum value of the semaphore. The semaphore-maximum argument is the address of a signed word containing the maximum value. This value must be nonnegative. If you do not supply a value for semaphore-maximum, a default value of 1 is used, thereby making it a binary semaphore. semaphore-initial OpenVMS usage word_signed type word (signed) access read only mechanism by reference Initial value of the semaphore. The semaphore-initial argument is the address of a signed word containing the initial value. This value must be less than or equal to the semaphore-maximum value. If you do not supply a value for semaphore-initial, a default value equal to semaphore-maximum is used. 3 PPL$CREATE_SHARED_MEMORY The Create Shared Memory routine creates (if necessary) and maps a section of memory that can be shared by multiple processes. Format PPL$CREATE_SHARED_MEMORY section-name ,memory-area [,flags] [,file-name] [,protection] 4 Arguments section-name OpenVMS usage char_string type character string access read only mechanism by descriptor Name of the shared memory section you want to create. The section-name argument is the address of a descriptor pointing to the shared memory section name. memory-area OpenVMS usage vector_longword_unsigned type longword (unsigned) access modify mechanism by reference, array reference The area of memory into which the shared memory is mapped. The memory-area argument is the address of a two-longword array containing, in order, the length (in bytes) and the starting virtual address for the area of memory. If you specify the starting address as zero, the PPL$ facility selects the virtual address space so that each current process in the application can map the section to the same set of virtual addresses. PPL$CREATE_SHARED_MEMORY returns to this argument the actual length and starting virtual address of the shared memory created or mapped. flags OpenVMS usage mask_longword type longword (unsigned) access read only mechanism by reference Specifies options for creating and mapping shared memory. The flags argument is the address of a longword bit mask containing the flag. Valid values are as follows: PPL$M_NOZERO Does not initialize the shared memory to zero. By default, PPL$CREATE_SHARED_MEMORY initializes the shared memory to zero. PPL$M_NOWRT Maps the shared memory with no write access (in other words, read only). By default, the shared memory is available with read/write access. PPL$M_NOUNI Names the shared memory a nonunique name. By default, PPL$CREATE_SHARED_MEMORY gives the specified shared memory a name unique to the application by using PPL$UNIQUE_NAME. PPL$M_PERM Creates permanent shared memory in which data is maintained even though there are no active processes. The default is determined by your call to PPL$CREATE_APPLICATION: if you specify the PPL$M_PERM flag in your call to PPL$CREATE_ APPLICATION, this behavior is the default and you do not need to specify PPL$M_PERM in your call to PPL$CREATE_SHARED_MEMORY. If you do not specify the PPL$M_PERM flag in your calls to PPL$CREATE_APPLICATION and PPL$CREATE_SHARED_ MEMORY, application data is lost when the last process in the application exits. Use of this flag requires PRMGBL privilege. PPL$M_SYSTEM Creates systemwide shared memory. The default is determined by your call to PPL$CREATE_APPLICATION: if you specify the PPL$M_SYSTEM flag in your call to PPL$CREATE_APPLICATION, this behavior is the default and you do not need to specify PPL$M_ SYSTEM in your call to PPL$CREATE_SHARED_MEMORY. If you do not specify the PPL$M_SYSTEM flag in your calls to PPL$CREATE_APPLICATION and PPL$CREATE_ SHARED_MEMORY, the application is available only to processes running under the same group UIC. Use of this flag requires the SYSGBL privilege. file-name OpenVMS usage char_string type character string access read only mechanism by descriptor Name of the file used for backup storage of the shared memory. The file-name argument is the address of a descriptor pointing to the file name. The size of the resulting address space is the smaller of the following: o The specified section size o The size of the file being mapped If you do not specify a file name, PPL$CREATE_SHARED_MEMORY creates for backup storage a page file section instead of a disk file section. If you specify a file that does not exist, PPL$CREATE_SHARED_ MEMORY creates it. protection OpenVMS usage file_protection type longword (unsigned) access read only mechanism by reference Numeric value representing the protection mask to be applied to the shared memory. The optional protection argument is the address of an unsigned longword containing this numeric value. If you do not specify a value, the default is the value for protection specified in the call to PPL$CREATE_APPLICATION. For more information, see the description of the $CRMPSC system service in the OpenVMS System Services Reference Manual. 3 PPL$CREATE_SPIN_LOCK The Create Spin Lock routine creates and initializes a simple (spin) lock, and returns the lock identifier. You use that lock identifier to get and free the lock. Format PPL$CREATE_SPIN_LOCK lock-id [,lock-name] 4 Arguments lock-id OpenVMS usage identifier type longword (unsigned) access write only mechanism by reference Identifier of the newly created lock. The lock-id argument is the address of an unsigned longword containing the lock identifier. You must use lock-id when getting or freeing the lock. lock-name OpenVMS usage char_string type character string access read only mechanism by descriptor Name of the lock. The lock-name argument is the address of a descriptor pointing to a character string containing the name. The name of the lock is entirely arbitrary. If you do not specify this argument, or if you specify 0, an unnamed lock is created. An arbitrary number of unnamed locks can be created by a given application. 3 PPL$CREATE_VM_ZONE The Create a New Virtual Memory Zone routine creates a new storage zone, according to specified arguments, which is available to all participants in the application. Format PPL$CREATE_VM_ZONE zone-id [,algorithm] [,algorithm-argument] [,flags] [,extend-size] [,initial-size] [,block-size] [,alignment] [,page-limit] [,smallest-block-size] [,zone-name] 4 Arguments zone-id OpenVMS usage identifier type longword (unsigned) access write only mechanism by reference Zone identifier. The zone-id argument is the address of a longword set to the zone identifier of the newly created zone. algorithm OpenVMS usage longword_signed type longword (signed) access read only mechanism by reference Algorithm. The algorithm argument is the address of a signed longword that represents the code for one of the LIB$VM algorithms: 1 LIB$K_VM_FIRST_ First fit FIT 2 LIB$K_VM_QUICK_ Quick fit, lookaside list FIT 3 LIB$K_VM_FREQ_ Frequent sizes, lookaside list SIZES 4 LIB$K_VM_FIXED Fixed size blocks If algorithm is not specified, a default of 1 (first fit) is used. algorithm-argument OpenVMS usage longword_signed type longword (signed) access read only mechanism by reference Algorithm argument. The algorithm-argument argument is the address of a signed longword that contains a value specific to the particular allocation algorithm. Algorithm Value QUICK_FIT The number of queues used. The number of queues must be between 1 and 128. FREQ_SIZES The number of cache slots used. The number of cache slots must be between 1 and 16. FIXED The fixed request size (in bytes) for each get or free. The request size must be greater than 0. FIRST_FIT Not used, may be omitted. The algorithm-argument argument must be specified if you are using the quick-fit, frequent-sizes, or fixed-size-blocks algorithms. However, this argument is optional if you are using the first-fit algorithm. flags OpenVMS usage mask_longword type longword (unsigned) access read only mechanism by reference Flags. The flags argument is the address of an unsigned longword that contains flag bits that control various options: Bit Value Description Bit LIB$M_VM_BOUNDARY_ Boundary tags for faster freeing 0 TAGS Adds a minimum of eight bytes to each block Bit LIB$M_VM_GET_FILL0 LIB$GET_VM; fill with bytes of 0 1 Bit LIB$M_VM_GET_FILL1 LIB$GET_VM; fill with bytes of FF 2 (hexadecimal) Bit LIB$M_VM_FREE_FILL0 LIB$FREE_VM; fill with bytes of 0 3 Bit LIB$M_VM_FREE_FILL1 LIB$FREE_VM; fill with bytes of FF 4 (hexadecimal) Bit LIB$M_VM_EXTEND_ Add extents to existing areas if 5 AREA possible Bits 6 through 31 are reserved and must be 0. This is an optional argument. If flags is omitted, the default of 0 (no fill and no boundary tags) is used. extend-size OpenVMS usage longword_signed type longword (signed) access read only mechanism by reference Zone extend size. The extend-size argument is the address of a signed longword that contains the number of (512-byte) pages to be added to the zone each time it is extended. The value of extend-size must be between 1 and 1024. This is an optional argument. If extend-size is not specified, a default of 16 pages is used. NOTE Extend-size does not limit the number of blocks that can be allocated from the zone. The actual extension size is the greater of extend-size and the number of pages needed to satisfy the LIB$GET_VM call that caused the extend. initial-size OpenVMS usage longword_signed type longword (signed) access read only mechanism by reference Initial size for the zone. The initial-size argument is the address of a signed longword that contains the number of (512- byte) pages to be allocated for the zone as the zone is created. This is an optional argument. If initial-size is not specified or is specified as 0, no pages are allocated when the zone is created. The first call to LIB$GET_VM for the zone allocates extend-size pages. block-size OpenVMS usage longword_signed type longword (signed) access read only mechanism by reference Block size of the zone. The block-size argument is the address of a signed longword specifying the allocation quantum (in bytes) for the zone. All blocks allocated are rounded up to a multiple of block-size. The value of block-size must be a power of 2 between 8 and 512. This is an optional argument. If block-size is not specified, a default of 8 is used. alignment OpenVMS usage longword_signed type longword (signed) access read only mechanism by reference Block alignment. The alignment argument is the address of a signed longword that specifies the required address alignment (in bytes) for each block allocated. The value of alignment must be a power of 2 between 4 and 512. This is an optional argument. If alignment is not specified, a default of 8 (quadword alignment) is used. page-limit OpenVMS usage longword_signed type longword (signed) access read only mechanism by reference Maximum page limit. The page-limit argument is the address of a signed longword that specifies the maximum number of (512-byte) pages that can be allocated for the zone. The value of page-limit must be between 0 and 32,767. Note that part of the zone is used for header information. This is an optional argument. If page-limit is not specified or is specified as 0, the only limit is the total process virtual address space limit imposed by the OpenVMS operating system. If page-limit is specified, then initial-size must also be specified. smallest-block-size OpenVMS usage longword_signed type longword (signed) access read only mechanism by reference Smallest block size. The smallest-block-size argument is the address of a signed longword that specifies the smallest block size (in bytes) with a queue for the quick fit algorithm. If smallest-block-size is not specified, the default of block- size is used. That is, queues are provided for the first n multiples of block-size. zone-name OpenVMS usage char_string type character string access read only mechanism by descriptor Name to be associated with the zone being created. The optional zone-name argument is the address of a descriptor pointing to a character string containing the zone name. If zone-name is not specified, the zone does not have an associated name. 3 PPL$CREATE_WORK_QUEUE The Create a Work Queue routine creates and initializes a work queue and returns the work queue identifier. Format PPL$CREATE_WORK_QUEUE queue-id [,queue-name] 4 Arguments queue-id OpenVMS usage identifier type longword (unsigned) access write only mechanism by reference The work queue identifier. The queue-id argument is the address of an unsigned longword containing the identifier. Queue-id must be used in calls to the other work queue routines to identify the work queue. queue-name OpenVMS usage char_string type character string access read only mechanism by descriptor Name of the work queue. The optional queue-name argument is the address of a descriptor pointing to a character string containing the work queue name. The work queue name is case sensitive. If you do not specify this argument, or if you specify 0, an unnamed work queue is created. An arbitrary number of unnamed work queues may be created by a given application. 3 PPL$DECREMENT_SEMAPHORE The Decrement a Semaphore routine waits for a semaphore to have a value greater than 0, then decrements the value by 1 to indicate the allocation of a resource. Format PPL$DECREMENT_SEMAPHORE semaphore-id [,flags] [,spin] 4 Arguments semaphore-id OpenVMS usage identifier type longword (unsigned) access read only mechanism by reference Identifier of the semaphore. The semaphore-id argument is the address of an unsigned longword containing the identifier. Semaphore-id is returned by PPL$CREATE_SEMAPHORE. flags OpenVMS usage mask_longword type longword (unsigned) access read only mechanism by reference Bit mask specifying options for decrementing the semaphore. The flags argument is a longword bit mask containing the flag. The valid values for flags are as follows: PPL$M_NON_ Indicates that the caller is not to block if BLOCKING the resource is not available. The default is FALSE: the caller will block if resource is unavailable. PPL$M_SPIN_WAIT Indicates that the caller is never to block, but rather to always spin while waiting at this barrier. PPL$M_SPIN_ Indicates that the caller wishes to spin for COUNTED a given amount of instructions and then to block. The default is block immediately, do not spin at all. spin OpenVMS usage mask_longword type long (unsigned) access read only mechanism by reference This value must be specified when using the PPL$M_SPIN_COUNTED flag and represents a relative time that a process will spin before blocking. 3 PPL$DELETE_APPLICATION The Delete a PPL$ Application routine marks all shared memory for deletion and prevents additional processes from joining the application. Format PPL$DELETE_APPLICATION 3 PPL$DELETE_BARRIER The Delete a Barrier routine deletes a barrier and releases any storage associated with it. Format PPL$DELETE_BARRIER [barrier-id] [,barrier-name] 4 Arguments barrier-id OpenVMS usage identifier type longword (unsigned) access read only mechanism by reference Identifier of the barrier. The optional barrier-id argument is the address of an unsigned longword containing the barrier identifier. barrier-name OpenVMS usage char_string type character string access read only mechanism by descriptor Name of the barrier. The optional barrier-name argument is the address of a descriptor pointing to a character string containing the barrier name. 3 PPL$DELETE_EVENT The Delete an Event routine deletes an event and releases any storage associated with it. Format PPL$DELETE_EVENT [event-id] [,event-name] 4 Arguments event-id OpenVMS usage identifier type longword (unsigned) access read only mechanism by reference Identifier of the event. The optional event-id argument is the address of an unsigned longword containing the event identifier. event-name OpenVMS usage char_string type character string access read only mechanism by descriptor Name of the event. The optional event-name argument is the address of a descriptor pointing to a character string containing the event name. 3 PPL$DELETE_SEMAPHORE The Delete a Semaphore routine deletes a semaphore and releases any storage associated with it. Format PPL$DELETE_SEMAPHORE [semaphore-id] [,semaphore-name] 4 Arguments semaphore-id OpenVMS usage identifier type longword (unsigned) access read only mechanism by reference Identifier of the semaphore. The optional semaphore-id argument is the address of an unsigned longword containing the semaphore identifier. semaphore-name OpenVMS usage char_string type character string access read only mechanism by descriptor Name of the semaphore. The optional semaphore-name argument is the address of a descriptor pointing to a character string containing the semaphore name. 3 PPL$DELETE_SHARED_MEMORY The Delete Shared Memory routine deletes or unmaps from a global section that you created using the PPL$CREATE_SHARED_MEMORY routine. Optionally, this routine writes the contents of the global section to disk before deleting the section. Format PPL$DELETE_SHARED_MEMORY section-name [,memory-area] [,flags] 4 Arguments section-name OpenVMS usage char_string type character string access read only mechanism by descriptor Name of the global section you want to delete. The section-name argument is the address of a descriptor pointing to a character string containing the global section name. memory-area OpenVMS usage vector_longword_unsigned type longword (unsigned) access read only mechanism by reference, array reference The area of memory into which the global section that you want to delete is mapped. The memory-area argument is the address of a two-longword array containing, in order, the length in bytes and the starting virtual address of the area of memory. flags OpenVMS usage mask_longword type longword (unsigned) access read only mechanism by reference Bit mask specifying actions to be performed before deleting the global section. The flags argument is the address of a longword bit mask containing the flag. Valid values for flags are as follows: PPL$M_FLUSH Writes the global section to disk before deleting it. PPL$M_NOUNI Identifies the global section as having a nonunique name. By default, PPL$CREATE_SHARED_ MEMORY gives the specified global section a name unique to the application by using PPL$UNIQUE_ NAME. If you specified this value to give the global section a nonunique name when you called PPL$CREATE_SHARED_MEMORY, you must also specify it when you call PPL$DELETE_SHARED_MEMORY. 3 PPL$DELETE_SPIN_LOCK The Delete a Spin Lock routine deletes a spin lock and releases any storage associated with it. Format PPL$DELETE_SPIN_LOCK [lock-id] [,lock-name] 4 Arguments lock-id OpenVMS usage identifier type longword (unsigned) access read only mechanism by reference Identifier of the lock. The optional lock-id argument is the address of an unsigned longword containing the lock identifier. lock-name OpenVMS usage char_string type character string access read only mechanism by descriptor Name of the lock. The optional lock-name argument is the address of a descriptor pointing to a character string containing the lock name. 3 PPL$DELETE_VM_ZONE The Delete a Virtual Memory Zone routine deletes a storage zone and returns all pages owned by the zone to the application-wide page pool. Format PPL$DELETE_VM_ZONE [zone-id] [,zone-name] 4 Arguments zone-id OpenVMS usage identifier type longword (unsigned) access read only mechanism by reference Identifier of the zone. The optional zone-id argument is the address of an unsigned longword containing the zone identifier. zone-name OpenVMS usage char_string type character string access read only mechanism by descriptor Name of the zone. The optional zone-name argument is the address of a descriptor pointing to a character string containing the zone name. 3 PPL$DELETE_WORK_ITEM The Delete a Work Queue Item routine deletes a work item from a work queue. Format PPL$DELETE_WORK_ITEM queue-id ,work-item [,flags] 4 Arguments queue-id OpenVMS usage identifier type longword (unsigned) access read only mechanism by reference The queue identifier. The queue-id argument is the address of an unsigned longword containing the identifier. work-item OpenVMS usage user_arg type longword (unsigned) access read only mechanism by value The value of the item to be deleted from the queue. The work-item argument is the address of an unsigned longword containing this value. flags OpenVMS usage mask_longword type longword (unsigned) access read only mechanism by reference Specifies options for deleting items from a work queue. The optional flags argument is the address of a longword bit mask containing the flag. Valid values are as follows: PPL$M_DELETEALL Delete all items in the specified queue whose value matches work-item. By default, only the first item encountered is deleted. PPL$M_TAILFIRST Begin searching at the end of the queue and move toward the beginning. By default, the search begins at the beginning of the queue and moves toward the end. 3 PPL$DELETE_WORK_QUEUE The Delete a Work Queue routine deletes the specified work queue, and releases any storage associated with it. Format PPL$DELETE_WORK_QUEUE [queue-id] [,queue-name] [,flags] 4 Arguments queue-id OpenVMS usage identifier type longword (unsigned) access read only mechanism by reference The work queue identifier. The optional queue-id argument is the address of an unsigned longword containing the identifier. queue-name OpenVMS usage char_string type character string access read only mechanism by descriptor Name of the work queue. The optional queue-name argument is the address of a descriptor pointing to a character string containing the work queue name. flags OpenVMS usage mask_longword type longword (unsigned) access read only mechanism by reference Specifies options for deleting a work queue. The optional flags argument is the address of a longword bit mask containing the flag. The valid value is as follows: PPL$M_FORCEDEL Delete the work queue regardless of whether it is empty. By default, PPL$ returns the error PPL$_ELEINUSE if you attempt to delete a work queue at which proceses are blocked or that contains work items. 3 PPL$DISABLE_EVENT The Disable Asynchronous Notification of an Event routine disables delivery to a process of notification of an event by either AST or signal. Format PPL$DISABLE_EVENT event-id 4 Arguments event-id OpenVMS usage identifier type longword (unsigned) access read only mechanism by reference Identifier of the event. The event-id argument is the address of an unsigned longword containing the identifier. 3 PPL$ENABLE_EVENT_AST The Enable AST Notification of an Event routine specifies the address of an AST routine (and optionally an argument to that routine) to be delivered when an event occurs. Format PPL$ENABLE_EVENT_AST event-id ,astadr [,astprm] 4 Arguments event-id OpenVMS usage identifier type longword (unsigned) access read only mechanism by reference Identifier of the event. The event-id argument is the address of an unsigned longword containing the identifier. Event-id is returned by PPL$CREATE_EVENT. astadr OpenVMS usage ast_procedure type procedure value access call without stack unwinding mechanism by reference AST routine. The astadr argument is a procedure value of the user's AST routine. This routine is called on the user's behalf when the event state becomes occurred. astprm OpenVMS usage user_arg type unspecified access read only mechanism by value AST value passed as the argument to the specified AST routine. The astprm argument is the address of a vector of unsigned longwords containing this optional value. If this argument is not specified, PPL$_EVENT_OCCURRED is the astprm for a user-created event. The astprm argument has special restrictions when used in conjunction with the PPL$ event routines. o For user-defined events, the AST-argument must point to a vector of two unsigned longwords. The first longword is a "context" reserved for the user; it is not read or modified by PPL$. The second longword receives the value specified by the event-param argument in the call to PPL$TRIGGER_EVENT that results in the delivery of this AST. o For PPL$-defined events (those not created by the user), the astprm argument must point to a vector of four unsigned longwords. The vector accommodates the following: - The user's "context" longword - The longword to receive the event's distinguishing condition value - The parameters to the PPL$-defined event (the "trigger" parameter) Because each of the predefined events takes two arguments, the vector that astprm points to must be four longwords in length. 3 PPL$ENABLE_EVENT_SIGNAL The Enable Signal Notification of an Event routine specifies a condition value to be signaled when the event occurs. Format PPL$ENABLE_EVENT_SIGNAL event-id [,signal-value] 4 Arguments event-id OpenVMS usage identifier type longword (unsigned) access read only mechanism by reference Identifier of the event. The event-id argument is the address of an unsigned longword containing the identifier. Event-id is returned by PPL$CREATE_EVENT. signal-value OpenVMS usage user_arg type longword (unsigned) access read only mechanism by value Optional user-defined value to be signaled when the event occurs. The signal-value argument is an unsigned longword containing this value. 3 PPL$FIND_OBJECT_ID Given the name of a spin lock, semaphore, barrier, event, work queue, or shared memory zone, the Find Object Identification routine returns the identifier of the object associated with the name you specify. Format PPL$FIND_OBJECT_ID object-id ,object-name 4 Arguments object-id OpenVMS usage identifier type longword (unsigned) access modify mechanism by reference Object identifier to be returned. The object-id argument is the address of an unsigned longword that receives the associated identifier. object-name OpenVMS usage char_string type character string access read only mechanism by descriptor Name of the object for which to return the associated identifier. The object-name argument is the address of a descriptor pointing to a character string containing the (user-defined) name of the object. 3 PPL$FLUSH_SHARED_MEMORY The Flush Shared Memory routine writes (flushes) to disk the contents of a global section that you created using the PPL$CREATE_SHARED_MEMORY routine. Only pages that have been modified are flushed to disk. Format PPL$FLUSH_SHARED_MEMORY section-name [,memory-area] [,flags] 4 Arguments section-name OpenVMS usage char_string type character string access read only mechanism by descriptor Name of the global section whose contents are to be written to disk. The section-name argument is the address of a descriptor pointing to a character string containing the global section name. memory-area OpenVMS usage vector_longword_unsigned type longword (unsigned) access read only mechanism by reference, array reference The area of memory into which the specified global section is mapped. The memory-area argument is the address of a two- longword array containing, in order, the length (in bytes) and the starting virtual address for the area of memory. flags OpenVMS usage mask_longword type longword (unsigned) access read only mechanism by reference Bit mask specifying actions to perform before flushing the global section. The flags argument is the address of a longword bit mask containing the flag. The valid value for flags is as follows: PPL$M_NOUNI Identifies the global section as having a nonunique name. By default, PPL$CREATE_SHARED_MEMORY gives the specified global section a name unique to the application by using PPL$UNIQUE_NAME. If you specified this value to give the global section a nonunique name when you called PPL$CREATE_SHARED_ MEMORY, you must also specify it when you call PPL$FLUSH_SHARED_MEMORY. 3 PPL$GET_INDEX The Get Index of a Participant routine returns an index that is unique within the application. A value of zero signifies the participant that formed the application. The other participants in the application always return an index greater than zero. Format PPL$GET_INDEX participant-index 4 Arguments participant-index OpenVMS usage longword_unsigned type longword (unsigned) access write only mechanism by reference The index of the caller within this application. The participant- index argument is the address of an unsigned longword that contains this index. This index is assigned at process creation time and is unique for each participant. 3 PPL$INCREMENT_SEMAPHORE The Increment a Semaphore routine increments the value of the semaphore by 1, analogous to the signal protocol. If any other participants are blocked on a call to PPL$DECREMENT_SEMAPHORE for this semaphore, one is removed from the queue and awakened. The semaphore must have been created by PPL$CREATE_SEMAPHORE. Format PPL$INCREMENT_SEMAPHORE semaphore-id 4 Arguments semaphore-id OpenVMS usage identifier type longword (unsigned) access read only mechanism by reference Identifier of the semaphore. The semaphore-id argument is the address of an unsigned longword containing the identifier. Semaphore-id is returned by PPL$CREATE_SEMAPHORE. 3 PPL$INDEX_TO_PID The Convert Participant Index to OpenVMS PID routine returns the OpenVMS PID of the process associated with the specified index. Format PPL$INDEX_TO_PID participant-index ,pid 4 Arguments participant-index OpenVMS usage longword_unsigned type longword (unsigned) access read only mechanism by reference Index of the caller within this application. The participant- index argument is the address of an unsigned longword that contains this index. Participant-index is assigned at process creation time and is unique for each participant. pid OpenVMS usage longword_unsigned type longword (unsigned) access write only mechanism by reference PID (process identifier) of the OpenVMS process associated with the specified participant-index. The pid argument is the address of an unsigned longword that receives this PID. 3 PPL$INSERT_WORK_ITEM The Insert a Work Queue Item routine inserts a work item into the specified work queue. Format PPL$INSERT_WORK_ITEM queue-id ,work-item [,flags] [,priority] 4 Arguments queue-id OpenVMS usage identifier type longword (unsigned) access read only mechanism by reference The queue identifier. The queue-id argument is the address of an unsigned longword containing the identifier. work-item OpenVMS usage user_arg type longword (unsigned) access read only mechanism by value A value to be entered into the queue. The work-item argument is an unsigned longword containing this value. The content of work-item is completely arbitrary. You may want to place single longword values into work-item (for example, the number of a function or task to be performed). You can also use work-item to pass a pointer to a data block. (This data block must reside in memory created by PPL$CREATE_SHARED_MEMORY or allocated from a shared memory zone created by PPL$CREATE_VM_ZONE.) flags OpenVMS usage mask_longword type longword (unsigned) access read only mechanism by reference Specifies options for inserting a work item into a work queue. The optional flags argument is the address of a longword bit mask containing the flag. The valid value is as follows: PPL$M_ATHEAD Insert item as the first of those items with the same priority (in other words, at the head of the priority). By default, items are inserted after other items of the same priority. priority OpenVMS usage longword_signed type longword (signed) access read only mechanism by reference Specifies the priority of the item being inserted. The optional priority argument is an unsigned longword containing the priority value for the item to be inserted. If unspecified, the default value is zero. A high numerical value indicates a high priority. 3 PPL$PID_TO_INDEX The Convert OpenVMS PID to Participant Index routine returns the PPL$-defined participant index of the process associated with the specified OpenVMS PID. Format PPL$PID_TO_INDEX pid ,participant-index 4 Arguments pid OpenVMS usage longword_unsigned type longword (unsigned) access read only mechanism by reference PID (process identifier) of the OpenVMS process or subprocess whose participant index is to be obtained. The pid argument is the address of an unsigned longword that contains this PID. participant-index OpenVMS usage longword_unsigned type longword (unsigned) access write only mechanism by reference Participant index of the process or subprocess associated with the specified OpenVMS PID. The participant-index argument is the address of an unsigned longword that receives this index. Participant-index is assigned by the PPL$ facility at process creation time and is unique for each participant. 3 PPL$READ_BARRIER The Read a Barrier routine returns the specified barrier's current quorum and the number of participants currently waiting (blocked) at the barrier. The barrier must have been created by PPL$CREATE_BARRIER. Format PPL$READ_BARRIER barrier-id ,quorum ,waiters 4 Arguments barrier-id OpenVMS usage identifier type longword (unsigned) access read only mechanism by reference Identifier of the specified event. The barrier-id argument is the address of an unsigned longword containing the identifier. Barrier-id is returned by PPL$CREATE_BARRIER. quorum OpenVMS usage word_signed type word (signed) access write only mechanism by reference Number of participants required to terminate a wait for this barrier. The quorum argument is the address of a signed word containing the quorum value. This argument returns the current quorum value that you set with PPL$CREATE_BARRIER, PPL$SET_ QUORUM, or PPL$ADJUST_QUORUM. waiters OpenVMS usage word_signed type word (signed) access write only mechanism by reference Number of participants currently waiting at this barrier. The waiters argument is the address of a signed word containing the number of waiting participants. 3 PPL$READ_EVENT The Read an Event State routine returns the current state of the specified event. The state can be occurred or not_occurred. Format PPL$READ_EVENT event-id ,occurred 4 Arguments event-id OpenVMS usage identifier type longword (unsigned) access read only mechanism by reference Identifier of the specified event. The event-id argument is the address of an unsigned longword containing the identifier. Event-id is returned by PPL$CREATE_EVENT. occurred OpenVMS usage longword_unsigned type longword (unsigned) access write only mechanism by reference Receives the state of the specified event. The occurred argument is the address of an unsigned longword that receives the event state. This argument returns a value of true if the current state of the event is occurred, and returns false if the current state of the event is not_occurred. 3 PPL$READ_SEMAPHORE The Read Semaphore Values routine returns the current or maximum values, or both, of the specified counting semaphore. The semaphore must have been created by PPL$CREATE_SEMAPHORE. Format PPL$READ_SEMAPHORE semaphore-id [,semaphore-value] [,semaphore-maximum] 4 Arguments semaphore-id OpenVMS usage identifier type longword (unsigned) access read only mechanism by reference Identifier of the specified semaphore. The semaphore-id argument is the address of an unsigned longword containing the identifier. Semaphore-id is returned by PPL$CREATE_SEMAPHORE. semaphore-value OpenVMS usage word_signed type word (signed) access write only mechanism by reference Receives information about the specified semaphore. The optional semaphore-value argument is the address of a signed word containing the current value of the semaphore or the number of blocked processes. If positive, semaphore-value contains the number of available resources associated with this semaphore; if negative, it contains the number of waiting processes. If the value returned is zero, there are no available resources and no waiting processes. semaphore-maximum OpenVMS usage word_signed type word (signed) access write only mechanism by reference Maximum value of the semaphore. The semaphore-maximum argument is the address of a signed word containing the maximum value of the semaphore specified by semaphore-id. 3 PPL$READ_SPIN_LOCK The Read a Spin Lock State routine returns the current state of a spin lock. The state can be seized or not_seized. Format PPL$READ_SPIN_LOCK lock-id ,seized 4 Arguments lock-id OpenVMS usage identifier type longword (unsigned) access read only mechanism by reference Identifier of the specified spin lock. The lock-id argument is the address of an unsigned longword containing the identifier. seized OpenVMS usage longword_unsigned type longword (unsigned) access write only mechanism by reference Receives the state of the specified spin lock. The seized argument is the address of an unsigned longword that receives the spin lock state. This argument returns a value of true if the current state of the spin lock is seized, and it returns a value of false if the current state of the spin lock is not_seized. 3 PPL$READ_WORK_QUEUE The Read a Work Queue routine returns information about a work queue. Format PPL$READ_WORK_QUEUE queue-id [,queue-value] 4 Arguments queue-id OpenVMS usage identifier type longword (unsigned) access read only mechanism by reference The queue identifier. The queue-id argument is the address of an unsigned longword containing the identifier. queue-value OpenVMS usage longword_signed type longword (signed) access write only mechanism by reference Receives information about the specified work queue. If positive, queue-value contains the number of items currently in the work queue; if negative, it contains the number of processes currently blocked (waiting for an item to be placed in the queue). If the value returned is zero, there are no work items in the queue and no blocked processes. The optional queue-value argument is the address of a signed longword that receives the number of work items or blocked processes. 3 PPL$RELEASE_SPIN_LOCK The Release Spin Lock routine relinquishes the spin lock by clearing the bit representing the lock. The lock must have been created by PPL$CREATE_SPIN_LOCK. Format PPL$RELEASE_SPIN_LOCK lock-id 4 Arguments lock-id OpenVMS usage identifier type longword (unsigned) access read only mechanism by reference Identifier of the specified lock. The lock-id argument is the address of an unsigned longword containing the lock identifier. Lock-id is returned by PPL$CREATE_SPIN_LOCK. 3 PPL$REMOVE_WORK_ITEM The Remove a Work Queue Item routine removes the next item in order from a work queue. Format PPL$REMOVE_WORK_ITEM queue-id ,work-item [,flags] [,spin] 4 Arguments queue-id OpenVMS usage identifier type longword (unsigned) access read only mechanism by reference The queue identifier. The queue-id argument is the address of an unsigned longword containing the identifier. work-item OpenVMS usage user_arg type longword (unsigned) access write only mechanism by reference Receives the value of the item that is removed from the work queue. The work-item argument is the address of an unsigned longword that receives the value of the item that is removed from the work queue. flags OpenVMS usage mask_longword type longword (unsigned) access read only mechanism by reference Specifies options for removing an item from the work queue. The optional flags argument is the address of a longword bit mask containing the flag. Valid values are as follows: PPL$M_NON_ If the specified work queue is empty, return BLOCKING immediately with the PPL$_NOT_AVAILABLE status indicating that no items are available to be removed from the work queue. By default, if the work queue is empty the process hibernates until there is an item available to be removed from the work queue. PPL$M_FROMTAIL Remove item from the end (or tail) of the work queue. By default, this routine removes an item from the beginning (or head) of the work queue. PPL$M_SPIN_WAIT Indicates that the caller is never to block, but rather to always spin while waiting at this barrier. PPL$M_SPIN_ Indicates that the caller wishes to spin for COUNTED a given amount of instructions and then to block. The default is block immediately, do not spin at all. spin OpenVMS usage mask_longword type longword (unsigned) access read only mechanism by reference This value must be specified when using the PPL$M_SPIN_COUNTED flag and represents a relative time that a process will spin before blocking. 3 PPL$RESET_EVENT The Reset an Event routine resets an event's state to not_ occurred. Format PPL$RESET_EVENT event-id 4 Arguments event-id OpenVMS usage identifier type longword (unsigned) access read only mechanism by reference Identifier of the event. The event-id argument is the address of an unsigned longword containing the identifier. 3 PPL$SEIZE_SPIN_LOCK The Seize Spin Lock routine retrieves a simple (spin) lock by waiting in a spin loop until the lock is free. The lock must have been created by PPL$CREATE_SPIN_LOCK. Format PPL$SEIZE_SPIN_LOCK lock-id [,flags] 4 Arguments lock-id OpenVMS usage identifier type longword (unsigned) access read only mechanism by reference Identifier of the lock to be seized. The lock-id argument is the address of an unsigned longword containing the lock identifier. Lock-id is returned by PPL$CREATE_SPIN_LOCK. flags OpenVMS usage mask_longword type longword (unsigned) access read only mechanism by reference Bit mask specifying options for seizing the lock. The flags argument is a longword bit mask containing the flag. The valid value for flags is as follows: PPL$M_NON_ The lock is seized if and only if it can BLOCKING be done without causing the caller to wait (spin). (This can be useful in situations where the cost of waiting for a resource is not desirable, or if the caller merely intends to request immediate access to any one of a number of resources.) 3 PPL$SET_QUORUM The Set Barrier Quorum routine dynamically sets a value for the specified barrier's quorum. Format PPL$SET_QUORUM barrier-id ,quorum 4 Arguments barrier-id OpenVMS usage identifier type longword (unsigned) access read only mechanism by reference Identifier of the barrier. The barrier-id argument is the address of the barrier identifier. Barrier-id is returned by PPL$CREATE_BARRIER. quorum OpenVMS usage word_signed type word (signed) access read only mechanism by reference The number of participants required to terminate an active wait for this barrier. The quorum argument is the address of a signed word containing the quorum number. For example, a quorum value of 3 indicates that the first two callers of PPL$WAIT_ AT_BARRIER specifying this barrier-id are blocked until a third participant calls PPL$WAIT_AT_BARRIER. At that point, all three are released for further processing. If you specify zero for quorum, the quorum is set to the number of processes currently in the application. The value of quorum must be positive or zero. 3 PPL$SET_SEMAPHORE_MAXIMUM The Set a Semaphore Maximum routine dynamically sets the maximum value of a semaphore. Format PPL$SET_SEMAPHORE_MAXIMUM semaphore-id ,semaphore-maximum 4 Arguments semaphore-id OpenVMS usage identifier type longword (unsigned) access read only mechanism by reference Identifier of the semaphore. The semaphore-id argument is the address of an unsigned longword containing the identifier. semaphore-maximum OpenVMS usage word_signed type word (signed) access read only mechanism by reference New maximum value of the semaphore. The semaphore-maximum argument is the address of a signed word containing the maximum value. This value must be nonnegative. 3 PPL$SPAWN The Initiate Parallel Execution routine executes code in parallel with the caller by creating one or more subordinate threads of execution (OpenVMS subprocesses). Format PPL$SPAWN copies [,program-name] [,children-ids] [,flags] [,std-input-file] [,std-output-file] 4 Arguments copies OpenVMS usage longword_unsigned type longword (unsigned) access modify mechanism by reference Number of subordinates of the specified program to be executed concurrently. The copies argument is the address of an unsigned longword containing this number. Its value must be positive. If you specify a value greater than 1 for the copies argument, each copy created will have the same subprocess information (for example, standard input and output files). If you want to specify different information for each subprocess, call PPL$SPAWN once for each subprocess. On output, this parameter contains the number of subordinates actually created. This value differs from the requested number if an individual spawn attempt fails, for example, because of insufficient quotas. program-name OpenVMS usage logical_name type character string access read only mechanism by descriptor, fixed-length Name of the program (image) to be invoked. The program-name argument is the address of a descriptor pointing to a character string containing the file specification of the image. Program- name must have no more than 63 characters. If program-name contains a logical name, the equivalence name must be in a logical name table that the created subordinate can access. If you do not specify a program-name, the default is to execute in parallel the image being run by the caller. children-ids OpenVMS usage vector_longword_unsigned type longword (unsigned) access write only mechanism by reference, array reference Identifiers of each of the newly created subordinates. The children-ids argument is the address of a vector of longwords into which is written the index within the executing application of each subordinate successfully initiated by this call. flags OpenVMS usage mask_longword type longword (unsigned) access read only mechanism by reference Bit mask specifying options for creating processes. The flags argument is a longword bit mask containing the flags. Valid values for flags are as follows: PPL$M_INIT_ If set, the caller of this routine and SYNCH all subordinates created by this call are synchronized to continue processing only after each and every subordinate created by this call has called PPL$CREATE_APPLICATION. (See the Description section for more information.) A failure of the created subordinate after it successfully starts but before its call to PPL$CREATE_APPLICATION can cause difficulties with the use of this flag value. PPL$M_NOCLISYM If set, the created processes do not inherit CLI symbols from the calling process. The default action is for created processes to inherit all currently defined CLI symbols. PPL$M_ If set, prompt strings are not prefixed by NOCONTROL carriage return/line feeds. The default action is to prefix any prompt string specified with a carriage return/line feed. PPL$M_NODEBUG Prevents the startup of the OpenVMS Debugger, even if the debugger was linked with the image. PPL$M_NOKEYPAD If set, created processes inherit the current keypad symbols and state from the calling process. The default action is that created processes do not inherit keypad symbols and state. PPL$M_NOLOGNAM If set, created processes do not inherit process logical names from the calling process. The default is for created processes to inherit all currently defined process logical names. PPL$M_NOTIFY If set, a message is broadcast to SYS$OUTPUT as each process terminates. This flag is ignored if the process is not interactive (for example, run in batch). std-input-file OpenVMS usage logical-name type character string access read only mechanism by descriptor File name of the file to serve as the standard input file in the created subordinates. The std-input-file argument is the address of a descriptor pointing to a character string containing the file name. If you do not specify a value for this argument, the subordinate inherits the creating participant's standard input file (SYS$INPUT). std-output-file OpenVMS usage logical-name type character string access read only mechanism by descriptor File name of the file to serve as the standard output file in the created subordinates. The std-output-file argument is the address of a descriptor pointing to a character string containing the file name. If you do not specify a value for this argument, the subordinate inherits the creating participant's standard output file (SYS$OUTPUT). 3 PPL$STOP The Stop a Participant routine terminates the execution of the specified participant in this application. Format PPL$STOP participant-index 4 Arguments participant-index OpenVMS usage longword_unsigned type longword (unsigned) access read only mechanism by reference PPL$-defined index of the participant to be terminated. The participant-index argument is the address of an unsigned longword containing the index. Participant-index is obtained by a call to PPL$SPAWN or PPL$GET_ INDEX. 3 PPL$TERMINATE The Abort PPL$ Participation routine ends the caller's participation in the application "prematurely"-that is, at some time before the caller actually completes its execution. Format PPL$TERMINATE [flags] 4 Arguments flags OpenVMS usage mask_longword type longword (unsigned) access read only mechanism by reference Bit mask specifying options for terminating access to PPL$. The flags argument is the address of a longword bit mask containing the flag. The flags argument accepts the following value: PPL$M_STOP_ Terminates all subordinates created by CHILDREN the caller in addition to terminating the caller itself. (PPL$ makes no effort to delete subordinates at process termination in the absence of a call to this routine specifying this flag value, but note that an OpenVMS subprocess is deleted when the parent terminates.) 3 PPL$TRIGGER_EVENT The Trigger an Event routine causes the event's state to become occurred. You control whether all pending actions for the event are processed (made to occur), or just one is processed. A pending action can be an AST, a signal (condition), or a wakeup. Format PPL$TRIGGER_EVENT event-id [,event-param] [,flags] 4 Arguments event-id OpenVMS usage identifier type longword (unsigned) access read only mechanism by reference Identifier of the event. The event-id argument is the address of an unsigned longword containing the identifier. Event-id is returned by PPL$CREATE_EVENT. event-param OpenVMS usage user_arg type longword (unsigned) access read only mechanism by value An arbitrary value to be passed to all requests processed for the event as a result of the trigger, or, if there are no queued event notification requests for this event, to the first caller to enable event notification. The event-param argument is the address of an unsigned longword containing this value. The value of event-param is received by the output argument of PPL$AWAIT_ EVENT. If a participant enables delivery of an AST by calling PPL$ENABLE_EVENT_AST, this argument appears in the second longword of the vector specified by the astprm argument. If a participant enables delivery of a signal by calling PPL$ENABLE_ EVENT_SIGNAL, this argument appears as the third longword in the signal vector when the condition is raised. flags OpenVMS usage mask_longword type longword (unsigned) access read only mechanism by reference Specifies options for triggering an event. The flags argument is the address of a longword bit mask containing the flag. The valid value for flags is as follows: PPL$M_NOTIFY_ONE Processes exactly one enabled event notification. By default, all pending actions are processed when the event state becomes occurred. 3 PPL$UNIQUE_NAME The Produce a Unique Name routine returns an application-unique name. A system-unique string specific to the calling application is appended to the string specified by the user. The resulting name is identical for all participants in the application, but different from those for all other applications on that system. Format PPL$UNIQUE_NAME name-string ,resultant-string [,resultant-length] [,flags] 4 Arguments name-string OpenVMS usage char_string type character string access read only mechanism by descriptor The user-supplied string to be appended by the 'TOP' processes' PID. When combined, they will provide a name unique to this application. resultant-string OpenVMS usage char_string type character string access write only mechanism by descriptor Resulting unique name. The resultant-string argument is the address of a descriptor pointing to a character string containing this name. Resultant-string consists of the name-string string and an appended system-unique string. resultant-length OpenVMS usage word_unsigned type word (unsigned) access write only mechanism by reference Length of the unique name returned as the resultant-string. The resultant-length argument is the address of an unsigned word containing this length. flags OpenVMS usage word_unsigned type longword (unsigned) access write only mechanism by reference Specifies whether the supplied name should be unique to the application, to the calling process, or to this particular call. The default is application-unique. The valid values for flags are as follows: PPL$M_PROC_UNIQUE Indicates that the caller wishes the returned name to be unique to the calling process. PPL$M_CALL_UNIQUE Indicates that the caller wishes the returned name to be unique to this particular call. 3 PPL$WAIT_AT_BARRIER The Synchronize at a Barrier routine causes the caller to wait at the specified barrier. The barrier is in effect from the time the first participant calls PPL$WAIT_AT_BARRIER until each member of the quorum has issued the call. At that time, the wait concludes and all are released for further execution. Format PPL$WAIT_AT_BARRIER barrier-id ,flags ,spin 4 Arguments barrier-id OpenVMS usage identifier type longword (unsigned) access read only mechanism by reference Identifier of the barrier. The barrier-id argument is the address of an unsigned longword containing the barrier identifier. Barrier-id is returned by PPL$CREATE_BARRIER. flags OpenVMS usage identifier type longword (unsigned) access read only mechanism by reference Specifies options for the wait_at_barrier operation. The flags argument is the value of a longword bit mask containing the flag. The bit, when set, specifies the corresponding option. Valid values for flags are as follows: PPL$M_SPIN_WAIT Indicates that the caller is never to block, but rather to always spin while waiting at this barrier. PPL$M_SPIN_ Indicates that the caller wishes to spin for COUNTED a given amount of instructions and then to block. The default is block immediately, do not spin at all. spin OpenVMS usage identifier type long (unsigned) access read only mechanism by reference This value must be specified when using the PPL$M_SPIN_COUNTED flag and represents a relative time that a process will spin before blocking.
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