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.Dd September 2, 2012
.Dt CK_EPOCH_INIT 3
.Sh NAME
.Nm ck_epoch_init
.Nd initialize epoch reclamation object
.Sh LIBRARY
Concurrency Kit (libck, \-lck)
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In ck_epoch.h
.Ft void
.Fn ck_epoch_init "ck_epoch_t *epoch"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn ck_epoch_init
function initializes the epoch object pointed to by the
.Fa epoch
pointer.
.Sh RETURN VALUES
This function has no return value.
.Sh ERRORS
.Bl -tag -width Er
.Pp
The behavior of
.Fn ck_epoch_init
is undefined if
.Fa epoch
is not a pointer to a
.Tn ck_epoch_t
object.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr ck_epoch_register 3 ,
.Xr ck_epoch_unregister 3 ,
.Xr ck_epoch_recycle 3 ,
.Xr ck_epoch_poll 3 ,
.Xr ck_epoch_synchronize 3 ,
.Xr ck_epoch_reclaim 3 ,
.Xr ck_epoch_barrier 3 ,
.Xr ck_epoch_call 3 ,
.Xr ck_epoch_begin 3 ,
.Xr ck_epoch_end 3
.Pp
Additional information available at http://concurrencykit.org/