VMS Help DCE_RPC, Application Routines, rpc_sm_get_thread_handle  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

 NAME

   rpc_sm_get_thread_handle - Gets a thread handle for the stub memory
                              management environment

 SYNOPSIS

   #include <rpc.h>
   rpc_sm_thread_handle_t rpc_sm_get_thread_handle( unsigned32 *status );

 PARAMETERS

   Output

   status  Returns the status code from this routine.  This status code
           indicates whether the routine completed successfully or, if
           not, why not.

           Possible status codes and their meanings include:

           rpc_s_ok      Success.

 DESCRIPTION

   Applications call rpc_sm_get_thread_handle to get a thread handle
   for the current stub memory management environment. A thread that
   is managing memory within the stub memory managment scheme calls
   pc_sm_get_thread_handle to get a thread handle for its current stub
   memory management environment.  A thread that calls
   rpc_sm_set_thread_handle with this handle, is able to use the same
   memory management environment.

   When multiple threads call rpc_sm_allocate and rpc_sm_free to manage
   the same memory, they must share the same thread handle.  The thread
   that established the stub memory management environment calls
   rpc_sm_get_thread_handle to get a thread handle before spawning new
   threads that will manage the same memory.  The spawned threads then
   call rpc_sm_set_thread_handle with the handle provided by the parent
   thread.

   Typically, rpc_sm_get_thread_handle is called by a server manager
   routine before it spawns additional threads.  Normally the stub sets
   up the memory management environment for the manager routine.  The
   manager calls rpc_sm_get_thread_handle to make this environment
   available to the spawned threads.

   A thread may also use rpc_sm_get_thread_handle and
   rpc_sm_set_thread_handle to save and restore its memory
   management environment.

 RETURN VALUES

   A thread handle.

 RELATED INFORMATION

   Functions:  rpc_sm_allocate
               rpc_sm_free
               rpc_sm_set_thread_handle