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PR_NotifyAll
============

Promotes all threads waiting on a specified monitor to a ready state.


Syntax
------

.. code::

   #include <prmon.h>

   PRStatus PR_NotifyAll(PRMonitor *mon);


Parameters
~~~~~~~~~~

The function has the following parameter:

``mon``
   A reference to an existing structure of type :ref:`PRMonitor`. The
   monitor object referenced must be one for which the calling thread
   currently holds the lock.


Returns
~~~~~~~

The function returns one of the following values:

-  If successful, ``PR_SUCCESS``.
-  If unsuccessful, ``PR_FAILURE``.


Description
-----------

A call to :ref:`PR_NotifyAll` causes all of the threads waiting on the
monitor to be scheduled to be promoted to a ready state. If no threads
are waiting, the operation is no-op.

:ref:`PR_NotifyAll` should be used with some care. The expense of
scheduling multiple threads increases dramatically as the number of
threads increases.