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+.Dd February 24, 2013.
+.Dt CK_COHORT_INIT 3
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm CK_COHORT_INIT
+.Nd initialize instance of a cohort type
+.Sh LIBRARY
+Concurrency Kit (libck, \-lck)
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.In ck_cohort.h
+.Fn CK_COHORT_INIT "COHORT_NAME cohort_name" "COHORT *cohort" "void *global_lock" \
+"void *local_lock" "unsigned int pass_limit"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+Until a cohort instance is initialized using the CK_COHORT_INIT macro, any operations
+involving it will have undefined behavior. After this macro has been called, the cohort
+pointed to by the
+.Fa cohort
+argument will use the lock pointed to by
+.Fa global_lock
+as its global lock and the lock pointed to by
+.Fa local_lock
+as its local lock.
+.Pp
+The cohort will relinquish its global lock after
+.Fa pass_limit
+consecutive acquisitions of its local lock, even if there are other threads waiting.
+If you are unsure of a value to use for the
+.Fa pass_limit
+argument, you should use CK_COHORT_DEFAULT_LOCAL_PASS_LIMIT.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr ck_cohort 3 ,
+.Xr CK_COHORT_PROTOTYPE 3 ,
+.Xr CK_COHORT_TRYLOCK_PROTOTYPE 3 ,
+.Xr CK_COHORT_INSTANCE 3 ,
+.Xr CK_COHORT_INITIALIZER 3 ,
+.Xr CK_COHORT_LOCK 3 ,
+.Xr CK_COHORT_UNLOCK 3 ,
+.Xr CK_COHORT_LOCKED 3 ,
+.Xr CK_COHORT_TRYLOCK 3 ,
+.Pp
+Additional information available at http://concurrencykit.org/