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+.Dd September 2, 2012
+.Dt CK_EPOCH_RECYCLE 3
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm ck_epoch_recycle
+.Nd return an epoch record that may be used by caller
+.Sh LIBRARY
+Concurrency Kit (libck, \-lck)
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.In ck_epoch.h
+.Ft ck_epoch_record_t *
+.Fn ck_epoch_recycle "ck_epoch_t *epoch"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Fn ck_epoch_recycle 3
+function attempts to return an unused epoch record object for use by
+the caller. These epoch records were associated with previous calls
+to the
+.Fn ck_epoch_unregister 3
+function.
+.Sh EXAMPLE
+.Bd -literal -offset indent
+#include <ck_epoch.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+/*
+ * epoch was previously initialized with ck_epoch_init.
+ */
+ck_epoch_t *epoch;
+
+void
+function(void)
+{
+ ck_epoch_record_t *record;
+
+ record = ck_epoch_recycle(&epoch);
+ if (record == NULL) {
+ record = malloc(sizeof *record);
+ if (record == NULL)
+ return;
+
+ ck_epoch_register(&epoch, record);
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * After we are done, we will unregister the record so it
+ * can be used by other new participants in the epoch system
+ * provided by the object pointed to by "epoch".
+ */
+ ck_epoch_unregister(&epoch, record);
+ return;
+}
+.Ed
+.Sh RETURN VALUES
+This function returns a pointer to a
+.Dv ck_epoch_record_t
+object. If no unused record was found to be associated with the
+object pointed to by
+.Fa epoch ,
+then the function will return NULL.
+.Sh ERRORS
+Behavior is undefined if the object pointed to by
+.Fa epoch
+is not a valid epoch object.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr ck_epoch_init 3 ,
+.Xr ck_epoch_register 3 ,
+.Xr ck_epoch_unregister 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/