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28.Dd March 23, 2010
29.Dt PTHREAD_AFFINITY_NP 3
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm pthread_getaffinity_np ,
33.Nm pthread_setaffinity_np
34.Nd manage CPU affinity
35.Sh LIBRARY
36.Lb libpthread
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.In pthread_np.h
39.Ft int
40.Fn pthread_getaffinity_np "pthread_t td" "size_t cpusetsize" "cpuset_t *cpusetp"
41.Ft int
42.Fn pthread_setaffinity_np "pthread_t td" "size_t cpusetsize" "const cpuset_t *cpusetp"
43.Sh DESCRIPTION
44.Fn pthread_getaffinity_np
45and
46.Fn pthread_setaffinity_np
47allow the manipulation of sets of CPUs available to the specified thread.
48.Pp
49Masks of type
50.Ft cpuset_t
51are composed using the
52.Dv CPU_SET
53macros.
54The kernel tolerates large sets as long as all CPUs specified
55in the set exist.
56Sets smaller than the kernel uses generate an error on calls to
57.Fn pthread_getaffinity_np
58even if the result set would fit within the user supplied set.
59Calls to
60.Fn pthread_setaffinity_np
61tolerate small sets with no restrictions.
62.Pp
63The supplied mask should have a size of
64.Fa cpusetsize
65bytes.
66This size is usually provided by calling
67.Li sizeof(cpuset_t)
68which is ultimately determined by the value of
69.Dv CPU_SETSIZE
70as defined in
71.In sys/cpuset.h .
72.Pp
73.Fn pthread_getaffinity_np
74retrieves the
75mask from the thread specified by
76.Fa td ,
77and stores it in the space provided by
78.Fa cpusetp .
79.Pp
80.Fn pthread_setaffinity_np
81attempts to set the mask for the thread specified by
82.Fa td
83to the value in
84.Fa cpusetp .
85.Sh RETURN VALUES
86If successful, the
87.Fn pthread_getaffinity_np
88and
89.Fn pthread_setaffinity_np
90functions will return zero.
91Otherwise an error number will be returned
92to indicate the error.
93.Sh ERRORS
94The
95.Fn pthread_getaffinity_np
96and
97.Fn pthread_setaffinity_np
98functions may fail if:
99.Bl -tag -width Er
100.It Bq Er EDEADLK
101The
102.Fn pthread_setaffinity_np
103call would leave a thread without a valid CPU to run on because the set
104does not overlap with the thread's anonymous mask.
105.It Bq Er EFAULT
106The
107.Fa cpusetp
108pointer passed was invalid.
109.It Bq Er ESRCH
110The thread specified by the
111.Fa td
112argument could not be found.
113.It Bq Er ERANGE
114The
115.Fa cpusetsize
116was either preposterously large or smaller than the kernel set size.
117.It Bq Er EPERM
118The calling thread did not have the credentials required to complete the
119operation.
120.El
121.Sh SEE ALSO
122.Xr cpuset 1 ,
123.Xr cpuset 2 ,
124.Xr cpuset_getid 2 ,
125.Xr cpuset_setid 2 ,
126.Xr pthread 3 ,
127.Xr pthread_attr_getaffinity_np 3 ,
128.Xr pthread_attr_setaffinity_np 3
129.Sh STANDARDS
130The
131.Nm pthread_getaffinity_np
132and
133.Nm pthread_setaffinity_np
134functions are non-standard
135.Fx
136extensions and may be not available on other operating systems.
137.Sh HISTORY
138The
139.Nm pthread_getaffinity_np
140and
141.Nm pthread_setaffinity_np
142function first appeared in
143.Fx 7.2 .
144.Sh AUTHORS
145.An -nosplit
146The
147.Nm pthread_getaffinity_np
148and
149.Nm pthread_setaffinity_np
150functions were written by
151.An David Xu Aq Mt davidxu@FreeBSD.org ,
152and this manpage was written by
153.An Xin LI Aq Mt delphij@FreeBSD.org .
154