1.\" Copyright (C) 2000 Jason Evans <jasone@FreeBSD.org>. 2.\" All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 5.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 6.\" are met: 7.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 8.\" notice(s), this list of conditions and the following disclaimer as 9.\" the first lines of this file unmodified other than the possible 10.\" addition of one or more copyright notices. 11.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 12.\" notice(s), this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in 13.\" the documentation and/or other materials provided with the 14.\" distribution. 15.\" 16.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER(S) ``AS IS'' AND ANY 17.\" EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 18.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 19.\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER(S) BE 20.\" LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR 21.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF 22.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR 23.\" BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, 24.\" WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE 25.\" OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, 26.\" EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 27.\" 28.\" $FreeBSD$ 29.Dd January 8, 2010 30.Dt PTHREAD_ATTR 3 31.Os 32.Sh NAME 33.Nm pthread_attr_init , 34.Nm pthread_attr_destroy , 35.Nm pthread_attr_setstack , 36.Nm pthread_attr_getstack , 37.Nm pthread_attr_setstacksize , 38.Nm pthread_attr_getstacksize , 39.Nm pthread_attr_setguardsize , 40.Nm pthread_attr_getguardsize , 41.Nm pthread_attr_setstackaddr , 42.Nm pthread_attr_getstackaddr , 43.Nm pthread_attr_setdetachstate , 44.Nm pthread_attr_getdetachstate , 45.Nm pthread_attr_setinheritsched , 46.Nm pthread_attr_getinheritsched , 47.Nm pthread_attr_setschedparam , 48.Nm pthread_attr_getschedparam , 49.Nm pthread_attr_setschedpolicy , 50.Nm pthread_attr_getschedpolicy , 51.Nm pthread_attr_setscope , 52.Nm pthread_attr_getscope 53.Nd thread attribute operations 54.Sh LIBRARY 55.Lb libpthread 56.Sh SYNOPSIS 57.In pthread.h 58.Ft int 59.Fn pthread_attr_init "pthread_attr_t *attr" 60.Ft int 61.Fn pthread_attr_destroy "pthread_attr_t *attr" 62.Ft int 63.Fn pthread_attr_setstack "pthread_attr_t *attr" " void *stackaddr" "size_t stacksize" 64.Ft int 65.Fn pthread_attr_getstack "const pthread_attr_t * restrict attr" "void ** restrict stackaddr" "size_t * restrict stacksize" 66.Ft int 67.Fn pthread_attr_setstacksize "pthread_attr_t *attr" "size_t stacksize" 68.Ft int 69.Fn pthread_attr_getstacksize "const pthread_attr_t *attr" "size_t *stacksize" 70.Ft int 71.Fn pthread_attr_setguardsize "pthread_attr_t *attr" "size_t guardsize" 72.Ft int 73.Fn pthread_attr_getguardsize "const pthread_attr_t *attr" "size_t *guardsize" 74.Ft int 75.Fn pthread_attr_setstackaddr "pthread_attr_t *attr" "void *stackaddr" 76.Ft int 77.Fn pthread_attr_getstackaddr "const pthread_attr_t *attr" "void **stackaddr" 78.Ft int 79.Fn pthread_attr_setdetachstate "pthread_attr_t *attr" "int detachstate" 80.Ft int 81.Fn pthread_attr_getdetachstate "const pthread_attr_t *attr" "int *detachstate" 82.Ft int 83.Fn pthread_attr_setinheritsched "pthread_attr_t *attr" "int inheritsched" 84.Ft int 85.Fn pthread_attr_getinheritsched "const pthread_attr_t *attr" "int *inheritsched" 86.Ft int 87.Fn pthread_attr_setschedparam "pthread_attr_t *attr" "const struct sched_param *param" 88.Ft int 89.Fn pthread_attr_getschedparam "const pthread_attr_t *attr" "struct sched_param *param" 90.Ft int 91.Fn pthread_attr_setschedpolicy "pthread_attr_t *attr" "int policy" 92.Ft int 93.Fn pthread_attr_getschedpolicy "const pthread_attr_t *attr" "int *policy" 94.Ft int 95.Fn pthread_attr_setscope "pthread_attr_t *attr" "int contentionscope" 96.Ft int 97.Fn pthread_attr_getscope "const pthread_attr_t *attr" "int *contentionscope" 98.Sh DESCRIPTION 99Thread attributes are used to specify parameters to 100.Fn pthread_create . 101One attribute object can be used in multiple calls to 102.Fn pthread_create , 103with or without modifications between calls. 104.Pp 105The 106.Fn pthread_attr_init 107function initializes 108.Fa attr 109with all the default thread attributes. 110.Pp 111The 112.Fn pthread_attr_destroy 113function destroys 114.Fa attr . 115.Pp 116The 117.Fn pthread_attr_set* 118functions set the attribute that corresponds to each function name. 119.Pp 120The 121.Fn pthread_attr_get* 122functions copy the value of the attribute that corresponds to each function name 123to the location pointed to by the second function parameter. 124.Sh RETURN VALUES 125If successful, these functions return 0. 126Otherwise, an error number is returned to indicate the error. 127.Sh ERRORS 128The 129.Fn pthread_attr_init 130function will fail if: 131.Bl -tag -width Er 132.It Bq Er ENOMEM 133Out of memory. 134.El 135.Pp 136The 137.Fn pthread_attr_destroy 138function will fail if: 139.Bl -tag -width Er 140.It Bq Er EINVAL 141Invalid value for 142.Fa attr . 143.El 144.Pp 145The 146.Fn pthread_attr_setstacksize 147and 148.Fn pthread_attr_setstack 149functions will fail if: 150.Bl -tag -width Er 151.It Bq Er EINVAL 152.Fa stacksize 153is less than 154.Dv PTHREAD_STACK_MIN . 155.El 156.Pp 157The 158.Fn pthread_attr_setdetachstate 159function will fail if: 160.Bl -tag -width Er 161.It Bq Er EINVAL 162Invalid value for 163.Fa detachstate . 164.El 165.Pp 166The 167.Fn pthread_attr_setinheritsched 168function will fail if: 169.Bl -tag -width Er 170.It Bq Er EINVAL 171Invalid value for 172.Fa attr . 173.El 174.Pp 175The 176.Fn pthread_attr_setschedparam 177function will fail if: 178.Bl -tag -width Er 179.It Bq Er EINVAL 180Invalid value for 181.Fa attr . 182.It Bq Er ENOTSUP 183Invalid value for 184.Fa param . 185.El 186.Pp 187The 188.Fn pthread_attr_setschedpolicy 189function will fail if: 190.Bl -tag -width Er 191.It Bq Er EINVAL 192Invalid value for 193.Fa attr . 194.It Bq Er ENOTSUP 195Invalid or unsupported value for 196.Fa policy . 197.El 198.Pp 199The 200.Fn pthread_attr_setscope 201function will fail if: 202.Bl -tag -width Er 203.It Bq Er EINVAL 204Invalid value for 205.Fa attr . 206.It Bq Er ENOTSUP 207Invalid or unsupported value for 208.Fa contentionscope . 209.El 210.Sh SEE ALSO 211.Xr pthread_attr_get_np 3 , 212.Xr pthread_attr_affinity_np 3 , 213.Xr pthread_create 3 214.Sh STANDARDS 215.Fn pthread_attr_init , 216.Fn pthread_attr_destroy , 217.Fn pthread_attr_setstacksize , 218.Fn pthread_attr_getstacksize , 219.Fn pthread_attr_setstackaddr , 220.Fn pthread_attr_getstackaddr , 221.Fn pthread_attr_setdetachstate , 222and 223.Fn pthread_attr_getdetachstate 224functions conform to 225.St -p1003.1-96 226.Pp 227The 228.Fn pthread_attr_setinheritsched , 229.Fn pthread_attr_getinheritsched , 230.Fn pthread_attr_setschedparam , 231.Fn pthread_attr_getschedparam , 232.Fn pthread_attr_setschedpolicy , 233.Fn pthread_attr_getschedpolicy , 234.Fn pthread_attr_setscope , 235and 236.Fn pthread_attr_getscope 237functions conform to 238.St -susv2 239