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PTHREAD_ATTR_GETDETACHSTATE(3P) Programmer's ManualD_ATTR_GETDETACHSTATE(3P)

PROLOG         top

       This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual.  The Linux
       implementation of this interface may differ (consult the
       corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or
       the interface may not be implemented on Linux.

NAME         top

       pthread_attr_getdetachstate, pthread_attr_setdetachstate — get and
       set the detachstate attribute

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <pthread.h>
       int pthread_attr_getdetachstate(const pthread_attr_t *attr,
           int *detachstate);
       int pthread_attr_setdetachstate(pthread_attr_t *attr, int detachstate);

DESCRIPTION         top

       The detachstate attribute controls whether the thread is created in a
       detached state.  If the thread is created detached, then use of the
       ID of the newly created thread by the pthread_detach() or
       pthread_join() function is an error.
       The pthread_attr_getdetachstate() and pthread_attr_setdetachstate()
       functions, respectively, shall get and set the detachstate attribute
       in the attr object.
       For pthread_attr_getdetachstate(), detachstate shall be set to either
       PTHREAD_CREATE_DETACHED or PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE.
       For pthread_attr_setdetachstate(), the application shall set
       detachstate to either PTHREAD_CREATE_DETACHED or
       PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE.
       A value of PTHREAD_CREATE_DETACHED shall cause all threads created
       with attr to be in the detached state, whereas using a value of
       PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE shall cause all threads created with attr to
       be in the joinable state. The default value of the detachstate
       attribute shall be PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE.
       The behavior is undefined if the value specified by the attr argument
       to pthread_attr_getdetachstate() or pthread_attr_setdetachstate()
       does not refer to an initialized thread attributes object.

RETURN VALUE         top

       Upon successful completion, pthread_attr_getdetachstate() and
       pthread_attr_setdetachstate() shall return a value of 0; otherwise,
       an error number shall be returned to indicate the error.
       The pthread_attr_getdetachstate() function stores the value of the
       detachstate attribute in detachstate if successful.

ERRORS         top

       The pthread_attr_setdetachstate() function shall fail if:
       EINVAL The value of detachstate was not valid
       These functions shall not return an error code of [EINTR].
       The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES         top

   Retrieving the detachstate Attribute
       This example shows how to obtain the detachstate attribute of a
       thread attribute object.
           #include <pthread.h>
           pthread_attr_t thread_attr;
           int            detachstate;
           int            rc;
           /* code initializing thread_attr */
           ...
           rc = pthread_attr_getdetachstate (&thread_attr, &detachstate);
           if (rc!=0) {
               /* handle error */
               ...
           }
           else {
               /* legal values for detachstate are:
                * PTHREAD_CREATE_DETACHED or PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE
                */
                ...
           }

APPLICATION USAGE         top

       None.

RATIONALE         top

       If an implementation detects that the value specified by the attr
       argument to pthread_attr_getdetachstate() or
       pthread_attr_setdetachstate() does not refer to an initialized thread
       attributes object, it is recommended that the function should fail
       and report an [EINVAL] error.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS         top

       None.

SEE ALSO         top

       pthread_attr_destroy(3p), pthread_attr_getstacksize(3p),
       pthread_create(3p)
       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2008, pthread.h(0p)

COPYRIGHT         top

       Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form
       from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition, Standard for Information
       Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open
       Group Base Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013 by the
       Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open
       Group.  (This is POSIX.1-2008 with the 2013 Technical Corrigendum 1
       applied.) In the event of any discrepancy between this version and
       the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and
       The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original
       Standard can be obtained online at http://www.unix.org/online.html .
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       most likely to have been introduced during the conversion of the
       source files to man page format. To report such errors, see
       https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html .
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