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PTHREAD_GETATTR_DEFAULT_NP(3)ux Programmer's ManualEAD_GETATTR_DEFAULT_NP(3)

NAME         top

       pthread_getattr_default_np,  pthread_setattr_default_np, - get or set
       default thread-creation attributes

SYNOPSIS         top

       #define _GNU_SOURCE             /* See feature_test_macros(7) */
       #include <pthread.h>
       int pthread_getattr_default_np(pthread_attr_t *attr);
       int pthread_setattr_default_np(pthread_attr_t *attr);
       Compile and link with -pthread.

DESCRIPTION         top

       The pthread_setattr_default_np() function sets the default attributes
       used for creation of a new thread—that is, the attributes that are
       used when pthread_create(3) is called with a second argument that is
       NULL.  The default attributes are set using the attributes supplied
       in *attr, a previously initialized thread attributes object.  Note
       the following details about the supplied attributes object:
       *  The attribute settings in the object must be valid.
       *  The stack address attribute must not be set in the object.
       *  Setting the stack size attribute to zero means leave the default
          stack size unchanged.
       The pthread_getattr_default_np() function initializes the thread
       attributes object referred to by attr so that it contains the default
       attributes used for thread creation.

ERRORS         top

       EINVAL (pthread_setattr_default_np()) One of the attribute settings
              in attr is invalid, or the stack address attribute is set in
              attr.
       ENOMEM (pthread_setattr_default_np()) Insufficient memory.

VERSIONS         top

       These functions are available in glibc since version 2.18.

ATTRIBUTES         top

       For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
       attributes(7).
       ┌───────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
       │Interface                      Attribute     Value   │
       ├───────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
       │pthread_getattr_default_np(),  │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
       │pthread_setattr_default_np()   │               │         │
       └───────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘

CONFORMING TO         top

       These functions are nonstandard GNU extensions; hence the suffix
       "_np" (nonportable) in their names.

EXAMPLE         top

       The program below uses pthread_getattr_default_np() to fetch the
       default thread-creation attributes and then displays various settings
       from the returned thread attributes object.  When running the
       program, we see the following output:
           $ ./a.out
           Stack size:          8388608
           Guard size:          4096
           Scheduling policy:   SCHED_OTHER
           Scheduling priority: 0
           Detach state:        JOINABLE
           Inherit scheduler:   INHERIT
   Program source
       #define _GNU_SOURCE
       #include <pthread.h>
       #include <stdio.h>
       #include <stdlib.h>
       #include <errno.h>
       #define errExitEN(en, msg) \
                               do { errno = en; perror(msg); \
                                    exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } while (0)
       static void
       display_pthread_attr(pthread_attr_t *attr)
       {
           int s;
           size_t stacksize;
           size_t guardsize;
           int policy;
           struct sched_param schedparam;
           int detachstate;
           int inheritsched;
           s = pthread_attr_getstacksize(attr, &stacksize);
           if (s != 0)
               errExitEN(s, "pthread_attr_getstacksize");
           printf("Stack size:          %zd\n", stacksize);
           s = pthread_attr_getguardsize(attr, &guardsize);
           if (s != 0)
               errExitEN(s, "pthread_attr_getguardsize");
           printf("Guard size:          %zd\n", guardsize);
           s = pthread_attr_getschedpolicy(attr, &policy);
           if (s != 0)
               errExitEN(s, "pthread_attr_getschedpolicy");
           printf("Scheduling policy:   %s\n",
                   (policy == SCHED_FIFO) ? "SCHED_FIFO" :
                   (policy == SCHED_RR) ? "SCHED_RR" :
                   (policy == SCHED_OTHER) ? "SCHED_OTHER" : "[unknown]");
           s = pthread_attr_getschedparam(attr, &schedparam);
           if (s != 0)
               errExitEN(s, "pthread_attr_getschedparam");
           printf("Scheduling priority: %d\n", schedparam.sched_priority);
           s = pthread_attr_getdetachstate(attr, &detachstate);
           if (s != 0)
               errExitEN(s, "pthread_attr_getdetachstate");
           printf("Detach state:        %s\n",
                   (detachstate == PTHREAD_CREATE_DETACHED) ? "DETACHED" :
                   (detachstate == PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE) ? "JOINABLE" :
                   "???");
           s = pthread_attr_getinheritsched(attr, &inheritsched);
           if (s != 0)
               errExitEN(s, "pthread_attr_getinheritsched");
           printf("Inherit scheduler:   %s\n",
                   (inheritsched == PTHREAD_INHERIT_SCHED) ? "INHERIT" :
                   (inheritsched == PTHREAD_EXPLICIT_SCHED) ? "EXPLICIT" :
                   "???");
       }
       int
       main(int argc, char *argv[])
       {
           int s;
           pthread_attr_t attr;
           s = pthread_getattr_default_np(&attr);
           if (s != 0)
               errExitEN(s, "pthread_getattr_default_np");
           display_pthread_attr(&attr);
           exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
       }

SEE ALSO         top

       pthread_attr_getaffinity_np(3), pthread_attr_getdetachstate(3),
       pthread_attr_getguardsize(3), pthread_attr_getinheritsched(3),
       pthread_attr_getschedparam(3), pthread_attr_getschedpolicy(3),
       pthread_attr_getscope(3), pthread_attr_getstack(3),
       pthread_attr_getstackaddr(3), pthread_attr_getstacksize(3),
       pthread_attr_init(3), pthread_create(3), pthreads(7)

COLOPHON         top

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Linux                            2016-08-24    PTHREAD_GETATTR_DEFAULT_NP(3)

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