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PTHREAD_MUTEXATTR_GETPSHARED(3P)Programmer'sPManual_MUTEXATTR_GETPSHARED(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_mutexattr_getpshared, pthread_mutexattr_setpshared — get and
       set the process-shared attribute

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <pthread.h>
       int pthread_mutexattr_getpshared(const pthread_mutexattr_t
           *restrict attr, int *restrict pshared);
       int pthread_mutexattr_setpshared(pthread_mutexattr_t *attr,
           int pshared);

DESCRIPTION         top

       The pthread_mutexattr_getpshared() function shall obtain the value of
       the process-shared attribute from the attributes object referenced by
       attr.
       The pthread_mutexattr_setpshared() function shall set the process-
       shared attribute in an initialized attributes object referenced by
       attr.
       The process-shared attribute is set to PTHREAD_PROCESS_SHARED to
       permit a mutex to be operated upon by any thread that has access to
       the memory where the mutex is allocated, even if the mutex is
       allocated in memory that is shared by multiple processes. If the
       process-shared attribute is PTHREAD_PROCESS_PRIVATE, the mutex shall
       only be operated upon by threads created within the same process as
       the thread that initialized the mutex; if threads of differing
       processes attempt to operate on such a mutex, the behavior is
       undefined. The default value of the attribute shall be
       PTHREAD_PROCESS_PRIVATE.
       The behavior is undefined if the value specified by the attr argument
       to pthread_mutexattr_getpshared() or pthread_mutexattr_setpshared()
       does not refer to an initialized mutex attributes object.

RETURN VALUE         top

       Upon successful completion, pthread_mutexattr_setpshared() shall
       return zero; otherwise, an error number shall be returned to indicate
       the error.
       Upon successful completion, pthread_mutexattr_getpshared() shall
       return zero and store the value of the process-shared attribute of
       attr into the object referenced by the pshared parameter. Otherwise,
       an error number shall be returned to indicate the error.

ERRORS         top

       The pthread_mutexattr_setpshared() function may fail if:
       EINVAL The new value specified for the attribute is outside the range
              of legal values for that attribute.
       These functions shall not return an error code of [EINTR].
       The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES         top

       None.

APPLICATION USAGE         top

       None.

RATIONALE         top

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

FUTURE DIRECTIONS         top

       None.

SEE ALSO         top

       pthread_cond_destroy(3p), pthread_create(3p),
       pthread_mutex_destroy(3p), pthread_mutexattr_destroy(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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