PTHREAD_ATTR_GETINHERITSCHED
Section: POSIX Programmer's Manual (3P)
Updated: 2017
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NAME
pthread_attr_getinheritsched,
pthread_attr_setinheritsched
--- get and set the inheritsched attribute
(
REALTIME THREADS)
SYNOPSIS
#include <pthread.h>
int pthread_attr_getinheritsched(const pthread_attr_t *restrict attr,
int *restrict inheritsched);
int pthread_attr_setinheritsched(pthread_attr_t *attr,
int inheritsched);
DESCRIPTION
The
pthread_attr_getinheritsched()
and
pthread_attr_setinheritsched()
functions, respectively, shall get and set the
inheritsched
attribute in the
attr
argument.
When the attributes objects are used by
pthread_create(),
the
inheritsched
attribute determines how the other scheduling attributes of the created
thread shall be set.
The supported values of
inheritsched
shall be:
- PTHREAD_INHERIT_SCHED
-
Specifies that the thread scheduling attributes shall be inherited from
the creating thread, and the scheduling attributes in this
attr
argument shall be ignored.
- PTHREAD_EXPLICIT_SCHED
-
Specifies that the thread scheduling attributes shall be set to the
corresponding values from this attributes object.
The symbols PTHREAD_INHERIT_SCHED and PTHREAD_EXPLICIT_SCHED are
defined in the
<pthread.h>
header.
The following thread scheduling attributes defined by POSIX.1-2008 are
affected by the
inheritsched
attribute: scheduling policy (schedpolicy),
scheduling parameters (schedparam),
and scheduling contention scope (contentionscope).
The behavior is undefined if the value specified by the
attr
argument to
pthread_attr_getinheritsched()
or
pthread_attr_setinheritsched()
does not refer to an initialized thread attributes object.
RETURN VALUE
If successful, the
pthread_attr_getinheritsched()
and
pthread_attr_setinheritsched()
functions shall return zero; otherwise, an error number shall be
returned to indicate the error.
ERRORS
The
pthread_attr_setinheritsched()
function shall fail if:
- ENOTSUP
-
An attempt was made to set the attribute to an unsupported value.
The
pthread_attr_setinheritsched()
function may fail if:
- EINVAL
-
The value of
inheritsched
is not valid.
These functions shall not return an error code of
[EINTR].
The following sections are informative.
EXAMPLES
None.
APPLICATION USAGE
After these attributes have been set, a thread can be created with the
specified attributes using
pthread_create().
Using these routines does not affect the current running thread.
See
Section 2.9.4, Thread Scheduling
for further details on thread scheduling attributes and their default
settings.
RATIONALE
If an implementation detects that the value specified by the
attr
argument to
pthread_attr_getinheritsched()
or
pthread_attr_setinheritsched()
does not refer to an initialized thread attributes object, it is
recommended that the function should fail and report an
[EINVAL]
error.
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
None.
SEE ALSO
pthread_attr_destroy(),
pthread_attr_getscope(),
pthread_attr_getschedpolicy(),
pthread_attr_getschedparam(),
pthread_create()
The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1-2017,
<pthread.h>,
<sched.h>
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-- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition,
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