'\" t .\" Copyright (c) 2008 Linux Foundation, written by Michael Kerrisk .\" .\" .\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft .\" .TH pthread_attr_setstackaddr 3 2023-03-30 "Linux man-pages 6.04" .SH NAME pthread_attr_setstackaddr, pthread_attr_getstackaddr \- set/get stack address attribute in thread attributes object .SH LIBRARY POSIX threads library .RI ( libpthread ", " \-lpthread ) .SH SYNOPSIS .nf .B #include .PP .B [[deprecated]] .BI "int pthread_attr_setstackaddr(pthread_attr_t *" attr \ ", void *" stackaddr ); .B [[deprecated]] .BI "int pthread_attr_getstackaddr(const pthread_attr_t *restrict " attr , .BI " void **restrict " stackaddr ); .fi .SH DESCRIPTION These functions are obsolete: .B do not use them. Use .BR pthread_attr_setstack (3) and .BR pthread_attr_getstack (3) instead. .PP The .BR pthread_attr_setstackaddr () function sets the stack address attribute of the thread attributes object referred to by .I attr to the value specified in .IR stackaddr . This attribute specifies the location of the stack that should be used by a thread that is created using the thread attributes object .IR attr . .PP .I stackaddr should point to a buffer of at least .B PTHREAD_STACK_MIN bytes that was allocated by the caller. The pages of the allocated buffer should be both readable and writable. .PP The .BR pthread_attr_getstackaddr () function returns the stack address attribute of the thread attributes object referred to by .I attr in the buffer pointed to by .IR stackaddr . .SH RETURN VALUE On success, these functions return 0; on error, they return a nonzero error number. .SH ERRORS No errors are defined (but applications should nevertheless handle a possible error return). .SH ATTRIBUTES For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see .BR attributes (7). .ad l .nh .TS allbox; lbx lb lb l l l. Interface Attribute Value T{ .BR pthread_attr_setstackaddr (), .BR pthread_attr_getstackaddr () T} Thread safety MT-Safe .TE .hy .ad .sp 1 .SH STANDARDS None. .SH HISTORY glibc 2.1. Marked obsolete in POSIX.1-2001. Removed in POSIX.1-2008. .SH NOTES .I Do not use these functions! They cannot be portably used, since they provide no way of specifying the direction of growth or the range of the stack. For example, on architectures with a stack that grows downward, .I stackaddr specifies the next address past the .I highest address of the allocated stack area. However, on architectures with a stack that grows upward, .I stackaddr specifies the .I lowest address in the allocated stack area. By contrast, the .I stackaddr used by .BR pthread_attr_setstack (3) and .BR pthread_attr_getstack (3), is always a pointer to the lowest address in the allocated stack area (and the .I stacksize argument specifies the range of the stack). .SH SEE ALSO .BR pthread_attr_init (3), .BR pthread_attr_setstack (3), .BR pthread_attr_setstacksize (3), .BR pthread_create (3), .BR pthreads (7)