From 3d08cd331c1adcf0d917392f7e527b3f00511748 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Baumann Date: Fri, 24 May 2024 06:52:22 +0200 Subject: Merging upstream version 6.8. Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann --- man/man3/pthread_attr_setinheritsched.3 | 140 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 140 insertions(+) create mode 100644 man/man3/pthread_attr_setinheritsched.3 (limited to 'man/man3/pthread_attr_setinheritsched.3') diff --git a/man/man3/pthread_attr_setinheritsched.3 b/man/man3/pthread_attr_setinheritsched.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..48406e2 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/man3/pthread_attr_setinheritsched.3 @@ -0,0 +1,140 @@ +'\" t +.\" Copyright (c) 2008 Linux Foundation, written by Michael Kerrisk +.\" +.\" +.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft +.\" +.TH pthread_attr_setinheritsched 3 2024-05-02 "Linux man-pages (unreleased)" +.SH NAME +pthread_attr_setinheritsched, pthread_attr_getinheritsched \- set/get +inherit-scheduler attribute in thread attributes object +.SH LIBRARY +POSIX threads library +.RI ( libpthread ", " \-lpthread ) +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nf +.B #include +.P +.BI "int pthread_attr_setinheritsched(pthread_attr_t *" attr , +.BI " int " inheritsched ); +.BI "int pthread_attr_getinheritsched(const pthread_attr_t *restrict " attr , +.BI " int *restrict " inheritsched ); +.fi +.SH DESCRIPTION +The +.BR pthread_attr_setinheritsched () +function sets the inherit-scheduler attribute of the +thread attributes object referred to by +.I attr +to the value specified in +.IR inheritsched . +The inherit-scheduler attribute determines whether a thread created using +the thread attributes object +.I attr +will inherit its scheduling attributes from the calling thread +or whether it will take them from +.IR attr . +.P +The following scheduling attributes are affected by the +inherit-scheduler attribute: +scheduling policy +.RB ( pthread_attr_setschedpolicy (3)), +scheduling priority +.RB ( pthread_attr_setschedparam (3)), +and contention scope +.RB ( pthread_attr_setscope (3)). +.P +The following values may be specified in +.IR inheritsched : +.TP +.B PTHREAD_INHERIT_SCHED +Threads that are created using +.I attr +inherit scheduling attributes from the creating thread; +the scheduling attributes in +.I attr +are ignored. +.TP +.B PTHREAD_EXPLICIT_SCHED +Threads that are created using +.I attr +take their scheduling attributes from the values specified +by the attributes object. +.\" FIXME Document the defaults for scheduler settings +.P +The default setting of the inherit-scheduler attribute in +a newly initialized thread attributes object is +.BR PTHREAD_INHERIT_SCHED . +.P +The +.BR pthread_attr_getinheritsched () +returns the inherit-scheduler attribute of the thread attributes object +.I attr +in the buffer pointed to by +.IR inheritsched . +.SH RETURN VALUE +On success, these functions return 0; +on error, they return a nonzero error number. +.SH ERRORS +.BR pthread_attr_setinheritsched () +can fail with the following error: +.TP +.B EINVAL +Invalid value in +.IR inheritsched . +.P +POSIX.1 also documents an optional +.B ENOTSUP +error ("attempt was made to set the attribute to an unsupported value") for +.BR pthread_attr_setinheritsched (). +.SH ATTRIBUTES +For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see +.BR attributes (7). +.TS +allbox; +lbx lb lb +l l l. +Interface Attribute Value +T{ +.na +.nh +.BR pthread_attr_setinheritsched (), +.BR pthread_attr_getinheritsched () +T} Thread safety MT-Safe +.TE +.SH STANDARDS +POSIX.1-2008. +.SH HISTORY +glibc 2.0. +POSIX.1-2001. +.SH BUGS +As at glibc 2.8, if a thread attributes object is initialized using +.BR pthread_attr_init (3), +then the scheduling policy of the attributes object is set to +.B SCHED_OTHER +and the scheduling priority is set to 0. +However, if the inherit-scheduler attribute is then set to +.BR PTHREAD_EXPLICIT_SCHED , +then a thread created using the attribute object +wrongly inherits its scheduling attributes from the creating thread. +This bug does not occur if either the scheduling policy or +scheduling priority attribute is explicitly set +in the thread attributes object before calling +.BR pthread_create (3). +.\" FIXME . Track status of the following bug: +.\" http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7007 +.SH EXAMPLES +See +.BR pthread_setschedparam (3). +.SH SEE ALSO +.ad l +.nh +.BR pthread_attr_init (3), +.BR pthread_attr_setschedparam (3), +.BR pthread_attr_setschedpolicy (3), +.BR pthread_attr_setscope (3), +.BR pthread_create (3), +.BR pthread_setschedparam (3), +.BR pthread_setschedprio (3), +.BR pthreads (7), +.BR sched (7) -- cgit v1.2.3