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PTHREAD_...RITSCHED(3P) POSIX Programmer's ManualPTHREAD_...RITSCHED(3P)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.
pthread_attr_getinheritsched, pthread_attr_setinheritsched — get and set the inheritsched attribute (REALTIME THREADS)
#include <pthread.h> int pthread_attr_getinheritsched(const pthread_attr_t *restrictattr, int *restrictinheritsched); int pthread_attr_setinheritsched(pthread_attr_t *attr, intinheritsched);
Thepthread_attr_getinheritsched() andpthread_attr_setinheritsched() functions, respectively, shall get and set theinheritsched attribute in theattr argument. When the attributes objects are used bypthread_create(), theinheritsched attribute determines how the other scheduling attributes of the created thread shall be set. The supported values ofinheritsched shall be: PTHREAD_INHERIT_SCHED Specifies that the thread scheduling attributes shall be inherited from the creating thread, and the scheduling attributes in thisattr 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 theinheritsched attribute: scheduling policy (schedpolicy), scheduling parameters (schedparam), and scheduling contention scope (contentionscope). The behavior is undefined if the value specified by theattr argument topthread_attr_getinheritsched() orpthread_attr_setinheritsched() does not refer to an initialized thread attributes object.
If successful, thepthread_attr_getinheritsched() andpthread_attr_setinheritsched() functions shall return zero; otherwise, an error number shall be returned to indicate the error.
Thepthread_attr_setinheritsched() function shall fail if:ENOTSUP An attempt was made to set the attribute to an unsupported value. Thepthread_attr_setinheritsched() function may fail if:EINVALThe value ofinheritsched is not valid. These functions shall not return an error code of[EINTR].The following sections are informative.
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After these attributes have been set, a thread can be created with the specified attributes usingpthread_create(). Using these routines does not affect the current running thread. SeeSection 2.9.4,Thread Scheduling for further details on thread scheduling attributes and their default settings.
If an implementation detects that the value specified by theattr argument topthread_attr_getinheritsched() orpthread_attr_setinheritsched() does not refer to an initialized thread attributes object, it is recommended that the function should fail and report an[EINVAL]error.
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pthread_attr_destroy(3p),pthread_attr_getscope(3p),pthread_attr_getschedpolicy(3p),pthread_attr_getschedparam(3p),pthread_create(3p) The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2017,pthread.h(0p),sched.h(0p)
Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright (C) 2018 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. 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 athttp://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html . Any typographical or formatting errors that appear in this page are most likely to have been introduced during the conversion of the source files to man page format. To report such errors, seehttps://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html .IEEE/The Open Group 2017PTHREAD_...RITSCHED(3P)Pages that refer to this page:pthread.h(0p), pthread_attr_getschedparam(3p), pthread_attr_getschedpolicy(3p), pthread_attr_getscope(3p), pthread_attr_setinheritsched(3p)
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