sys/types.h - data types
#include <sys/types.h>
The<sys/types.h> header shall include definitions for at least the following types:
- blkcnt_t
- Used for file block counts.
- blksize_t
- Used for block sizes.
- clock_t
- [XSI]
Used for system times in clock ticks or CLOCKS_PER_SEC; see<time.h>.
- clockid_t
- [TMR]
Used for clock ID type in the clock and timer functions.
- dev_t
- Used for device IDs.
- fsblkcnt_t
- [XSI]
Used for file system block counts.
- fsfilcnt_t
- [XSI]
Used for file system file counts.
- gid_t
- Used for group IDs.
- id_t
- [XSI]
Used as a general identifier; can be used to contain at least apid_t,uid_t, orgid_t.
- ino_t
- Used for file serial numbers.
- key_t
- [XSI]
Used for XSI interprocess communication.
- mode_t
- Used for some file attributes.
- nlink_t
- Used for link counts.
- off_t
- Used for file sizes.
- pid_t
- Used for process IDs and process group IDs.
- pthread_attr_t
- [THR]
Used to identify a thread attribute object.
- pthread_barrier_t
- [BAR]
Used to identify a barrier.
- pthread_barrierattr_t
- [BAR]
Used to define a barrier attributes object.
- pthread_cond_t
- [THR]
Used for condition variables.
- pthread_condattr_t
- [THR]
Used to identify a condition attribute object.
- pthread_key_t
- [THR]
Used for thread-specific data keys.
- pthread_mutex_t
- [THR]
Used for mutexes.
- pthread_mutexattr_t
- [THR]
Used to identify a mutex attribute object.
- pthread_once_t
- [THR]
Used for dynamic package initialization.
- pthread_rwlock_t
- [THR]
Used for read-write locks.
- pthread_rwlockattr_t
- [THR]
Used for read-write lock attributes.
- pthread_spinlock_t
- [SPI]
Used to identify a spin lock.
- pthread_t
- [THR]
Used to identify a thread.
- size_t
- Used for sizes of objects.
- ssize_t
- Used for a count of bytes or an error indication.
- suseconds_t
- [XSI]
Used for time in microseconds.
- time_t
- Used for time in seconds.
- timer_t
- [TMR]
Used for timer ID returned bytimer_create().
- trace_attr_t
- [TRC]
Used to identify a trace stream attributes object.
- trace_event_id_t
- [TRC]
Used to identify a trace event type.
- trace_event_set_t
- [TRC TEF]
Used to identify a trace event type set.
- trace_id_t
- [TRC]
Used to identify a trace stream.
- uid_t
- Used for user IDs.
- useconds_t
- [XSI]
Used for time in microseconds.
All of the types shall be defined as arithmetic types of an appropriate length, with the following exceptions:
[XSI]
key_t
[THR]
pthread_attr_t
[BAR]
pthread_barrier_t
pthread_barrierattr_t
[THR]
pthread_cond_t
pthread_condattr_t
pthread_key_t
pthread_mutex_t
pthread_mutexattr_t
pthread_once_t
pthread_rwlock_t
pthread_rwlockattr_t
[SPI]
pthread_spinlock_t
[THR]
pthread_t
[TRC]
trace_attr_t
trace_event_id_t
[TRC TEF]
trace_event_set_t
[TRC]
trace_id_tAdditionally:
mode_t shall be an integer type.
nlink_t,uid_t,gid_t, andid_t shall be integer types.
blkcnt_t andoff_t shall be signed integer types.
[XSI]
fsblkcnt_t,fsfilcnt_t,
andino_t shall be defined as unsigned integer types.
size_t shall be an unsigned integer type.
blksize_t,pid_t, andssize_t shall be signed integer types.
time_t andclock_t shall be integer or real-floating types.
The typessize_t shall be capable of storing values at least in the range [-1, {SSIZE_MAX}].[XSI]
The typeuseconds_t shall be an unsigned integer type capable of storing values at least in the range [0, 1000000]. The typesuseconds_t shall be a signed integer type capable of storing values at least in the range [-1, 1000000].
The implementation shall support one or more programming environments in which the widths ofblksize_t,pid_t,size_t,ssize_t,suseconds_t, anduseconds_t are no greater than the width of typelong. Thenames of these programming environments can be obtained using theconfstr()function or thegetconf utility.
There are no defined comparison or assignment operators for the following types:
[THR]
pthread_attr_t
[BAR]
pthread_barrier_t
pthread_barrierattr_t
[THR]
pthread_cond_t
pthread_condattr_t
pthread_mutex_t
pthread_mutexattr_t
pthread_rwlock_t
pthread_rwlockattr_t
[SPI]
pthread_spinlock_t
[TRC]
trace_attr_t
None.
None.
None.
<time.h>, the System Interfaces volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001,confstr(), the Shell and Utilities volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001,getconf
First released in Issue 1. Derived from Issue 1 of the SVID.
Theclockid_t andtimer_t types are defined for alignment with the POSIX Realtime Extension.
The typesblkcnt_t,blksize_t,fsblkcnt_t,fsfilcnt_t, andsuseconds_t are added.
Large File System extensions are added.
Updated for alignment with the POSIX Threads Extension.
Thepthread_barrier_t,pthread_barrierattr_t, andpthread_spinlock_t types are added for alignment withIEEE Std 1003.1j-2000.
The margin code is changed from XSI to THR for thepthread_rwlock_t andpthread_rwlockattr_t types as Read-WriteLocks have been absorbed into the POSIX Threads option. The threads types are marked THR.
IEEE Std 1003.1-2001/Cor 2-2004, item XBD/TC2/D6/26 is applied, addingpthread_t to the list of types thatare not required to be arithmetic types, thus allowingpthread_t to be defined as a structure.