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pthread_...stackaddr(3) Library Functions Manualpthread_...stackaddr(3)pthread_attr_setstackaddr, pthread_attr_getstackaddr - set/get stack address attribute in thread attributes object
POSIX threads library (libpthread,-lpthread)
#include <pthread.h>[[deprecated]]int pthread_attr_setstackaddr(pthread_attr_t *attr, void *stackaddr);[[deprecated]]int pthread_attr_getstackaddr(const pthread_attr_t *restrictattr,void **restrictstackaddr);
These functions are obsolete:do not use them.Usepthread_attr_setstack(3) andpthread_attr_getstack(3) instead. Thepthread_attr_setstackaddr() function sets the stack address attribute of the thread attributes object referred to byattr to the value specified instackaddr. This attribute specifies the location of the stack that should be used by a thread that is created using the thread attributes objectattr.stackaddr should point to a buffer of at leastPTHREAD_STACK_MIN bytes that was allocated by the caller. The pages of the allocated buffer should be both readable and writable. Thepthread_attr_getstackaddr() function returns the stack address attribute of the thread attributes object referred to byattr in the buffer pointed to bystackaddr.
On success, these functions return 0; on error, they return a nonzero error number.
No errors are defined (but applications should nevertheless handle a possible error return).
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, seeattributes(7). ┌──────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐ │Interface│Attribute│Value│ ├──────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤ │pthread_attr_setstackaddr(), │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │ │pthread_attr_getstackaddr() │ │ │ └──────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘
None.
glibc 2.1. Marked obsolete in POSIX.1-2001. Removed in POSIX.1-2008.
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,stackaddr specifies the next address past thehighest address of the allocated stack area. However, on architectures with a stack that grows upward,stackaddr specifies thelowest address in the allocated stack area. By contrast, thestackaddr used bypthread_attr_setstack(3) andpthread_attr_getstack(3), is always a pointer to the lowest address in the allocated stack area (and thestacksize argument specifies the range of the stack).
pthread_attr_init(3),pthread_attr_setstack(3),pthread_attr_setstacksize(3),pthread_create(3),pthreads(7)
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