pthread_condattr_getpshared - Man Page

get and set the process-shared condition variable attributes

Prolog

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Synopsis

#include <pthread.h>

int pthread_condattr_getpshared(const pthread_condattr_t *restrict attr,
    int *restrict pshared);
int pthread_condattr_setpshared(pthread_condattr_t *attr,
    int pshared);

Description

The pthread_condattr_getpshared() function shall obtain the value of the process-shared attribute from the attributes object referenced by attr.

The pthread_condattr_setpshared() function shall set the process-shared attribute in an initialized attributes object referenced by attr.

The process-shared attribute is set to PTHREAD_PROCESS_SHARED to permit a condition variable to be operated upon by any thread that has access to the memory where the condition variable is allocated, even if the condition variable is allocated in memory that is shared by multiple processes. See Section 2.9.9, Synchronization Object Copies and Alternative Mappings for further requirements. The default value of the attribute is PTHREAD_PROCESS_PRIVATE.

The behavior is undefined if the value specified by the attr argument to pthread_condattr_getpshared() or pthread_condattr_setpshared() does not refer to an initialized condition variable attributes object.

Return Value

If successful, the pthread_condattr_setpshared() function shall return zero; otherwise, an error number shall be returned to indicate the error.

If successful, the pthread_condattr_getpshared() function shall return zero and store the value of the process-shared attribute of attr into the object referenced by the pshared parameter. Otherwise, an error number shall be returned to indicate the error.

Errors

The pthread_condattr_setpshared() function may fail if:

EINVAL

The new value specified for the attribute is outside the range of legal values for that attribute.

These functions shall not return an error code of [EINTR].

The following sections are informative.

Examples

None.

Application Usage

None.

Rationale

If an implementation detects that the value specified by the attr argument to pthread_condattr_getpshared() or pthread_condattr_setpshared() does not refer to an initialized condition variable attributes object, it is recommended that the function should fail and report an [EINVAL] error.

Future Directions

None.

See Also

pthread_create(), pthread_cond_destroy(), pthread_condattr_destroy(), pthread_mutex_destroy()

The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1-2017, <pthread.h>

Referenced By

pthread_condattr_destroy(3p), pthread_condattr_getclock(3p), pthread.h(0p).

2017 IEEE/The Open Group POSIX Programmer's Manual