PTHREAD_ATTR_GETSTACK(3C) Standard C Library Functions


NAME


pthread_attr_getstack, pthread_attr_setstack - get or set stack
attributes

SYNOPSIS


cc -mt [ flag... ] file... -lpthread [ library... ]
#include <pthread.h>

int pthread_attr_getstack(const pthread_attr_t *restrict attr,
void **restrict stackaddr, size_t *restrict stacksize);


int pthread_attr_setstack(pthread_attr_t * attr, void *stackaddr,
size_t stacksize);


DESCRIPTION


The pthread_attr_getstack() and pthread_attr_setstack() functions,
respectively, get and set the thread creation stack attributes stackaddr
and stacksize in the attr object.


The stack attributes specify the area of storage to be used for the
created thread's stack. The base (lowest addressable byte) of the storage
is stackaddr, and the size of the storage is stacksize bytes. The
stacksize argument must be at least {PTHREAD_STACK_MIN}. The stackaddr
argument must be aligned appropriately to be used as a stack; for
example, pthread_attr_setstack() might fail with EINVAL if (stackaddr &
0x7) is not 0. All pages within the stack described by stackaddr and
stacksize are both readable and writable by the thread.

RETURN VALUES


Upon successful completion, these functions return a 0; otherwise, an
error number is returned to indicate the error.


The pthread_attr_getstack() function stores the stack attribute values in
stackaddr and stacksize if successful.

ERRORS


The pthread_attr_setstack() function will fail if:

EINVAL
The value of stacksize is less than {PTHREAD_STACK_MIN}.


The pthread_attr_setstack() function may fail if:

EACCES
The stack page(s) described by stackaddr and stacksize are not
both readable and writable by the thread.


EINVAL
The value of stackaddr does not have proper alignment to be
used as a stack, or (stackaddr + stacksize) lacks proper
alignment.


USAGE


These functions are appropriate for use by applications in an environment
where the stack for a thread must be placed in some particular region of
memory.

ATTRIBUTES


See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:


+--------------------+-------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+--------------------+-------------------+
|Interface Stability | Standard |
+--------------------+-------------------+
|MT-Level | Async-Signal-Safe |
+--------------------+-------------------+

SEE ALSO


pthread_attr_init(3C), pthread_attr_setdetachstate(3C),
pthread_attr_setstacksize(3C), pthread_create(3C), attributes(7)


March 23, 2005 PTHREAD_ATTR_GETSTACK(3C)