pthread_attr_setinheritsched(PTHREAD)

pthread_attr_setinheritsched, pthread_attr_getinheritsched -- set and get inheritsched attribute

Synopsis

cc [options] -Kthread file

#include <pthread.h>

int pthread_attr_setinheritsched(pthread_attr_t *attr,
    int inheritsched);
int pthread_attr_getinheritsched(const pthread_attr_t *attr,
    int *inheritsched);

Description

pthread_attr_setinheritsched and pthread_attr_getinheritsched, respectively, set and get the inheritsched attribute in the attr argument.

When the attribute objects are used by pthread_create(PTHREAD), the inheritsched attribute determines how the other scheduling attributes of the created thread are to be set:

PTHREAD_INHERIT_SCHED: Specifies that the scheduling policy and associated attributes are to be inherited from the creating thread, and the scheduling attributes in this attr argument are to be ignored.
PTHREAD_EXPLICIT_SCHED: Specifies that the scheduling policy and associated attributes are to be set to the corresponding values from this attribute object.

The symbols PTHREAD_INHERIT_SCHED and PTHREAD_EXPLICIT_SCHED are defined in the header pthread.h.

Usage

After these attributes have been set, a thread can be created with the specified attributes using pthread_create. Using these routines does not affect the current running thread.

Return values

If successful, pthread_attr_setinheritsched and pthread_attr_getinheritsched return zero. Otherwise, an error number is returned to indicate the error.

Diagnostics

If the following conditions are detected, pthread_attr_setinheritsched and pthread_attr_getinheritsched will return the corresponding value:

ENOSYS: _POSIX_THREAD_PRIORITY_SCHEDULING is not defined and the implementation does not support the function
EINVAL: invalid attribute value

If the following condition is detected, pthread_attr_setinheritsched will return the corresponding value:

ENOTSUP: unsupported attribute value

References

pthread_attr_init(PTHREAD), pthread_attr_setscope(PTHREAD), pthread_attr_setschedpolicy(PTHREAD), pthread_attr_setschedparam(PTHREAD), pthread_create(PTHREAD), pthread_setschedparam(PTHREAD), pthread(F), sched(F)

Standards compliance

The Single UNIX Specification, Version 2; The Open Group.