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26 .TH PTHREAD_ATTR_SETINHERITSCHED 3 2021-03-22 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
28 pthread_attr_setinheritsched, pthread_attr_getinheritsched \- set/get
29 inherit-scheduler attribute in thread attributes object
32 .B #include <pthread.h>
34 .BI "int pthread_attr_setinheritsched(pthread_attr_t *" attr ,
35 .BI " int " inheritsched );
36 .BI "int pthread_attr_getinheritsched(const pthread_attr_t *restrict " attr ,
37 .BI " int *restrict " inheritsched );
39 Compile and link with \fI\-pthread\fP.
43 .BR pthread_attr_setinheritsched ()
44 function sets the inherit-scheduler attribute of the
45 thread attributes object referred to by
47 to the value specified in
49 The inherit-scheduler attribute determines whether a thread created using
50 the thread attributes object
52 will inherit its scheduling attributes from the calling thread
53 or whether it will take them from
56 The following scheduling attributes are affected by the
57 inherit-scheduler attribute:
59 .RB ( pthread_attr_setschedpolicy (3)),
61 .RB ( pthread_attr_setschedparam (3)),
63 .RB ( pthread_attr_setscope (3)).
65 The following values may be specified in
68 .B PTHREAD_INHERIT_SCHED
69 Threads that are created using
71 inherit scheduling attributes from the creating thread;
72 the scheduling attributes in
76 .B PTHREAD_EXPLICIT_SCHED
77 Threads that are created using
79 take their scheduling attributes from the values specified
80 by the attributes object.
81 .\" FIXME Document the defaults for scheduler settings
83 The default setting of the inherit-scheduler attribute in
84 a newly initialized thread attributes object is
85 .BR PTHREAD_INHERIT_SCHED .
88 .BR pthread_attr_getinheritsched ()
89 returns the inherit-scheduler attribute of the thread attributes object
91 in the buffer pointed to by
94 On success, these functions return 0;
95 on error, they return a nonzero error number.
97 .BR pthread_attr_setinheritsched ()
98 can fail with the following error:
104 POSIX.1 also documents an optional
106 error ("attempt was made to set the attribute to an unsupported value") for
107 .BR pthread_attr_setinheritsched ().
109 .\" Available since glibc 2.0.
111 For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
119 Interface Attribute Value
121 .BR pthread_attr_setinheritsched (),
122 .BR pthread_attr_getinheritsched ()
123 T} Thread safety MT-Safe
129 POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.
131 As at glibc 2.8, if a thread attributes object is initialized using
132 .BR pthread_attr_init (3),
133 then the scheduling policy of the attributes object is set to
135 and the scheduling priority is set to 0.
136 However, if the inherit-scheduler attribute is then set to
137 .BR PTHREAD_EXPLICIT_SCHED ,
138 then a thread created using the attribute object
139 wrongly inherits its scheduling attributes from the creating thread.
140 This bug does not occur if either the scheduling policy or
141 scheduling priority attribute is explicitly set
142 in the thread attributes object before calling
143 .BR pthread_create (3).
144 .\" FIXME . Track status of the following bug:
145 .\" http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7007
148 .BR pthread_setschedparam (3).
152 .BR pthread_attr_init (3),
153 .BR pthread_attr_setschedparam (3),
154 .BR pthread_attr_setschedpolicy (3),
155 .BR pthread_attr_setscope (3),
156 .BR pthread_create (3),
157 .BR pthread_setschedparam (3),
158 .BR pthread_setschedprio (3),