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26 .TH PTHREAD_GETATTR_NP 3 2021-03-22 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
28 pthread_getattr_np \- get attributes of created thread
31 .BR "#define _GNU_SOURCE" " /* See feature_test_macros(7) */"
32 .B #include <pthread.h>
34 .BI "int pthread_getattr_np(pthread_t " thread ", pthread_attr_t *" attr );
36 Compile and link with \fI\-pthread\fP.
40 .BR pthread_getattr_np ()
41 function initializes the thread attributes object referred to by
43 so that it contains actual attribute values describing the running thread
46 The returned attribute values may differ from
47 the corresponding attribute values passed in the
49 object that was used to create the thread using
50 .BR pthread_create (3).
51 In particular, the following attributes may differ:
53 the detach state, since a joinable thread may have detached itself
57 which the implementation may align to a suitable boundary.
60 which the implementation may round upward to a multiple of the page size,
61 or ignore (i.e., treat as 0),
62 if the application is allocating its own stack.
64 Furthermore, if the stack address attribute was not set
65 in the thread attributes object used to create the thread,
66 then the returned thread attributes object will report the actual
67 stack address that the implementation selected for the thread.
69 When the thread attributes object returned by
70 .BR pthread_getattr_np ()
71 is no longer required, it should be destroyed using
72 .BR pthread_attr_destroy (3).
74 On success, this function returns 0;
75 on error, it returns a nonzero error number.
79 .\" Can happen (but unlikely) while trying to allocate memory for cpuset
84 refers to the main thread, then
85 .BR pthread_getattr_np ()
86 can fail because of errors from various underlying calls:
95 resource limit is not supported.
97 This function is available in glibc since version 2.2.3.
99 For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
107 Interface Attribute Value
109 .BR pthread_getattr_np ()
110 T} Thread safety MT-Safe
116 This function is a nonstandard GNU extension;
117 hence the suffix "_np" (nonportable) in the name.
119 The program below demonstrates the use of
120 .BR pthread_getattr_np ().
121 The program creates a thread that then uses
122 .BR pthread_getattr_np ()
123 to retrieve and display its guard size, stack address,
124 and stack size attributes.
125 Command-line arguments can be used to set these attributes
126 to values other than the default when creating the thread.
127 The shell sessions below demonstrate the use of the program.
129 In the first run, on an x86-32 system,
130 a thread is created using default attributes:
134 .RB "$" " ulimit \-s" " # No stack limit ==> default stack size is 2 MB"
137 Attributes of created thread:
138 Guard size = 4096 bytes
139 Stack address = 0x40196000 (EOS = 0x40397000)
140 Stack size = 0x201000 (2101248) bytes
144 In the following run, we see that if a guard size is specified,
145 it is rounded up to the next multiple of the system page size
146 (4096 bytes on x86-32):
150 .RB "$" " ./a.out \-g 4097"
151 Thread attributes object after initializations:
152 Guard size = 4097 bytes
153 Stack address = (nil)
154 Stack size = 0x0 (0) bytes
156 Attributes of created thread:
157 Guard size = 8192 bytes
158 Stack address = 0x40196000 (EOS = 0x40397000)
159 Stack size = 0x201000 (2101248) bytes
164 .\"$ ./a.out \-s 0x8000
165 .\"Thread attributes object after initializations:
166 .\" Guard size = 4096 bytes
167 .\" Stack address = 0xffff8000 (EOS = (nil))
168 .\" Stack size = 0x8000 (32768) bytes
170 .\"Attributes of created thread:
171 .\" Guard size = 4096 bytes
172 .\" Stack address = 0x4001e000 (EOS = 0x40026000)
173 .\" Stack size = 0x8000 (32768) bytes
177 In the last run, the program manually allocates a stack for the thread.
178 In this case, the guard size attribute is ignored.
182 .RB "$" " ./a.out \-g 4096 \-s 0x8000 \-a"
183 Allocated thread stack at 0x804d000
185 Thread attributes object after initializations:
186 Guard size = 4096 bytes
187 Stack address = 0x804d000 (EOS = 0x8055000)
188 Stack size = 0x8000 (32768) bytes
190 Attributes of created thread:
192 Stack address = 0x804d000 (EOS = 0x8055000)
193 Stack size = 0x8000 (32768) bytes
199 #define _GNU_SOURCE /* To get pthread_getattr_np() declaration */
206 #define handle_error_en(en, msg) \e
207 do { errno = en; perror(msg); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } while (0)
210 display_stack_related_attributes(pthread_attr_t *attr, char *prefix)
213 size_t stack_size, guard_size;
216 s = pthread_attr_getguardsize(attr, &guard_size);
218 handle_error_en(s, "pthread_attr_getguardsize");
219 printf("%sGuard size = %zu bytes\en", prefix, guard_size);
221 s = pthread_attr_getstack(attr, &stack_addr, &stack_size);
223 handle_error_en(s, "pthread_attr_getstack");
224 printf("%sStack address = %p", prefix, stack_addr);
226 printf(" (EOS = %p)", (char *) stack_addr + stack_size);
228 printf("%sStack size = %#zx (%zu) bytes\en",
229 prefix, stack_size, stack_size);
233 display_thread_attributes(pthread_t thread, char *prefix)
238 s = pthread_getattr_np(thread, &attr);
240 handle_error_en(s, "pthread_getattr_np");
242 display_stack_related_attributes(&attr, prefix);
244 s = pthread_attr_destroy(&attr);
246 handle_error_en(s, "pthread_attr_destroy");
249 static void * /* Start function for thread we create */
250 thread_start(void *arg)
252 printf("Attributes of created thread:\en");
253 display_thread_attributes(pthread_self(), "\et");
255 exit(EXIT_SUCCESS); /* Terminate all threads */
259 usage(char *pname, char *msg)
263 fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s [\-s stack\-size [\-a]]"
264 " [\-g guard\-size]\en", pname);
265 fprintf(stderr, "\et\et\-a means program should allocate stack\en");
269 static pthread_attr_t * /* Get thread attributes from command line */
270 get_thread_attributes_from_cl(int argc, char *argv[],
271 pthread_attr_t *attrp)
273 int s, opt, allocate_stack;
274 size_t stack_size, guard_size;
276 pthread_attr_t *ret_attrp = NULL; /* Set to attrp if we initialize
277 a thread attributes object */
282 while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "ag:s:")) != \-1) {
284 case \(aqa\(aq: allocate_stack = 1; break;
285 case \(aqg\(aq: guard_size = strtoul(optarg, NULL, 0); break;
286 case \(aqs\(aq: stack_size = strtoul(optarg, NULL, 0); break;
287 default: usage(argv[0], NULL);
291 if (allocate_stack && stack_size == \-1)
292 usage(argv[0], "Specifying \-a without \-s makes no sense\en");
295 usage(argv[0], "Extraneous command\-line arguments\en");
297 if (stack_size >= 0 || guard_size > 0) {
300 s = pthread_attr_init(attrp);
302 handle_error_en(s, "pthread_attr_init");
305 if (stack_size >= 0) {
306 if (!allocate_stack) {
307 s = pthread_attr_setstacksize(attrp, stack_size);
309 handle_error_en(s, "pthread_attr_setstacksize");
311 s = posix_memalign(&stack_addr, sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE),
314 handle_error_en(s, "posix_memalign");
315 printf("Allocated thread stack at %p\en\en", stack_addr);
317 s = pthread_attr_setstack(attrp, stack_addr, stack_size);
319 handle_error_en(s, "pthread_attr_setstacksize");
323 if (guard_size >= 0) {
324 s = pthread_attr_setguardsize(attrp, guard_size);
326 handle_error_en(s, "pthread_attr_setstacksize");
333 main(int argc, char *argv[])
338 pthread_attr_t *attrp = NULL; /* Set to &attr if we initialize
339 a thread attributes object */
341 attrp = get_thread_attributes_from_cl(argc, argv, &attr);
344 printf("Thread attributes object after initializations:\en");
345 display_stack_related_attributes(attrp, "\et");
349 s = pthread_create(&thr, attrp, &thread_start, NULL);
351 handle_error_en(s, "pthread_create");
354 s = pthread_attr_destroy(attrp);
356 handle_error_en(s, "pthread_attr_destroy");
359 pause(); /* Terminates when other thread calls exit() */
365 .BR pthread_attr_getaffinity_np (3),
366 .BR pthread_attr_getdetachstate (3),
367 .BR pthread_attr_getguardsize (3),
368 .BR pthread_attr_getinheritsched (3),
369 .BR pthread_attr_getschedparam (3),
370 .BR pthread_attr_getschedpolicy (3),
371 .BR pthread_attr_getscope (3),
372 .BR pthread_attr_getstack (3),
373 .BR pthread_attr_getstackaddr (3),
374 .BR pthread_attr_getstacksize (3),
375 .BR pthread_attr_init (3),
376 .BR pthread_create (3),