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26 .TH PTHREAD_GETATTR_NP 3 2015-07-23 "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
106 Interface Attribute Value
108 .BR pthread_getattr_np ()
109 T} Thread safety MT-Safe
113 This function is a nonstandard GNU extension;
114 hence the suffix "_np" (nonportable) in the name.
116 The program below demonstrates the use of
117 .BR pthread_getattr_np ().
118 The program creates a thread that then uses
119 .BR pthread_getattr_np ()
120 to retrieve and display its guard size, stack address,
121 and stack size attributes.
122 Command-line arguments can be used to set these attributes
123 to values other than the default when creating the thread.
124 The shell sessions below demonstrate the use of the program.
126 In the first run, on an x86-32 system,
127 a thread is created using default attributes:
131 .RB "$" " ulimit \-s" " # No stack limit ==> default stack size is 2MB"
134 Attributes of created thread:
135 Guard size = 4096 bytes
136 Stack address = 0x40196000 (EOS = 0x40397000)
137 Stack size = 0x201000 (2101248) bytes
141 In the following run, we see that if a guard size is specified,
142 it is rounded up to the next multiple of the system page size
143 (4096 bytes on x86-32):
147 .RB "$" " ./a.out \-g 4097"
148 Thread attributes object after initializations:
149 Guard size = 4097 bytes
150 Stack address = (nil)
151 Stack size = 0x0 (0) bytes
153 Attributes of created thread:
154 Guard size = 8192 bytes
155 Stack address = 0x40196000 (EOS = 0x40397000)
156 Stack size = 0x201000 (2101248) bytes
161 .\"$ ./a.out \-s 0x8000
162 .\"Thread attributes object after initializations:
163 .\" Guard size = 4096 bytes
164 .\" Stack address = 0xffff8000 (EOS = (nil))
165 .\" Stack size = 0x8000 (32768) bytes
167 .\"Attributes of created thread:
168 .\" Guard size = 4096 bytes
169 .\" Stack address = 0x4001e000 (EOS = 0x40026000)
170 .\" Stack size = 0x8000 (32768) bytes
174 In the last run, the program manually allocates a stack for the thread.
175 In this case, the guard size attribute is ignored.
179 .RB "$" " ./a.out \-g 4096 \-s 0x8000 \-a"
180 Allocated thread stack at 0x804d000
182 Thread attributes object after initializations:
183 Guard size = 4096 bytes
184 Stack address = 0x804d000 (EOS = 0x8055000)
185 Stack size = 0x8000 (32768) bytes
187 Attributes of created thread:
189 Stack address = 0x804d000 (EOS = 0x8055000)
190 Stack size = 0x8000 (32768) bytes
196 #define _GNU_SOURCE /* To get pthread_getattr_np() declaration */
203 #define handle_error_en(en, msg) \\
204 do { errno = en; perror(msg); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } while (0)
207 display_stack_related_attributes(pthread_attr_t *attr, char *prefix)
210 size_t stack_size, guard_size;
213 s = pthread_attr_getguardsize(attr, &guard_size);
215 handle_error_en(s, "pthread_attr_getguardsize");
216 printf("%sGuard size = %d bytes\\n", prefix, guard_size);
218 s = pthread_attr_getstack(attr, &stack_addr, &stack_size);
220 handle_error_en(s, "pthread_attr_getstack");
221 printf("%sStack address = %p", prefix, stack_addr);
223 printf(" (EOS = %p)", (char *) stack_addr + stack_size);
225 printf("%sStack size = 0x%x (%d) bytes\\n",
226 prefix, stack_size, stack_size);
230 display_thread_attributes(pthread_t thread, char *prefix)
235 s = pthread_getattr_np(thread, &attr);
237 handle_error_en(s, "pthread_getattr_np");
239 display_stack_related_attributes(&attr, prefix);
241 s = pthread_attr_destroy(&attr);
243 handle_error_en(s, "pthread_attr_destroy");
246 static void * /* Start function for thread we create */
247 thread_start(void *arg)
249 printf("Attributes of created thread:\\n");
250 display_thread_attributes(pthread_self(), "\\t");
252 exit(EXIT_SUCCESS); /* Terminate all threads */
256 usage(char *pname, char *msg)
260 fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s [\-s stack\-size [\-a]]"
261 " [\-g guard\-size]\\n", pname);
262 fprintf(stderr, "\\t\\t\-a means program should allocate stack\\n");
266 static pthread_attr_t * /* Get thread attributes from command line */
267 get_thread_attributes_from_cl(int argc, char *argv[],
268 pthread_attr_t *attrp)
270 int s, opt, allocate_stack;
271 long stack_size, guard_size;
273 pthread_attr_t *ret_attrp = NULL; /* Set to attrp if we initialize
274 a thread attributes object */
279 while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "ag:s:")) != \-1) {
281 case \(aqa\(aq: allocate_stack = 1; break;
282 case \(aqg\(aq: guard_size = strtoul(optarg, NULL, 0); break;
283 case \(aqs\(aq: stack_size = strtoul(optarg, NULL, 0); break;
284 default: usage(argv[0], NULL);
288 if (allocate_stack && stack_size == \-1)
289 usage(argv[0], "Specifying \-a without \-s makes no sense\\n");
292 usage(argv[0], "Extraneous command\-line arguments\\n");
294 if (stack_size >= 0 || guard_size > 0) {
297 s = pthread_attr_init(attrp);
299 handle_error_en(s, "pthread_attr_init");
302 if (stack_size >= 0) {
303 if (!allocate_stack) {
304 s = pthread_attr_setstacksize(attrp, stack_size);
306 handle_error_en(s, "pthread_attr_setstacksize");
308 s = posix_memalign(&stack_addr, sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE),
311 handle_error_en(s, "posix_memalign");
312 printf("Allocated thread stack at %p\\n\\n", stack_addr);
314 s = pthread_attr_setstack(attrp, stack_addr, stack_size);
316 handle_error_en(s, "pthread_attr_setstacksize");
320 if (guard_size >= 0) {
321 s = pthread_attr_setguardsize(attrp, guard_size);
323 handle_error_en(s, "pthread_attr_setstacksize");
330 main(int argc, char *argv[])
335 pthread_attr_t *attrp = NULL; /* Set to &attr if we initialize
336 a thread attributes object */
338 attrp = get_thread_attributes_from_cl(argc, argv, &attr);
341 printf("Thread attributes object after initializations:\\n");
342 display_stack_related_attributes(attrp, "\\t");
346 s = pthread_create(&thr, attrp, &thread_start, NULL);
348 handle_error_en(s, "pthread_create");
351 s = pthread_attr_destroy(attrp);
353 handle_error_en(s, "pthread_attr_destroy");
356 pause(); /* Terminates when other thread calls exit() */
362 .BR pthread_attr_getaffinity_np (3),
363 .BR pthread_attr_getdetachstate (3),
364 .BR pthread_attr_getguardsize (3),
365 .BR pthread_attr_getinheritsched (3),
366 .BR pthread_attr_getschedparam (3),
367 .BR pthread_attr_getschedpolicy (3),
368 .BR pthread_attr_getscope (3),
369 .BR pthread_attr_getstack (3),
370 .BR pthread_attr_getstackaddr (3),
371 .BR pthread_attr_getstacksize (3),
372 .BR pthread_attr_init (3),
373 .BR pthread_create (3),