pthread_attr_setschedpolicy, pthread_attr_getschedpolicy — set/get scheduling policy attribute in thread attributes object
Synopsis
#include <pthread.h> int pthread_attr_setschedpolicy(pthread_attr_t *attr, int policy); int pthread_attr_getschedpolicy(const pthread_attr_t *attr, int *policy); Compile and link with -pthread.
Description
The pthread_attr_setschedpolicy() function sets the scheduling policy attribute of the thread attributes object referred to by attr to the value specified in policy. This attribute determines the scheduling policy of a thread created using the thread attributes object attr.
The supported values for policy are SCHED_FIFO, SCHED_RR, and SCHED_OTHER, with the semantics described in sched(7).
The pthread_attr_getschedpolicy() returns the scheduling policy attribute of the thread attributes object attr in the buffer pointed to by policy.
In order for the policy setting made by pthread_attr_setschedpolicy() to have effect when calling pthread_create(3), the caller must use pthread_attr_setinheritsched(3) to set the inherit-scheduler attribute of the attributes object attr to PTHREAD_EXPLICIT_SCHED.
Return Value
On success, these functions return 0; on error, they return a nonzero error number.
Errors
pthread_attr_setschedpolicy() can fail with the following error:
- EINVAL
Invalid value in policy.
POSIX.1 also documents an optional ENOTSUP error ("attempt was made to set the attribute to an unsupported value") for pthread_attr_setschedpolicy().
Attributes
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).
| Interface | Attribute | Value |
|---|---|---|
| pthread_attr_setschedpolicy(), pthread_attr_getschedpolicy() | Thread safety | MT-Safe |
Conforming to
POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.
Example
See Also
pthread_attr_init(3), pthread_attr_setinheritsched(3), pthread_attr_setschedparam(3), pthread_create(3), pthread_setschedparam(3), pthread_setschedprio(3), pthreads(7), sched(7)
Colophon
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Referenced By
pthread_attr_init(3), pthread_attr_setinheritsched(3), pthread_attr_setschedparam(3), pthread_attr_setscope(3), pthread_getattr_default_np(3), pthread_getattr_np(3), pthread_setschedparam(3), pthread_setschedprio(3).
The man page pthread_attr_getschedpolicy(3) is an alias of pthread_attr_setschedpolicy(3).