Initializing a Condition Variable Attribute

Use pthread_condattr_init(3C) to initialize attributes that are associated with this object to their default values. Storage for each attribute object is allocated by the threads system during execution.

pthread_condattr_init Syntax

int pthread_condattr_init(pthread_condattr_t *cattr);

#include <pthread.h>
pthread_condattr_t cattr;
int ret;

/* initialize an attribute to default value */
ret = pthread_condattr_init(&cattr); 

The default value of the pshared attribute when this function is called is PTHREAD_PROCESS_PRIVATE. This value of pshared means that the initialized condition variable can be used within a process.

cattr is an opaque data type that contains a system-allocated attribute object. The possible values of cattr's scope are PTHREAD_PROCESS_PRIVATE and PTHREAD_PROCESS_SHARED . PTHREAD_PROCESS_PRIVATE is the default value.

Before a condition variable attribute can be reused, the attribute must first be reinitialized by pthread_condattr_destroy(3C). The pthread_condattr_init() call returns a pointer to an opaque object. If the object is not destroyed, a memory leak results.

pthread_condattr_init Return Values

pthread_condattr_init() returns zero after completing successfully. Any other return value indicates that an error occurred. When either of the following conditions occurs, the function fails and returns the corresponding value.

ENOMEM

Description:

Insufficient memory allocated to initialize the thread attributes object.

EINVAL

Description:

The value specified by cattr is invalid.