Example of Creating a Prioritized Thread

Example 3–2 shows an example of creating a child thread with a priority that is different from its parent's priority.

Example 3–2 Creating a Prioritized Thread

#include <pthread.h>
#include <sched.h>

pthread_attr_t tattr;
pthread_t tid;
int ret;
int newprio = 20;
sched_param param;

/* initialized with default attributes */
ret = pthread_attr_init (&tattr);

/* safe to get existing scheduling param */
ret = pthread_attr_getschedparam (&tattr, &param);

/* set the priority; others are unchanged */
param.sched_priority = newprio;

/* setting the new scheduling param */
ret = pthread_attr_setschedparam (&tattr, &param);

/* specify explicit scheduling */
ret = pthread_attr_setinheritsched (&tattr, PTHREAD_EXPLICIT_SCHED);

/* with new priority specified */
ret = pthread_create (&tid, &tattr, func, arg);