pthread_rwlockattr_setpshared(3THR)

NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | RETURN VALUES | ERRORS | ATTRIBUTES | SEE ALSO

NAME

pthread_rwlockattr_getpshared, pthread_rwlockattr_setpshared- get or set process-shared attribute of read-write lock attributes object

SYNOPSIS

cc -mt [ flag... ] file... -lpthread [ -lrt library... ]
#include <pthread.h>

int pthread_rwlockattr_getpshared(const pthread_rwlockattr_t *attr, int *pshared);
int pthread_rwlockattr_setpshared(pthread_rwlockattr_t *attr, int pshared);

DESCRIPTION

The process-shared attribute is set to PTHREAD_PROCESS_SHARED to permit a read-write lock to be operated upon by any thread that has access to the memory where the read-write lock is allocated, even if the read-write lock is allocated in memory that is shared by multiple processes. If the process-shared attribute is PTHREAD_PROCESS_PRIVATE, the read-write lock will only be operated upon by threads created within the same process as the thread that initialised the read-write lock; if threads of differing processes attempt to operate on such a read-write lock, the behaviour is undefined. The default value of the process-shared attribute is PTHREAD_PROCESS_PRIVATE.

The pthread_rwlockattr_getpshared() function obtains the value of the process-shared attribute from the initialised attributes object referenced by attr. The pthread_rwlockattr_setpshared() function is used to set the process-shared attribute in an initialised attributes object referenced by attr.

RETURN VALUES

If successful, the pthread_rwlockattr_setpshared() function returns 0. Otherwise, an error number is returned to indicate the error.

Upon successful completion, the pthread_rwlockattr_getpshared() returns 0 and stores the value of the process-shared attribute of attr into the object referenced by the pshared parameter. Otherwise an error number is returned to indicate the error.

ERRORS

The pthread_rwlockattr_getpshared() and pthread_rwlockattr_setpshared() functions will fail if:

EINVAL

The value specified by attr or pshared is invalid.

ATTRIBUTES

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE
MT-Level	MT-Safe

SEE ALSO

pthread_rwlock_init(3THR), pthread_rwlock_rdlock(3THR), pthread_rwlock_unlock(3THR), pthread_rwlock_wrlock(3THR), pthread_rwlockattr_init(3THR), attributes(5)

NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | RETURN VALUES | ERRORS | ATTRIBUTES | SEE ALSO