PTHREAD_ATTR_SETSTACK
PTHREAD_ATTR_SETSTACK
NAMESYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
RETURN VALUE
ERRORS
VERSIONS
ATTRIBUTES
CONFORMING TO
NOTES
EXAMPLE
SEE ALSO
COLOPHON
NAME
pthread_attr_setstack, pthread_attr_getstack − set/get stack attributes in thread attributes object
SYNOPSIS
#include <pthread.h>
int
pthread_attr_setstack(pthread_attr_t *attr,
void *stackaddr, size_t
stacksize);
int pthread_attr_getstack(const pthread_attr_t
*attr,
void **stackaddr, size_t
*stacksize);
Compile and link with −pthread.
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):
pthread_attr_getstack(), pthread_attr_setstack():
_POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L || _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 600
DESCRIPTION
The pthread_attr_setstack() function sets the stack address and stack size attributes of the thread attributes object referred to by attr to the values specified in stackaddr and stacksize, respectively. These attributes specify the location and size of the stack that should be used by a thread that is created using the thread attributes object attr.
stackaddr should point to the lowest addressable byte of a buffer of stacksize bytes that was allocated by the caller. The pages of the allocated buffer should be both readable and writable.
The pthread_attr_getstack() function returns the stack address and stack size attributes of the thread attributes object referred to by attr in the buffers pointed to by stackaddr and stacksize, respectively.
RETURN VALUE
On success, these functions return 0; on error, they return a nonzero error number.
ERRORS
pthread_attr_setstack() can fail with the following error:
|
EINVAL |
stacksize is less than PTHREAD_STACK_MIN (16384) bytes. On some systems, this error may also occur if stackaddr or stackaddr + stacksize is not suitably aligned. |
POSIX.1-2001 also documents an EACCES error if the stack area described by stackaddr and stacksize is not both readable and writable by the caller.
VERSIONS
These functions are provided by glibc since version 2.2.
ATTRIBUTES
Multithreading
(see pthreads(7))
The pthread_attr_setstack() and
pthread_attr_getstack() functions are
thread-safe.
CONFORMING TO
POSIX.1-2001.
NOTES
These functions are provided for applications that must ensure that a thread’s stack is placed in a particular location. For most applications, this is not necessary, and the use of these functions should be avoided. (Use pthread_attr_setstacksize(3) if an application simply requires a stack size other than the default.)
When an application employs pthread_attr_setstack(), it takes over the responsibility of allocating the stack. Any guard size value that was set using pthread_attr_setguardsize(3) is ignored. If deemed necessary, it is the application’s responsibility to allocate a guard area (one or more pages protected against reading and writing) to handle the possibility of stack overflow.
The address specified in stackaddr should be suitably aligned: for full portability, align it on a page boundary (sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE)). posix_memalign(3) may be useful for allocation. Probably, stacksize should also be a multiple of the system page size.
If attr is used to create multiple threads, then the caller must change the stack address attribute between calls to pthread_create(3); otherwise, the threads will attempt to use the same memory area for their stacks, and chaos will ensue.
EXAMPLE
See pthread_attr_init(3).
SEE ALSO
mmap(2), mprotect(2), posix_memalign(3), pthread_attr_init(3), pthread_attr_setguardsize(3), pthread_attr_setstackaddr(3), pthread_attr_setstacksize(3), pthread_create(3), pthreads(7)
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