pthread_at...detachstate(3) Library Functions Manualpthread_at...detachstate(3)
NAME
pthread_attr_setdetachstate, pthread_attr_getdetachstate - set/get de-
tach state attribute in thread attributes object
LIBRARY
POSIX threads library (libpthread, -lpthread)
SYNOPSIS
#include <pthread.h>
int pthread_attr_setdetachstate(pthread_attr_t *attr, int detachstate);
int pthread_attr_getdetachstate(const pthread_attr_t *attr,
int *detachstate);
DESCRIPTION
The pthread_attr_setdetachstate() function sets the detach state at-
tribute of the thread attributes object referred to by attr to the value
specified in detachstate. The detach state attribute determines whether
a thread created using the thread attributes object attr will be created
in a joinable or a detached state.
The following values may be specified in detachstate:
PTHREAD_CREATE_DETACHED
Threads that are created using attr will be created in a detached
state.
PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE
Threads that are created using attr will be created in a joinable
state.
The default setting of the detach state attribute in a newly initialized
thread attributes object is PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE.
The pthread_attr_getdetachstate() returns the detach state attribute of
the thread attributes object attr in the buffer pointed to by detach-
state.
RETURN VALUE
On success, these functions return 0; on error, they return a nonzero
error number.
ERRORS
pthread_attr_setdetachstate() can fail with the following error:
EINVAL An invalid value was specified in detachstate.
ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).
┌────────────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
│ Interface │ Attribute │ Value │
├────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
│ pthread_attr_setdetachstate(), │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
│ pthread_attr_getdetachstate() │ │ │
└────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘
STANDARDS
POSIX.1-2008.
HISTORY
POSIX.1-2001.
NOTES
See pthread_create(3) for more details on detached and joinable threads.
A thread that is created in a joinable state should eventually either be
joined using pthread_join(3) or detached using pthread_detach(3); see
pthread_create(3).
It is an error to specify the thread ID of a thread that was created in
a detached state in a later call to pthread_detach(3) or
pthread_join(3).
EXAMPLES
See pthread_attr_init(3).
SEE ALSO
pthread_attr_init(3), pthread_create(3), pthread_detach(3),
pthread_join(3), pthreads(7)
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