pthread_getattr_np(3) Library Functions Manual pthread_getattr_np(3)
NAME
pthread_getattr_np - get attributes of created thread
LIBRARY
POSIX threads library (libpthread, -lpthread)
SYNOPSIS
#define _GNU_SOURCE /* See feature_test_macros(7) */
#include <pthread.h>
int pthread_getattr_np(pthread_t thread, pthread_attr_t *attr);
DESCRIPTION
The pthread_getattr_np() function initializes the thread attributes ob-
ject referred to by attr so that it contains actual attribute values de-
scribing the running thread thread.
The returned attribute values may differ from the corresponding at-
tribute values passed in the attr object that was used to create the
thread using pthread_create(3). In particular, the following attributes
may differ:
• the detach state, since a joinable thread may have detached itself
after creation;
• the stack size, which the implementation may align to a suitable
boundary.
• and the guard size, which the implementation may round upward to a
multiple of the page size, or ignore (i.e., treat as 0), if the ap-
plication is allocating its own stack.
Furthermore, if the stack address attribute was not set in the thread
attributes object used to create the thread, then the returned thread
attributes object will report the actual stack address that the imple-
mentation selected for the thread.
When the thread attributes object returned by pthread_getattr_np() is no
longer required, it should be destroyed using pthread_attr_destroy(3).
RETURN VALUE
On success, this function returns 0; on error, it returns a nonzero er-
ror number.
ERRORS
ENOMEM Insufficient memory.
In addition, if thread refers to the main thread, then
pthread_getattr_np() can fail because of errors from various underlying
calls: fopen(3), if /proc/self/maps can't be opened; and getrlimit(2),
if the RLIMIT_STACK resource limit is not supported.
ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).
┌────────────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
│ Interface │ Attribute │ Value │
├────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
│ pthread_getattr_np() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
└────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘
STANDARDS
GNU; hence the suffix "_np" (nonportable) in the name.
HISTORY
glibc 2.2.3.
EXAMPLES
The program below demonstrates the use of pthread_getattr_np(). The
program creates a thread that then uses pthread_getattr_np() to retrieve
and display its guard size, stack address, and stack size attributes.
Command-line arguments can be used to set these attributes to values
other than the default when creating the thread. The shell sessions be-
low demonstrate the use of the program.
In the first run, on an x86-32 system, a thread is created using default
attributes:
$ ulimit -s # No stack limit ==> default stack size is 2 MB
unlimited
$ ./a.out
Attributes of created thread:
Guard size = 4096 bytes
Stack address = 0x40196000 (EOS = 0x40397000)
Stack size = 0x201000 (2101248) bytes
In the following run, we see that if a guard size is specified, it is
rounded up to the next multiple of the system page size (4096 bytes on
x86-32):
$ ./a.out -g 4097
Thread attributes object after initializations:
Guard size = 4097 bytes
Stack address = (nil)
Stack size = 0x0 (0) bytes
Attributes of created thread:
Guard size = 8192 bytes
Stack address = 0x40196000 (EOS = 0x40397000)
Stack size = 0x201000 (2101248) bytes
In the last run, the program manually allocates a stack for the thread.
In this case, the guard size attribute is ignored.
$ ./a.out -g 4096 -s 0x8000 -a
Allocated thread stack at 0x804d000
Thread attributes object after initializations:
Guard size = 4096 bytes
Stack address = 0x804d000 (EOS = 0x8055000)
Stack size = 0x8000 (32768) bytes
Attributes of created thread:
Guard size = 0 bytes
Stack address = 0x804d000 (EOS = 0x8055000)
Stack size = 0x8000 (32768) bytes
Program source
#define _GNU_SOURCE /* To get pthread_getattr_np() declaration */
#include <err.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <pthread.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
static void
display_stack_related_attributes(pthread_attr_t *attr, char *prefix)
{
int s;
size_t stack_size, guard_size;
void *stack_addr;
s = pthread_attr_getguardsize(attr, &guard_size);
if (s != 0)
errc(EXIT_FAILURE, s, "pthread_attr_getguardsize");
printf("%sGuard size = %zu bytes\n", prefix, guard_size);
s = pthread_attr_getstack(attr, &stack_addr, &stack_size);
if (s != 0)
errc(EXIT_FAILURE, s, "pthread_attr_getstack");
printf("%sStack address = %p", prefix, stack_addr);
if (stack_size > 0)
printf(" (EOS = %p)", (char *) stack_addr + stack_size);
printf("\n");
printf("%sStack size = %#zx (%zu) bytes\n",
prefix, stack_size, stack_size);
}
static void
display_thread_attributes(pthread_t thread, char *prefix)
{
int s;
pthread_attr_t attr;
s = pthread_getattr_np(thread, &attr);
if (s != 0)
errc(EXIT_FAILURE, s, "pthread_getattr_np");
display_stack_related_attributes(&attr, prefix);
s = pthread_attr_destroy(&attr);
if (s != 0)
errc(EXIT_FAILURE, s, "pthread_attr_destroy");
}
static void * /* Start function for thread we create */
thread_start(void *arg)
{
printf("Attributes of created thread:\n");
display_thread_attributes(pthread_self(), "\t");
exit(EXIT_SUCCESS); /* Terminate all threads */
}
static void
usage(char *pname, char *msg)
{
if (msg != NULL)
fputs(msg, stderr);
fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s [-s stack-size [-a]]"
" [-g guard-size]\n", pname);
fprintf(stderr, "\t\t-a means program should allocate stack\n");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
static pthread_attr_t * /* Get thread attributes from command line */
get_thread_attributes_from_cl(int argc, char *argv[],
pthread_attr_t *attrp)
{
int s, opt, allocate_stack;
size_t stack_size, guard_size;
void *stack_addr;
pthread_attr_t *ret_attrp = NULL; /* Set to attrp if we initialize
a thread attributes object */
allocate_stack = 0;
stack_size = -1;
guard_size = -1;
while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "ag:s:")) != -1) {
switch (opt) {
case 'a': allocate_stack = 1; break;
case 'g': guard_size = strtoul(optarg, NULL, 0); break;
case 's': stack_size = strtoul(optarg, NULL, 0); break;
default: usage(argv[0], NULL);
}
}
if (allocate_stack && stack_size == -1)
usage(argv[0], "Specifying -a without -s makes no sense\n");
if (argc > optind)
usage(argv[0], "Extraneous command-line arguments\n");
if (stack_size != -1 || guard_size > 0) {
ret_attrp = attrp;
s = pthread_attr_init(attrp);
if (s != 0)
errc(EXIT_FAILURE, s, "pthread_attr_init");
}
if (stack_size != -1) {
if (!allocate_stack) {
s = pthread_attr_setstacksize(attrp, stack_size);
if (s != 0)
errc(EXIT_FAILURE, s, "pthread_attr_setstacksize");
} else {
s = posix_memalign(&stack_addr, sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE),
stack_size);
if (s != 0)
errc(EXIT_FAILURE, s, "posix_memalign");
printf("Allocated thread stack at %p\n\n", stack_addr);
s = pthread_attr_setstack(attrp, stack_addr, stack_size);
if (s != 0)
errc(EXIT_FAILURE, s, "pthread_attr_setstacksize");
}
}
if (guard_size != -1) {
s = pthread_attr_setguardsize(attrp, guard_size);
if (s != 0)
errc(EXIT_FAILURE, s, "pthread_attr_setstacksize");
}
return ret_attrp;
}
int
main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
int s;
pthread_t thr;
pthread_attr_t attr;
pthread_attr_t *attrp = NULL; /* Set to &attr if we initialize
a thread attributes object */
attrp = get_thread_attributes_from_cl(argc, argv, &attr);
if (attrp != NULL) {
printf("Thread attributes object after initializations:\n");
display_stack_related_attributes(attrp, "\t");
printf("\n");
}
s = pthread_create(&thr, attrp, &thread_start, NULL);
if (s != 0)
errc(EXIT_FAILURE, s, "pthread_create");
if (attrp != NULL) {
s = pthread_attr_destroy(attrp);
if (s != 0)
errc(EXIT_FAILURE, s, "pthread_attr_destroy");
}
pause(); /* Terminates when other thread calls exit() */
}
SEE ALSO
pthread_attr_getaffinity_np(3), pthread_attr_getdetachstate(3),
pthread_attr_getguardsize(3), pthread_attr_getinheritsched(3),
pthread_attr_getschedparam(3), pthread_attr_getschedpolicy(3),
pthread_attr_getscope(3), pthread_attr_getstack(3),
pthread_attr_getstackaddr(3), pthread_attr_getstacksize(3),
pthread_attr_init(3), pthread_create(3), pthreads(7)
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