Professional Multicore Programming: Design and Implementation for C++ Developers

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NAME

pthread_mutexattr_getpshared, pthread_mutexattr_setpshared — get and set the process-shared attribute

SYNOPSIS

THR TSH #include <pthread.h>

        int pthread_mutexattr_getpshared(const pthread_mutexattr_t *
            restrict attr, int *restrict pshared);
        int pthread_mutexattr_setpshared(pthread_mutexattr_t *attr,
            int pshared);

DESCRIPTION

The pthread_mutexattr_getpshared() function shall obtain the value of the process-shared attribute from the attributes object referenced by attr. The pthread_mutexattr_setpshared() function shall set the process-shared attribute in an initialized attributes object referenced by attr.

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

RETURN VALUE

Upon successful completion, pthread_mutexattr_setpshared() shall return zero; otherwise, an error number shall be returned to indicate the error.

Upon successful completion, pthread_mutexattr_getpshared() shall return zero and store the value of the process-shared attribute of ...