NAME
pthread_attr_getdetachstate, pthread_attr_setdetachstate - get and set the detachstate attribute
SYNOPSIS
[THR] #include <pthread.h>
int pthread_attr_getdetachstate(const pthread_attr_t *attr,
int *detachstate);
int pthread_attr_setdetachstate(pthread_attr_t *attr, int detachstate);
DESCRIPTION
The detachstate attribute controls whether the thread is created in a detached state. If the thread is created detached, then use of the ID of the newly created thread by the pthread_detach() or pthread_join() function is an error.
The pthread_attr_getdetachstate() and pthread_attr_setdetachstate() functions, respectively, shall get and set the detachstate attribute in theattr object.
For pthread_attr_getdetachstate(), detachstate shall be set to either PTHREAD_CREATE_DETACHED or PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE.
For pthread_attr_setdetachstate(), the application shall set detachstate to either PTHREAD_CREATE_DETACHED or PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE.
A value of PTHREAD_CREATE_DETACHED shall cause all threads created with attr to be in the detached state, whereas using a value of PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE shall cause all threads created with attr to be in the joinable state. The default value of the detachstate attribute shall be PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE.
RETURN VALUE of (pthread_attr_getdetachstate, pthread_attr_setdetachstate)
Upon successful completion, pthread_attr_getdetachstate() and pthread_attr_setdetachstate() shall return a value of 0; otherwise, an error number shall be returned to indicate the error.
The pthread_attr_getdetachstate() function stores the value of the detachstate attribute in detachstate if successful.
ERRORS
The pthread_attr_setdetachstate() function shall fail if:
These functions may fail if:
- [EINVAL]
- The value of detachstate was not valid
These functions shall not return an error code of [EINTR].
- [EINVAL]
- The value specified by attr does not refer to an initialized thread attribute object.
EXAMPLES of (pthread_attr_getdetachstate, pthread_attr_setdetachstate)
#include <pthread.h>
pthread_attr_t tattr;
int ret;
/* set the thread detach state */
ret = pthread_attr_setdetachstate(&tattr,PTHREAD_CREATE_DETACHED);
#include <pthread.h>
pthread_attr_t tattr;
pthread_t tid;
void *start_routine;
void arg
int ret;
/* initialized with default attributes */
ret = pthread_attr_init()(&tattr);
ret = pthread_attr_setdetachstate()(&tattr,PTHREAD_CREATE_DETACHED);
ret = pthread_create()(&tid, &tattr, start_routine, arg);