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pthread_attr_init(3)					  pthread_attr_init(3)

NAME
       pthread_attr_init - Initializes a thread attributes object

SYNOPSIS
       #include <pthread.h>

       int pthread_attr_init(
	       pthread_attr_t *attr );

LIBRARY
       DECthreads POSIX 1003.1c Library (libpthread.so)

STANDARDS
       Interfaces  documented on this reference page conform to industry stan‐
       dards as follows:

       IEEE Std 1003.1c-1995, POSIX System Application Program Interface

PARAMETERS
       Address of a thread attributes object to be initialized.

DESCRIPTION
       This routine initializes the thread attributes object specified by  the
       attr  argument  with  a	set  of	 default  attribute  values.  A thread
       attributes object is used to specify the	 attributes  of	 one  or  more
       threads	when  they  are created. The attributes object created by this
       routine is used only in calls to the pthread_create(3) routine.

       The following routines change individual attributes of  an  initialized
       thread attributes object: pthread_attr_setdetachstate pthread_attr_set‐
       guardsize_np  pthread_attr_setinheritsched   pthread_attr_setschedparam
       pthread_attr_setschedpolicy   pthread_attr_setscope   pthread_attr_set‐
       stackaddr pthread_attr_setstacksize

       The attributes of the  thread  attributes  object  are  initialized  to
       default values. The default value of each attribute is discussed in the
       reference description for each routine listed above.

       When a thread attributes	 object	 is  used  to  create  a  thread,  the
       object's	 attribute  values  determine  the  characteristics of the new
       thread. Thus, attributes objects act as additional arguments to	thread
       creation.  Changing  the	 attributes of a thread attributes object does
       not  affect  any	 threads  that	were  previously  created  using  that
       attributes object.

       You  can	 use  the same thread attributes object in successive calls to
       pthread_create(3), from any thread. (However, you cannot use  the  same
       value  of  the  stack address attribute to create multiple threads that
       might run concurrently; threads cannot share a stack.) If more than one
       thread  might change the attributes in a shared attributes object, your
       program must use a mutex to protect the	integrity  of  the  attributes
       object's contents.

       When  you  set the scheduling policy or scheduling parameters, or both,
       in a thread attributes object, you must disable scheduling  inheritance
       if you want the scheduling attributes you set to be used at thread cre‐
       ation.  To disable scheduling  inheritance,  before  creating  the  new
       thread  use  the	 pthread_attr_setinheritsched  routine	to specify the
       value PTHREAD_EXPLICIT_SCHED for the inherit argument.

RETURN VALUES
       If an error condition occurs, the thread attributes  object  cannot  be
       used,  and this routine returns an integer value indicating the type of
       error.  Possible return values are as follows:  Successful  completion.
       The  value  specified  by attr is not a valid thread attributes object.
       Insufficient memory exists to initialize the thread attributes object.

ERRORS
       None

SEE ALSO
       Functions:   pthread_attr_destroy(3),   pthread_attr_setdetachstate(3),
       pthread_attr_setguardsize(3),	      pthread_attr_setinheritsched(3),
       pthread_attr_setschedparam(3),	       pthread_attr_setschedpolicy(3),
       pthread_attr_setscope(3),		 pthread_attr_setstackaddr(3),
       pthread_attr_setstacksize(3), pthread_create(3)

       Manuals: Guide to DECthreads and Programmer's Guide

							  pthread_attr_init(3)
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