NAME

pthread_attr_destroy, pthread_attr_init — thread attribute operations

SYNOPSIS

#include <pthread.h>

int
pthread_attr_destroy(pthread_attr_t *attr);

int
pthread_attr_init(pthread_attr_t *attr);

DESCRIPTION

Thread attributes are used to specify parameters to pthread_create(). One attribute object can be used in multiple calls to pthread_create(), with or without modifications between calls.

The pthread_attr_init() function initializes attr with all the default thread attributes.

The pthread_attr_destroy() function destroys attr.

RETURN VALUES

If successful, these functions return 0. Otherwise, an error number is returned to indicate the error.

ERRORS

pthread_attr_init() will fail if:

[ENOMEM]

Out of memory.

pthread_attr_destroy() will fail if:

[EINVAL]

Invalid value for attr.

SEE ALSO

pthread_create(3)

STANDARDS

pthread_attr_init(), pthread_attr_destroy() conform to ISO/IEC 9945-1:1996 (“POSIX.1”)