NAME

pthread_attr_setdetachstate pthread_attr_getdetachstate — set and get detachstate attribute

SYNOPSIS

#include <pthread.h>

int pthread_attr_setdetachstate(pthread_attr_t *attr, int detachstate);
int pthread_attr_getdetachstate(const 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(3) or pthread_join(3) function is an error.

The pthread_attr_setdetachstate() and pthread_attr_getdetachstate(), respectively, set and get the detachstate attribute in the attr object.

The detachstate can be set to either PTHREAD_CREATE_DETACHED or PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE. A value of PTHREAD_CREATE_DETACHED causes all threads created with attr to be in the detached state, whereas using a value of PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE causes all threads created with attr to be in the joinable state. The default value of the detachstate attribute is PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE .

RETURN VALUE

Upon successful completion, pthread_attr_setdetachstate() and pthread_attr_getdetachstate() return a value of 0. Otherwise, an error number is 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 will fail if:

[EINVAL]

The value of detachstate was not valid

These functions will not return an error code of [EINTR].

EXAMPLES

None.

APPLICATION USAGE

None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

None.

SEE ALSO

pthread_attr_init(3) , pthread_attr_setstackaddr(3) , pthread_attr_setstacksize(3) , pthread_create(3) , <pthread.h> .

DERIVATION

Derived from the POSIX Threads Extension (1003.1c-1995)