NAME

pthread_attr_getschedparam, pthread_attr_setschedparam - get and set the schedparam attribute

SYNOPSIS

#include <pthread.h>

int pthread_attr_getschedparam(const pthread_attr_t *restrict attr,
       struct sched_param *restrict param);
int pthread_attr_setschedparam(pthread_attr_t *restrict attr,
       const struct sched_param *restrict param);


DESCRIPTION

The pthread_attr_getschedparam() and pthread_attr_setschedparam() functions, respectively, shall get and set the scheduling parameter attributes in the attr argument. The contents of the param structure are defined in the <sched.h> header. For the SCHED_FIFO and SCHED_RR policies, the only required member of param is sched_priority.

^[TSP] For the SCHED_SPORADIC policy, the required members of the param structure are sched_priority, sched_ss_low_priority, sched_ss_repl_period, sched_ss_init_budget, and sched_ss_max_repl. The specified sched_ss_repl_period must be greater than or equal to the specified sched_ss_init_budget for the function to succeed; if it is not, then the function shall fail. The value of sched_ss_max_repl shall be within the inclusive range [1, {SS_REPL_MAX}] for the function to succeed; if not, the function shall fail. It is unspecified whether the sched_ss_repl_period and sched_ss_init_budget values are stored as provided by this function or are rounded to align with the resolution of the clock being used.

The behavior is undefined if the value specified by the attr argument to pthread_attr_getschedparam() or pthread_attr_setschedparam() does not refer to an initialized thread attributes object.

RETURN VALUE

If successful, the pthread_attr_getschedparam() and pthread_attr_setschedparam() functions shall return zero; otherwise, an error number shall be returned to indicate the error.

ERRORS

The pthread_attr_setschedparam() function may fail if:

[EINVAL]

The value of param is not valid.

[ENOTSUP]

An attempt was made to set the attribute to an unsupported value.

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

EXAMPLES

None.

APPLICATION USAGE

After these attributes have been set, a thread can be created with the specified attributes using pthread_create(). Using these routines does not affect the current running thread.

RATIONALE

If an implementation detects that the value specified by the attr argument to pthread_attr_getschedparam() or pthread_attr_setschedparam() does not refer to an initialized thread attributes object, it is recommended that the function should fail and report an [EINVAL] error.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

None.

SEE ALSO

pthread_attr_destroy , pthread_attr_getscope , pthread_attr_getinheritsched , pthread_attr_getschedpolicy , pthread_create

XBD <pthread.h> , <sched.h>

CHANGE HISTORY

First released in Issue 5. Included for alignment with the POSIX Threads Extension.

Issue 6

The pthread_attr_getschedparam() and pthread_attr_setschedparam() functions are marked as part of the Threads option.

The SCHED_SPORADIC scheduling policy is added for alignment with IEEE Std 1003.1d-1999.

The restrict keyword is added to the pthread_attr_getschedparam() and pthread_attr_setschedparam() prototypes for alignment with the ISO/IEC 9899:1999 standard.

IEEE Std 1003.1-2001/Cor 2-2004, item XSH/TC2/D6/78 is applied, updating the ERRORS section to include optional errors for the case when attr refers to an uninitialized thread attribute object.

Issue 7

The pthread_attr_getschedparam() and pthread_attr_setschedparam() functions are moved from the Threads option to the Base.

Austin Group Interpretation 1003.1-2001 #119 is applied, clarifying the accuracy requirements for the sched_ss_repl_period and sched_ss_init_budget values.

The [EINVAL] error for an uninitialized thread attributes object is removed; this condition results in undefined behavior.