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PTHREAD_ATTR_SETSCHEDPARAM(Linux Programmer's ManPTHREAD_ATTR_SETSCHEDPARAM(3)

NAME
       pthread_attr_setschedparam, pthread_attr_getschedparam - set/get sched-
       uling parameter attributes in thread attributes object

SYNOPSIS
       #include <pthread.h>

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

       Compile and link with -pthread.

DESCRIPTION
       The pthread_attr_setschedparam() function sets the scheduling parameter
       attributes  of  the thread attributes object referred to by attr to the
       values specified in the buffer pointed to by param.   These  attributes
       determine  the  scheduling  parameters  of  a  thread created using the
       thread attributes object attr.

       The pthread_attr_getschedparam() returns the scheduling  parameter  at-
       tributes  of the thread attributes object attr in the buffer pointed to
       by param.

       Scheduling parameters are maintained in the following structure:

           struct sched_param {
               int sched_priority;     /* Scheduling priority */
           };

       As can be seen, only one scheduling parameter is  supported.   For  de-
       tails  of the permitted ranges for scheduling priorities in each sched-
       uling policy, see sched(7).

       In order for the parameter setting made by pthread_attr_setschedparam()
       to  have  effect  when  calling  pthread_create(3), the caller must use
       pthread_attr_setinheritsched(3) to set the inherit-scheduler  attribute
       of the attributes object attr to PTHREAD_EXPLICIT_SCHED.

RETURN VALUE
       On  success,  these functions return 0; on error, they return a nonzero
       error number.

ERRORS
       pthread_attr_setschedparam() can fail with the following error:

       EINVAL The priority specified in param does not make sense for the cur-
              rent scheduling policy of attr.

       POSIX.1  also  documents  an  ENOTSUP  error for pthread_attr_setsched-
       param().  This value is never returned on Linux (but portable  and  fu-
       ture-proof  applications  should  nevertheless handle this error return
       value).

ATTRIBUTES
       For an  explanation  of  the  terms  used  in  this  section,  see  at-
       tributes(7).

       +------------------------------+---------------+---------+
       |Interface                     | Attribute     | Value   |
       +------------------------------+---------------+---------+
       |pthread_attr_setschedparam(), | Thread safety | MT-Safe |
       |pthread_attr_getschedparam()  |               |         |
       +------------------------------+---------------+---------+
CONFORMING TO
       POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.

NOTES
       See pthread_attr_setschedpolicy(3) for a list of the thread  scheduling
       policies supported on Linux.

EXAMPLE
       See pthread_setschedparam(3).

SEE ALSO
       sched_get_priority_min(2), pthread_attr_init(3),
       pthread_attr_setinheritsched(3), pthread_attr_setschedpolicy(3),
       pthread_create(3), pthread_setschedparam(3), pthread_setschedprio(3),
       pthreads(7), sched(7)

COLOPHON
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