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pthread...stackaddr(3) Library Functions Manual pthread...stackaddr(3)

NAME top

   pthread_attr_setstackaddr, pthread_attr_getstackaddr - set/get
   stack address attribute in thread attributes object

LIBRARY top

   POSIX threads library (_libpthread_, _-lpthread_)

SYNOPSIS top

   **#include <pthread.h>**

   **[[deprecated]]**
   **int pthread_attr_setstackaddr(pthread_attr_t ***_attr_**, void ***_stackaddr_**);**
   **[[deprecated]]**
   **int pthread_attr_getstackaddr(const pthread_attr_t *restrict** _attr_**,**
                                 **void restrict** _stackaddr_**);**

DESCRIPTION top

   These functions are obsolete: **do not use them.** Use
   [pthread_attr_setstack(3)](../man3/pthread%5Fattr%5Fsetstack.3.html) and [pthread_attr_getstack(3)](../man3/pthread%5Fattr%5Fgetstack.3.html) instead.

   The **pthread_attr_setstackaddr**() function sets the stack address
   attribute of the thread attributes object referred to by _attr_ to
   the value specified in _stackaddr_.  This attribute specifies the
   location of the stack that should be used by a thread that is
   created using the thread attributes object _attr_.

   _stackaddr_ should point to a buffer of at least **PTHREAD_STACK_MIN**
   bytes that was allocated by the caller.  The pages of the
   allocated buffer should be both readable and writable.

   The **pthread_attr_getstackaddr**() function returns the stack address
   attribute of the thread attributes object referred to by _attr_ in
   the buffer pointed to by _stackaddr_.

RETURN VALUE top

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

ERRORS top

   No errors are defined (but applications should nevertheless handle
   a possible error return).

ATTRIBUTES top

   For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
   [attributes(7)](../man7/attributes.7.html).
   ┌──────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
   │ **Interface** │ **Attribute** │ **Value** │
   ├──────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
   │ **pthread_attr_setstackaddr**(),         │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
   │ **pthread_attr_getstackaddr**()          │               │         │
   └──────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘

STANDARDS top

   None.

HISTORY top

   glibc 2.1.  Marked obsolete in POSIX.1-2001.  Removed in
   POSIX.1-2008.

NOTES top

   _Do not use these functions!_  They cannot be portably used, since
   they provide no way of specifying the direction of growth or the
   range of the stack.  For example, on architectures with a stack
   that grows downward, _stackaddr_ specifies the next address past the
   _highest_ address of the allocated stack area.  However, on
   architectures with a stack that grows upward, _stackaddr_ specifies
   the _lowest_ address in the allocated stack area.  By contrast, the
   _stackaddr_ used by [pthread_attr_setstack(3)](../man3/pthread%5Fattr%5Fsetstack.3.html) and
   [pthread_attr_getstack(3)](../man3/pthread%5Fattr%5Fgetstack.3.html), is always a pointer to the lowest
   address in the allocated stack area (and the _stacksize_ argument
   specifies the range of the stack).

SEE ALSO top

   [pthread_attr_init(3)](../man3/pthread%5Fattr%5Finit.3.html), [pthread_attr_setstack(3)](../man3/pthread%5Fattr%5Fsetstack.3.html),
   [pthread_attr_setstacksize(3)](../man3/pthread%5Fattr%5Fsetstacksize.3.html), [pthread_create(3)](../man3/pthread%5Fcreate.3.html), [pthreads(7)](../man7/pthreads.7.html)

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Linux man-pages 6.10 2024-07-23 pthread...stackaddr(3)

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