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PTHREAD...PROTOCOL(3P) POSIX Programmer's Manual PTHREAD...PROTOCOL(3P)

PROLOG top

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   Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult the
   corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or
   the interface may not be implemented on Linux.

NAME top

   pthread_mutexattr_getprotocol, pthread_mutexattr_setprotocol — get
   and set the protocol attribute of the mutex attributes object
   (**REALTIME THREADS**)

SYNOPSIS top

   #include <pthread.h>

   int pthread_mutexattr_getprotocol(const pthread_mutexattr_t
       *restrict _attr_, int *restrict _protocol_);
   int pthread_mutexattr_setprotocol(pthread_mutexattr_t *_attr_,
       int _protocol_);

DESCRIPTION top

   The _pthreadmutexattrgetprotocol_() and
   _pthreadmutexattrsetprotocol_() functions, respectively, shall get
   and set the protocol attribute of a mutex attributes object
   pointed to by _attr_ which was previously created by the function
   _pthreadmutexattrinit_().

   The _protocol_ attribute defines the protocol to be followed in
   utilizing mutexes.  The value of _protocol_ may be one of:

   PTHREAD_PRIO_INHERIT
   PTHREAD_PRIO_NONE
   PTHREAD_PRIO_PROTECT

   which are defined in the _<pthread.h>_ header. The default value of
   the attribute shall be PTHREAD_PRIO_NONE.

   When a thread owns a mutex with the PTHREAD_PRIO_NONE _protocol_
   attribute, its priority and scheduling shall not be affected by
   its mutex ownership.

   When a thread is blocking higher priority threads because of
   owning one or more robust mutexes with the PTHREAD_PRIO_INHERIT
   _protocol_ attribute, it shall execute at the higher of its priority
   or the priority of the highest priority thread waiting on any of
   the robust mutexes owned by this thread and initialized with this
   protocol.

   When a thread is blocking higher priority threads because of
   owning one or more non-robust mutexes with the
   PTHREAD_PRIO_INHERIT _protocol_ attribute, it shall execute at the
   higher of its priority or the priority of the highest priority
   thread waiting on any of the non-robust mutexes owned by this
   thread and initialized with this protocol.

   When a thread owns one or more robust mutexes initialized with the
   PTHREAD_PRIO_PROTECT protocol, it shall execute at the higher of
   its priority or the highest of the priority ceilings of all the
   robust mutexes owned by this thread and initialized with this
   attribute, regardless of whether other threads are blocked on any
   of these robust mutexes or not.

   When a thread owns one or more non-robust mutexes initialized with
   the PTHREAD_PRIO_PROTECT protocol, it shall execute at the higher
   of its priority or the highest of the priority ceilings of all the
   non-robust mutexes owned by this thread and initialized with this
   attribute, regardless of whether other threads are blocked on any
   of these non-robust mutexes or not.

   While a thread is holding a mutex which has been initialized with
   the PTHREAD_PRIO_INHERIT or PTHREAD_PRIO_PROTECT protocol
   attributes, it shall not be subject to being moved to the tail of
   the scheduling queue at its priority in the event that its
   original priority is changed, such as by a call to
   _schedsetparam_().  Likewise, when a thread unlocks a mutex that
   has been initialized with the PTHREAD_PRIO_INHERIT or
   PTHREAD_PRIO_PROTECT protocol attributes, it shall not be subject
   to being moved to the tail of the scheduling queue at its priority
   in the event that its original priority is changed.

   If a thread simultaneously owns several mutexes initialized with
   different protocols, it shall execute at the highest of the
   priorities that it would have obtained by each of these protocols.

   When a thread makes a call to _pthreadmutexlock_(), the mutex was
   initialized with the protocol attribute having the value
   PTHREAD_PRIO_INHERIT, when the calling thread is blocked because
   the mutex is owned by another thread, that owner thread shall
   inherit the priority level of the calling thread as long as it
   continues to own the mutex. The implementation shall update its
   execution priority to the maximum of its assigned priority and all
   its inherited priorities.  Furthermore, if this owner thread
   itself becomes blocked on another mutex with the _protocol_
   attribute having the value PTHREAD_PRIO_INHERIT, the same priority
   inheritance effect shall be propagated to this other owner thread,
   in a recursive manner.

   The behavior is undefined if the value specified by the _attr_
   argument to _pthreadmutexattrgetprotocol_() or
   _pthreadmutexattrsetprotocol_() does not refer to an initialized
   mutex attributes object.

RETURN VALUE top

   Upon successful completion, the _pthreadmutexattrgetprotocol_()
   and _pthreadmutexattrsetprotocol_() functions shall return zero;
   otherwise, an error number shall be returned to indicate the
   error.

ERRORS top

   The _pthreadmutexattrsetprotocol_() function shall fail if:

   **ENOTSUP**
          The value specified by _protocol_ is an unsupported value.

   The _pthreadmutexattrgetprotocol_() and
   _pthreadmutexattrsetprotocol_() functions may fail if:

   **EINVAL** The value specified by _protocol_ is invalid.

   **EPERM** The caller does not have the privilege to perform the
          operation.

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

   _The following sections are informative._

EXAMPLES top

   None.

APPLICATION USAGE top

   None.

RATIONALE top

   If an implementation detects that the value specified by the _attr_
   argument to _pthreadmutexattrgetprotocol_() or
   _pthreadmutexattrsetprotocol_() does not refer to an initialized
   mutex attributes object, it is recommended that the function
   should fail and report an **[EINVAL]** error.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS top

   None.

SEE ALSO top

   [pthread_cond_destroy(3p)](../man3/pthread%5Fcond%5Fdestroy.3p.html), [pthread_create(3p)](../man3/pthread%5Fcreate.3p.html),
   [pthread_mutex_destroy(3p)](../man3/pthread%5Fmutex%5Fdestroy.3p.html)

   The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2017, [pthread.h(0p)](../man0/pthread.h.0p.html)
   Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic
   form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information
   Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The
   Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright
   (C) 2018 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers,
   Inc and The Open Group.  In the event of any discrepancy between
   this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard,
   the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee
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