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NAME
pthread_attr_setstacksize, pthread_attr_getstacksize - set/get stack
size attribute in thread attributes object
SYNOPSIS
#include <pthread.h>
int pthread_attr_setstacksize(pthread_attr_t *attr, size_t stacksize);
int pthread_attr_getstacksize(const pthread_attr_t *attr, size_t *stacksize);
Compile and link with -pthread.
DESCRIPTION
The pthread_attr_setstacksize() function sets the stack size attribute
of the thread attributes object referred to by attr to the value speci-
fied in stacksize.
The stack size attribute determines the minimum size (in bytes) that
will be allocated for threads created using the thread attributes ob-
ject attr.
The pthread_attr_getstacksize() function returns the stack size attri-
bute of the thread attributes object referred to by attr in the buffer
pointed to by stacksize.
RETURN VALUE
On success, these functions return 0; on error, they return a nonzero
error number.
ERRORS
pthread_attr_setstacksize() can fail with the following error:
EINVAL The stack size is less than PTHREAD_STACK_MIN (16384) bytes.
On some systems, pthread_attr_setstacksize() can fail with the error
EINVAL if stacksize is not a multiple of the system page size.
VERSIONS
These functions are provided by glibc since version 2.1.
ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see at-
tributes(7).
+-----------------------------+---------------+---------+
|Interface | Attribute | Value |
+-----------------------------+---------------+---------+
|pthread_attr_setstacksize(), | Thread safety | MT-Safe |
|pthread_attr_getstacksize() | | |
+-----------------------------+---------------+---------+
CONFORMING TO
POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.
NOTES
For details on the default stack size of new threads, see pthread_cre-
ate(3).
A thread's stack size is fixed at the time of thread creation. Only
the main thread can dynamically grow its stack.
The pthread_attr_setstack(3) function allows an application to set both
the size and location of a caller-allocated stack that is to be used by
a thread.
BUGS
As at glibc 2.8, if the specified stacksize is not a multiple of
STACK_ALIGN (16 bytes on most architectures), it may be rounded down-
ward, in violation of POSIX.1, which says that the allocated stack will
be at least stacksize bytes.
EXAMPLES
See pthread_create(3).
SEE ALSO
getrlimit(2), pthread_attr_init(3), pthread_attr_setguardsize(3),
pthread_attr_setstack(3), pthread_create(3), pthreads(7)
COLOPHON
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