1PTHREAD_SETCONCURRENCY(3) Linux Programmer's Manual PTHREAD_SETCONCURRENCY(3)
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6 pthread_setconcurrency, pthread_getconcurrency - set/get the concur‐
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10 #include <pthread.h>
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12 int pthread_setconcurrency(int new_level);
13 int pthread_getconcurrency(void);
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15 Compile and link with -pthread.
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18 The pthread_setconcurrency() function informs the implementation of the
19 application's desired concurrency level, specified in new_level. The
20 implementation takes this only as a hint: POSIX.1 does not specify the
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24 Specifying new_level as 0 instructs the implementation to manage the
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31 On success, pthread_setconcurrency() returns 0; on error, it returns a
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39 pthread_setconcurrency() can fail with the following error:
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71 This page is part of release 3.53 of the Linux man-pages project. A
72 description of the project, and information about reporting bugs, can
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