1PTHREAD_ATTR_SETSTACK(3) Linux Programmer's Manual PTHREAD_ATTR_SETSTACK(3)
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6 pthread_attr_setstack, pthread_attr_getstack - set/get stack attributes
7 in thread attributes object
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10 #include <pthread.h>
11 int pthread_attr_setstack(pthread_attr_t *attr,
13 void *stackaddr, size_t stacksize);
14 int pthread_attr_getstack(pthread_attr_t *attr,
15 void **stackaddr, size_t *stacksize);
16 Compile and link with -pthread.
18 Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):
20 pthread_attr_getstack(), pthread_attr_setstack():
22 _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L || _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 600
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25 The pthread_attr_setstack() function sets the stack address and stack
26 size attributes of the thread attributes object referred to by attr to
27 the values specified in stackaddr and stacksize, respectively. These
28 attributes specify the location and size of the stack that should be
29 used by a thread that is created using the thread attributes object
30 attr.
31 stackaddr should point to the lowest addressable byte of a buffer of
33 stacksize bytes that was allocated by the caller. The pages of the
34 allocated buffer should be both readable and writable.
35 The pthread_attr_getstack() function returns the stack address and
37 stack size attributes of the thread attributes object referred to by
38 attr in the buffers pointed to by stackaddr and stacksize, respec‐
39 tively.
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42 On success, these functions return 0; on error, they return a nonzero
43 error number.
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46 pthread_attr_setstack() can fail with the following error:
47 EINVAL stacksize is less than PTHREAD_STACK_MIN (16384) bytes. On some
49 systems, this error may also occur if stackaddr or stack‐
50 addr + stacksize is not suitably aligned.
51 POSIX.1-2001 also documents an EACCES error if the stack area described
53 by stackaddr and stacksize is not both readable and writable by the
54 caller.
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57 These functions are provided by glibc since version 2.2.
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60 POSIX.1-2001.
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63 These functions are provided for applications that must ensure that a
64 thread's stack is placed in a particular location. For most applica‐
65 tions, this is not necessary, and the use of these functions should be
66 avoided. (Use pthread_attr_setstacksize(3) if an application simply
67 requires a stack size other than the default.)
68 When an application employs pthread_attr_setstack(), it takes over the
70 responsibility of allocating the stack. Any guard size value that was
71 set using pthread_attr_setguardsize(3) is ignored. If deemed neces‐
72 sary, it is the application's responsibility to allocate a guard area
73 (one or more pages protected against reading and writing) to handle the
74 possibility of stack overflow.
75 The address specified in stackaddr should be suitably aligned: for full
77 portability, align it on a page boundary (sysconf(_SC_PAGESIZE)).
78 posix_memalign(3) may be useful for allocation. Probably, stacksize
79 should also be a multiple of the system page size.
80 If attr is used to create multiple threads, then the caller must change
82 the stack address attribute between calls to pthread_create(3); other‐
83 wise, the threads will attempt to use the same memory area for their
84 stacks, and chaos will ensue.
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87 See pthread_attr_init(3).
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90 mmap(2), mprotect(2), posix_memalign(3), pthread_attr_init(3),
91 pthread_attr_setguardsize(3), pthread_attr_setstackaddr(3),
92 pthread_attr_setstacksize(3), pthread_create(3), pthreads(7)
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95 This page is part of release 3.53 of the Linux man-pages project. A
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