pthread_attr_setstackaddr(3) - Linux man page
Name
pthread_attr_setstackaddr, pthread_attr_getstackaddr - set/get stack address attribute in thread attributes
object
Synopsis
#include <pthread.h>int pthread_attr_setstackaddr(pthread_attr_t *attrvoid
*" stackaddr );
int pthread_attr_getstackaddr(pthread_attr_t *attrvoid **" stackaddr );
Compile and link with -pthread.
Description
These functions are obsolete: do not use them. Use pthread_attr_setstack(3) and
pthread_attr_getstack(3) 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
On success, these functions return 0; on error, they return a nonzero error number.
Errors
No errors are defined (but applications should nevertheless handle a possible error return).
Versions
These functions are provided by glibc since version 2.1.
Conforming to
POSIX.1-2001 specifies these functions but marks them as obsolete. POSIX.1-2008 removes the
specification of these functions.
Notes
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) and
pthread_attr_getstack(3), 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
pthread_attr_init(3), pthread_attr_setstack(3),
pthread_attr_setstacksize(3), pthread_create(3), pthreads(7)
Referenced By
pthread_attr_setguardsize(3)