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.TH PTHREAD_MUTEXATTR_GETPSHARED 3 2017-09-13 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
pthread_mutexattr_getpshared, pthread_mutexattr_setpshared \- get/set
process-shared mutex attribute
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #include <pthread.h>
.PP
.BI "int pthread_mutexattr_getpshared(const pthread_mutexattr_t *" attr ,
.BI "                                 int *" pshared );
.BI "int pthread_mutexattr_setpshared(pthread_mutexattr_t *" attr ,
.BI "                                 int " pshared );
.fi
.PP
Compile and link with \fI\-pthread\fP.
.SH DESCRIPTION
These functions get and set the process-shared attribute
in a mutex attributes object.
This attribute must be appropriately set to ensure correct,
efficient operation of a mutex created using this attributes object.
.PP
The process-shared attribute can have one of the following values:
.TP
.B PTHREAD_PROCESS_PRIVATE
Mutexes created with this attributes object are to be shared
only among threads in the same process that initialized the mutex.
This is the default value for the process-shared mutex attribute.
.TP
.B PTHREAD_PROCESS_SHARED
Mutexes created with this attributes object can be shared between
any threads that have access to the memory containing the object,
including threads in different processes.
.PP
.BR pthread_mutexattr_getpshared ()
places the value of the process-shared attribute of
the mutex attributes object referred to by
.IR attr
in the location pointed to by
.IR pshared .
.PP
.BR pthread_mutexattr_setpshared ()
sets the value of the process-shared attribute of
the mutex attributes object referred to by
.IR attr
to the value specified in
.BR pshared .
.PP
If
.I attr
does not refer to an initialized mutex attributes object,
the behavior is undefined.
.SH RETURN VALUE
On success, these functions return 0.
On error, they return a positive error number.
.SH ERRORS
.BR pthread_mutexattr_setpshared ()
can fail with the following errors:
.TP
.B EINVAL
The value specified in
.I pshared
is invalid.
.TP
.B ENOTSUP
.I pshared is
.BR PTHREAD_PROCESS_SHARED
but the implementation does not support process-shared mutexes.
.SH CONFORMING TO
POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.
.SH SEE ALSO
.ad l
.nh
.BR pthread_mutexattr_init (3),
.BR pthreads (7)
.SH COLOPHON
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.I man-pages
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