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diff --git a/man/man3/pthread_setaffinity_np.3 b/man/man3/pthread_setaffinity_np.3 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..4e7147321 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/man3/pthread_setaffinity_np.3 @@ -0,0 +1,207 @@ +'\" t +.\" Copyright (c) 2008 Linux Foundation, written by Michael Kerrisk +.\" <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> +.\" +.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft +.\" +.TH pthread_setaffinity_np 3 (date) "Linux man-pages (unreleased)" +.SH NAME +pthread_setaffinity_np, pthread_getaffinity_np \- set/get +CPU affinity of a thread +.SH LIBRARY +POSIX threads library +.RI ( libpthread ", " \-lpthread ) +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nf +.BR "#define _GNU_SOURCE" " /* See feature_test_macros(7) */" +.B #include <pthread.h> +.P +.BI "int pthread_setaffinity_np(pthread_t " thread ", size_t " cpusetsize , +.BI " const cpu_set_t *" cpuset ); +.BI "int pthread_getaffinity_np(pthread_t " thread ", size_t " cpusetsize , +.BI " cpu_set_t *" cpuset ); +.fi +.SH DESCRIPTION +The +.BR pthread_setaffinity_np () +function +sets the CPU affinity mask of the thread +.I thread +to the CPU set pointed to by +.IR cpuset . +If the call is successful, +and the thread is not currently running on one of the CPUs in +.IR cpuset , +then it is migrated to one of those CPUs. +.P +The +.BR pthread_getaffinity_np () +function returns the CPU affinity mask of the thread +.I thread +in the buffer pointed to by +.IR cpuset . +.P +For more details on CPU affinity masks, see +.BR sched_setaffinity (2). +For a description of a set of macros +that can be used to manipulate and inspect CPU sets, see +.BR CPU_SET (3). +.P +The argument +.I cpusetsize +is the length (in bytes) of the buffer pointed to by +.IR cpuset . +Typically, this argument would be specified as +.IR sizeof(cpu_set_t) . +(It may be some other value, if using the macros described in +.BR CPU_SET (3) +for dynamically allocating a CPU set.) +.SH RETURN VALUE +On success, these functions return 0; +on error, they return a nonzero error number. +.SH ERRORS +.TP +.B EFAULT +A supplied memory address was invalid. +.TP +.B EINVAL +.RB ( pthread_setaffinity_np ()) +The affinity bit mask +.I mask +contains no processors that are currently physically on the system +and permitted to the thread according to any restrictions that +may be imposed by the "cpuset" mechanism described in +.BR cpuset (7). +.TP +.B EINVAL +.RB ( pthread_setaffinity_np ()) +.I cpuset +specified a CPU that was outside the set supported by the kernel. +(The kernel configuration option +.B CONFIG_NR_CPUS +defines the range of the set supported by the kernel data type +.\" cpumask_t +used to represent CPU sets.) +.\" The raw sched_getaffinity() system call returns the size (in bytes) +.\" of the cpumask_t type. +.TP +.B EINVAL +.RB ( pthread_getaffinity_np ()) +.I cpusetsize +is smaller than the size of the affinity mask used by the kernel. +.TP +.B ESRCH +No thread with the ID +.I thread +could be found. +.SH ATTRIBUTES +For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see +.BR attributes (7). +.TS +allbox; +lbx lb lb +l l l. +Interface Attribute Value +T{ +.na +.nh +.BR pthread_setaffinity_np (), +.BR pthread_getaffinity_np () +T} Thread safety MT-Safe +.TE +.SH STANDARDS +GNU; +hence the suffix "_np" (nonportable) in the names. +.SH HISTORY +glibc 2.3.4. +.P +In glibc 2.3.3 only, +versions of these functions were provided that did not have a +.I cpusetsize +argument. +Instead the CPU set size given to the underlying system calls was always +.IR sizeof(cpu_set_t) . +.SH NOTES +After a call to +.BR pthread_setaffinity_np (), +the set of CPUs on which the thread will actually run is +the intersection of the set specified in the +.I cpuset +argument and the set of CPUs actually present on the system. +The system may further restrict the set of CPUs on which the thread +runs if the "cpuset" mechanism described in +.BR cpuset (7) +is being used. +These restrictions on the actual set of CPUs on which the thread +will run are silently imposed by the kernel. +.P +These functions are implemented on top of the +.BR sched_setaffinity (2) +and +.BR sched_getaffinity (2) +system calls. +.P +A new thread created by +.BR pthread_create (3) +inherits a copy of its creator's CPU affinity mask. +.SH EXAMPLES +In the following program, the main thread uses +.BR pthread_setaffinity_np () +to set its CPU affinity mask to include CPUs 0 to 7 +(which may not all be available on the system), +and then calls +.BR pthread_getaffinity_np () +to check the resulting CPU affinity mask of the thread. +.P +.\" SRC BEGIN (pthread_setaffinity_np.c) +.EX +#define _GNU_SOURCE +#include <err.h> +#include <errno.h> +#include <pthread.h> +#include <stdio.h> +#include <stdlib.h> +\& +int +main(void) +{ + int s; + cpu_set_t cpuset; + pthread_t thread; +\& + thread = pthread_self(); +\& + /* Set affinity mask to include CPUs 0 to 7. */ +\& + CPU_ZERO(&cpuset); + for (size_t j = 0; j < 8; j++) + CPU_SET(j, &cpuset); +\& + s = pthread_setaffinity_np(thread, sizeof(cpuset), &cpuset); + if (s != 0) + errc(EXIT_FAILURE, s, "pthread_setaffinity_np"); +\& + /* Check the actual affinity mask assigned to the thread. */ +\& + s = pthread_getaffinity_np(thread, sizeof(cpuset), &cpuset); + if (s != 0) + errc(EXIT_FAILURE, s, "pthread_getaffinity_np"); +\& + printf("Set returned by pthread_getaffinity_np() contained:\en"); + for (size_t j = 0; j < CPU_SETSIZE; j++) + if (CPU_ISSET(j, &cpuset)) + printf(" CPU %zu\en", j); +\& + exit(EXIT_SUCCESS); +} +.EE +.\" SRC END +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR sched_setaffinity (2), +.BR CPU_SET (3), +.BR pthread_attr_setaffinity_np (3), +.BR pthread_self (3), +.BR sched_getcpu (3), +.BR cpuset (7), +.BR pthreads (7), +.BR sched (7) |