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pthread_attr_setguardsize(3)			  pthread_attr_setguardsize(3)

NAME
       pthread_attr_setguardsize  -  Changes  the  guardsize  attribute of the
       specified thread attributes object

SYNOPSIS
       #include <pthread.h>

       int pthread_attr_setguardsize(
	       pthread_attr_t *attr,
	       size_t guardsize );

LIBRARY
       DECthreads POSIX 1003.1c Library (libpthread.so)

STANDARDS
       Interfaces documented on this reference page conform to industry	 stan‐
       dards as follows:

       IEEE Std 1003.1c-1995, POSIX System Application Program Interface

PARAMETERS
       Address of the thread attributes object whose guardsize attribute is to
       be modified.  New value for  the	 guardsize  attribute  of  the	thread
       attributes object specified by attr.

DESCRIPTION
       This  routine uses the value specified in the guardsize argument to set
       the guardsize attribute of the thread attributes	 object	 specified  in
       the attr argument.

       When  creating a thread, use a thread attributes object to specify non‐
       default values for thread attributes.  The  guardsize  attribute	 of  a
       thread  attributes  object specifies the minimum size (in bytes) of the
       guard area for the stack of a new thread.

       A guard area, with its associated overflow warning  area,  can  help  a
       multithreaded program detect overflow of a thread's stack. A guard area
       is a region of no-access memory that DECthreads allocates at the	 over‐
       flow end of the thread's stack, following the thread's overflow warning
       area. If any thread attempts to write in the overflow warning  area,  a
       stack  overflow exception occurs. Your program can catch this exception
       and continue processing as long as the thread does not attempt to write
       in the guard area. When any thread attempts to access a memory location
       within the guard area, a memory addressing violation occurs without the
       possibility of recovery.

       A  new  thread can be created with a default guardsize attribute value.
       This value is platform dependent, but  will  always  be	at  least  one
       “hardware  protection  unit”  (that  is,	 at  least one page). For more
       information, see the platform-specific  appendixes  of  Guide  to  DEC‐
       threads.

       After  this  routine  is	 called, due to platform-specific factors DEC‐
       threads might reserve a larger guard area for the new thread  than  was
       specified  in  the  guardsize  argument.	 For more information, see the
       platform-specific appendixes of Guide to DECthreads.

       DECthreads allows your program to specify the size of a thread  stack's
       guard  area  for two reasons: When a thread allocates large data struc‐
       tures on its stack, a guard area with a size greater than  the  default
       size  might  be required to detect stack overflow.  Overflow protection
       of a thread's stack can potentially waste system resources, such as for
       an  application	that creates a large number of threads that will never
       overflow their stacks. Your multithreaded program can  conserve	system
       resources  by  “turning	off”  a thread's stack guard area--that is, by
       specifying a guardsize attribute of zero.

       If a thread is created using a thread attributes object whose stackaddr
       attribute is set (using the pthread_attr_setstackaddr(3) routine), this
       routine ignores the object's guardsize attribute and provides no thread
       stack guard area for the new thread.

RETURN VALUES
       If  an  error  condition	 occurs, this routine returns an integer value
       indicating the type of error. Possible return values  are  as  follows:
       Successful  completion.	 The  argument	attr  is  not  a  valid thread
       attributes object, or the argument guardsize contains an invalid value.

ERRORS
       None

SEE ALSO
       Functions:     pthread_attr_init(3),	 pthread_attr_getguardsize(3),
       pthread_attr_setstacksize(3), pthread_create(3)

       Manuals: Guide to DECthreads and Programmer's Guide

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