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pthread_use_only_cpu(3)				       pthread_use_only_cpu(3)

NAME
       pthread_use_only_cpu - Restricts a thread to running only on the speci‐
       fied CPU. If that CPU is unavailable for any reason,  the  thread  will
       not run

SYNOPSIS
       #include <cpuset.h> #include <sys/types.h>

       int pthread_use_only_cpu(
	       pthread_t thread,
	       cpuid_t cpu_id,
	       long flag );

LIBRARY
       DECthreads POSIX 1003.1c Library (libpthread.so)

PARAMETERS
       Thread  to be restricted to use only the specified CPU.	Currently only
       PTHREAD_BINDCPU_INFLEXIBLE is defined, and must be specified.

DESCRIPTION
       This routine restricts thread to cpu_id,	 preventing  the  thread  from
       utilizing  any other available processor resources even when cpu_id may
       be busy for an extended time with other work or is  otherwise  unavail‐
       able.

       This  function  can  be	used  only  with System Contention Scope (SCS)
       threads, that is, threads that were created using an attributes	object
       with the scope attribute set to PTHREAD_SCOPE_SYSTEM.

       Specifying  a cpu_id value of CPU_NONE removes the restriction from the
       thread, allowing it to again take advantage of any available  CPU  when
       the CPU on which it last ran is busy.

       cpu_id will become unavailable if the corresponding CPU is removed from
       the processor set in which the process is running or  if	 it  is	 taken
       off-line.  In  this event, any thread that is restricted to cpu_id will
       not run until pthread_use_only_cpu is called  from  another  thread  to
       change or remove the thread's restriction.

       Threads	that  have  not	 been  restricted to a specific CPU using this
       function are typically scheduled to run on the CPU they last  used,  in
       order  to  take	advantage  of  valid cache and translation buffer (TB)
       entries. However, if that CPU remains busy with other work, the threads
       may  instead  be run on another CPU if available. This default behavior
       is the most effective except in	extremely  unusual  circumstances,  so
       this  function should be used only with great caution.  Improper use of
       this function can substantially degrade application performance; proper
       use will rarely improve performance measurably (if at all).

       This  routine  does  not	 prevent  cpu_id  from	performing other work.
       Restricting a thread to a CPU is rarely beneficial  to  an  application
       since  other  threads of equal or higher priority may be run by cpu_id,
       and, in addition to preventing thread  from  executing,	this  activity
       will  likely  invalidate	 cache	and TB entries used by thread, thereby
       removing the principal advantages of having restricted the thread. Fur‐
       thermore,  giving  a  thread  a very high priority is not sufficient to
       guarantee exclusive use of a CPU	 since	page  faults,  interrupts,  or
       blocking	 system	 calls	of  even  very short duration can permit other
       threads to obtain the CPU. To obtain exclusive use of a	CPU,  see  the
       processor_sets(4) reference page.

RETURN VALUES
       If  an  error condition occurs, the target thread's scheduling restric‐
       tions remain unchanged, and this routine returns an integer value indi‐
       cating  the  type of error. Possible return values are as follows: Suc‐
       cessful completion.  The value specified by cpu_id is invalid,  or  the
       flag  is	 invalid.   The specified thread is a Process Contention Scope
       thread.	The specified thread does not exist.

ERRORS
       None

SEE ALSO
       Functions:	    pthread_create(3),		 pthread_attr_init(3),
       pthread_attr_setscope(3),   pthread_rad_bind(3)	pthread_rad_attach(3),
       processor_sets(3)

       Manuals: Guide to DECthreads and Programmer's Guide

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