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12 .TH PTHREAD_MUTEX_GETPRIOCEILING 3C "Apr 1, 2008"
14 pthread_mutex_getprioceiling, pthread_mutex_setprioceiling \- change priority
19 cc -mt [ \fIflag\fR... ] \fIfile\fR... -lpthread [ \fIlibrary\fR... ]
22 \fBint\fR \fBpthread_mutex_getprioceiling\fR(\fBconst pthread_mutex_t *restrict\fR \fImutex\fR,
23 \fBint *restrict\fR \fIprioceiling\fR);
28 \fBint\fR \fBpthread_mutex_setprioceiling\fR(\fBpthread_mutex_t *restrict\fR \fImutex\fR,
29 \fBint\fR \fIprioceiling\fR, \fBint *restrict\fR \fIold_ceiling\fR);
35 The \fBpthread_mutex_getprioceiling()\fR function returns the current priority
39 The \fBpthread_mutex_setprioceiling()\fR function either locks the mutex if it
40 is unlocked, or blocks until it can successfully lock the mutex, then it
41 changes the mutex's priority ceiling and releases the mutex. When the change is
42 successful, the previous value of the priority ceiling is returned in
43 \fIold_ceiling\fR. The process of locking the mutex need not adhere to the
44 priority protect protocol.
47 If the \fBpthread_mutex_setprioceiling()\fR function fails, the mutex priority
48 ceiling is not changed.
51 The ceiling value should be drawn from the range of priorities for the
52 \fBSCHED_FIFO\fR policy. When a thread acquires such a mutex, the policy of the
53 thread at mutex acquisition should match that from which the ceiling value was
54 derived (\fBSCHED_FIFO\fR, in this case). If a thread changes its scheduling
55 policy while holding a ceiling mutex, the behavior of
56 \fBpthread_mutex_lock()\fR and \fBpthread_mutex_unlock()\fR on this mutex is
57 undefined. See \fBpthread_mutex_lock\fR(3C).
60 The ceiling value should not be treated as a persistent value resident in a
61 \fBpthread_mutex_t\fR that is valid across upgrades of Solaris. The semantics
62 of the actual ceiling value are determined by the existing priority range for
63 the \fBSCHED_FIFO\fR policy, as returned by the \fBsched_get_priority_min()\fR
64 and \fBsched_get_priority_max()\fR functions (see
65 \fBsched_get_priority_min\fR(3C)) when called on the version of Solaris on
66 which the ceiling value is being utilized.
70 Upon successful completion, the \fBpthread_mutex_getprioceiling()\fR and
71 \fBpthread_mutex_setprioceiling()\fR functions return \fB0\fR. Otherwise, an
72 error number is returned to indicate the error.
76 The \fBpthread_mutex_getprioceiling()\fR and
77 \fBpthread_mutex_setprioceiling()\fR functions may fail if:
84 The value specified by \fImutex\fR does not refer to a currently existing
90 The \fBpthread_mutex_setprioceiling()\fR function will fail if:
97 The mutex was not initialized with its \fIprotocol\fR attribute having the
98 value of \fBPTHREAD_PRIO_PROTECT\fR.
107 The priority requested by \fIprioceiling\fR is out of range.
116 The caller does not have the privilege to perform the operation.
122 See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
130 ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE
132 Interface Stability Committed
136 Standard See \fBstandards\fR(5).
142 \fBpthread_mutex_init\fR(3C), \fBpthread_mutex_lock\fR(3C),
143 \fBsched_get_priority_min\fR(3C), \fBattributes\fR(5), \fBstandards\fR(5)