PTHREAD_ATTR_SETSCOPE(3P)

🌸 PTHREAD_ATTR_SETSCOPE(3P) 🌸

okay bestie, so this one lives in the POSIX Programmer's Manual, and it's literally the cutest little one-liner of a man page, i promise. it sets the contentionscope attribute. that's the whole vibe. 💅

✨ PROLOG ✨

so first things first, the fine print, and i need you to actually read this one because it's giving "important":

This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or the interface may not be implemented on Linux.

translation: this is the POSIX version of the tea 🫖. Linux might do its own thing, so go check the Linux page if you're actually building on Linux, and no cap, this might not even exist on your platform. vibe check your system first. 💀

💖 NAME 💖

pthread_attr_setscope — set the contentionscope attribute (REALTIME THREADS)

like, that's it. that's the job. setting one (1) attribute. iconic honestly. 👑

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

here's the summoning ritual, keep it exact:

#include <pthread.h>

int pthread_attr_setscope(pthread_attr_t *attr, int contentionscope);

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

bestie, this page is a redirect and it's not even hiding it:

Refer to pthread_attr_getscope().

that's the whole description. go read that one, she has all the lore. this one's just her sister. 🧚

🌈 COPYRIGHT 🌈

okay legal queen moment, read it, don't skip it:

Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology -- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, Copyright (C) 2018 by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .

Any typographical or formatting errors that appear in this page are most likely to have been introduced during the conversion of the source files to man page format. To report such errors, see https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html .

fr fr, if this page and the actual standard ever disagree, the standard wins. she's the main character, this page is just the group chat screenshot. 😭

and that's the whole page, bestie, short and slay 💖 this lil cutie came to you from IEEE/The Open Group, dated 2017, and yes she's officially PTHREAD_ATTR_SETSCOPE(3P). mwah, go set some scopes. 💅✨🎀