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PTHREAD_ATTR_AFFINITY_NP(3) FreeBSD Library Functions Manual PTHREAD_ATTR_AFFINITY_NP(3)

pthread_attr_getaffinity_np, pthread_attr_setaffinity_np
manage CPU affinity in thread attribute objects

POSIX Threads Library (libpthread, -lpthread)

#include <pthread_np.h>

int
pthread_attr_getaffinity_np(const pthread_attr_t *pattr, size_t cpusetsize, cpuset_t *cpusetp);

int
pthread_attr_setaffinity_np(pthread_attr_t *pattr, size_t cpusetsize, const cpuset_t *cpusetp);

The pthread_attr_getaffinity_np() and pthread_attr_setaffinity_np() functions allow the manipulation of sets of CPUs available to the specified thread attribute object.

Masks of type cpuset_t are composed using the CPU_SET macros. The kernel tolerates large sets as long as all CPUs specified in the set exist. Sets smaller than the kernel uses generate an error on calls to pthread_attr_getaffinity_np() even if the result set would fit within the user supplied set. Calls to pthread_attr_setaffinity_np() tolerate small sets with no restrictions.

The supplied mask should have a size of cpusetsize bytes. This size is usually provided by calling sizeof(cpuset_t) which is ultimately determined by the value of CPU_SETSIZE as defined in <sys/cpuset.h>.

pthread_attr_getaffinity_np() retrieves the mask from the thread attribute object specified by pattr, and stores it in the space provided by cpusetp.

pthread_attr_setaffinity_np() sets the mask for the thread attribute object specified by pattr to the value in cpusetp.

If successful, the pthread_attr_getaffinity_np() and pthread_attr_setaffinity_np() functions will return zero. Otherwise an error number will be returned to indicate the error.

The pthread_attr_getaffinity_np() functions will fail if:
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The pattr or the attribute specified by it is NULL.
[]
The cpusetsize is too small.

The pthread_attr_setaffinity_np() function will fail if:

[]
The pattr or the attribute specified by it is NULL.
[]
The cpusetp specified a CPU that was outside the set supported by the kernel.
[]
The cpusetsize is too small.
[]
Insufficient memory exists to store the cpuset mask.

cpuset(1), cpuset(2), cpuset_getid(2), cpuset_setid(2), pthread_getaffinity_np(3), pthread_np(3), pthread_setaffinity_np(3)

The pthread_attr_getaffinity_np and pthread_attr_setaffinity_np functions are non-standard FreeBSD extensions and may be not available on other operating systems.

The pthread_attr_getaffinity_np and pthread_attr_setaffinity_np functions first appeared in FreeBSD 7.2.

The pthread_attr_getaffinity_np and pthread_attr_setaffinity_np functions were written by David Xu <davidxu@FreeBSD.org>, and this manpage was written by Xin LI <delphij@FreeBSD.org>.
October 12, 2021 FreeBSD 13.1-RELEASE

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