pthread_attr_getname_np(3)

NAME

pthread_attr_getname_np, pthread_attr_setname_np — get and set descriptive name of an attribute

library “libpthread”

#include <pthread.h>

int
pthread_attr_getname_np(const pthread_attr_t attr, char *name, size_t len);

int
pthread_attr_setname_np(pthread_attr_t attr, const char *name, void *arg);

The pthread_attr_getname_np() function gets the descriptive name of a thread attribute. It takes the following arguments:

The pthread_attr_setname_np() function sets the descriptive name of a thread attribute. It takes the following arguments:

attr: The attribute whose descriptive name will be set.
name: The printf(3) format string to be used to construct the descriptive name of the attribute. The resulted descriptive name should be shorter than PTHREAD_MAX_NAMELEN_NP.
arg: The printf(3) argument used with name.

Both functions return 0 on success. Otherwise, an error number is returned.

Both functions are non-standard extensions.

No errors are defined for pthread_attr_getname_np().

The pthread_attr_setname_np() function may fail if:

[EINVAL]: The supplied descriptive name was longer than PTHREAD_MAX_NAMELEN_NP.
[ENOMEM]: There was insufficient memory for the operation.