Subj : Re: pthread_attr_setstackaddr() on Linux
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : David Butenhof
Date : Wed Jun 08 2005 06:00 pm

Haro Panosyan wrote:
> These two POSIX standard functions
> 
> pthread_attr_setstacksize();
> pthread_attr_setstackaddr();

Don't use pthread_attr_setstackaddr(). Although Linux inferred a 
relationship between stacksize and stackaddr, this was never intended or 
specified by the standard, and is not portable.

You should use pthread_attr_setstack() instead, which specifies the BASE 
ADDRESS and SIZE of a region of memory to be used as the created 
thread's stack. This is portable and standard.

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Dave Butenhof, David.Butenhof@hp.com
HP Utility Pricing software, POSIX thread consultant
Manageability Solutions Lab (MSL), Hewlett-Packard Company
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