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27.Dd August 4, 1998
28.Dt PTHREAD_RWLOCKATTR_SETPSHARED 3
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm pthread_rwlockattr_setpshared
32.Nd set the process shared attribute
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34.In pthread.h
35.Ft int
36.Fn pthread_rwlockattr_setpshared "pthread_rwlockattr_t *attr" "int pshared"
37.Sh DESCRIPTION
38The
39.Fn pthread_rwlockattr_setpshared
40function sets the process shared attribute of
41.Fa attr
42to the value referenced by
43.Fa pshared .
44.Fa pshared
45may be one of two values:
46.Bl -tag -width PTHREAD_PROCESS_PRIVATE
47.It Dv PTHREAD_PROCESS_SHARED
48Any thread of any process that has access to the memory where the
49read/write lock resides can manipulate the lock.
50.It Dv PTHREAD_PROCESS_PRIVATE
51Only threads created within the same process as the thread that
52initialized the read/write lock can manipulate the lock. This is
53the default value.
54.El
55.Sh RETURN VALUES
56If successful, the
57.Fn pthread_rwlockattr_setpshared
58function will return zero. Otherwise an error number will be returned
59to indicate the error.
60.Sh SEE ALSO
61.Xr pthread_rwlockattr_init 3 ,
62.Xr pthread_rwlockattr_setpshared 3 ,
63.Xr pthread_rwlock_init 3
64.Sh STANDARDS
65The
66.Fn pthread_rwlockattr_setpshared
67function is expected to conform to
68.St -susv2 .
69.Sh ERRORS
70.Fn pthread_rwlockattr_setpshared
71will fail if:
72.Bl -tag -width Er
73.It Bq Er EINVAL
74The value specified by
75.Fa attr
76or
77.Fa pshared
78is invalid.
79.El
80.Sh HISTORY
81The
82.Fn pthread_rwlockattr_setpshared
83function first appeared in
84.Fx 3.0 .
85.Sh BUGS
86The
87.Dv PTHREAD_PROCESS_SHARED
88attribute is not supported.