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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.Fo pthread_rwlockattr_setpshared
37.Fa "pthread_rwlockattr_t *attr"
38.Fa "int pshared"
39.Fc
40.Sh DESCRIPTION
41The
42.Fn pthread_rwlockattr_setpshared
43function sets the process-shared attribute of
44.Fa attr
45to the value referenced by
46.Fa pshared .
47.Fa pshared
48may be one of two values:
49.Bl -tag -width PTHREAD_PROCESS_PRIVATE
50.It Dv PTHREAD_PROCESS_SHARED
51Any thread of any process that has access to the memory where the
52read/write lock resides can manipulate the lock.
53.It Dv PTHREAD_PROCESS_PRIVATE
54Only threads created within the same process as the thread that
55initialized the read/write lock can manipulate the lock. This is
56the default value.
57.El
58.Sh RETURN VALUES
59If successful, the
60.Fn pthread_rwlockattr_setpshared
61function will return zero.
62Otherwise, an error number will be returned to indicate the error.
63.Sh SEE ALSO
64.Xr pthread_rwlock_init 3 ,
65.Xr pthread_rwlockattr_init 3 ,
66.Xr pthread_rwlockattr_setpshared 3
67.Sh STANDARDS
68The
69.Fn pthread_rwlockattr_setpshared
70function is expected to conform to
71.St -susv2 .
72.Sh ERRORS
73.Fn pthread_rwlockattr_setpshared
74will fail if:
75.Bl -tag -width Er
76.It Bq Er EINVAL
77The value specified by
78.Fa attr
79or
80.Fa pshared
81is invalid.
82.El
83.Sh HISTORY
84The
85.Fn pthread_rwlockattr_setpshared
86function first appeared in
87.Fx 3.0 .
88.Sh BUGS
89The
90.Dv PTHREAD_PROCESS_SHARED
91attribute is not supported.