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27.Dd March 22, 1999
28.Dt PTHREAD_RWLOCKATTR_GETPSHARED 3
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm pthread_rwlockattr_getpshared
32.Nd get the process shared attribute
33.Sh SYNOPSIS
34.In pthread.h
35.Ft int
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37.Sh DESCRIPTION
38The
39.Fn pthread_rwlockattr_getpshared
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40function is used to get the process shared setting of a read/write
41lock attribute object.
42The setting is returned via
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43.Fa pshared ,
44and may be one of two values:
45.Bl -tag -width PTHREAD_PROCESS_PRIVATE
46.It Dv PTHREAD_PROCESS_SHARED
47Any thread of any process that has access to the memory where the
48read/write lock resides can manipulate the lock.
49.It Dv PTHREAD_PROCESS_PRIVATE
50Only threads created within the same process as the thread that
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51initialized the read/write lock can manipulate the lock.
52This is
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53the default value.
54.El
55.Sh RETURN VALUES
56If successful, the
57.Fn pthread_rwlockattr_getpshared
58function will return zero.
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59Otherwise an error number will be returned
60to indicate the error.
61.Sh ERRORS
62The
63.Fn pthread_rwlockattr_getpshared
64function may fail if:
65.Bl -tag -width Er
66.It Bq Er EINVAL
67The value specified by
68.Fa attr
69is invalid.
70.El
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71.Sh SEE ALSO
72.Xr pthread_rwlock_init 3 ,
73.Xr pthread_rwlockattr_init 3 ,
74.Xr pthread_rwlockattr_setpshared 3
75.Sh STANDARDS
76The
77.Fn pthread_rwlockattr_getpshared
78function is expected to conform to
79.St -susv2 .
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80.Sh HISTORY
81The
82.Fn pthread_rwlockattr_getpshared
83function first appeared in
84.Fx 3.0 .