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33.Dd January 14, 2017
34.Dt LWP_SETAFFINITY 2
35.Os
36.Sh NAME
37.Nm lwp_setaffinity ,
38.Nm lwp_getaffinity
39.Nd set and get a LWP's CPU affinity mask
40.Sh LIBRARY
41.Lb libc
42.Sh SYNOPSIS
43.In sys/lwp.h
44.Ft int
45.Fn lwp_setaffinity "pid_t pid" "lwpid_t tid" "const cpumask_t *mask"
46.Ft int
47.Fn lwp_getaffinity "pid_t pid" "lwpid_t tid" "cpumask_t *mask"
48.Sh DESCRIPTION
49The
50.Fn lwp_setaffinity
51system call sets the CPU affinity mask of the LWP,
52which is identified by the
53.Fa pid
54and the
55.Fa tid ,
56to the value specified by the
57.Fa mask .
58If the
59.Fa pid
60is zero,
61then the pid of the calling process is used.
62If the
63.Fa tid
64is less than zero,
65then all LWPs of the process identified by the
66.Fa pid
67are affected.
68If the LWP specified by the
69.Fa pid
70and the
71.Fa tid
72is the current LWP it will be migrated immediately,
73if necessary, otherwise it will be migrated by the scheduler later.
74.Pp
75A process created by
76.Xr fork 2 ,
77.Xr vfork 2 ,
78and
79.Xr rfork 2
80inherits the calling LWP's CPU affinity mask.
81Same applies to the LWPs created by
82.Xr lwp_create 2 ,
83and the threads created by
84.Xr pthread_create 3 .
85.Pp
86.Fn lwp_getaffinity
87writes the affinity mask of the LWP,
88which is identified by the
89.Fa pid
90and the
91.Fa tid ,
92to the cpumask_t structure pointed to by
93.Fa mask .
94If the
95.Fa pid
96is zero,
97then the pid of the calling process is used.
98If the
99.Fa tid
100is less than zero,
101then the first LWP of specified process is used.
102.Sh RETURN VALUES
103These system calls return \-1 on error and
1040 upon successful completion.
105.Sh ERRORS
106The
107.Fn lwp_setaffinity
108and
109.Fn lwp_getaffinity
110system calls will fail if:
111.Bl -tag -width Er
112.It Bq Er EFAULT
113The
114.Fa name
115parameter is outside the process's allocated address space.
116.It Bq Er EINVAL
117The
118.Fa pid
119parameter is negative.
120.It Bq Er ESRCH
121The LWP identified by the
122.Fa pid
123and the
124.Fa tid
125does not exist.
126.It Bq Er EPERM
127The
128.Fa mask
129does not contain a valid CPU.
130.El
131.Sh SEE ALSO
132.Xr fork 2
133.Xr lwp_create 2
134.Xr pthread_create 3
135.Xr pthread_getaffinity_np 3
136.Xr pthread_setaffinity_np 3
137.Xr rfork 2
138.Xr sched_getaffinity 2
139.Xr sched_setaffinity 2
140.Xr vfork 2
141.Sh HISTORY
142The
143.Fn lwp_setaffinity
144and
145.Fn lwp_getaffinity
146functions first appeared in
147.Dx 4.7 .
148