Module thread 

Thread-associated operations.

Modules

futex

Linux futex.

Structs

CapabilitiesSecureBits

SECBIT_*

CapabilityFlags

CAP_* constants.

CapabilitySets

__user_cap_data_struct

CpuSet

CpuSet represents a bit-mask of CPUs.

Cpuid

A Linux CPU ID.

Gid

gid_t—A Unix group ID.

MembarrierQuery

A result from membarrier_query.

Pid

pid_t—A non-zero Unix process ID.

SVEVectorLengthConfig

Scalable Vector Extension vector length configuration.

TaggedAddressMode

Zero means addresses that are passed for the purpose of being dereferenced by the kernel must be untagged.

ThreadNameSpaceType

Thread name space type.

Timespec

struct timespec—A quantity of time in seconds plus nanoseconds.

Uid

uid_t—A Unix user ID.

UnshareFlags

CLONE_* for use with unshare.

Enums

Capability

Linux per-thread capability.

ClockId

CLOCK_* constants for use with clock_gettime.

CoreSchedulingScope

PR_SCHED_CORE_SCOPE_*

LinkNameSpaceType

Type of name space referred to by a link.

MembarrierCommand

A command for use with membarrier and membarrier_cpu.

NanosleepRelativeResult

A return type for nanosleep and clock_nanosleep_relative.

SecureComputingMode

SECCOMP_MODE_*

SysCallUserDispatchFastSwitch

Value of the fast switch flag controlling system calls user dispatch mechanism without the need to issue a syscall.

Functions

capabilities

capget(_LINUX_CAPABILITY_VERSION_3, pid)

capabilities_secure_bits

Get the securebits flags of the calling thread.

capability_is_in_ambient_set

Check if the specified capability is in the ambient set.

capability_is_in_bounding_set

Check if the specified capability is in the calling thread’s capability bounding set.

clear_ambient_capability_set

Remove all capabilities from the ambient set.

clock_nanosleep_absolute

clock_nanosleep(id, TIMER_ABSTIME, request, NULL)—Sleeps until an absolute time on a given clock.

clock_nanosleep_relative

clock_nanosleep(id, 0, request, remain)—Sleeps for a duration on a given clock.

configure_capability_in_ambient_set

Add or remove the specified capability to the ambient set.

core_scheduling_cookie

Get core scheduling cookie of a process.

create_core_scheduling_cookie

Create unique core scheduling cookie.

current_tagged_address_mode

Get the current tagged address mode for the calling thread.

current_timer_slack

Get the current timer slack value of the calling thread.

disable_syscall_user_dispatch^⚠

Disable Syscall User Dispatch mechanism.

disable_transparent_huge_pages

Set the state of the THP disable flag for the calling thread.

enable_syscall_user_dispatch^⚠

Enable Syscall User Dispatch mechanism.

get_clear_child_tid_address

Get the clear_child_tid address set by set_tid_address and clone’s CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID flag.

get_keep_capabilities

Get the current state of the calling thread’s keep capabilities flag.

gettid

gettid()—Returns the thread ID.

membarrier

membarrier(cmd, 0, 0)—Perform a memory barrier.

membarrier_cpu

membarrier(cmd, MEMBARRIER_CMD_FLAG_CPU, cpu)—Perform a memory barrier with a specific CPU.

membarrier_query

membarrier(MEMBARRIER_CMD_QUERY, 0, 0)—Query the supported membarrier commands.

move_into_link_name_space

Reassociate the calling thread with the namespace associated with link referred to by fd.

move_into_thread_name_spaces

Atomically move the calling thread into one or more of the same namespaces as the thread referred to by fd.

name

Get the name of the calling thread.

nanosleep

nanosleep(request, remain)—Sleeps for a duration.

no_new_privs

Get the value of the no_new_privs attribute for the calling thread.

pull_core_scheduling_cookie

Pull core scheduling cookie from a process.

push_core_scheduling_cookie

Push core scheduling cookie to a process.

remove_capability_from_bounding_set

If the calling thread has the Capability::SetPermittedCapabilities capability within its user namespace, then drop the specified capability from the thread’s capability bounding set.

reset_pointer_authentication_keys^⚠

Securely reset the thread’s pointer authentication keys to fresh random values generated by the kernel.

sched_getaffinity

sched_getaffinity(pid)—Get a thread’s CPU affinity mask.

sched_getcpu

sched_getcpu()—Get the CPU that the current thread is currently on.

sched_setaffinity

sched_setaffinity(pid, cpuset)—Set a thread’s CPU affinity mask.

sched_yield

sched_yield()—Hints to the OS that other processes should run.

secure_computing_mode

Get the secure computing mode of the calling thread.

set_capabilities

capset(_LINUX_CAPABILITY_VERSION_3, pid, effective, permitted, inheritable)

set_capabilities_secure_bits

Set the securebits flags of the calling thread.

set_current_tagged_address_mode^⚠

Controls support for passing tagged user-space addresses to the kernel.

set_current_timer_slack

Sets the current timer slack value for the calling thread.

set_keep_capabilities

Set the state of the calling thread’s keep capabilities flag.

set_name

Set the name of the calling thread.

set_no_new_privs

Set the calling thread’s no_new_privs attribute.

set_secure_computing_mode

Set the secure computing mode for the calling thread, to limit the available system calls.

set_sve_vector_length_configuration^⚠

Configure the thread’s vector length of Scalable Vector Extension.

set_thread_gid

setgid(gid)—Sets the effective group ID of the current thread.

set_thread_groups

setgroups(groups)—Sets the supplementary group IDs for the calling thread.

set_thread_res_gid

setresgid(rgid, egid, sgid)—Sets the real, effective, and saved group ID of the current thread.

set_thread_res_uid

setresuid(ruid, euid, suid)—Sets the real, effective, and saved user ID of the calling thread.

set_thread_uid

setuid(uid)—Sets the effective user ID of the calling thread.

sve_vector_length_configuration

Get the thread’s current SVE vector length configuration.

transparent_huge_pages_are_disabled

Get the current setting of the THP disable flag for the calling thread.

unshareDeprecated

unshare(flags)—Deprecated in favor of unshare_unsafe.

unshare_unsafe^⚠

unshare(flags)—Disassociate parts of the current thread’s execution context with other threads.

Type Aliases

Nsecs

A type for the tv_nsec field of Timespec.

RawGid

A group identifier as a raw integer.

RawPid

A process identifier as a raw integer.

RawUid

A user identifier as a raw integer.

Secs

A type for the tv_sec field of Timespec.