#include #include #include #include #ifndef _POSIX_THREAD_PRIORITY_SCHEDULING #error "Sorry, your system does not support thread priority scheduling" #endif //Thread function prototype void *thread_function(void *arg); //Global variables char message[] = "Hello World"; int thread_finished = 0; int main() { int res; pthread_t a_thread; void *thread_result; int max_priority, min_priority; struct sched_param scheduling_value; pthread_attr_t thread_attr; res = pthread_attr_init(&thread_attr); if (res != 0) { perror("Attribute creation failed"); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } res = pthread_attr_setdetachstate(&thread_attr, PTHREAD_CREATE_DETACHED); if (res != 0) { perror("Setting detached attribute failed"); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } res = pthread_attr_setschedpolicy(&thread_attr, SCHED_OTHER); if (res != 0) { perror("Setting schedpolicy failed"); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } max_priority = sched_get_priority_max(SCHED_OTHER); min_priority = sched_get_priority_min(SCHED_OTHER); scheduling_value.sched_priority = min_priority; res = pthread_attr_setschedparam(&thread_attr, &scheduling_value); if (res != 0) { perror("Setting schedpolicy failed"); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } printf("Scheduling priority set to %d, max allowed was %d\n", min_priority, max_priority); res = pthread_create(&a_thread, &thread_attr, thread_function, (void *)message); if (res != 0) { perror("Thread creation failed"); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } pthread_attr_destroy(&thread_attr); while(!thread_finished) { printf("Waiting for thread...\n"); sleep(1); } printf("Thread finished, bye!\n"); exit(EXIT_SUCCESS); } void *thread_function(void *arg) { printf("thread_function is running. Argument was %s\n", (char *)arg); sleep(4); thread_finished = 1; pthread_exit(NULL); }