thr_setconcurrency(3T) provides a hint to the system about the required level of concurrency in the application. The system ensures that a sufficient number of threads are active so that the process continues to make progress.
#include <thread.h> int new_level; int ret; ret = thr_setconcurrency(new_level);
Unbound threads in a process might or might not be required to be simultaneously active. To conserve system resources, the threads system ensures by default that enough threads are active for the process to make progress, and that the process will not deadlock through a lack of concurrency.
Because this might not produce the most effective level of concurrency, thr_setconcurrency() permits the application to give the threads system a hint, specified by new_level, for the desired level of concurrency.
The actual number of simultaneously active threads can be larger or smaller than new_level.
Returns a zero when it completes successfully. Any other returned value indicates that an error occurred. When any of the following conditions are detected, thr_setconcurrency() fails and returns the corresponding value.