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$SET_DEVICEW

Modifies the characteristics of a device or the paths used to access that device.

The $SET_DEVICEW completes synchronously; that is, it returns to the caller only after the requested action has taken effect.


Format

SYS$SET_DEVICEW [efn] [,chan] [,devnam] ,itmlst [,iosb] [,astadr] [,astprm] [,nullarg]


C Prototype

int sys$set_devicew (unsigned int efn, unsigned short int chan, void *devnam, void *itmlst, struct _iosb *iosb, void (*astadr)(__unknown_params), int astprm, struct_generic_64 *nullarg);


$SET_IMPLICIT_AFFINITY (Alpha and I64)

On Alpha and I64 systems, controls or retrieves the activation state for the implicit affinity system capability of a specific kernel thread or of the global process default.

This service accepts 64-bit addresses.


Format

SYS$SET_IMPLICIT_AFFINITY [pidadr] [,prcnam] [,state] [,cpu_id] [,prev_mask]


C Prototype

int sys$set_implicit_affinity (unsigned int *pidadr, void *prcnam, struct _generic_64 *state, int cpu_id, struct _generic_64 *prev_mask);


Arguments

pidadr


OpenVMS usage: process_id
type: longword (unsigned)
access: read only
mechanism: by 32- or 64-bit reference

Process identification (PID) of a kernel thread whose implicit affinity is to be modified or returned. The pidadr argument is the 32- or 64-bit address of a longword that contains the PID.

Process selection is made through a combination of the pidadr and prcnam arguments. If neither are specified or if both have a zero value, the service operations are made to the user capability mask of the current kernel thread of the current calling process. The pidadr argument takes precedence over the prcnam argument where both are supplied in the service call.

If the bit constant CAP$M_IMPLICIT_DEFAULT_ONLY is specified in the state argument, then the implicit affinity state portion of the default capability mask is modified or returned instead.

prcnam


OpenVMS usage: process_name
type: character-coded text string
access: read only
mechanism: by 32- or 64-bit descriptor--fixed-length string descriptor

Process name of the process whose implicit affinity capability state is to be modified or returned. The prcnam argument is the 32- or 64-bit address of a character string descriptor pointing to the process name string. A process can be identified with a 1- to 15-character string. The service operations are made to the user capability mask of the initial thread of the specified process.

If pidadr and prcnam are both specified, then pidadr is modified or returned and prcnam is ignored. If neither argument is specified, then the context of the current kernel thread of the calling process is modified or returned.

state


OpenVMS usage: mask_quadword
type: quadword (unsigned)
access: read only
mechanism: by 32- or 64-bit reference

State options that can be selected for the affected thread's implicit affinity. The state argument is a pointer to a quadword bit vector wherein a bit corresponds to a requested state for the implicit affinity feature. Only the bits specified below are used; the remainder of the quadword bits are reserved.

Each option (bit) has a symbolic name, defined in the $CAPDEF macro. The state argument is constructed by performing a logical OR operation using the symbolic names of each desired option.

The following table describes the symbolic name of each option:

Symbolic Name Description
CAP$M_IMPLICIT_DEFAULT_ONLY Indicates the specified operations are to be performed on the global cell instead of on a specific kernel thread. This bit supersedes any individual kernel thread specified in pidadr or prcnam. Specifying this bit constant applies the implicit affinity operations to all newly created processes.
CAP$M_IMPLICIT_AFFINITY_SET Indicates that the implicit affinity capability bit is to be set for the specified kernel thread. This is mutually exclusive with CAP$M_IMPLICIT_AFFINITY_CLEAR.
CAP$M_IMPLICIT_AFFINITY_CLEAR Indicates that the implicit affinity capability bit is to be cleared for the specified kernel thread. This is mutually exclusive with CAP$M_IMPLICIT_AFFINITY_SET.

cpu_id


OpenVMS usage: longword
type: longword (unsigned)
access: read only
mechanism: by value

Identifier of the CPU requested as the first CPU on which this kernel thread is to execute. The cpu_id is a longword containing this number, which is in the supported range of individual CPUs from 0 to SYI$_MAX_CPUS - 1 .

If no explicit CPU is needed, specifying a value of -1 in this argument indicates the system is to select the initial association based on system dynamics and load balancing.

Note that, regardless of what explicit CPU is supplied to this argument, it will be taken only as a suggestion. This service will attempt to make the requested association, but it will be superseded by another CPU if the system dynamics are adversely affected by the operation.

prev_mask


OpenVMS usage: mask_quadword
type: quadword (unsigned)
access: write only
mechanism: by 32- or 64-bit reference

Previous implicit affinity state mask for the specified kernel thread before execution of this call to $SET_IMPLICIT_AFFINITY. The prev_mask argument is the 32- or 64-bit address of a quadword into which $SET_IMPLICIT_AFFINITY writes a bit mask specifying the implicit affinity state.

The current state of the kernel thread's current implicit affinity feature can be determined by testing the returned mask with the symbolic bit definitions described for the state argument. These bit definitions are found in the $CAPDEF macro.


Description

The Modify Process Implicit Affinity system service modifies or returns the implicit affinity state for the specified kernel thread or from the system default process creation cell.

Setting a kernel thread's implicit affinity function indicates to the system that it is to schedule the process in ways that will maximize the cache and TB performance in the current symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) configuration. This might tend to bias the process towards specific CPUs more than the standard scheduling algorithm would normally have allowed.

Required Access or Privileges

The caller must have the ALTPRI privilege to call SYS$SET_IMPLICIT_AFFINITY to modify its own implicit affinity capability bit. To modify another process' capability mask, the caller must have:

ALTPRI---To modify any process with a matching UIC
ALTPRI and GROUP---To modify any process in the same UIC group
ALTPRI and WORLD---To modify any process

To call SYS$SET_IMPLICIT_AFFINITY simply to retrieve the state of a specific process or global bit, the caller need only have the following privileges:

None---To retrieve the state of itself or any process with a matching UIC
GROUP---To retrieve the state of any process in the same UIC group
WORLD---To retrieve the state of any process

Related Services

$CPU_CAPABILITIES, $PROCESS_CAPABILITIES, $PROCESS_AFFINITY


Condition Values Returned

SS$_NORMAL The service completed successfully.
SS$_BADPARAM One or more arguments has an invalid value.
SS$_ACCVIO The service cannot access the locations specified by one or more arguments.
SS$_NOSUCHTHREAD The specified kernel thread does not exist.
SS$_NONEXPR The specified process does not exist, or an invalid process identification was specified.
SS$_IVLOGNAM The process name string has a length of 0 or more than 15 characters.
SS$_NOPRIV Insufficient privilege for attempted operation.
SS$_CPUCAP No CPU can run the specified process with new capabilities.
SS$_INSFARG Fewer than the required number of arguments were specified or no operation was specified.

$SET_PROCESS_PROPERTIESW (Alpha and I64)

On Alpha and I64 systems, sets a simple value associated with a process.

Format

SYS$SET_PROCESS_PROPERTIESW mbz1 ,mbz2 ,mbz3 ,property ,value ,prev_value


C Prototype

int sys$set_process_propertiesw (unsigned int mbz1, unsigned int mbz2, unsigned int mbz3, unsigned int property, unsigned __int64 value, unsigned __int64 *prev_value);


Arguments

mbz1,mbz2,mbz3


type:
access:

Reserved for future use by HP. Must be specified as 0.

property


OpenVMS usage: integer
type: longword (unsigned)
access: read only
mechanism: by value

A constant that selects which property to set.

Valid values for property are defined by the $PPROPDEF macro as follows:

Property Code Description
PPROP$C_CASE_LOOKUP_TEMP The type of case lookup to use. This value is set for the life of the currently active image. This value reverts to the permanent case setting on image rundown. In the absence of an explicit case lookup specification in a user-provided NAML, RMS uses this value to determine the case setting for the current file operation.

Valid values are PPROP$K_CASE_BLIND and PPROP$K_CASE_SENSITIVE.

Refer to the Guide to OpenVMS File Applications for additional information.

PPROP$C_CASE_LOOKUP_PERM The type of case lookup to use. This value is set for the life of the process or until the case is set again. This value is copied to the PPROP$C_CASE_LOOKUP_TEMP setting at image rundown. Setting this value affects only future activated images for this process. To change the case setting for the current active image, you must modify the PPROP$C_CASE_LOOKUP_TEMP setting.

Valid values are PPROP$K_CASE_BLIND and PPROP$K_CASE_SENSITIVE.

Refer to the Guide to OpenVMS File Applications for additional information.

PPROP$C_HOME_RAD The Resource Affinity Domain (RAD) to which the process is assigned. Newly mapped memory in the process will come from the home RAD of the process. Currently mapped memory will not move into the new home RAD unless $PURGWS is issued.

Valid values are integers between 0 and the maximum RAD on the system. Valid home RADs must also contain either memory or CPUs.

Note: OpenVMS support for RADs is available only on the AlphaServer GS series systems. For more information about using RADs, refer to the HP OpenVMS Alpha Partitioning and Galaxy Guide.

PPROP$C_PARSE_STYLE_TEMP The type of command parsing to use. This value is set only for the life of the image. The value reverts to the permanent style on image rundown. Valid values are: PARSE_STYLE$C_TRADITIONAL and PARSE_STYLE$C_EXTENDED.
PPROP$C_PARSE_STYLE_PERM The type of command parsing to use. This value is set for the life of the process unless the style is set again. Valid values are: PARSE_STYLE$C_TRADITIONAL and PARSE_STYLE$C_EXTENDED.

value


OpenVMS usage: integer
type: quadword (unsigned)
access: read
mechanism: by value

A quadword value to which to set the property.

prev_value


OpenVMS usage: access_mode
type: quadword (unsigned) address of a quadword value
access: write
mechanism: by reference

The address of a quadword that will receive the previous value of the property.

Description

The $SET_PROCESS_PROPERTIESW system service sets a simple value associated with a process.

This service is used for changing process properties that have a maximum of a single quadword. You can only change one property value at a time per call to this service.

Required Access or Privileges

None.

Required Quota

None.

Related Services

$GETJPI


Condition Values Returned

SS$_NORMAL The service completed successfully.
SS$_ACCVIO Access violation.

$SET_RESOURCE_DOMAIN

Controls the association between a calling process and resource domains.

Format

SYS$SET_RESOURCE_DOMAIN func ,rsdm_id ,domain_number ,[nullarg] ,[access] ,[acmode]


C Prototype

int sys$set_resource_domain (unsigned int func, unsigned int *rsdm_id, unsigned int domain_number, unsigned int nullarg, unsigned int access, unsigned int acmode);


Arguments

func


OpenVMS usage: function_code
type: longword (unsigned)
access: read only
mechanism: by value

Function code specifying the action that $SET_RESOURCE_DOMAIN is to perform. The func argument is a longword containing this function code. See the Function Codes section for a description of $SET_RESOURCE_DOMAIN function codes.

rsdm_id


OpenVMS usage: longword
type: longword (unsigned)
access: write only to join, read only to leave
mechanism: by reference

Resource domain identification. The rsdm_id argument is the address of a longword specifying the association of the calling process with the resource domain.

The RSDM$_JOIN_DOMAIN function returns a resource domain identification. The RSDM$_LEAVE function requires the rsdm_id argument as input to specify which resource domain association the process is leaving.

The resource domain identification can be used as input to the $ENQ and $ENQW system services.

domain_number


OpenVMS usage: longword
type: longword (unsigned)
access: read only
mechanism: by value

Domain number that identifies the resource domain. The domain_number argument is a longword value containing the resource domain number.

The domain_number argument is required for the RSDM$_JOIN_DOMAIN function but ignored for the RSDM$_LEAVE function.

nullarg


OpenVMS usage: null_arg
type: longword (unsigned)
access: read only
mechanism: by value

Placeholder reserved to HP. You must specify 0.

access


OpenVMS usage: mask_longword
type: longword (unsigned)
access: read only
mechanism: by value

Types of access desired when using the lock management services within the resource domain. The access argument is a longword bit mask specifying the access types required; these can include read, write, and lock.

The following table lists the symbols that the $RSDMDEF macro defines, their descriptions, and the lock management system services that might require each type of access:

Symbol Access Description System Service
RSDM$M_READ Read lock value blocks $DEQ, $ENQ, $ENQW, $GETLKI, $GETLKIW
RSDM$M_WRITE Write lock value blocks $DEQ, $ENQ, $ENQW,
RSDM$M_LOCK Take locks $ENQ, $ENQW

The service grants the desired access, provided your process has the necessary access rights to the resource domain. If you do not specify the access argument or if you specify 0, $SET_RESOURCE_DOMAIN attempts to access the domain in the following order:

  1. Read, write, lock
  2. Read, lock
  3. Write, lock
  4. Lock

The access attempt terminates with the first success.

The access argument defaults to 0. It is ignored for the RSDM$_LEAVE function.

acmode


OpenVMS usage: access_mode
type: longword (unsigned)
access: read only
mechanism: by value

Access mode requested for the association to the resource domain. The most privileged access mode granted is the access mode of the caller. Locks cannot be taken from access modes less privileged than the access mode of the association.

The acmode argument is a longword containing the access mode. The $PSLDEF macro defines the following symbols for the access modes:

Symbolic
Name
Access
Mode
Privilege
Rank
PSL$C_KERNEL Kernel High
PSL$C_EXEC Executive --
PSL$C_SUPER Supervisor --
PSL$C_USER User Low

The acmode argument is optional for the RSDM$_JOIN_DOMAIN function. If you do not specify the acmode argument, the access mode is set to the access mode of the calling process. The acmode argument is ignored for the RSDM$_LEAVE function.


Function Codes

RSDM$_JOIN_DOMAIN

A process has the option of forming multiple associations with one or more resource domains. Each association can have different access rights to the resource domain, such as to read lock value blocks or to write lock value blocks. This request sets up a new association with a resource domain.

$SET_RESOURCE_DOMAIN verifies the desired access against the security profile of the resource domain. If the desired access is allowed, a new association to the resource domain is created, and a resource domain identification for the association is returned.

This function code returns the following condition values:

SS$_NORMAL
SS$_BADPARAM
SS$_EXQUOTA
SS$_INSFMEM
SS$_NOOBJSRV
SS$_NOPRIV

RSDM$_LEAVE

This operation requests that a process end an association with a resource domain.

A process must leave a resource domain association in the same mode as, or in a more privileged mode than, the mode in which it joined the resource domain.

Before a process can end its association with a resource domain, it must release all locks taken using that association.

This function code returns the following condition values:

SS$_NORMAL
SS$_BADPARAM
SS$_IVMODE
SS$_RSDM_ACTIVE
SS$_RSDMNOTFOU

Description

The Set Resource Domain system service enables a process to use the lock management system services $DEQ, $ENQ, $ENQW, $GETLKI, and $GETLKIW.

The lock management services enable processes with the appropriate access rights to take and release locks on resource names and to perform other functions related to lock management. Applications use resource names to represent resources to which they want to synchronize access. A resource domain is a namespace for resource names. A process must join a resource domain to take and release locks and to read and write value blocks associated with resources in that resource domain.

When a process requests to join a resource domain, $SET_RESOURCE_DOMAIN performs an access check. After $SET_RESOURCE_DOMAIN verifies the desired access to the resource domain, the service creates an association between the resource domain and the calling process. The association is represented by a resource domain identification. A process can request different types of access to the same resource domain; the type of access is a characteristic of the association with the resource domain.

Each time a process joins a resource domain, a new association is created.

Processes use their resource domain identifications when using $ENQ or $ENQW to request a new lock.

The service can grant the following three types of access to resource domains:

  • The right to read lock value blocks
  • The right to write lock value blocks
  • The right to take and release locks

Required Access or Privileges

None

Required Quota

$SET_RESOURCE_DOMAIN uses system dynamic memory, which uses BYTLM quota, for the creation of the resource domain data structures.

Related Services

$DEQ, $ENQ, $ENQW, $GETLKI, $GETLKIW


Condition Values Returned

SS$_NORMAL The service completed successfully.
SS$_BADPARAM The func, the domain_number, or the rsdm_id argument was specified incorrectly.
SS$_EXQUOTA The caller has insufficient BYTLM quota.
SS$_INSFMEM There is insufficient memory to join the resource domain.
SS$_IVMODE An attempt was made to leave an association created by a more privileged access mode.
SS$_NOOBJSRV The audit server process, which maintains the security profile for resource domains, is not running. The process access rights to the domain cannot be determined, so access is denied.
SS$_NOPRIV Access to the resource domain was denied.
SS$_RSDM_ACTIVE Unable to leave the resource domain because there are locks still associated with this resource domain.
SS$_RSDMNOTFOU The resource domain was not found.


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