This routine obtains the value of the guardsize attribute of
the thread attributes object specified in the attr argument and
stores it in the location specified by the guardsize argument.
The specified attributes object must already be initialized at
the time this routine is called.
When creating a thread, use a thread attributes object to specify
nondefault values for thread attributes. The guardsize attribute
of a thread attributes object specifies the minimum size (in
bytes) of the guard area for the stack of a new thread.
A guard area can help a multithreaded program detect the overflow
of a thread's stack. A guard area is a region of no-access memory
that the Threads Library allocates at the overflow end of the
thread's stack. When any thread attempts to access a memory
location within this region, a memory addressing violation
occurs.
Note that the value of the guardsize attribute of a particular
thread attributes object does not necessarily correspond to the
actual size of the guard area of any existing thread in your
multithreaded program.