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.