Why no pthread_mutexattr_settype()?

[Phil Torre]

I am porting some code that wants to use pthread_mutexattr_settype(),
and I see that RTEMS (4.6.0 at least) doesn't have one.  I put in a
hack to set the recursive field of the newly initialized mutexattr
struct to "1", and seem to get proper recursive locking behavior.

I see no way to make a POSIX mutex recursive using the normal API.
Am I missing it?  Is there no mutexattr_settype() because no one
ever needed one?  Or is making a POSIX mutex recursive in RTEMS bad
for some reason?  (CORE_mutex_Nesting_behaviors allows for it, so
it seems like it should be OK.)

Thank you,
-Phil

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