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SubjectRe: Thread_Id
FromArjan van de Ven <>
DateThu, 14 Jul 2005 09:45:03 +0200
On Thu, 2005-07-14 at 11:03 +0530, RVK wrote:
> Robert Hancock wrote:> > > RVK wrote:> >> >> Can anyone suggest me how to get the threadId using 2.6.x kernels.
> >> pthread_self() does not work and returns some -ve integer.> >> >> > What do you mean, negative integer? It's not an integer, it's a
> > pthread_t, you're not even supposed to look at it..> > What is pthread_t inturn defined to ? pthread_self for 2.4.x thread 
> libraries return +ve number(as u have a objection me calling it as 
> integer :-))

it doesn't return a number it returns a pointer ;) or a floating point
number. You don't know :)

what it returns is a *cookie*. A cookie that you can only use to pass
back to various pthread functions.


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