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Arjan van de Ven wrote:
>On Thu, 2005-07-14 at 11:03 +0530, RVK wrote:
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>>Robert Hancock wrote:
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>>>RVK wrote:
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>>>>Can anyone suggest me how to get the threadId using 2.6.x kernels.
>>>>pthread_self() does not work and returns some -ve integer.
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>>>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..
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>>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 :-))
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>it doesn't return a number it returns a pointer ;) or a floating point
>number. You don't know :)
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>what it returns is a *cookie*. A cookie that you can only use to pass
>back to various pthread functions.
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Hahaha......common. Please clarify following....
SYNOPSIS
#include <pthread.h>
pthread_t pthread_self(void);
DESCRIPTION
pthread_self return the thread identifier for the calling thread.
bits/pthreadtypes.h:150:typedef unsigned long int pthread_t;
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