Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Provide system call to get task id | Date | Mon, 8 Oct 2001 17:05:48 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> This patch provides a new system call gettid() (get task id), which > returns the true pid of the task. This is needed in some multi-threaded > apps and libraries.
Really the fix is to back out the stupid getpid hack. The thread group is known by user space and can be managed by user space - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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