PTHREAD_SELF
Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)
Updated: 2017-09-15
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NAME
pthread_self - obtain ID of the calling thread
SYNOPSIS
#include <pthread.h>
pthread_t pthread_self(void);
Compile and link with -pthread.
DESCRIPTION
The
pthread_self()
function returns the ID of the calling thread.
This is the same value that is returned in
*thread
in the
pthread_create(3)
call that created this thread.
RETURN VALUE
This function always succeeds, returning the calling thread's ID.
ERRORS
This function always succeeds.
ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
attributes(7).
| Interface | Attribute | Value
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pthread_self()
| Thread safety | MT-Safe
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CONFORMING TO
POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.
NOTES
POSIX.1 allows an implementation wide freedom in choosing
the type used to represent a thread ID;
for example, representation using either an arithmetic type or
a structure is permitted.
Therefore, variables of type
pthread_t
can't portably be compared using the C equality operator (
==);
use
pthread_equal(3)
instead.
Thread identifiers should be considered opaque:
any attempt to use a thread ID other than in pthreads calls
is nonportable and can lead to unspecified results.
Thread IDs are guaranteed to be unique only within a process.
A thread ID may be reused after a terminated thread has been joined,
or a detached thread has terminated.
The thread ID returned by
pthread_self()
is not the same thing as the kernel thread ID returned by a call to
gettid(2).
SEE ALSO
pthread_create(3),
pthread_equal(3),
pthreads(7)
COLOPHON
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project.
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