From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262943AbVGNHpb (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Jul 2005 03:45:31 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262946AbVGNHpb (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Jul 2005 03:45:31 -0400 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:32916 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262943AbVGNHp3 (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Jul 2005 03:45:29 -0400 Subject: Re: Thread_Id From: Arjan van de Ven To: rvk@prodmail.net Cc: Robert Hancock , linux-kernel In-Reply-To: <42D5F934.6000603@prodmail.net> References: <4mfcK-UT-25@gated-at.bofh.it> <4mUJ1-5ZG-23@gated-at.bofh.it> <42CB465E.6080104@shaw.ca> <42D5F934.6000603@prodmail.net> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 09:45:03 +0200 Message-Id: <1121327103.3967.14.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.2 (2.2.2-5) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: 2.9 (++) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 3.0.4 on pentafluge.infradead.org summary: Content analysis details: (2.9 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- 0.1 RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL RBL: SORBS: sent directly from dynamic IP address [80.57.133.107 listed in dnsbl.sorbs.net] 2.8 RCVD_IN_DSBL RBL: Received via a relay in list.dsbl.org [] X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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.