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From: ratheesh k <ratheesh.ksz@gmail.com>
To: Jonathan Isom <jeisom@gmail.com>
Cc: Michal Nazarewicz <mina86@mina86.com>,
	linux-c-programming@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: same pid ?
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2011 07:48:35 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <AANLkTinJHh5D+4nW-hVcdv8Ciy6qP7Yi2DG9UjKf0aDR@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTin7D6yHCVGVVie0jY7o68FC+pkFAk2XWvHwFZz+@mail.gmail.com>

>On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 4:56 AM, Jonathan Isom <jeisom@gmail.com> wrote:
> Newer distros use Native POSIX Thread Library (NPTL).  They return the same pid.
>
>

if linux treats every thing as task (both thread and process ) and
CLONE_PID flag is obsolete, i expected unique pid.

-ratheesh



On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 4:56 AM, Jonathan Isom <jeisom@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 12:09 PM, ratheesh k <ratheesh.ksz@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 2011/2/10 Michal Nazarewicz <mina86@mina86.com>:
>>> On Thu, 10 Feb 2011 12:37:25 +0100, ratheesh k <ratheesh.ksz@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> i created two threads with pthread library. But both threads returns
>>>> same pid with getpid() function. ???
>>>
>>> PID is a Process ID.  All threads in given process have the same PID.
>>>
>>
>> pthread uses clone system call. doen't it ? if so, please see - man clone
>>
>>
>>  CLONE_PID (obsolete)
>>             If  CLONE_PID is set, the child process is created with the same
>>             process ID as the calling process.  This is good for hacking the
>>             system,  but  otherwise of not much use.  Since 2.3.21 this flag
>>             can be specified only by the system boot process  (PID  0).   It
>>             disappeared in Linux 2.5.16.
>>
>>
>
> Newer distros use Native POSIX Thread Library (NPTL).  They return the same pid.
>
>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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  reply	other threads:[~2011-02-11  2:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
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2011-02-10 11:37 ` same pid ? ratheesh k
2011-02-10 12:22   ` Michal Nazarewicz
2011-02-10 18:09     ` ratheesh k
2011-02-10 23:26       ` Jonathan Isom
2011-02-11  2:18         ` ratheesh k [this message]
2011-02-11  5:12           ` Steve Graegert (スティーブ)
2011-02-11  7:19             ` ratheesh k
2011-02-11  9:02               ` ratheesh k

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