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* Where is pthreads implemented?
@ 2006-08-20 17:35 Irfan Habib
  2006-08-20 17:39 ` Chase Venters
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From: Irfan Habib @ 2006-08-20 17:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Linux kernel

Hi,

Where is pthreads implemented in a linux system? Is it in some user
libraries or in the kernel?

Irfan

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* Re: Where is pthreads implemented?
  2006-08-20 17:35 Where is pthreads implemented? Irfan Habib
@ 2006-08-20 17:39 ` Chase Venters
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Chase Venters @ 2006-08-20 17:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Irfan Habib; +Cc: Linux kernel

On Sunday 20 August 2006 12:35, Irfan Habib wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Where is pthreads implemented in a linux system? Is it in some user
> libraries or in the kernel?
>

You want the Native Posix Thread Library from glibc. The kernel's work is 
mostly via the clone() and futex() syscalls.

Thanks,
Chase

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