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26 .TH PTHREAD_SELF 3 2014-05-13 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
28 pthread_self \- obtain ID of the calling thread
31 .B #include <pthread.h>
33 .B pthread_t pthread_self(void);
35 Compile and link with \fI\-pthread\fP.
40 function returns the ID of the calling thread.
41 This is the same value that is returned in
44 .BR pthread_create (3)
45 call that created this thread.
47 This function always succeeds, returning the calling thread's ID.
49 This function always succeeds.
51 .SS Multithreading (see pthreads(7))
54 function is thread-safe.
58 POSIX.1 allows an implementation wide freedom in choosing
59 the type used to represent a thread ID;
60 for example, representation using either an arithmetic type or
61 a structure is permitted.
62 Therefore, variables of type
64 can't portably be compared using the C equality operator (\fB==\fP);
69 Thread identifiers should be considered opaque:
70 any attempt to use a thread ID other than in pthreads calls
71 is nonportable and can lead to unspecified results.
73 Thread IDs are guaranteed to be unique only within a process.
74 A thread ID may be reused after a terminated thread has been joined,
75 or a detached thread has terminated.
77 The thread ID returned by
79 is not the same thing as the kernel thread ID returned by a call to
82 .BR pthread_create (3),
83 .BR pthread_equal (3),