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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2008-10-24 21:40:43 -0500 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2008-10-29 14:54:15 -0500 |
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pthread_equal.3: New page for pthread_equal(3)
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/man3/pthread_equal.3 b/man3/pthread_equal.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..d29742c8e9 --- /dev/null +++ b/man3/pthread_equal.3 @@ -0,0 +1,56 @@ +.\" Copyright (c) 2008 Linux Foundation, written by Michael Kerrisk +.\" <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> +.\" +.\" Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this +.\" manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are +.\" preserved on all copies. +.\" +.\" Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of this +.\" manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided that the +.\" entire resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a +.\" permission notice identical to this one. +.\" +.\" Since the Linux kernel and libraries are constantly changing, this +.\" manual page may be incorrect or out-of-date. The author(s) assume no +.\" responsibility for errors or omissions, or for damages resulting from +.\" the use of the information contained herein. The author(s) may not +.\" have taken the same level of care in the production of this manual, +.\" which is licensed free of charge, as they might when working +.\" professionally. +.\" +.\" Formatted or processed versions of this manual, if unaccompanied by +.\" the source, must acknowledge the copyright and authors of this work. +.\" +.TH PTHREAD_EQUAL 3 2008-10-24 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" +.SH NAME +pthread_self \- compare thread IDs +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nf +.B #include <pthread.h> + +.BI "int pthread_equal(pthread_t " t1 ", pthread_t " t2 ); +.sp +Compile and link with \fI\-pthread\fP. +.SH DESCRIPTION +The +.BR pthread_equal () +function compares two thread identifiers. +.SH RETURN VALUE +If the two thread IDs are equal, +.BR pthread_equal () +returns a non-zero value; otherwise, it returns 0. +.SH ERRORS +This function always succeeds. +.SH CONFORMING TO +POSIX.1-2001. +.SH NOTES +The +.BR pthread_equal () +function is necessary because thread IDs should be considered opaque: +there is no portable way for applications to directly compare two +.I pthread_t +values. +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR pthread_create (3), +.BR pthread_self (3), +.BR pthreads (7) |