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Re: Specific Linux syscalls for glibc API
- From: Florian Weimer <fweimer at redhat dot com>
- To: libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2015 19:35:42 +0100
- Subject: Re: Specific Linux syscalls for glibc API
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On 11/18/2015 06:58 PM, Adhemerval Zanella wrote:
> Do we really have a compelling reason for gettid?
It makes sense to use them in conjunction with process-shared futexes to
indicate ownership. The return value of pthread_self isn't meaningful
to other processes. Having to words (PID and address) complicates matters.
Florian