POSIX threads documentation

Carlos O'Donell carlos@systemhalted.org
Mon Sep 13 14:48:00 GMT 2010


On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 10:42 AM, Andreas Schwab <schwab@redhat.com> wrote:
> "Carlos O'Donell" <carlos@systemhalted.org>
> writes:
>
>> Can you do this?
>>
>> if (pthread_mutex_lock != 0)
>> {
>>   /* OK, thread library is loaded so we need to use a threading
>>      API to ensure correct handling of global data.  */
>>   ...
>> }
>
> There is no need for that, all relevant pthread functions are available
> in libc (as stubs that forward to libpthread if loaded).

Perfect. I've never used the stubs. Are all of them available or only
a subset? Do we document the subset somewhere?

Cheers,
Carlos.



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