:--- uthread_create.c   1999/03/23 05:07:55     1.12
:+++ uthread_create.c   1999/05/06 15:27:33
:@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@
: #include "pthread_private.h"
: #include "libc_private.h"
: 
:+static int next_tid = 1;
:+
: int
: pthread_create(pthread_t * thread, const pthread_attr_t * attr,
:              void *(*start_routine) (void *), void *arg)
:@@ -87,6 +89,7 @@
:               } else {
:                       /* Initialise the thread structure: */
:                       memset(new_thread, 0, sizeof(struct pthread));
:+                      new_thread->tid = next_tid++;
:
:Doug Rabson                            Mail:  d...@nlsystems.com
:Nonlinear Systems Ltd.                 Phone: +44 181 442 9037

    Hmmm.   tid is only an int and some programs which create and destroy
    threads a lot are almost certainly going to overflow it.  4 billion
    is not hard to reach.  This can result in duplicate tid's.

                                        -Matt
                                        Matthew Dillon 
                                        <dil...@backplane.com>




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