linux-kernel - Re: Which function returns LWP in Linux.

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Message-ID: <4BF18760.2090907@zytor.com>
Date:	Mon, 17 May 2010 11:13:52 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@...-lyon.org>,
	Srinivas Nayak <sinu.nayak2001@...il.com>,
	Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinderlinux@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Which function returns LWP in Linux.

On 05/17/2010 06:30 AM, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> Srinivas Nayak, le Mon 17 May 2010 15:43:17 +0530, a écrit :
>> After some more research, i foind that
>>
>> syscall(SYS_gettid)
>>
>> returns LWP id. Isn't this correct?
> 
> It is correct only on Linux, but yes.
> 

For libc's notion of the current thread, pthread_self(3).

	-hpa
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