PTHREAD_MAIN_NP(3) |
FreeBSD Library Functions Manual |
PTHREAD_MAIN_NP(3) |
NAME
pthread_main_np —
identify the initial thread
LIBRARY
POSIX Threads Library (libpthread, -lpthread)
SYNOPSIS
#include < pthread_np.h>
int
pthread_main_np( void);
DESCRIPTION
The
pthread_main_np() function is used in userland threads environment to identify the initial thread. Its semantics is similar to the Solaris's
thr_main() function.
RETURN VALUES
The
pthread_main_np() function returns 1 if the calling thread is the initial thread, 0 if the calling thread is not the initial thread, and -1 if the thread's initialization has not yet completed.
AUTHORS
This manual page was written by
Alexey Zelkin <phantom@FreeBSD.org>.