Re: pthread creates one extra thread

[Rob Love <rml@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 2004-01-05 at 19:45, Jan Krause wrote:

> 1. Whats the difference between original and master thread?
> 
> 2. I only see 2 threads started, namely the main thread ( void main () ) and the
> one created with pthread_create... but if this thread immediately exits
> as you said, there should only be 1 left: the main () thread, but thats not the case.
> 
> Where is my fault?

You need to call pthread_join(3) from the parent on the child thread or
create the thread with PTHREAD_CREATE_DETACHED or call pthread_detach(3)
from the child thread.

This is basic POSIX thread behavior and not a kernel issue.

	Rob Love



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