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I created a simple program under RedHat 4.0 Linux, below, and I am
trying to link it with the libpthread.so.0 library, which is in my /lib
directory.  Here is my link line:

gcc -D_REENTRANT ThreadExample.c -lpthread

Gcc keeps complaining about the pthread_t definition, even though the
pthread.h include file is under the standard /usr/include path.  In
addition, gcc is unable to find the standard shared library
libpthread.so.0, which is in my /lib directory.  I did a ldconfig -p and
libthread.so.0 is a symbolic link to /lib/libthread.so.0.5.  I give...
Can someone please help?  Here is the program:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <pthread.h>

static void* foo(void* arg);

int
main(int argc, char** argv)
{
   pthread_t threads[3];
   int status[3];
   int i = 0;
   int j = 0;

   threads[i++] = pthread_create(&thread1, NULL, foo, "thread1");
   threads[i++] = pthread_create(&thread2, NULL, foo, "thread2");
   threads[i++] = pthread_create(&thread3, NULL, foo, "thread3");

   for (j = 0; j < i; j++) {
      (void) pthread_join(threads[j], &status[j]);
   }
   exit(0);

Quote:}

static
void*
foo(void* arg)
{
   printf("Hi!  I'm thread %s\n", (char*) arg);
   pthread_exit(0);
   return((void*) NULL);

Quote:}

--
Bruce W. Bigby

http://www.frontiernet.net/~bbigby
Rochester, NY
Do for others that which you would have others do for you.
Love your enemies, and be perfect, like your Father in Heaven.  Matthew
5:43-48

[snip]

I realize that the previous program won't have a chance in hell of
compiling.  Perhaps the following code will:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <pthread.h>

static void* foo(void* arg);

int
main(int argc, char** argv)
{
   pthread_t threads[3];
   int status[3];
   int i = 0;
   int j = 0;

   pthread_create(&threads[i++], NULL, foo, "thread1");
   pthread_create(&threads[i++], NULL, foo, "thread2");
   pthread_create(&threads[i++], NULL, foo, "thread3");

   for (j = 0; j < i; j++) {
      (void) pthread_join(threads[j], &status[j]);
   }
   exit(0);

Quote:}

static
void*
foo(void* arg)
{
   printf("Hi!  I'm thread %s\n", (char*) arg);
   pthread_exit(0);
   return((void*) NULL);

Quote:}

--
Bruce W. Bigby

http://www.frontiernet.net/~bbigby
Rochester, NY
Do for others that which you would have others do for you.
Love your enemies, and be perfect, like your Father in Heaven.  Matthew
5:43-48

Nevermind.  I solved my problem.  I changed the line,

#include <pthread.h>

to

#include <pthread/mit/pthread.h>

Do I have to do this?  I thought I only had to include <pthread.h>.

As for my troubles linking with -lpthread, I had to add the symbolic
link,

/lib/libpthread.so --> /lib/libpthread.so.0

which is also a link,

/lib/libpthread.so.0 --> /lib/libpthread.so.0.5

By the way, what is the proper declaration for the pthread_join
function?  My function prototypes say the following:

int pthread_join(pthread_t, void**);

However, SunSoft's document on POSIX 1003.4a/D8 threads say that the
proper declaration for pthread_join is

int pthread_join(pthread_t, int*);

Apparently, the int* refers to the exit status of a thread.  However,
how does one use the void** of the former declaration?
--
Bruce W. Bigby

http://www.frontiernet.net/~bbigby
Rochester, NY
Do for others that which you would have others do for you.
Love your enemies, and be perfect, like your Father in Heaven.  Matthew
5:43-48

[snip]

Quote:

> Nevermind.  I solved my problem.  I changed the line,

> #include <pthread.h>

> to

> #include <pthread/mit/pthread.h>

> Do I have to do this?  I thought I only had to include <pthread.h>.

[snip]
Discovered that I need to define _MIT_POSIX_THREADS in my Makefile:

-D_MIT_POSIX_THREADS

I need some serious documentation.  Gotta go scouting...
--
Bruce W. Bigby

http://www.frontiernet.net/~bbigby
Rochester, NY
Do for others that which you would have others do for you.
Love your enemies, and be perfect, like your Father in Heaven.  Matthew
5:43-48

Quote:> Discovered that I need to define _MIT_POSIX_THREADS in my Makefile:

> -D_MIT_POSIX_THREADS

> I need some serious documentation.  Gotta go scouting...

The appropriate docs come with the LinuxThreads package that you
seem to have installed.  The -D_MIT_POSIX_THREADS define and
in fact all the includes in /usr/include/pthreads/mit are for
a _different_, obsolete user-space thread package.

You probably want to remove /usr/include/pthread.h and replace
it with the pthread.h from LinuxThreads.

Regards,
Wolfram.