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.TH GETTID 2 2008-01-12 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
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.SH NAME
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gettid \- get thread identification
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.nf
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.B #include <sys/types.h>
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.B pid_t gettid(void);
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.fi
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.BR gettid ()
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returns the caller's thread ID (TID).
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In a single-threaded process, the thread ID
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is equal to the process ID (PID, as returned by
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.BR getpid (2)).
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In a multithreaded process, all threads
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have the same PID, but each one has a unique TID.
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For further details, see the discussion of
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.BR CLONE_THREAD
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in
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.BR clone (2).
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.SH "RETURN VALUE"
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On success, returns the thread ID of the calling process.
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.SH ERRORS
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This call is always successful.
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.SH "CONFORMING TO"
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.BR gettid ()
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is Linux-specific and should not be used in programs that
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are intended to be portable.
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.SH NOTES
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Glibc does not provide a wrapper for this system call; call it using
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.BR syscall (2).
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The thread ID returned by this call is not the same thing as a
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POSIX thread ID (i.e., the opaque value returned by
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.BR pthread_self (3)).
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR clone (2),
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.BR fork (2),
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.BR getpid (2)
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