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.
SEE ALSO
pthread_create(3), pthread_equal(3), pthread_np(3), pthread_self(3)
AUTHORS
This manual page was written by Alexey Zelkin ⟨[email protected]⟩.