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<title>Threads do not necessarily start before pthread_create() returns</title>
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<h2>Threads do not necessarily start before pthread_create() returns</h2>
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<p>A thread may or may not start running before the return from <strong>
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pthread_create</strong>(). Depending on the amount of time left in the creating
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threads, time slice, and the other activity on the system, the creating thread
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may return before the new thread runs.</p>
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<p>The thread implementations of some systems guarantee a certain ordered
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behavior for thread creation versus the execution of the first statement in the
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new thread. On the iSeries, it is unknown which happens first, the execution of
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the first instruction in the new thread or the return from <strong>
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pthread_create</strong>().</p>
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<p>The following example shows an incorrectly written application.</p>
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<p>See <a href="../apiref/aboutapis.htm#codedisclaimer">Code disclaimer information</a>
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for information pertaining to code examples.</p>
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<pre>
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#define _MULTI_THREADED
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#include <pthread.h>
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#include <stdio.h>
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#include "check.h"
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pthread_t thread
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void *threadfunc(void *parm)
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{
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pthread_id_np_t tid;
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#error "This is an ERROR."
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#error "The 'thread' variable is shared between threads"
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#error "and must be protected by a mutex."
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pthread_getunique_np(&thread, &tid);
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printf("Thread 0x%.8x %.8x started\n", tid);
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return NULL;
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}
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int main(int argc, char **argv)
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{
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int rc=0;
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printf("Enter Testcase - %s\n", argv[0]);
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#error "This is an ERROR."
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#error "The order of thread thread startup, and return from"
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#error "the pthread_create() API is NOT deterministic."
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rc = pthread_create(&thread, NULL, threadfunc, NULL);
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checkResults("pthread_create(NULL)\n", rc);
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/* sleep() isn't a very robust way to wait for the thread */
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sleep(5);
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printf("Main completed\n");
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return 0;
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}
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