1GETTID(2)                  Linux Programmer's Manual                 GETTID(2)
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NAME

6       gettid - get thread identification
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SYNOPSIS

9       #include <sys/types.h>
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11       pid_t gettid(void);
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13       Note: There is no glibc wrapper for this system call; see NOTES.
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DESCRIPTION

16       gettid()  returns  the  caller's thread ID (TID).  In a single-threaded
17       process, the thread ID is equal to the process ID (PID, as returned  by
18       getpid(2)).  In a multithreaded process, all threads have the same PID,
19       but each one has a unique TID.  For further details, see the discussion
20       of CLONE_THREAD in clone(2).
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RETURN VALUE

23       On success, returns the thread ID of the calling process.
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ERRORS

26       This call is always successful.
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VERSIONS

29       The gettid() system call first appeared on Linux in kernel 2.4.11.
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CONFORMING TO

32       gettid()  is Linux-specific and should not be used in programs that are
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NOTES

36       Glibc does not provide a wrapper for this system call;  call  it  using
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39       The  thread  ID  returned by this call is not the same thing as a POSIX
40       thread ID (i.e., the opaque value returned by pthread_self(3)).
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SEE ALSO

43       capget(2), clone(2), fcntl(2), fork(2), get_robust_list(2),  getpid(2),
44       ioprio_set(2),   perf_event_open(2),  sched_setaffinity(2),  sched_set‐
45       param(2), sched_setscheduler(2), timer_create(2), tgkill(2)
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COLOPHON

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