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| Newer page: | version 4 | Last edited on Tuesday, June 4, 2002 12:23:49 am | by perry | |
| Older page: | version 3 | Last edited on Tuesday, June 4, 2002 12:23:49 am | by perry | Revert |
@@ -202,9 +202,9 @@
In the Linux kernel, a kernel-scheduled thread is not a
distinct construct from a process. Instead, a thread is
simply a process that is created using the Linux-unique
clone(2) system call; other routines such as the portable
-__
pthread_create__
(3) call are implemented using
+pthread_create(3) call are implemented using
clone(2). Thus, if two threads A and B are siblings,
then thread A cannot wait on any processes forked by thread
B or its descendents, because an uncle cannot wait on his
nephews. In some other Unix-like systems, where multiple
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@
SVr4, POSIX.1
!!SEE ALSO
-clone(2), signal(2), __
wait4__
(2),
-__
pthread_create__
(3), signal(7)
+clone(2), signal(2), wait4(2),
+pthread_create(3), signal(7)
----
