A simple pthread example which creates a thread with pthread_create() and
exits with pthread_exit() and pthread_join().
Code for the ptrehad example is listed below.
#include <stdio.h> #include <string.h> #include <pthread.h> pthread_t threads[5]; int done[5]; void *thread_main(void *); int main(void) { int i; int rc; int status; printf("pid=%d\n", getpid()); for (i = 0; i < 5; i++) { done[i] = 0; pthread_create(&threads[i], NULL, &thread_main, (void *)i); printf("%d, %d\n", i, threads[i]); } for (i = 4; i >= 0; i--) { done[i] = 1; rc = pthread_join(threads[i], (void **)&status); if (rc == 0) { printf("Completed join with thread %d status= %d\n",i, status); } else { printf("ERROR; return code from pthread_join() is %d, thread %d\n", rc, i); return -1; } } return 0; } void *thread_main(void *arg) { int i; double result=0.0; printf("therad: %d, %d\n", (int)arg, getpid()); while (!done[(int)arg]) { for (i=0; i < 1000000; i++) { result = result + (double)random(); } printf("thread: %d, result = %e\n", (int)arg, result); } pthread_exit((void *) 0); }