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This document discusses implementing POSIX threads in C programs. It describes the pthread_create and pthread_join functions used to create and wait for POSIX threads. It also provides a sample code that creates threads to run a function and joins the threads.

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Help For Assignment 8

This document discusses implementing POSIX threads in C programs. It describes the pthread_create and pthread_join functions used to create and wait for POSIX threads. It also provides a sample code that creates threads to run a function and joins the threads.

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Assignment 8: POSIX Threads

Implementing POSIX threads in a C program:

C function used to create POSIX threads:


#include <pthread.h>
void* start_routine(void *);
int pthread_create(pthread_t *thread, const pthread_attr_t
*attr, void *(*start_routine) (void *), void *arg);

C function used to wait for POSIX threads to end and rejoin parent
process:
#include <pthread.h>
int pthread_join(pthread_t thread, void **retval);

Sample code:
void* pth_body(void *args) {
// here give the code for leap year check
printf("Thread number: %d\n", *((int *)args));
}
int main() {
pthread_t thread; // an id for a pthread
int count = 0;
while(1) {
count++;
// create a thread with pth_body as the function it
executes
pthread_create(&thread, NULL, &pth_body, &count);
//wait for the thread to terminate
pthread_join(thread, NULL);
sleep(1); // to slow down the outputs
}
}
Output:

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