Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751023AbWHTRjh (ORCPT ); Sun, 20 Aug 2006 13:39:37 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751024AbWHTRjh (ORCPT ); Sun, 20 Aug 2006 13:39:37 -0400 Received: from relay02.pair.com ([209.68.5.16]:11528 "HELO relay02.pair.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751015AbWHTRjg (ORCPT ); Sun, 20 Aug 2006 13:39:36 -0400 X-pair-Authenticated: 71.197.50.189 From: Chase Venters To: "Irfan Habib" Subject: Re: Where is pthreads implemented? Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2006 12:39:11 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.4 Cc: "Linux kernel" References: <3420082f0608201035m2c45731biba0c2b095d3a2e86@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <3420082f0608201035m2c45731biba0c2b095d3a2e86@mail.gmail.com> Organization: Clientec, Inc. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200608201239.34415.chase.venters@clientec.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 541 Lines: 17 On Sunday 20 August 2006 12:35, Irfan Habib wrote: > Hi, > > Where is pthreads implemented in a linux system? Is it in some user > libraries or in the kernel? > You want the Native Posix Thread Library from glibc. The kernel's work is mostly via the clone() and futex() syscalls. Thanks, Chase - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/