#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <pthread.h>
void *thread_function(void *arg);
char message[] = "hello,world";
int main()
{
int res;
pthread_t a_thread;
void * thread_result;
res = pthread_create(&a_thread, NULL, thread_function,(void*)message);
if(res != 0)
{
perror("Thread creation failed");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
printf("waiting for thread to finish...\n");
res = pthread_join(a_thread, &thread_result);
if(res != 0){
perror("Thread join failed");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
printf("thread joined, it returned %s\n", (char*)thread_result);
printf("message is now %s\n", message);
exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
}
void *thread_function(void* arg){
printf("thread_function is running, argument is %s\n", (char*)arg);
sleep(3);
strcpy(message,"GoodBye!");
pthread_exit("Thank you for the CPU time");
}
[output]
$ cc -D_REENTRANT thread1.c -o thread1 -lpthread
$ ./thread1
waiting for thread to finish...
thread_function is running, argument is hello,world
thread joined, it returned Thank you for the CPU time
message is now GoodBye!