[SOLVED] Linux threads are not working in ubuntu

Hi guys! This is vamsi krishna from india.

I'm using ubuntu 10.10.
I am trying to write a multithread program on ubuntu using C. My program is compiled fine. But only main thread is working but not the new thread. I suspect pthread_create might be failing, but it's fine. Could anybody please let me know the problem. It is the same case with centos also.

my program is:


/**********************************************************
** create.c program starts here **/
#include <stdio.h>
#include <pthread.h>

void *thFun(void *arg)
{
printf("creating new thread \n");
}

int main()
{
pthread_t th;
if(pthread_create(&th, NULL, thFun, NULL))
{
perror("create");
return;
}
printf("main\n");
}
/************************end*****************************/

compilation:
gcc -D_REENTRANT -g -Wall create.c -lpthread


I searched over net for the problem but, I couldn't get any solution in this regards.

Please get me a solution for this.

Thanks in advance.

Your problem is that your main thread exits (and kill the program) BEFORE the othre thread has chance to run.
add a getchar() just before closing brace in main and you'll see.

Originally Posted by vadiml Your problem is that your main thread exits (and kill the program) BEFORE the othre thread has chance to run. add a getchar() just before closing brace in main and you'll see.

Thak you very much

Originally Posted by vamsi9042 Thak you very much

Can you mark this thread as RESOLVED please?

Thanks