how to write multiple threads working simultaneously ?

Hi , How to write multiple threads in a C program ?...and I think pthread_join will join two threads so that when one will be completed than the other will be started ...but what I want is that first one thread shud work than second thread shud work and than again it gives control to the first thread....i.e. the control shud get transfer without killing any of the threads...I hope I am clear....Thnaking you..

You can't control the threads directly (tell the system: now run that thread). But you can have nearly the same result when you use mutexes or semaphores. Semaphores (in general, mutexes can be threated like semaphores) allow only a certain number of threads to run. For example, if a semaphore allows only 3 processes to go, when the fourth one tries to pass, it's stopped until one of the three releases the semaphore. I'm not trying to explain semaphores here, because books are written about them.

In your situation, the following scheme should be Ok:

thread_1        thread_2        thread_3
running

m1.up()
completed     running
              m2.up()
              completed
                                running

The initial state is that m1 and m2 are set to 0 (a thread must wait until the up() operation is performed).

Originally Posted by indian Hi , How to write multiple threads in a C program ?...and I think pthread_join will join two threads so that when one will be completed than the other will be started ...but what I want is that first one thread shud work than second thread shud work and than again it gives control to the first thread....i.e. the control shud get transfer without killing any of the threads...I hope I am clear....Thnaking you..

hi, use semaphores or mutexes(if only two threads) between threads.
system calls are sem_wait and sem_post. for more details see man pages.

Originally Posted by vamsi9042 hi, use semaphores or mutexes(if only two threads) between threads. system calls are sem_wait and sem_post. for more details see man pages.

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