/***********************************************************************
* Code listing from "Advanced Linux Programming," by CodeSourcery LLC *
* Copyright (C) 2001 by New Riders Publishing *
* See COPYRIGHT for license information. *
***********************************************************************/
#include
#include
#include
/* The key used to assocate a log file pointer with each thread. */
static pthread_key_t thread_log_key;
/* Write MESSAGE to the log file for the current thread. */
void write_to_thread_log (const char* message)
{
FILE* thread_log = (FILE*) pthread_getspecific (thread_log_key);
fprintf (thread_log, "%s\n", message);
}
/* Close the log file pointer THREAD_LOG. */
void close_thread_log (void* thread_log)
{
fclose ((FILE*) thread_log);
}
void* thread_function (void* args)
{
char thread_log_filename[20];
FILE* thread_log;
/* Generate the filename for this thread's log file. */
sprintf (thread_log_filename, "thread%d.log", (int) pthread_self ());
/* Open the log file. */
thread_log = fopen (thread_log_filename, "w");
/* Store the file pointer in thread-specific data under thread_log_key. */
pthread_setspecific (thread_log_key, thread_log);
write_to_thread_log ("Thread starting.");
/* Do work here... */
return NULL;
}
int main ()
{
int i;
pthread_t threads[5];
/* Create a key to associate thread log file pointers in
thread-specific data. Use close_thread_log to clean up the file
pointers. */
pthread_key_create (&thread_log_key, close_thread_log);
/* Create threads to do the work. */
for (i = 0; i < 5; ++i)
pthread_create (&(threads[i]), NULL, thread_function, NULL);
/* Wait for all threads to finish. */
for (i = 0; i < 5; ++i)
pthread_join (threads[i], NULL);
return 0;
}