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authorFlorian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>2019-02-02 15:17:02 +0100
committerFlorian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>2019-02-08 11:27:55 +0100
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Linux: Add gettid system call wrapper [BZ #6399]
This commit adds gettid to <unistd.h> on Linux, and not to the
kernel-independent GNU API.

gettid is now supportable on Linux because too many things assume a
1:1 mapping between libpthread threads and kernel threads.

Reviewed-by: Carlos O'Donell <carlos@redhat.com>
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@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ Major new features:
 * The dynamic linker accepts the --preload argument to preload shared
   objects, in addition to the LD_PRELOAD environment variable.
 
+* On Linux, the gettid function has been added.
+
 Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility:
 
 * The functions clock_gettime, clock_getres, clock_settime,