README.md

libpthread

by Joshua M. Kriegshauser (jkriegshauser -at- gmail -dot- com)

A (mostly-)lockless pthread implementation for x86/64 Windows (PC and Xbox One). POSIX.1 standards compliant.

Non-portable extension functions are suffixed with _np

Getting Started

A simple example:

#include <Windows.h>
#include <pthread.h>
#include <stdio.h>

pthread_key_t key;

void* simple_test(void* arg)
{
	pthread_setname_np(pthread_self(), "simple-test");
	pthread_setspecific(key, (void*)GetCurrentThreadId());
	printf("Hello world threaded! (%p)\n", arg);

	pthread_exit((void*)0xc0de2bad);
	return (void*)1;
}

void destructor(void* val)
{
	printf("Destructor! Thread(%p) val(%p) tls(%p)\n", pthread_self(), val, pthread_getspecific(key));
}

int main(int argc, char** argv)
{
	pthread_setname_np(pthread_self(), "main-thread");

	pthread_key_create(&key, &destructor);
	pthread_setspecific(key, (void*)GetCurrentThreadId());

	pthread_t t;
	pthread_create(&t, nullptr, simple_test, (void*)0xbaadc0de);
	void* output;
	pthread_join(t, &output);

	printf("Thread returned: %p\n", output);
	return 0;
}