Don't know why all the white space in the code turned intro "?". Hopefully this is better: #include <pthread.h> #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <unistd.h> #define checkResults(string, val) { \ if (val) { \ printf("Failed with %d at %s", val, string); \ exit(1); \ } \ } #define NUMTHREADS 5 pthread_once_t oneTimeInit = PTHREAD_ONCE_INIT; int initialized = 0; int resource = 0; void initFunction(void) { printf("Thread %.8x %.8x: INITIALIZE RESOURCE\n"); initialized = 1; resource = 42; printf("Thread %.8x %.8x: initialized is>>> %d\n", pthread_self(), initialized); } void *theThread(void *parm) { int rc; printf("Thread %.8x %.8x: Entered\n", pthread_self()); //if (!initialized) { rc = pthread_once(&oneTimeInit, initFunction); checkResults("pthread_once()\n", rc); //} printf("Thread %.8x %.8x: The resource is %d\n", pthread_self(), resource); return NULL; } int main(int argc, char **argv) { pthread_t thread[NUMTHREADS]; int rc=0; int i; printf("Enter Testcase - %s\n", argv[0]); printf("Create/start threads\n"); for (i=0; i <NUMTHREADS; ++i) { rc = pthread_create(&thread[i], NULL, theThread, NULL); checkResults("pthread_create()\n", rc); } printf("Wait for the threads to complete, and release their resources\n"); for (i=0; i <NUMTHREADS; ++i) { rc = pthread_join(thread[i], NULL); checkResults("pthread_join()\n", rc); } printf("Main completed\n"); return 0; } On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 12:59 PM, Jan Chludzinski <jan.chludzinski@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > The code below appears to have incorrect behavior. The output is: > > $ ./a.exe > Enter Testcase - ./a > Create/start threads > Thread 009e0290 00000000: Entered > Thread 009f0320 00000000: Entered > Thread 009f03a8 00000000: Entered > Thread 18dbce64 00000000: INITIALIZE RESOURCE > Wait for the threads to complete, and release their resources > Thread 009f0430 00000000: Entered > Thread 00a104f8 00000000: Entered > Thread 009e0290 00000001: resource is>>> 0 > Thread 009e0290 0000002a: The resource is 0 > Thread 009f0320 0000002a: The resource is 0 > Thread 009f03a8 0000002a: The resource is 0 > Thread 009f0430 0000002a: The resource is 0 > Thread 00a104f8 0000002a: The resource is 0 > Main completed > > If I understand pthread_once(...) correctly, the output should be: > > Thread ... ...: The resource is 42 > > for all threads. The really strange thing is the printf(...) in > initFunction(). This should print "resource is>>> 42" but I get: > "resource is>>> 0". > > What's up? > > I'm using Cygwin 1.7 on Windows 7 with gcc (GCC) 4.3.4 20090804 (release) 1. > > ---John > > > //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > > #include <pthread.h> > #include <stdio.h> > #include <stdlib.h> > #include <unistd.h> > > #define checkResults(string, val) { \ > if (val) { \ > printf("Failed with %d at %s", val, string); \ > exit(1); \ > } \ > } > > #define NUMTHREADS 5 > pthread_once_t oneTimeInit = PTHREAD_ONCE_INIT; > int initialized = 0; > int resource = 0; > > void initFunction(void) > { > printf("Thread %.8x %.8x: INITIALIZE RESOURCE\n"); > initialized = 1; > resource = 42; > printf("Thread %.8x %.8x: resource is>>> %d\n", > pthread_self(), resource); > } > > void *theThread(void *parm) > { > int rc; > printf("Thread %.8x %.8x: Entered\n", pthread_self()); > //if (!initialized) { > rc = pthread_once(&oneTimeInit, initFunction); > checkResults("pthread_once()\n", rc); > //} > printf("Thread %.8x %.8x: The resource is %d\n", > pthread_self(), resource); > return NULL; > } > > int main(int argc, char **argv) > { > pthread_t thread[NUMTHREADS]; > int rc=0; > int i; > > printf("Enter Testcase - %s\n", argv[0]); > > printf("Create/start threads\n"); > for (i=0; i <NUMTHREADS; ++i) { > rc = pthread_create(&thread[i], NULL, theThread, NULL); > checkResults("pthread_create()\n", rc); > } > > printf("Wait for the threads to complete, and release their resources\n"); > for (i=0; i <NUMTHREADS; ++i) { > rc = pthread_join(thread[i], NULL); > checkResults("pthread_join()\n", rc); > } > > printf("Main completed\n"); > return 0; > }