Re: Output of pstree -p <pid> shows threads with different pids

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From	Adam Stanton <adamstanton1979@gmail.com>
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Subject	Re: Output of pstree -p <pid> shows threads with different pids
Date	Wed, 5 Nov 2014 11:52:36 -0800
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On Wed, 05 Nov 2014 19:34:57 +0000
Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> wrote:

> Adam Stanton <adamstanton1979@gmail.com> writes:
> > True enough, but why are the pids different? If these are threads,
> > then should the pids be the same as the process?
> 
> Oh, apologies, I completely misinterpreted what you were asking.  The
> values attached to the threads will be thread IDs, not PIDs.  See ‘man
> gettid’ and (in particular) the CLONE_THREAD section of ‘man clone’.
> 

Ahh, makes perfect sense now (although docs could clear up the
ambiguity for those particular tools), thanks so much!

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Output of pstree -p <pid> shows threads with different pids Adam Stanton <adamstanton1979@gmail.com> - 2014-11-05 09:44 -0800
  Re: Output of pstree -p <pid> shows threads with different pids Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2014-11-05 18:23 +0000
    Re: Output of pstree -p <pid> shows threads with different pids Adam Stanton <adamstanton1979@gmail.com> - 2014-11-05 11:05 -0800
      Re: Output of pstree -p <pid> shows threads with different pids Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2014-11-05 19:34 +0000
        Re: Output of pstree -p <pid> shows threads with different pids Adam Stanton <adamstanton1979@gmail.com> - 2014-11-05 11:52 -0800

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