#include <pthread.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#define NUM 6
void *thread_function(void *arg);
int main()
{
int res;
pthread_t a_thread[NUM];
void *thread_result;
int index;
for (index = 0; index < NUM; ++index) {
res = pthread_create(&a_thread[index], NULL, thread_function, (void *)index);
if (res != 0)
{
perror("Thread create failed!");
exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
sleep(1);
}
printf("Waiting for threads to finished...\n");
for (index = NUM - 1; index >= 0; --index)
{
res = pthread_join(a_thread[index], &thread_result);
if (res == 0)
{
printf("Picked up a thread:%d\n", index + 1);
}
else
{
perror("pthread_join failed\n");
}
}
printf("All done\n");
exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
}
void *thread_function(void *arg)
{
int my_number = (int)arg;
int rand_num;
printf("thread_function is running. Argument was %d\n", my_number);
rand_num = 1 + (int)(9.0 * rand()/(RAND_MAX + 1.0));
sleep(rand_num);
printf("Bye from %d\n", my_number);
pthread_exit(NULL);
}