Re: parts of a thread stack mapping, pthread_main_np()

Jason Thorpe <[email protected]> Sat, 25 Apr 2026 06:15:06 -0700

Newsgroups	gmane.os.netbsd.current
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> On Apr 24, 2026, at 11:33 PM, Martin Husemann <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> On Sat, Apr 25, 2026 at 12:28:36AM +0200, Thomas Klausner wrote:
>> I also noticed that NetBSD does not provide pthread_main_np() to
>> identify the main thread of a program; which would be helpful for some
>> code since the stack layouts are different for main and other threads.
>> 
>> Is there a reason for not providing this, or should we just add it?
> 
> My vote: we should just add it.

Yah, I would agree.

-- thorpej