/* vim: tabstop=4 noexpandtab shiftwidth=4 * * Multitasking Thrasher * */ #include #include #include #include #include #include int main(int argc, char ** argv) { int nthreads = 2, base_pid = getpid(), npid = -1; if (argc > 1) { /* Read some arguments */ int c; while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "n:")) != -1) { switch (c) { case 'n': nthreads = atoi(optarg); break; default: break; } } } printf("I am pid %d\n", base_pid); printf("Starting %d threads.\n", nthreads); for (int i = 0; i < nthreads; ++i) { int pid = fork(); if (!pid) { while (1) { printf("%c", i + 'A'); fflush(stdout); } } else { npid = pid; } } printf("Done.\n"); return 0; }