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+/* System-specific extensions of <unistd.h>, Linux version.
+ Copyright (C) 2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+ The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+ The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+ <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
+
+#ifndef _UNISTD_H
+# error "Never include <bits/unistd_ext.h> directly; use <unistd.h> instead."
+#endif
+
+#ifdef __USE_GNU
+
+/* Return the kernel thread ID (TID) of the current thread. The
+ returned value is not subject to caching. Most Linux system calls
+ accept a TID in place of a PID. Using the TID to change properties
+ of a thread that has been created using pthread_create can lead to
+ undefined behavior (comparable to manipulating file descriptors
+ directly that have not been created explicitly). Note that a TID
+ uniquely identifies a thread only while this thread is running; a
+ TID can be reused once a thread has exited, even if the thread is
+ not detached and has not been joined. */
+extern __pid_t gettid (void) __THROW;
+
+#endif