From: Andy Polyakov <appro@openssl.org>
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 17:59:42 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Linux is almost the only one where getpid() == thread-id. IRIX is
X-Git-Tag: OpenSSL_0_9_5beta2~50
X-Git-Url: https://git.openssl.org/?p=openssl.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=e0b8b39f3a4cfbaf6e79a7db379e6d5af589835d

Linux is almost the only one where getpid() == thread-id. IRIX is
another one, but only if you stick to sproc(2).
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diff --git a/doc/crypto/threads.pod b/doc/crypto/threads.pod
index 5f351a166a..5da056f3f8 100644
--- a/doc/crypto/threads.pod
+++ b/doc/crypto/threads.pod
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ lock. They can be useful for debugging.
 
 id_function(void) is a function that returns a thread ID. It is not
 needed on Windows nor on platforms where getpid() returns a different
-ID for each thread.
+ID for each thread (most notably Linux).
 
 =head1 RETURN VALUES