[PD-dev] How to pass indeterminate args to a thread

[Martin Peach]

B. Bogart wrote:
 >
 > I'm now getting a segfault when trying to access a member of the
 > structure in the thread function:
 >
 > #0  0xf7d531cb in strlen () from /lib/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
 > #1  0xf7d1f648 in vfprintf () from /lib/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
 > #2  0xf7d43e04 in vsnprintf () from /lib/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
 > #3  0x080c68d6 in post (fmt=0xf7f7db5a "My symbol: %s")
 >     at s_print.c:51
 > #4  0xf7f7d829 in mythread ()
 >    from /home/bbogart/src/gphoto/src/pd-external/gphoto2.pd_linux
 >
 > The way I'm trying to access the member is as follows:
 >
 > post("My symbol: %s", ((struct floatArgStruct *)threadArgs)->s->s_name);
 >

You called pthread_create() with &threadargs:
     ret = pthread_create( &thread1, NULL, mythread, &threadArgs);
when you probably should just use threadargs, since it's already a pointer.
Or else you need to dereference the handle:
     post("My symbol: %s",
         ((*(struct floatArgStruct**))threadArgs)->s->s_name);

Martin