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+/*
+ * (C) 2021 by sysmocom s.f.m.c. GmbH <info@sysmocom.de>
+ * All Rights Reserved
+ *
+ * Author: Pau Espin Pedrol <pespin@sysmocom.de>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program 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 General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ */
+
+/*! \addtogroup thread
+ *  @{
+ * \file thread.c
+ */
+
+/*! \file thread.c
+ */
+
+#include "config.h"
+
+/* If HAVE_GETTID, then "_GNU_SOURCE" may need to be defined to use gettid() */
+#if HAVE_GETTID
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+#endif
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
+#include <osmocom/core/thread.h>
+
+/*! Wrapper around Linux's gettid() to make it easily accessible on different system versions.
+ * If the gettid() API cannot be found, it will use the syscall directly if
+ * available. If no syscall is found available, then getpid() is called as
+ * fallback. See 'man 2 gettid' for further and details information.
+ * \returns This call is always successful and returns returns the thread ID of
+ *          the calling thread (or the process ID of the current process if
+ *          gettid() or its syscall are unavailable in the system).
+ */
+pid_t osmo_gettid(void)
+{
+#if HAVE_GETTID
+	return gettid();
+#elif defined(LINUX) && defined(__NR_gettid)
+	return (pid_t) syscall(__NR_gettid);
+#else
+	#pragma message ("use pid as tid")
+	return getpid();
+#endif
+}