Subj : Re: trying to learn pthreads
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : Eric Sosman
Date : Fri Mar 18 2005 01:38 pm



Beau Elliott wrote:
> [...]
> When I run the program, it prompts for the value to be read in, however
> I get a segmentation fault afterwards...can anyone tell me why?

    You've got a C error, not a threading problem.

> #include <pthread.h>
> #include <stdio.h>
> 
> struct tdata{
> 
> 	int level;
> 	int left[2];
> 	int right[2];
> };
> 
> void *test(void *data){
> 
> 	tdata *temp;
> 	temp = (struct tdata *)data;
> 
> 	//printf("%d", temp->level);
> 
> 	printf("Please type in an integer: ");
> 	scanf("%d", temp->level);

        scanf("%d", &temp->level);

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