Re: CreateThread using malloc

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From: Larry Salomon, Jr.
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 21:54

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In <jj91eqk@twilight.wpd.sgi.com>, fanj@remb6489.wpd.sgi.com (Fan Jiao) writes:
>
>I was using CreateThread call to create several threads.  Before that I was
>using 'malloc' to create the stack which is needed as one of the parameters
>for 'CreateThread' call.

I assume you mean DosCreateThread.

>I donot know if use of 'malloc' is proper.  I also looked into the
>use of 'DosAllocSeg'.  And I got "wrong ring level" error msg while using
>'DosAllocSeg'.

If you are writing a 16-bit application, DosAllocSeg should work.  Are
you passing it the proper parameters?  If you are writing a 32-bit
application, DosCreateThread will create the stack for you, so you don't
need to do it.

Cheers,
Larry Salomon, Jr. (aka 'Q')            LARRYS@YKTVMV.BITNET
OS/2 Applications and Tools             larrys@watson.ibm.com
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center         larrys@ibmman.watson.ibm.com
Yorktown Heights, NY                    larrys@ibmman2.watson.ibm.com

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