/*
 This code is taken from
 an article written by Daniel Robbins, President/CEO Gentoo Technologies
 available at http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/articles/l-posix2.xml
*/

#include <pthread.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdio.h>

int myglobal;
pthread_mutex_t mymutex=PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;

void *thread_function(void *arg) {
  int i,j;
  for ( i=0; i<20; i++ ) {
    pthread_mutex_lock(&mymutex);
    j=myglobal;
    j=j+1;
    printf(".");
    fflush(stdout);
   sleep(1);
    myglobal=j;
    pthread_mutex_unlock(&mymutex);
  }
  return NULL;
}

int main(void) {

  pthread_t mythread;
  int i;

  if ( pthread_create( &mythread, NULL, thread_function, NULL) ) {
    printf("error creating thread.");
    abort();
  }

  for ( i=0; i<20; i++) {
    pthread_mutex_lock(&mymutex);
    myglobal=myglobal+1;
    pthread_mutex_unlock(&mymutex);
    printf("o");
    fflush(stdout);
    sleep(1);
  }

  if ( pthread_join ( mythread, NULL ) ) {
    printf("error joining thread.");
    abort();
  }

  printf("\nmyglobal equals %d\n",myglobal);

  exit(0);

}