1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/absl/base/internal/sysinfo.h b/absl/base/internal/sysinfo.h
index 7246d5dd..119cf1f0 100644
--- a/absl/base/internal/sysinfo.h
+++ b/absl/base/internal/sysinfo.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 
 #include <cstdint>
 
+#include "absl/base/config.h"
 #include "absl/base/port.h"
 
 namespace absl {
@@ -59,6 +60,13 @@ using pid_t = uint32_t;
 #endif
 pid_t GetTID();
 
+// Like GetTID(), but caches the result in thread-local storage in order
+// to avoid unnecessary system calls. Note that there are some cases where
+// one must call through to GetTID directly, which is why this exists as a
+// separate function. For example, GetCachedTID() is not safe to call in
+// an asynchronous signal-handling context nor right after a call to fork().
+pid_t GetCachedTID();
+
 }  // namespace base_internal
 ABSL_NAMESPACE_END
 }  // namespace absl