The following code is a simple thread game, that switches between threads causing the timer to decrease.

It works fine for 3 threads, causes and Abort(core dumped) for 4 threads, and causes a seg fault for 5 or more threads.

Anyone have any idea why this might be happening?

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <pthread.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <assert.h>

int volatile num_of_threads;
int volatile time_per_round;
int volatile time_left;
int volatile turn_id;
int volatile thread_running;
int volatile can_check;
void *  player (void * id_in){
 int id= (int)id_in;
 while(1){
  if(can_check){
   if (time_left<=0){
    break;
   }
   can_check=0;
   if(thread_running){
    if(turn_id==id-1){
     turn_id=random()%num_of_threads;
     time_left--;
    }
   }
   can_check=1;
  }
 }
 pthread_exit(NULL);
}
int main(int argc, char *args[]){
 int i;
 int buffer;
 pthread_t * threads =(pthread_t *)malloc(num_of_threads*sizeof(pthread_t));
 thread_running=0;
 num_of_threads=atoi(args[1]);
 can_check=0;
 time_per_round = atoi(args[2]);
 time_left=time_per_round;
 srandom(time(NULL));
 //Create Threads
 for (i=0;i<num_of_threads;i++){
  do{
  buffer=pthread_create(&threads[i],NULL,player,(void *)(i+1));
  }while(buffer == EAGAIN);
 }
 can_check=1;

 time_left=time_per_round;
 turn_id=random()%num_of_threads;
 thread_running=1;

 for (i=0;i<num_of_threads;i++){
  assert(!pthread_join(threads[i], NULL));
 }
 return 0;
}