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PTHREAD_CANCEL(3)

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NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     pthread_cancel - cancel execution of a thread

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     #include <pthread.h>

     int
     pthread_cancel(pthread_t thread);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     The pthread_cancel() function requests that thread  be  cancelled.  The
     target thread's cancelability state and type determines when
the cancellation
 takes effect.  When the cancellation is acted on, the
cancellation
     cleanup  handlers for thread are called.  When the last cancellation
     cleanup handler returns, the thread-specific data destructor
functions
     will  be  called for thread.  When the last destructor function returns,
     thread will be terminated.

     The cancellation processing in the target thread runs  asynchronously with
     respect    to    the    calling    thread   returning   from
pthread_cancel().

     A status  of  PTHREAD_CANCELED  is  made  available  to  any
threads joining
     with the target.  The symbolic constant PTHREAD_CANCELED expands to a
     constant expression of type (void *) whose value matches  no
pointer to an
     object in memory nor the value NULL.

RETURN VALUES    [Toc]    [Back]

     If  successful,  the  pthread_cancel() functions will return
zero.  Otherwise
 an error number will be returned to indicate the error.

ERRORS    [Toc]    [Back]

     pthread_cancel() will fail if:

     [ESRCH]       No thread could be found corresponding to that
specified by
                   the given thread ID.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

      
      
     pthread_cleanup_pop(3), pthread_cleanup_push(3), pthread_exit(3),
     pthread_join(3),   pthread_setcancelstate(3),   pthread_setcanceltype(3),
     pthread_testcancel(3)

STANDARDS    [Toc]    [Back]

     pthread_cancel()    conforms    to    ISO/IEC    9945-1:1996
(``POSIX'').

OpenBSD      3.6                         January     17,     1999
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