PTHREAD_KILL_OTHER_THREADS_NP

Section: Linux Programmer's Manual (3)
Updated: 2009-01-28
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NAME

pthread_kill_other_threads_np - terminate all other threads in process

SYNOPSIS

#include <pthread.h>

void pthread_kill_other_threads_np(void);

DESCRIPTION

pthread_kill_other_threads_np() only has an effect in the LinuxThreads threading implementation. On that implementation, calling this function causes the immediate termination of all threads in the application, except the calling thread. The cancellation state and cancellation type of the to-be-terminated threads are ignored, and the cleanup handlers are not called in those threads.

CONFORMING TO

This function is a non-standard GNU extension.

NOTES

pthread_kill_other_threads_np() is intended to be called just before a thread calls execve(2) or a similar function. This function is designed to address a limitation in the obsolete LinuxThreads implementation whereby the other threads of an application are not automatically terminated (as POSIX.1-2001 requires) during execve(2).

In the NPTL threading implementation, pthread_kill_other_threads_np() exists, but does nothing. (Nothing needs to be done, because the implementation does the right thing during an execve(2).)

COLOPHON

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