On 2020-02-24 16:03, Matthew Dempsky wrote: > On Mon, Feb 24, 2020 at 3:32 PM Colin Percival <cperc...@tarsnap.com > <mailto:cperc...@tarsnap.com>> wrote: > > I'm wondering if anyone has a clear answer for how pthread_cancel should > behave if called on a thread which has called pthread_exit (including an > implicit call by reaching the end of its start_routine) but has not yet > been the target of pthread_join. > > In particular, is it appropriate to return ESRCH in this case? > > I don't think so, no. For joinable threads, the thread ID is valid until > pthread_join() is called. Otherwise, pthread_join() would itself would be very > difficult to use safely. Note that the same rationale text appears under > pthread_join.
Assuming that this is the consensus (I don't see anyone disagreeing): Is there anyone here from the Linux world who can get it fixed? ;-) -- Colin Percival Security Officer Emeritus, FreeBSD | The power to serve Founder, Tarsnap | www.tarsnap.com | Online backups for the truly paranoid
