On Wed, Dec 02, 2020 at 08:29:15AM +0100, Otto Moerbeek wrote:
> 
> Anyway, here's a man page diff

another man page diff.


Zig upstream said that OpenBSD man page for pthread_join() is a bit
misleading (but they will look to follow the posix way).

pthread_join man page citation:
> When a pthread_join() returns successfully, the target thread has been 
> terminated.

I agree with them that it isn't perfectly accurate, even if POSIX
is saying the same.

When pthread_join() returns successfully, it means that the
synchronization point between pthread_exit() and pthread_join() has
been passed, but the target thread could have not called __threxit()
at this point.

Is a more nuanced statement is desirable ? Or adding a CAVEAT section
to precise it ?


diff 671d91b2e74d462e4a819e4e39e69d9570a7a2b6 /usr/src
blob - feb059b39d2fb0a0261feaefb821277e612f0c5d
file + lib/libpthread/man/pthread_join.3
--- lib/libpthread/man/pthread_join.3
+++ lib/libpthread/man/pthread_join.3
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ by the terminating thread is stored in the location re
 .Fa value_ptr .
 When a
 .Fn pthread_join
-returns successfully, the target thread has been terminated.
+returns successfully, the target thread is about to terminate.
 The results of multiple simultaneous calls to
 .Fn pthread_join
 specifying the same target thread are undefined.


Thanks.
-- 
Sebastien Marie

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