>Well, the main problem is that a call to pth_key_delete() is only
>valid after clearing (with "pth_key_setdata(..., NULL)") the data
>corresponding to this key in *all* threads. Just clearing the key
>in the *current* thread is not sufficient.
I believe the pth_key_***() APIs are used for "thread
local storage". So does it really matter whats the data value
for this key in other threads ?. Please correct me If I am wrong.
I think it would be great if the documentation for Pth
<http://www.gnu.org/software/pth/pth-manual.html>
could explain something about what all the application
should do before destroying a private key.
> Additionally to clearing the data, the corresponding destructor
>has to be called first, too.
I think pth_key_delete() is used to destroy only
a *single key* and not to free the complete memory allocated for
storing the private data values for a thread. So is it required to call
the destructor function from a pth_key_delete () ?
>The question just is: should pth_key_delete() return with e.g. EBUSY
>in case any thread still uses data associated with the key or should
>it instead automatically free all the data associated with it in all
>threads. I personally think pth_key_delete() should return EBUSY.
>Any objections?
I think the pth_key_delete() should be a little more intelligent
rather than asking the application to handle such conditions. Or does
current implementation of these APIs restricts *a thread* from
freeing only a specific key. If that is the case then I think the
pth_key_delete() should return EBUSY.
PS: I am not able see the mails posted after "10/08/2004" in
the Pth mailing list archives.
<http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/maillist.html>.
Does anyone else in this group is facing this problem ?
Regards,
Vinu V
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