Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:50:50 -0600 | From | Chris Friesen <> | Subject | Re: while_each_thread() under rcu_read_lock() is broken? |
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On 06/24/2010 12:07 PM, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> 3. The thread-group leader might do pthread_exit(), removing itself > from the thread group -- and might do so while the hapless reader > is referencing that thread. > > But isn't this prohibited? Or is it really legal to do a > pthread_create() to create a new thread and then have the > parent thread call pthread_exit()? Not something I would > consider trying in my own code! Well, I might, just to > be perverse, but... ;-)
I believe SUS allows the main thread to explicitly call pthread_exit(), leaving the other threads to run. If the main() routine just returns then it implicitly calls exit().
Chris
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