PTHREAD_KILL_OTHER_THREADS_Linux Programmer's PTHREAD_KILL_OTHER_THREADS_NP(3)NAMEpthread_kill_other_threads_np - terminate all other threads in process
SYNOPSIS
#include <pthread.h>
void pthread_kill_other_threads_np(void);
DESCRIPTIONpthread_kill_other_threads_np() only has an effect in the LinuxThreads
threading implementation. On that implementation, calling this func‐
tion causes the immediate termination of all threads in the applica‐
tion, except the calling thread. The cancellation state and cancella‐
tion 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.
NOTESpthread_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 implemen‐
tation whereby the other threads of an application are not automati‐
cally 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).)
SEE ALSOexecve(2), pthread_setcancelstate(3), pthread_setcanceltype(3),
pthread_cancel(3), pthreads(7)COLOPHON
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Linux 2009-01-28 PTHREAD_KILL_OTHER_THREADS_NP(3)
