Subj : Re: pthread_create and memory
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : Sam Siegel
Date : Sat Mar 12 2005 11:56 am

Bluejack wrote:
> On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 12:55:31 GMT, Gio67 <urmeteng@tiscali.it> wrote:
> 
>> I have an other request: do you know any api of kernel to know the  
>> status of
>> the threads ??
> 
> 
> Depending on what you mean by "status" the api you are probably looking
> for is pthread_join():
> 
>   http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007908799/xsh/pthread_join.html
> 
> It sounds like you could use a decent reference manual. Although it's
> not comprehensive, this is a good place to start:
> 
>   
> http://www.llnl.gov/computing/tutorials/workshops/workshop/pthreads/MAIN.html 
> 
> 
> -bluejack

If your design does not require you to syncronise at thread-end using 
pthread_join to reclaim its resources, use the correct combinations of 
pthread_attr_init, pthread_attr_destroy and pthread_attr_setdetachstate 
to set each new thread to PTHREAD_CREATE_DETACHED before using 
pthread_create.  In this fashion using pthread_join is not allowed and 
system-level thread specific resources assoicated the pthread_create 
will be automatically reclaimed at thread-end.

http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007908799/xsh/pthread.h.html

Sam

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