Subj : Re: linux pthread_cancel resource temporarily unavailable
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : loic-dev
Date : Mon Mar 21 2005 03:18 am

Hello Sebastian,

> I have a problem cancelling threads with pthread_cancel under Linux.

[snip]

> This works without problems for a while, but after some time (in
which
> the program does not need to run) it is not possible to cancel sister
> threads anymore and pthread_cancel is returning "resource temporarily
> unavailable" when the program is run the next time.

Could you tell us which libpthreads versions are you using?
LinuxThreads or NPTL?
 
Is the error code returned by pthread_cancel EAGAIN? 

Regards,
Loic.

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