Subj : Re: trying to make own version of pthread_exit()
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : JS
Date : Thu Mar 24 2005 12:12 am

> You are implementing a thread system, right?  You need to do
> whatever is necessary to make the control "evaporate" and leave
> behind an appropriate trail.
>
> One common way to do that is to enter the thread runtime, remove the
> thread from any ready lists it might be on, leave some breadcrumbs
> in the thread control structure that it's gone, and do a context
> switch.
>
> >http://www.llnl.gov/computing/tutorials/pthreads/man/pthread_exit.txt
> >
>
>http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r2/ic2924/index.htm?info/apis/users
_16.htm
> >
> >http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007908799/xsh/pthread_exit.html
> >
> >http://www2.yo-linux.com/cgi-bin/man.cgi?section=all&topic=pthread_exit
>
> Those are all user-level "how do I call it" guides, not details of
> how to implement it.
>
> Don't take this wrong:  Are you sure you're up to this?

Hehe well I just wanted to know where the right place to start is. Then I
can always see if it gets to complicated...but I guess there is standard way
to begin I just don't know where that is.

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