Subj : Re: asynchronous cancel vs calling pthread_exit in signal handler
To   : comp.unix.programmer,comp.programming.threads
From : Alexander Terekhov
Date : Sat Apr 23 2005 02:54 am


Ben Hutchings wrote:
[...]
> functions in the latest version of SUS.  In any case exiting a
> thread from a signal handler is liable to leave shared data in
> an invalid state, just like asynchronous cancellation.

Except that properly coded async regions take care of bringing 
the shared state to a valid state using cancellation cleanup 
handlers.

regards,
alexander.

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