Subj : Re: asynchronous cancel vs calling pthread_exit in signal handler
To   : comp.unix.programmer,comp.programming.threads
From : Ben Hutchings
Date : Sun Apr 24 2005 12:37 am

Alexander Terekhov wrote:
> 
> 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.

Right - but this doesn't seem to apply in the OP's situation.

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