Subj : Re: Killing threads
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : Phil Frisbie, Jr.
Date : Wed Aug 17 2005 12:38 am

Srini Palthepu wrote:

>>Why not add the logic to the threads to detect a timed out condition and clean 
>>up after themselves?
> 
> How do a thread that is blocked doing the work
> detect timeout?

By blocking on functions that allow a time-out, like select(). And maybe 
breaking up the work into smaller units to see if the client closed the 
connection because you took too long to get back to them.

> In my case, the main thread gets a
> reset request from client upon timeout.

How can the main thread get a reset request from the client if the client is 
timing out? Tell us more about your architecture and maybe we can be more help.

-- 
Phil Frisbie, Jr.
Hawk Software
http://www.hawksoft.com

.