Subj : Re: pthreads - cancellation
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : David Schwartz
Date : Sat Aug 20 2005 11:07 pm


<plinius@gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:1124588034.657514.267800@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...

> Is it possible to stop a thread from another one?

    Just code that other thread to stop. Threads are not at war with each 
other, they're all running code that you write. So just code each thread to 
do what you want.

> Suppose I have the following case: A,B,C are blocked by a recv.
> The communicator of B changes. D wants to kill and restart thread B so
> that it's healthy again.
>
> How should I do that?

    Call 'shutdown' on the socket it's blocked on.

    DS

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