Subj : Re: pthreads - cancellation
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : plinius
Date : Sun Aug 21 2005 07:43 am


David Schwartz schreef:

> <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.
What do you mean?
Suppose, I have:
1)thread A: blocking receive (so I can't shutdown from A self, since
it's blocked...)
2)thread B: wants to restart thread A.
> > 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.
Thanks, but the library is mpi, which doesn't has a
"shutdown"-operation...
> 
>     DS

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