Subj : Re: pthread_kill strange error
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : ptjm
Date : Sun Jan 16 2005 04:24 pm

In article <2f47c0e6.0407071054.30541db0@posting.google.com>,
Emmanuel STAPF [ISE] <manus@eiffel.com> wrote:

% I'm running a Red Hat 7.2/7.3 and when I call `pthread_kill (thread_id, 9)' I
% get an error code of `1' which does not match either EINVAL or ESRCH. What does
% it mean?

You should know that the pthread implementation in that version of the
OS is not POSIX compliant, so you shouldn't be too surprised by unexpected
return codes.

Sending signal 9 to a thread is supposed to kill your entire process.
To get rid of a single thread, you should use pthread_cancel.



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Patrick TJ McPhee
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ptjm@interlog.com

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