Subj : problem with pthread_kill
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : martinacevedo
Date : Fri Jul 15 2005 05:35 pm

Hello, I=B4m implementing an multithread application under linux with
gcc and kdevelop. I use  pthread library from linux to handle threads
and mutex. My question is how can my program detect if a thread struct
is still valid or active.... I use a library  that call a function
pthread_kill (threadID,0) in order to detect if a thread is alive but
when the thread is invalid(I thinks is invalid), it causes a
segmentation fault, the program runs on mandriva linux xeon p4 dual
processor. there is another function that can detect the validity of
the struct

Ex:
if (threadID=3D=3D0)
    return FALSE;


if (pthread_kill(threadID,0)!=3D0) //<< Program crashes
{
..=2E...
  return TRUE;=20


}=20


else=20
{=20
..=2E....=20
  return FALSE;=20

}=20


Thanks

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