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-.TH PTHREAD_KILL_OTHER_THREADS_NP 3 LinuxThreads
-
-.SH NAME
-pthread_kill_other_threads_np \- terminate all threads in program except calling thread
-
-.SH SYNOPSIS
-#include <pthread.h>
-
-void pthread_kill_other_threads_np(void);
-
-.SH DESCRIPTION
-!pthread_kill_other_threads_np! is a non-portable LinuxThreads extension.
-It causes all threads in the program to terminate immediately, except
-the calling thread which proceeds normally. It is intended to be
-called just before a thread calls one of the !exec! functions,
-e.g. !execve!(2).
-
-Termination of the other threads is not performed through
-!pthread_cancel!(3) and completely bypasses the cancellation
-mechanism. Hence, the current settings for cancellation state and
-cancellation type are ignored, and the cleanup handlers are not
-executed in the terminated threads.
-
-.SH AUTHOR
-Xavier Leroy <Xavier.Leroy@inria.fr>
-
-.SH "SEE ALSO"
-!execve!(2),
-!pthread_setcancelstate!(3),
-!pthread_setcanceltype!(3),
-!pthread_cancel!(3).
-
-.SH BUGS
-
-According to POSIX 1003.1c, a successful !exec*! in one of the threads
-should terminate automatically all other threads in the program.
-This behavior is not yet implemented in LinuxThreads.
-Calling !pthread_kill_other_threads_np! before !exec*! achieves much
-of the same behavior, except that if !exec*! ultimately fails, then
-all other threads are already killed.