/* Detach a thread. Copyright (C) 2000-2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This file is part of the GNU C Library. The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see . */ #include #include #include #include /* Indicate that the storage for THREAD can be reclaimed when it terminates. */ int __pthread_detach (pthread_t thread) { struct __pthread *pthread; int err = 0; /* Lookup the thread structure for THREAD. */ pthread = __pthread_getid (thread); if (pthread == NULL) return ESRCH; __pthread_mutex_lock (&pthread->state_lock); switch (pthread->state) { case PTHREAD_JOINABLE: /* THREAD still running. Mark it as detached such that its resources can be reclaimed as soon as the thread exits. */ pthread->state = PTHREAD_DETACHED; /* Broadcast the condition. This will make threads that are waiting to join THREAD continue with hopefully disastrous consequences instead of blocking indefinitely. */ __pthread_cond_broadcast (&pthread->state_cond); __pthread_mutex_unlock (&pthread->state_lock); __pthread_dealloc (pthread); break; case PTHREAD_EXITED: __pthread_mutex_unlock (&pthread->state_lock); /* THREAD has already exited. PTHREAD remained after the thread exited in order to provide the exit status, but it turns out it won't be needed. */ __pthread_dealloc (pthread); break; case PTHREAD_TERMINATED: /* Pretend THREAD wasn't there in the first place. */ __pthread_mutex_unlock (&pthread->state_lock); err = ESRCH; break; default: /* Thou shalt not detach non-joinable threads! */ __pthread_mutex_unlock (&pthread->state_lock); err = EINVAL; break; } return err; } strong_alias (__pthread_detach, pthread_detach)