/* Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This file is part of the GNU C Library. Contributed by Ulrich Drepper , 2002. 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, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA. */ #include #include "pthreadP.h" #include "atomic.h" int pthread_cancel (th) pthread_t th; { volatile struct pthread *pd = (volatile struct pthread *) th; while (1) { int oldval = pd->cancelhandling; int newval = oldval | CANCELED_BITMASK; /* Avoid doing unnecessary work. The atomic operation can potentially be expensive if the bug has to be locked and remote cache lines have to be invalidated. */ if (oldval == newval) break; /* If the cancellation is handled asynchronously just send a signal. We avoid this if possible since it's more expensive. */ if (CANCEL_ENABLED_AND_CANCELED_AND_ASYNCHRONOUS (newval)) { /* The cancellation handler will take care of marking the thread as canceled. */ pthread_kill (th, SIGCANCEL); break; } /* Mark the thread as canceled. This has to be done atomically since other bits could be modified as well. */ if (atomic_compare_and_exchange_acq (&pd->cancelhandling, newval, oldval) == 0) break; } return 0; }