PTHREAD_KILL_OTHER_THREADS_Linux Programmer's PTHREAD_KILL_OTHER_THREADS_NP(3)



NAME
       pthread_kill_other_threads_np - terminate all other threads in process

SYNOPSIS
       #include <pthread.h>

       void pthread_kill_other_threads_np(void);

DESCRIPTION
       pthread_kill_other_threads_np()	has an effect only in the LinuxThreads
       threading implementation.  On that implementation, calling  this	 func-
       tion  causes  the  immediate termination of all threads in the applica-
       tion, except the calling thread.	 The cancellation state and  cancella-
       tion  type of the to-be-terminated threads are ignored, and the cleanup
       handlers are not called in those threads.

ATTRIBUTES
       For  an	explanation  of	 the  terms  used   in	 this	section,   see
       attributes(7).

       +--------------------------------+---------------+---------+
       |Interface			| Attribute	| Value	  |
       +--------------------------------+---------------+---------+
       |pthread_kill_other_threads_np() | Thread safety | MT-Safe |
       +--------------------------------+---------------+---------+
CONFORMING TO
       This  function  is  a nonstandard GNU extension; hence the suffix "_np"
       (nonportable) in the name.

NOTES
       pthread_kill_other_threads_np() is intended to be called just before  a
       thread  calls  execve(2)	 or  a	similar	 function.   This  function is
       designed to address a limitation in the obsolete LinuxThreads implemen-
       tation  whereby	the  other threads of an application are not automati-
       cally terminated (as POSIX.1-2001 requires) during execve(2).

       In the NPTL threading  implementation,  pthread_kill_other_threads_np()
       exists,	but  does  nothing.   (Nothing	needs  to be done, because the
       implementation does the right thing during an execve(2).)

SEE ALSO
       execve(2), pthread_cancel(3),  pthread_setcancelstate(3),  pthread_set-
       canceltype(3), pthreads(7)

COLOPHON
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       description of the project, information about reporting bugs,  and  the
       latest	  version     of     this    page,    can    be	   found    at
       https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.



Linux				  2015-03-02  PTHREAD_KILL_OTHER_THREADS_NP(3)