pthread_detach(3) [netbsd man page]

PTHREAD_DETACH(3)					   BSD Library Functions Manual 					 PTHREAD_DETACH(3)

NAME

     pthread_detach -- detach a thread

LIBRARY

     POSIX Threads Library (libpthread, -lpthread)

SYNOPSIS

     #include <pthread.h>

     int
     pthread_detach(pthread_t thread);

DESCRIPTION

     The pthread_detach() function is used to indicate to the implementation that storage for the thread thread can be reclaimed when the thread
     terminates.  If thread has not terminated, pthread_detach() will not cause it to terminate.  The effect of multiple pthread_detach() calls on
     the same target thread is unspecified.

RETURN VALUES

     If successful,  the pthread_detach() function will return zero.  Otherwise an error number will be returned to indicate the error.

ERRORS

     pthread_detach() shall fail if:

     [EINVAL]		The value specified by thread does not refer to a joinable thread.

     [ESRCH]		No thread could be found corresponding to that specified by the given thread ID, thread.

SEE ALSO

     pthread_join(3)

STANDARDS

     The function conforms to IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 (``POSIX.1'').

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								   July 9, 2010 							       BSD

PTHREAD_DETACH(3)					     Library Functions Manual						 PTHREAD_DETACH(3)

NAME

       pthread_detach - put a running thread in the detached state

SYNOPSIS

       #include <pthread.h>

       int pthread_detach(pthread_t th);

DESCRIPTION

       pthread_detach  put the thread th in the detached state. This guarantees that the memory resources consumed by th will be freed immediately
       when th terminates. However, this prevents other threads from synchronizing on the termination of th using pthread_join.

       A thread can be created initially in the detached state, using the detachstate attribute to pthread_create(3).  In contrast, pthread_detach
       applies to threads created in the joinable state, and which need to be put in the detached state later.

       After  pthread_detach  completes,  subsequent  attempts	to  perform pthread_join on th will fail. If another thread is already joining the
       thread th at the time pthread_detach is called, pthread_detach does nothing and leaves th in the joinable state.

RETURN VALUE

       On success, 0 is returned. On error, a non-zero error code is returned.

ERRORS

       ESRCH  No thread could be found corresponding to that specified by th

       EINVAL the thread th is already in the detached state

AUTHOR

       Xavier Leroy <Xavier.Leroy@inria.fr>

SEE ALSO

       pthread_create(3), pthread_join(3), pthread_attr_setdetachstate(3)

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