PTHREAD_JOIN(3) | FreeBSD Library Functions Manual | PTHREAD_JOIN(3) |
NAME
pthread_join, pthread_timedjoin_np — wait for thread terminationLIBRARY
POSIX Threads Library (libpthread, -lpthread)SYNOPSIS
#include < pthread.h> int
pthread_join( pthread_t thread, void **value_ptr);
int
pthread_timedjoin_np( pthread_t thread, void **value_ptr, const struct timespec *abstime);
DESCRIPTION
The pthread_join() function suspends execution of the calling thread until the target thread terminates unless the target thread has already terminated.On return from a successful pthread_join() call with a non-NULL value_ptr argument, the value passed to pthread_exit() by the terminating thread is stored in the location referenced by value_ptr. When a pthread_join() returns successfully, the target thread has been terminated. The results of multiple simultaneous calls to pthread_join() specifying the same target thread are undefined. If the thread calling pthread_join() is cancelled, then the target thread is not detached.
The pthread_timedjoin_np() function is equivalent to the pthread_join() function except it will return ETIMEDOUT if target thread does not exit before specified absolute time passes.
A thread that has exited but remains unjoined counts against [_POSIX_THREAD_THREADS_MAX].
RETURN VALUES
If successful, the pthread_join() and pthread_timedjoin_np() functions will return zero. Otherwise an error number will be returned to indicate the error.ERRORS
The pthread_join() and pthread_timedjoin_np() functions will fail if:- [ EINVAL]
- The implementation has detected that 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.
- [ EDEADLK]
- A deadlock was detected or the value of thread specifies the calling thread.
- [ EOPNOTSUPP]
- The implementation detected that another caller is already waiting on thread.
Additionally, the pthread_timedjoin_np() function will fail if:
- [ ETIMEDOUT]
- The specified absolute time passed while pthread_timedjoin_np() waited for thread exit.
STANDARDS
The pthread_join() function conforms to ISO/IEC 9945-1:1996 (“POSIX.1”). The pthread_timedjoin_np() is a FreeBSD extension which first appeared in FreeBSD 6.1.January 23, 2010 | FreeBSD |