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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-15 19:43:11 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-15 19:43:11 +0000 |
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diff --git a/upstream/opensuse-leap-15-6/man3/pthread_detach.3 b/upstream/opensuse-leap-15-6/man3/pthread_detach.3 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..f014a7e6 --- /dev/null +++ b/upstream/opensuse-leap-15-6/man3/pthread_detach.3 @@ -0,0 +1,108 @@ +'\" t +.\" Copyright (c) 2008 Linux Foundation, written by Michael Kerrisk +.\" <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> +.\" +.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft +.\" +.TH pthread_detach 3 2023-03-30 "Linux man-pages 6.04" +.SH NAME +pthread_detach \- detach a thread +.SH LIBRARY +POSIX threads library +.RI ( libpthread ", " \-lpthread ) +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nf +.B #include <pthread.h> +.PP +.BI "int pthread_detach(pthread_t " thread ); +.fi +.SH DESCRIPTION +The +.BR pthread_detach () +function marks the thread identified by +.I thread +as detached. +When a detached thread terminates, +its resources are automatically released back to the system without +the need for another thread to join with the terminated thread. +.PP +Attempting to detach an already detached thread results +in unspecified behavior. +.SH RETURN VALUE +On success, +.BR pthread_detach () +returns 0; +on error, it returns an error number. +.SH ERRORS +.TP +.B EINVAL +.I thread +is not a joinable thread. +.TP +.B ESRCH +No thread with the ID +.I thread +could be found. +.SH ATTRIBUTES +For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see +.BR attributes (7). +.ad l +.nh +.TS +allbox; +lbx lb lb +l l l. +Interface Attribute Value +T{ +.BR pthread_detach () +T} Thread safety MT-Safe +.TE +.hy +.ad +.sp 1 +.SH STANDARDS +POSIX.1-2008. +.SH HISTORY +POSIX.1-2001. +.SH NOTES +Once a thread has been detached, it can't be joined with +.BR pthread_join (3) +or be made joinable again. +.PP +A new thread can be created in a detached state using +.BR pthread_attr_setdetachstate (3) +to set the detached attribute of the +.I attr +argument of +.BR pthread_create (3). +.PP +The detached attribute merely determines the behavior of the system +when the thread terminates; +it does not prevent the thread from being terminated +if the process terminates using +.BR exit (3) +(or equivalently, if the main thread returns). +.PP +Either +.BR pthread_join (3) +or +.BR pthread_detach () +should be called for each thread that an application creates, +so that system resources for the thread can be released. +(But note that the resources of any threads for which one of these +actions has not been done will be freed when the process terminates.) +.SH EXAMPLES +The following statement detaches the calling thread: +.PP +.in +4n +.EX +pthread_detach(pthread_self()); +.EE +.in +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR pthread_attr_setdetachstate (3), +.BR pthread_cancel (3), +.BR pthread_create (3), +.BR pthread_exit (3), +.BR pthread_join (3), +.BR pthreads (7) |