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diff --git a/man3/pthread_tryjoin_np.3 b/man3/pthread_tryjoin_np.3 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1a0643d --- /dev/null +++ b/man3/pthread_tryjoin_np.3 @@ -0,0 +1,155 @@ +'\" t +.\" Copyright (c) 2008 Linux Foundation, written by Michael Kerrisk +.\" <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> +.\" +.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft +.\" +.TH pthread_tryjoin_np 3 2023-07-20 "Linux man-pages 6.05.01" +.SH NAME +pthread_tryjoin_np, pthread_timedjoin_np \- try to join with a +terminated thread +.SH LIBRARY +POSIX threads library +.RI ( libpthread ", " \-lpthread ) +.SH SYNOPSIS +.nf +.BR "#define _GNU_SOURCE" " /* See feature_test_macros(7) */" +.B #include <pthread.h> +.PP +.BI "int pthread_tryjoin_np(pthread_t " thread ", void **" retval ); +.BI "int pthread_timedjoin_np(pthread_t " thread ", void **" retval , +.BI " const struct timespec *" abstime ); +.fi +.SH DESCRIPTION +These functions operate in the same way as +.BR pthread_join (3), +except for the differences described on this page. +.PP +The +.BR pthread_tryjoin_np () +function performs a nonblocking join with the thread +.IR thread , +returning the exit status of the thread in +.IR *retval . +If +.I thread +has not yet terminated, then instead of blocking, as is done by +.BR pthread_join (3), +the call returns an error. +.PP +The +.BR pthread_timedjoin_np () +function performs a join-with-timeout. +If +.I thread +has not yet terminated, +then the call blocks until a maximum time, specified in +.IR abstime , +measured against the +.B CLOCK_REALTIME +clock. +If the timeout expires before +.I thread +terminates, +the call returns an error. +The +.I abstime +argument is a +.BR timespec (3) +structure, +specifying an absolute time measured since the Epoch (see +.BR time (2)). +.SH RETURN VALUE +On success, +these functions return 0; +on error, they return an error number. +.SH ERRORS +These functions can fail with the same errors as +.BR pthread_join (3). +.BR pthread_tryjoin_np () +can in addition fail with the following error: +.TP +.B EBUSY +.I thread +had not yet terminated at the time of the call. +.PP +.BR pthread_timedjoin_np () +can in addition fail with the following errors: +.TP +.B EINVAL +.I abstime +value is invalid +.RI ( tv_sec +is less than 0 or +.I tv_nsec +is greater than 1e9). +.TP +.B ETIMEDOUT +The call timed out before +.I thread +terminated. +.PP +.BR pthread_timedjoin_np () +never returns the error +.BR EINTR . +.SH ATTRIBUTES +For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see +.BR attributes (7). +.TS +allbox; +lbx lb lb +l l l. +Interface Attribute Value +T{ +.na +.nh +.BR pthread_tryjoin_np (), +.BR pthread_timedjoin_np () +T} Thread safety MT-Safe +.TE +.sp 1 +.SH STANDARDS +GNU; +hence the suffix "_np" (nonportable) in the names. +.SH HISTORY +glibc 2.3.3. +.SH BUGS +The +.BR pthread_timedjoin_np () +function measures time by internally calculating a relative sleep interval +that is then measured against the +.B CLOCK_MONOTONIC +clock instead of the +.B CLOCK_REALTIME +clock. +Consequently, the timeout is unaffected by discontinuous changes to the +.B CLOCK_REALTIME +clock. +.SH EXAMPLES +The following code waits to join for up to 5 seconds: +.PP +.in +4n +.EX +struct timespec ts; +int s; +\& +\&... +\& +if (clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, &ts) == \-1) { + /* Handle error */ +} +\& +ts.tv_sec += 5; +\& +s = pthread_timedjoin_np(thread, NULL, &ts); +if (s != 0) { + /* Handle error */ +} +.EE +.in +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR clock_gettime (2), +.BR pthread_exit (3), +.BR pthread_join (3), +.BR timespec (3), +.BR pthreads (7) |