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diff --git a/man3/pthread_cancel.3 b/man3/pthread_cancel.3 index 8230c80..c1a160b 100644 --- a/man3/pthread_cancel.3 +++ b/man3/pthread_cancel.3 @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ .\" .\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft .\" -.TH pthread_cancel 3 2023-07-20 "Linux man-pages 6.05.01" +.TH pthread_cancel 3 2023-10-31 "Linux man-pages 6.7" .SH NAME pthread_cancel \- send a cancelation request to a thread .SH LIBRARY @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ POSIX threads library .SH SYNOPSIS .nf .B #include <pthread.h> -.PP +.P .BI "int pthread_cancel(pthread_t " thread ); .fi .SH DESCRIPTION @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ its cancelability .I state and .IR type . -.PP +.P A thread's cancelability state, determined by .BR pthread_setcancelstate (3), can be @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ then a cancelation request remains queued until the thread enables cancelation. If a thread has enabled cancelation, then its cancelability type determines when cancelation occurs. -.PP +.P A thread's cancelation type, determined by .BR pthread_setcanceltype (3), may be either @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ the thread next calls a function that is a .IR "cancelation point" . A list of functions that are or may be cancelation points is provided in .BR pthreads (7). -.PP +.P When a cancelation requested is acted on, the following steps occur for .I thread (in this order): @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ in an unspecified order. The thread is terminated. (See .BR pthread_exit (3).) -.PP +.P The above steps happen asynchronously with respect to the .BR pthread_cancel () call; @@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ the return status of .BR pthread_cancel () merely informs the caller whether the cancelation request was successfully queued. -.PP +.P After a canceled thread has terminated, a join with that thread using .BR pthread_join (3) @@ -116,7 +116,6 @@ T{ .BR pthread_cancel () T} Thread safety MT-Safe .TE -.sp 1 .SH VERSIONS On Linux, cancelation is implemented using signals. Under the NPTL threading implementation, @@ -136,7 +135,7 @@ The main thread joins with the canceled thread to check that its exit status was .BR PTHREAD_CANCELED . The following shell session shows what happens when we run the program: -.PP +.P .in +4n .EX $ ./a.out |