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.\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc_r/man/pthread_cancel.3,v 1.3.2.3 2001/03/06 16:46:08 ru Exp $
.Dd January 17, 1999
.Dt PTHREAD_CANCEL 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm pthread_cancel
.Nd cancel execution of a thread
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Fd #include <pthread.h>
.Ft int
.Fn pthread_cancel "pthread_t thread"
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Fn pthread_cancel
function requests that
.Fa thread
be canceled.
The target thread's cancelability state and type determines
when the cancellation takes effect.
When the cancellation is acted on,
the cancellation cleanup handlers for
.Fa thread
are called.
When the last cancellation cleanup handler returns,
the thread-specific data destructor functions will be called for
.Fa thread .
When the last destructor function returns,
.Fa thread
will be terminated.
.Pp
The cancellation processing in the target thread runs asynchronously with
respect to the calling thread returning from
.Fn pthread_cancel .
.Pp
A status of
.Dv PTHREAD_CANCELED
is made available to any threads joining with the target.
The symbolic
constant
.Dv PTHREAD_CANCELED
expands to a constant expression of type
.Ft "(void *)" ,
whose value matches no pointer to an object in memory nor the value
.Dv NULL .
.Sh RETURN VALUES
If successful,  the
.Fn pthread_cancel
functions will return zero.
Otherwise an error number will be returned to
indicate the error.
.Sh ERRORS
.Fn pthread_cancel
will fail if:
.Bl -tag -width Er
.It Bq Er ESRCH
No thread could be found corresponding to that specified by the given
thread ID.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr pthread_cleanup_pop 3 ,
.Xr pthread_cleanup_push 3 ,
.Xr pthread_exit 3 ,
.Xr pthread_join 3 ,
.Xr pthread_setcancelstate 3 ,
.Xr pthread_setcanceltype 3 ,
.Xr pthread_testcancel 3
.Sh STANDARDS
.Fn pthread_cancel
conforms to
.St -p1003.1-96 .
.Sh AUTHORS
This man page was written by
.An David Leonard Aq d@openbsd.org
for the
.Ox
implementation of
.Fn pthread_cancel .
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f1a1da6c A	1	.\" $FreeBSD: src/lib/libc_r/man/pthread_cancel.3,v 1.3.2.3 2001/03/06 16:46:08 ru Exp $
	2	.Dd January 17, 1999
	3	.Dt PTHREAD_CANCEL 3
	4	.Os
	5	.Sh NAME
	6	.Nm pthread_cancel
	7	.Nd cancel execution of a thread
	8	.Sh SYNOPSIS
	9	.Fd #include <pthread.h>
	10	.Ft int
	11	.Fn pthread_cancel "pthread_t thread"
	12	.Sh DESCRIPTION
	13	The
	14	.Fn pthread_cancel
	15	function requests that
	16	.Fa thread
	17	be canceled.
	18	The target thread's cancelability state and type determines
	19	when the cancellation takes effect.
	20	When the cancellation is acted on,
	21	the cancellation cleanup handlers for
	22	.Fa thread
	23	are called.
	24	When the last cancellation cleanup handler returns,
	25	the thread-specific data destructor functions will be called for
	26	.Fa thread .
	27	When the last destructor function returns,
	28	.Fa thread
	29	will be terminated.
	30	.Pp
	31	The cancellation processing in the target thread runs asynchronously with
	32	respect to the calling thread returning from
	33	.Fn pthread_cancel .
	34	.Pp
	35	A status of
	36	.Dv PTHREAD_CANCELED
	37	is made available to any threads joining with the target.
	38	The symbolic
	39	constant
	40	.Dv PTHREAD_CANCELED
	41	expands to a constant expression of type
	42	.Ft "(void *)" ,
	43	whose value matches no pointer to an object in memory nor the value
	44	.Dv NULL .
	45	.Sh RETURN VALUES
	46	If successful, the
	47	.Fn pthread_cancel
	48	functions will return zero.
	49	Otherwise an error number will be returned to
	50	indicate the error.
	51	.Sh ERRORS
	52	.Fn pthread_cancel
	53	will fail if:
	54	.Bl -tag -width Er
	55	.It Bq Er ESRCH
	56	No thread could be found corresponding to that specified by the given
	57	thread ID.
	58	.El
	59	.Sh SEE ALSO
	60	.Xr pthread_cleanup_pop 3 ,
	61	.Xr pthread_cleanup_push 3 ,
	62	.Xr pthread_exit 3 ,
	63	.Xr pthread_join 3 ,
	64	.Xr pthread_setcancelstate 3 ,
65	.Xr pthread_setcanceltype 3 ,
66	.Xr pthread_testcancel 3
67	.Sh STANDARDS
68	.Fn pthread_cancel
69	conforms to
70	.St -p1003.1-96 .
71	.Sh AUTHORS
72	This man page was written by
73	.An David Leonard Aq d@openbsd.org
74	for the
75	.Ox
76	implementation of
77	.Fn pthread_cancel .