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PTHREAD_KILL_OTHER_THREADS_Linux Programmer's PTHREAD_KILL_OTHER_THREADS_NP(3)

NAME
       pthread_kill_other_threads_np - terminate all other threads in process
SYNOPSIS
       #include <pthread.h>
       void pthread_kill_other_threads_np(void);
DESCRIPTION
       pthread_kill_other_threads_np()  has an effect only in the LinuxThreads
       threading implementation.  On that implementation, calling  this  func-
       tion  causes  the  immediate termination of all threads in the applica-
       tion, except the calling thread.  The cancellation state and  cancella-
       tion  type of the to-be-terminated threads are ignored, and the cleanup
       handlers are not called in those threads.
CONFORMING TO
       This function is a nonstandard GNU extension; hence  the  suffix  "_np"
       (nonportable) in the name.
NOTES
       pthread_kill_other_threads_np()  is intended to be called just before a
       thread calls  execve(2)  or  a  similar  function.   This  function  is
       designed to address a limitation in the obsolete LinuxThreads implemen-
       tation whereby the other threads of an application  are  not  automati-
       cally terminated (as POSIX.1-2001 requires) during execve(2).
       In  the  NPTL threading implementation, pthread_kill_other_threads_np()
       exists, but does nothing.  (Nothing  needs  to  be  done,  because  the
       implementation does the right thing during an execve(2).)
SEE ALSO
       execve(2),  pthread_cancel(3),  pthread_setcancelstate(3), pthread_set-
       canceltype(3), pthreads(7)
COLOPHON
       This page is part of release 3.53 of the Linux  man-pages  project.   A
       description  of  the project, and information about reporting bugs, can
       be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.

Linux                             2010-09-09  PTHREAD_KILL_OTHER_THREADS_NP(3)