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PTHREAD_TRYJOIN_NP(3)      Linux Programmer's Manual     PTHREAD_TRYJOIN_NP(3)

NAME
       pthread_tryjoin_np,  pthread_timedjoin_np  -  try to join with a termi-
       nated thread
SYNOPSIS
       #define _GNU_SOURCE             /* See feature_test_macros(7) */
       #include <pthread.h>
       int pthread_tryjoin_np(pthread_t thread, void **retval);
       int pthread_timedjoin_np(pthread_t thread, void **retval,
                                const struct timespec *abstime);
       Compile and link with -pthread.
DESCRIPTION
       These functions operate in the same way as pthread_join(3), except  for
       the differences described on this page.
       The  pthread_tryjoin_np() function performs a nonblocking join with the
       thread thread, returning the exit status of the thread in *retval.   If
       thread  has not yet terminated, then instead of blocking, as is done by
       pthread_join(3), the call returns an error.
       The pthread_timedjoin_np() function performs a  join-with-timeout.   If
       thread  has  not  yet  terminated, then the call blocks until a maximum
       time, specified in abstime.  If the timeout expires before thread  ter-
       minates,  the  call returns an error.  The abstime argument is a struc-
       ture of the following form, specifying an absolute time measured  since
       the Epoch (see time(2)):
           struct timespec {
               time_t tv_sec;     /* seconds */
               long   tv_nsec;    /* nanoseconds */
           };
RETURN VALUE
       On  success,  these  functions return 0; on error, they return an error
       number.
ERRORS
       These functions can fail  with  the  same  errors  as  pthread_join(3).
       pthread_tryjoin_np() can in addition fail with the following error:
       EBUSY  thread had not yet terminated at the time of the call.
       pthread_timedjoin_np() can in addition fail with the following error:
       ETIMEDOUT
              The call timed out before thread terminated.
       pthread_timedjoin_np() never returns the error EINTR.
VERSIONS
       These functions first appeared in glibc in version 2.3.3.
CONFORMING TO
       These  functions are nonstandard GNU extensions; hence the suffix "_np"
       (nonportable) in the names.
EXAMPLE
       The following code waits to join for up to 5 seconds:
           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 */
           }
SEE ALSO
       clock_gettime(2), pthread_exit(3), pthread_join(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                             2010-09-10             PTHREAD_TRYJOIN_NP(3)