PTHREAD_KILL_OTHER_THREADS_NP(3)                    Linux Programmer's Manual                   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() only has an effect in the LinuxThreads threading implementation.  On that implementation,
       calling this function causes the immediate termination of all threads in the application, except the calling thread.  The
       cancellation  state  and  cancellation 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.

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 implementation whereby the other threads
       of an application are not automatically 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_setcancelstate(3), pthread_setcanceltype(3), pthread_cancel(3), pthreads(7)

COLOPHON
       This  page  is  part of release 3.25 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                                                      2009-01-28                           PTHREAD_KILL_OTHER_THREADS_NP(3)