/* * pthread_detach.c * * Description: * This translation unit implements functions related to thread * synchronisation. * * -------------------------------------------------------------------------- * * Pthreads-embedded (PTE) - POSIX Threads Library for embedded systems * Copyright(C) 2008 Jason Schmidlapp * * Contact Email: jschmidlapp@users.sourceforge.net * * * Based upon Pthreads-win32 - POSIX Threads Library for Win32 * Copyright(C) 1998 John E. Bossom * Copyright(C) 1999,2005 Pthreads-win32 contributors * * Contact Email: rpj@callisto.canberra.edu.au * * The original list of contributors to the Pthreads-win32 project * is contained in the file CONTRIBUTORS.ptw32 included with the * source code distribution. The list can also be seen at the * following World Wide Web location: * http://sources.redhat.com/pthreads-win32/contributors.html * * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. * * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU * Lesser General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public * License along with this library in the file COPYING.LIB; * if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., * 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA */ #include #include "pthread.h" #include "implement.h" int pthread_detach (pthread_t thread) /* * ------------------------------------------------------ * DOCPUBLIC * This function detaches the given thread. * * PARAMETERS * thread * an instance of a pthread_t * * * DESCRIPTION * This function detaches the given thread. You may use it to * detach the main thread or to detach a joinable thread. * NOTE: detached threads cannot be joined; * storage is freed immediately on termination. * * RESULTS * 0 successfully detached the thread, * EINVAL thread is not a joinable thread, * ENOSPC a required resource has been exhausted, * ESRCH no thread could be found for 'thread', * * ------------------------------------------------------ */ { int result; unsigned char destroyIt = PTE_FALSE; pte_thread_t * tp = (pte_thread_t *) thread; pte_osMutexLock (pte_thread_reuse_lock); if (NULL == tp) { result = ESRCH; } else if (PTHREAD_CREATE_DETACHED == tp->detachState) { result = EINVAL; } else { /* * Joinable pte_thread_t structs are not scavenged until * a join or detach is done. The thread may have exited already, * but all of the state and locks etc are still there. */ result = 0; if (pthread_mutex_lock (&tp->cancelLock) == 0) { if (tp->state != PThreadStateLast) { tp->detachState = PTHREAD_CREATE_DETACHED; } else if (tp->detachState != PTHREAD_CREATE_DETACHED) { /* * Thread is joinable and has exited or is exiting. */ destroyIt = PTE_TRUE; } (void) pthread_mutex_unlock (&tp->cancelLock); } else { /* cancelLock shouldn't fail, but if it does ... */ result = ESRCH; } } pte_osMutexUnlock(pte_thread_reuse_lock); if (result == 0) { /* Thread is joinable */ if (destroyIt) { /* The thread has exited or is exiting but has not been joined or * detached. Need to wait in case it's still exiting. */ pte_osThreadWaitForEnd(tp->threadId); pte_threadDestroy (thread); } } return (result); } /* pthread_detach */