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pthread_kill_other_threads_np - terminate all other threads in process
#include <pthread.h>
void pthread_kill_other_threads_np(void);
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.
This function is a nonstandard GNU extension; hence the suffix "_np"
(nonportable) in the name.
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).)
execve(2), pthread_cancel(3), pthread_setcancelstate(3),
pthread_setcanceltype(3), pthreads(7)
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