killing a thread...

[Neel]

Is there any way to kill any pthread ???
I have two threads running and I wanna kill one thread from another
thread.
I donno understand what value to use for 2nd parameter to use
pthread_kill...

[Ian Collins]

Re: killing a thread...

Neel wrote:

Is there any way to kill any pthread ???
I have two threads running and I wanna kill one thread from another
thread.
I donno understand what value to use for 2nd parameter to use
pthread_kill...

comp.programmin g.threads is the place to ask.

Nine times out of ten wanting (I assume that's what "wanna" means) to
kill a thread is a design smell.

--
Ian Collins.

[Gianni Mariani]

Re: killing a thread...

Neel wrote:

Is there any way to kill any pthread ???
I have two threads running and I wanna kill one thread from another
thread.
I donno understand what value to use for 2nd parameter to use
pthread_kill...

Two options:

a) place the other thread in a separate process.
b) don't kill the other thread but instrument the code to have a "get
out quick" flag.

Other than those there are some pthread specific things but I would
steer away from them.