PTHREAD_DETACH(3) manual page

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POSIX Threads for Windows – REFERENCE - Pthreads-w32

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Name

pthread_detach - put a running thread in the detached state +

Synopsis

#include <pthread.h> +

int pthread_detach(pthread_t th); +

Description

pthread_detach puts the thread th in the detached +state. This guarantees that the memory resources consumed by th +will be freed immediately when th terminates. However, this +prevents other threads from synchronizing on the termination of th +using pthread_join. +

A thread can be created initially in the detached state, using the +detachstate attribute to pthread_create(3) +. In contrast, pthread_detach applies to threads created in +the joinable state, and which need to be put in the detached state +later. +

After pthread_detach completes, subsequent attempts to +perform pthread_join on th will fail. If another thread +is already joining the thread th at the time pthread_detach +is called, pthread_detach does nothing and leaves th in +the joinable state. +

Return Value

On success, 0 is returned. On error, a non-zero error code is +returned. +

Errors

ESRCH +: + No thread could be found corresponding to that specified by th +
+ EINVAL +: + the thread th is already in the detached state +

+Author

Xavier Leroy <Xavier.Leroy@inria.fr> +