PTHREAD_KILL_OTHER_THREADS_NP(3)

NAME
pthread_kill_other_threads_np - terminate all threads in program except calling thread

SYNOPSIS
#include <pthread.h> void pthread_kill_other_threads_np(void);

DESCRIPTION
!pthread_kill_other_threads_np! is a non-portable LinuxThreads extension. It causes all threads in the program to terminate immediately, except the calling thread which proceeds normally. It is intended to be called just before a thread calls one of the !exec! functions, e.g. !execve!(2). Termination of the other threads is not performed through !pthread_cancel!(3) and completely bypasses the cancellation mechanism. Hence, the current settings for cancellation state and cancellation type are ignored, and the cleanup handlers are not executed in the terminated threads.

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

SEE ALSO
!execve!(2), !pthread_setcancelstate!(3), !pthread_setcanceltype!(3), !pthread_cancel!(3).

BUGS
According to POSIX 1003.1c, a successful !exec*! in one of the threads should terminate automatically all other threads in the program. This behavior is not yet implemented in LinuxThreads. Calling !pthread_kill_other_threads_np! before !exec*! achieves much of the same behavior, except that if !exec*! ultimately fails, then all other threads are already killed.