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PTHREAD_DETACH(3P)					     POSIX Programmer's Manual						PTHREAD_DETACH(3P)

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NAME

       pthread_detach -- detach a thread

SYNOPSIS

       #include <pthread.h>

       int pthread_detach(pthread_t thread);

DESCRIPTION

       The pthread_detach() function shall indicate to the implementation that storage for the thread thread can be  reclaimed	when  that  thread
       terminates. If thread has not terminated, pthread_detach() shall not cause it to terminate.

       The behavior is undefined if the value specified by the thread argument to pthread_detach() does not refer to a joinable thread.

RETURN VALUE

       If the call succeeds, pthread_detach() shall return 0; otherwise, an error number shall be returned to indicate the error.

ERRORS

       The pthread_detach() function shall not return an error code of [EINTR].

       The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES

       None.

APPLICATION USAGE

       None.

RATIONALE

       The  pthread_join()  or	pthread_detach() functions should eventually be called for every thread that is created so that storage associated
       with the thread may be reclaimed.

       It has been suggested that a ``detach'' function is not necessary; the detachstate thread creation attribute is sufficient, since a  thread
       need never be dynamically detached. However, need arises in at least two cases:

	1. In a cancellation handler for a pthread_join() it is nearly essential to have a pthread_detach() function in order to detach the thread
	   on which pthread_join() was waiting. Without it, it would be necessary to have the handler do  another  pthread_join()  to  attempt	to
	   detach  the	thread,  which	would  both  delay  the  cancellation  processing  for	an  unbounded  period  and introduce a new call to
	   pthread_join(), which might itself need a cancellation handler. A dynamic detach is nearly essential in this case.

	2. In order to detach the ``initial thread'' (as may be desirable in processes that set up server threads).

       If an implementation detects that the value specified by the thread argument to pthread_detach() does not refer to a joinable thread, it is
       recommended that the function should fail and report an [EINVAL] error.

       If  an  implementation detects use of a thread ID after the end of its lifetime, it is recommended that the function should fail and report
       an [ESRCH] error.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

       None.

SEE ALSO

       pthread_join()

       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1-2008, <pthread.h>

COPYRIGHT

       Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition, Standard for Information Technol-
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       event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Stan-
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NAME

       pthread_detach - detach a thread

SYNOPSIS

       #include <pthread.h>

       int pthread_detach(pthread_t thread);

       Compile and link with -pthread.

DESCRIPTION

       The  pthread_detach()  function	marks  the  thread identified by thread as detached.  When a detached thread terminates, its resources are
       automatically released back to the system without the need for another thread to join with the terminated thread.

       Attempting to detach an already detached thread results in unspecified behavior.

RETURN VALUE

       On success, pthread_detach() returns 0; on error, it returns an error number.

ERRORS

       EINVAL thread is not a joinable thread.

       ESRCH  No thread with the ID thread could be found.

CONFORMING TO

       POSIX.1-2001.

NOTES

       Once a thread has been detached, it can't be joined with pthread_join(3) or be made joinable again.

       A new thread can be created in a detached state using pthread_attr_setdetachstate(3) to set the detached attribute of the attr argument	of
       pthread_create(3).

       The  detached  attribute merely determines the behavior of the system when the thread terminates; it does not prevent the thread from being
       terminated if the process terminates using exit(3) (or equivalently, if the main thread returns).

       Either pthread_join(3) or pthread_detach() should be called for each thread that an application creates, so that system resources  for  the
       thread can be released.	(But note that the resources of all threads are freed when the process terminates.)

EXAMPLE

       The following statement detaches the calling thread:

	   pthread_detach(pthread_self());

SEE ALSO

       pthread_attr_setdetachstate(3), pthread_cancel(3), pthread_create(3), pthread_exit(3), pthread_join(3), pthreads(7)

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