pthread_join(3) [netbsd man page]
PTHREAD_JOIN(3) BSD Library Functions Manual PTHREAD_JOIN(3) NAME
pthread_join -- wait for thread termination LIBRARY
POSIX Threads Library (libpthread, -lpthread) SYNOPSIS
#include <pthread.h> int pthread_join(pthread_t thread, void **value_ptr); DESCRIPTION
The pthread_join() function suspends execution of the calling thread until the target thread terminates unless the target thread has already terminated. On return from a successful pthread_join() call with a non-NULL value_ptr argument, the value passed to pthread_exit() by the terminating thread is stored in the location referenced by value_ptr. When a pthread_join() returns successfully, the target thread has been terminated. The results of multiple simultaneous calls to pthread_join() specifying the same target thread are undefined. If the thread calling pthread_join() is cancelled, then the target thread is not detached. A thread that has exited but remains unjoined counts against _POSIX_THREAD_THREADS_MAX. RETURN VALUES
If successful, the pthread_join() function will return zero. Otherwise an error number will be returned to indicate the error. ERRORS
pthread_join() shall fail if: [EINVAL] The value specified by thread does not refer to a joinable thread. [ESRCH] No thread could be found corresponding to that specified by the given thread ID, thread. pthread_join() may fail if: [EDEADLK] A deadlock was detected or the value of thread specifies the calling thread. SEE ALSO
wait(2), pthread_create(3) STANDARDS
The function conforms to IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 (``POSIX.1''). BSD
July 9, 2010 BSD
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PTHREAD_JOIN(3) BSD Library Functions Manual PTHREAD_JOIN(3) NAME
pthread_join, pthread_timedjoin_np -- wait for thread termination LIBRARY
POSIX Threads Library (libpthread, -lpthread) SYNOPSIS
#include <pthread.h> int pthread_join(pthread_t thread, void **value_ptr); int pthread_timedjoin_np(pthread_t thread, void **value_ptr, const struct timespec *abstime); DESCRIPTION
The pthread_join() function suspends execution of the calling thread until the target thread terminates unless the target thread has already terminated. On return from a successful pthread_join() call with a non-NULL value_ptr argument, the value passed to pthread_exit() by the terminating thread is stored in the location referenced by value_ptr. When a pthread_join() returns successfully, the target thread has been terminated. The results of multiple simultaneous calls to pthread_join() specifying the same target thread are undefined. If the thread calling pthread_join() is cancelled, then the target thread is not detached. The pthread_timedjoin_np() function is equivalent to the pthread_join() function except it will return ETIMEDOUT if target thread does not exit before specified absolute time passes. A thread that has exited but remains unjoined counts against [_POSIX_THREAD_THREADS_MAX]. RETURN VALUES
If successful, the pthread_join() and pthread_timedjoin_np() functions will return zero. Otherwise an error number will be returned to indi- cate the error. ERRORS
The pthread_join() and pthread_timedjoin_np() functions will fail if: [EINVAL] The implementation has detected that the value specified by thread does not refer to a joinable thread. [ESRCH] No thread could be found corresponding to that specified by the given thread ID, thread. [EDEADLK] A deadlock was detected or the value of thread specifies the calling thread. [EOPNOTSUPP] The implementation detected that another caller is already waiting on thread. Additionally, the pthread_timedjoin_np() function will fail if: [ETIMEDOUT] The specified absolute time passed while pthread_timedjoin_np() waited for thread exit. SEE ALSO
wait(2), pthread_create(3) STANDARDS
The pthread_join() function conforms to ISO/IEC 9945-1:1996 (``POSIX.1''). The pthread_timedjoin_np() is a FreeBSD extension which first appeared in FreeBSD 6.1. BSD
January 23, 2010 BSD