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NAME

6       pthread_kill_other_threads_np - terminate all other threads in process
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SYNOPSIS

9       #include <pthread.h>
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11       void pthread_kill_other_threads_np(void);
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DESCRIPTION

14       pthread_kill_other_threads_np()  only has an effect in the LinuxThreads
15       threading implementation.  On that implementation, calling  this  func‐
16       tion  causes  the  immediate termination of all threads in the applica‐
17       tion, except the calling thread.  The cancellation state and  cancella‐
18       tion  type of the to-be-terminated threads are ignored, and the cleanup
19       handlers are not called in those threads.
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CONFORMING TO

22       This function is a nonstandard GNU extension.
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NOTES

25       pthread_kill_other_threads_np() is intended to be called just before  a
26       thread  calls  execve(2)  or  a  similar  function.   This  function is
27       designed to address a limitation in the obsolete LinuxThreads implemen‐
28       tation  whereby  the  other threads of an application are not automati‐
29       cally terminated (as POSIX.1-2001 requires) during execve(2).
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31       In the NPTL threading  implementation,  pthread_kill_other_threads_np()
32       exists,  but  does  nothing.   (Nothing  needs  to be done, because the
33       implementation does the right thing during an execve(2).)
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SEE ALSO

36       execve(2),     pthread_setcancelstate(3),     pthread_setcanceltype(3),
37       pthread_cancel(3), pthreads(7)
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COLOPHON

40       This  page  is  part of release 3.25 of the Linux man-pages project.  A
41       description of the project, and information about reporting  bugs,  can
42       be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.
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