Set a thread's cancellation state
#include <pthread.h> int pthread_setcancelstate( int state, int* oldstate );
libc
Use the -l c option to qcc to link against this library. This library is usually included automatically.
The pthread_setcancelstate() function sets the calling thread's cancellation state to state and returns the previous cancellation state in oldstate.
The cancellation state can have the following values:
The default cancellation state for a thread is PTHREAD_CANCEL_ENABLE.
You can set this attribute (in a non-POSIX way) before creating the thread; for more information, see “QNX extensions,” in the documentation for pthread_create(). |
Safety: | |
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Cancellation point | No |
Interrupt handler | No |
Signal handler | Yes |
Thread | Yes |
pthread_cancel(), pthread_setcanceltype(), pthread_testcancel()