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Date:	Fri, 20 Sep 2002 09:42:09 +0200 (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Westeurop=E4ische_Sommerzeit?=)
From:	Thomas Pfaff <tpfaff AT gmx DOT net>
To:	Robert Collins <rbcollins AT cygwin DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: Recent change to init.cc for thread detach looks wrong?
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On Fri, 20 Sep 2002, Robert Collins wrote:

> On Fri, 2002-09-20 at 15:32, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> > Robert,
> > Your recent change:
> > 2002-09-11  Robert Collins  <rbtcollins AT hotmail DOT com>
> >
> >         * init.cc (dll_entry): On thread detach, if the thread hasn't
> >         exit()ed, do so.
> >
> > doesn't look right.  The code invokes pthread::exit which can block
> > waiting on a mutex, it seems.
>
> Ok, will correct this weekend.
>

You may have a look at my pthread patch part 4 that shows how i
have implemented cleanup after thread termination.

Thomas

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