Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: <mailto:cygwin-subscribe AT cygwin DOT com> List-Archive: <http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/> List-Post: <mailto:cygwin AT cygwin DOT com> List-Help: <mailto:cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com>, <http://sourceware.org/ml/#faqs> Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 11:27:19 -0500 From: Brian Ford <ford AT vss DOT fsi DOT com> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com To: jdeifik <jdeifik AT weasel DOT com> cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Problem with pthead.h - child's thread ending, causes main program to exit In-Reply-To: <6.1.2.0.0.20041028090536.01e9c470@localhost> Message-ID: <Pine.CYG.4.58.0410281116560.2868@fordpc.vss.fsi.com> References: <6 DOT 1 DOT 2 DOT 0 DOT 0 DOT 20041027164547 DOT 01cffec0 AT localhost> <Pine DOT CYG DOT 4 DOT 58 DOT 0410280941080 DOT 2868 AT fordpc DOT vss DOT fsi DOT com> <6 DOT 1 DOT 2 DOT 0 DOT 0 DOT 20041028090536 DOT 01e9c470 AT localhost> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-IsSubscribed: yes On Thu, 28 Oct 2004, jdeifik wrote: > Brian Ford wrote: > >On Wed, 27 Oct 2004, jdeifik wrote: > > > Using cygwin and windows xp sp2, when one thread reaches the end > > > of execution, the entire program exits. > > > >And you know this is really what happens because...? > > > >Or, is it this bug? > > > >http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2004-09/msg00257.html > > Doesn't seem likely, as I never call pthread_join. You missed the point of that thread. The bug has nothing to do with pthread_join, but with the stdio handles being closed on pthread_exit. Thus, if you are trying to deduce that the entire program exits because you see no more stdio, you have reached an incorrect conclusion. > >If so, then please try a snapshot: > > > >http://cygwin.com/snapshots/ > > The new cygwin1.dll fixed my problem. > Everything seems fine now. As I suspected above. > > > I know others have problems with pthreads locking up main, but this seems > > > different to me. > > > >You should quote a reference here as I am not aware of any such issue. > > there was a thread this week, > > From: Ben Lavender <blavender at gmail dot com> > To: cygwin at cygwin dot com > Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 15:43:49 +0200 > Subject: RE: problem with pthread.h - child thread's ending locks up main > thread > > Since this was from oct 21, and my email was from oct 27, and I quoted > the subject, I didn't think I needed more context. And the explanation for that issue was exactly the same as this one (although maybe not entirely clear from this follow-up): http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2004-10/msg01001.html Thus, it has nothing to do with "pthreads locking up main" as you suggested; just stdio being closed. I'm not trying to be mean, even if it is Cygwin's mantra. I'm just trying to clarify. HTH -- Brian Ford Senior Realtime Software Engineer VITAL - Visual Simulation Systems FlightSafety International the best safety device in any aircraft is a well-trained pilot... -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/