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Subject: Re: pthread_kill when sig is zero
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On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 03:23:51PM +0100, klement2 wrote:
>
>int pthread_kill(pthread_t thread, int sig);
>
>The posix function pthread_kill (in cygwin) does not perform error
>checking when the argument sig is zero, though it should according to
>standard.  It means ESRCH is not returned when the thread is not valid
>(for example it exited before).
>
>Is it possible to correct this ?

Yes.  I'll fix current CVS.

Do you happen to have a simple test case which demonstrates this problem?

cgf

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