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1 /* Copyright (C) 2002, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
2 This file is part of the GNU C Library.
3 Contributed by Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>, 2002.
5 The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
6 modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
7 License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
8 version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
10 The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
11 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
12 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
13 Lesser General Public License for more details.
15 You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
16 License along with the GNU C Library; if not, write to the Free
17 Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
18 02111-1307 USA. */
20 #include <errno.h>
21 #include "pthreadP.h"
22 #include <atomic.h>
25 int
26 pthread_detach (th)
27 pthread_t th;
29 struct pthread *pd = (struct pthread *) th;
31 /* Make sure the descriptor is valid. */
32 if (INVALID_NOT_TERMINATED_TD_P (pd))
33 /* Not a valid thread handle. */
34 return ESRCH;
36 int result = 0;
38 /* Mark the thread as detached. */
39 if (atomic_compare_and_exchange_bool_acq (&pd->joinid, pd, NULL))
41 /* There are two possibilities here. First, the thread might
42 already be detached. In this case we return EINVAL.
43 Otherwise there might already be a waiter. The standard does
44 not mention what happens in this case. */
45 if (IS_DETACHED (pd))
46 result = EINVAL;
48 else
49 /* Check whether the thread terminated meanwhile. In this case we
50 will just free the TCB. */
51 if ((pd->cancelhandling & EXITING_BITMASK) != 0)
52 /* Note that the code in __free_tcb makes sure each thread
53 control block is freed only once. */
54 __free_tcb (pd);
56 return result;