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PTHREAD_TRYJOIN_NP(3)	   Linux Programmer's Manual	 PTHREAD_TRYJOIN_NP(3)

NAME
       pthread_tryjoin_np,  pthread_timedjoin_np  -  try to join with a termi‐
       nated thread

SYNOPSIS
       #define _GNU_SOURCE	       /* See feature_test_macros(7) */
       #include <pthread.h>

       int pthread_tryjoin_np(pthread_t thread, void **retval);

       int pthread_timedjoin_np(pthread_t thread, void **retval,
				const struct timespec *abstime);

       Compile and link with -pthread.

DESCRIPTION
       These functions operate in the same way as pthread_join(3), except  for
       the differences described on this page.

       The  pthread_tryjoin_np() function performs a nonblocking join with the
       thread thread, returning the exit status of the thread in *retval.   If
       thread  has not yet terminated, then instead of blocking, as is done by
       pthread_join(3), the call returns an error.

       The pthread_timedjoin_np() function performs a  join-with-timeout.   If
       thread  has  not	 yet  terminated, then the call blocks until a maximum
       time, specified in abstime.  If the timeout expires before thread  ter‐
       minates,	 the  call returns an error.  The abstime argument is a struc‐
       ture of the following form, specifying an absolute time measured	 since
       the Epoch (see time(2)):

	   struct timespec {
	       time_t tv_sec;	  /* seconds */
	       long   tv_nsec;	  /* nanoseconds */
	   };

RETURN VALUE
       On  success,  these  functions return 0; on error, they return an error
       number.

ERRORS
       These functions can fail	 with  the  same  errors  as  pthread_join(3).
       pthread_tryjoin_np() can in addition fail with the following error:

       EBUSY  thread had not yet terminated at the time of the call.

       pthread_timedjoin_np() can in addition fail with the following error:

       ETIMEDOUT
	      The call timed out before thread terminated.

       pthread_timedjoin_np() never returns the error EINTR.

VERSIONS
       These functions first appeared in glibc in version 2.3.3.

CONFORMING TO
       These  functions are nonstandard GNU extensions; hence the suffix "_np"
       (nonportable) in the names.

EXAMPLE
       The following code waits to join for up to 5 seconds:

	   struct timespec ts;
	   int s;

	   ...

	   if (clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, &ts) == -1) {
	    /* Handle error */
	   }

	   ts.tv_sec += 5;

	   s = pthread_timedjoin_np(thread, NULL, &ts);
	   if (s != 0) {
	       /* Handle error */
	   }

SEE ALSO
       clock_gettime(2), pthread_exit(3), pthread_join(3), pthreads(7)

COLOPHON
       This page is part of release 3.65 of the Linux  man-pages  project.   A
       description  of	the project, and information about reporting bugs, can
       be found at http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.

Linux				  2010-09-10		 PTHREAD_TRYJOIN_NP(3)
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