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+/* Detach a thread.
+ Copyright (C) 2000, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+ The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
+ published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+ License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+ The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ Library General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If not,
+ write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
+
+#include <pt-internal.h>
+
+/* Indicate that the storage for THREAD can be reclaimed when it
+ terminates. */
+int
+pthread_detach (pthread_t thread)
+{
+ struct __pthread *pthread;
+ int err = 0;
+
+ /* Lookup the thread structure for THREAD. */
+ pthread = __pthread_getid (thread);
+ if (pthread == NULL)
+ return ESRCH;
+
+ __pthread_mutex_lock (&pthread->state_lock);
+
+ switch (pthread->state)
+ {
+ case PTHREAD_JOINABLE:
+ /* THREAD still running. Mark it as detached such that its
+ resources can be reclaimed as soon as the thread exits. */
+ pthread->state = PTHREAD_DETACHED;
+
+ /* Broadcast the condition. This will make threads that are
+ waiting to join THREAD continue with hopefully disastrous
+ consequences instead of blocking indefinitely. */
+ pthread_cond_broadcast (&pthread->state_cond);
+ __pthread_mutex_unlock (&pthread->state_lock);
+ break;
+
+ case PTHREAD_EXITED:
+ /* THREAD has already exited. Make sure that nobody can
+ reference it anymore, and mark it as terminated. */
+
+ __pthread_mutex_unlock (&pthread->state_lock);
+
+ /* Make sure the thread is not running before we remove its
+ stack. (The only possibility is that it is in a call to
+ __pthread_thread_halt itself, but that is enough to cause a
+ sigsegv.) */
+ __pthread_thread_halt (pthread);
+
+ /* Destroy the stack, the kernel resources and the control
+ block. */
+ assert (pthread->stack);
+ __pthread_stack_dealloc (pthread->stackaddr, pthread->stacksize);
+ pthread->stack = 0;
+
+ __pthread_thread_dealloc (pthread);
+
+ __pthread_dealloc (pthread);
+ break;
+
+ case PTHREAD_TERMINATED:
+ /* Pretend THREAD wasn't there in the first place. */
+ __pthread_mutex_unlock (&pthread->state_lock);
+ err = ESRCH;
+ break;
+
+ default:
+ /* Thou shalt not detach non-joinable threads! */
+ __pthread_mutex_unlock (&pthread->state_lock);
+ err = EINVAL;
+ break;
+ }
+
+ return err;
+}