From: Russ Cox <rsc@swtch.com>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: [9fans] Threadcreate() failure value?
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 14:16:24 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ee9e417a0511301116vf07aca2v833a0a9ab84d346c@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.61.0511301359180.3380@cps210.cps.cmich.edu.>
> On Wed, 30 Nov 2005, Russ Cox wrote:
> > thread(2):
> >
> > Thread library functions do not return on failure;
> > if errors occur, the entire program is aborted.
>
> Interesting. If threads are being created by a main thread on the
> fly to handle some task, it means all threads (including main thread)
> disappear??
The only way these can fail is if you run out of memory
or you run out of processes.
> What if there is a need for active threads to complete
> the assigned tasks?
Then you should fix the memory or process leaks.
Russ
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-11-30 19:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-11-30 16:03 ISHWAR RATTAN
2005-11-30 18:31 ` Russ Cox
2005-11-30 19:02 ` ISHWAR RATTAN
2005-11-30 19:16 ` Russ Cox [this message]
2005-11-30 19:59 ` Ronald G Minnich
2005-11-30 20:39 ` Russ Cox
2005-11-30 20:43 ` Ronald G Minnich
2005-11-30 20:50 ` Russ Cox
2005-11-30 20:58 ` Martin Harriss
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