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pthread_..._defer_np(3) Library Functions Manualpthread_..._defer_np(3)pthread_cleanup_push_defer_np, pthread_cleanup_pop_restore_np - push and pop thread cancelation clean-up handlers while saving cancelability type
POSIX threads library (libpthread,-lpthread)
#include <pthread.h>void pthread_cleanup_push_defer_np(typeof(void (void *)) *routine,void *arg);void pthread_cleanup_pop_restore_np(intexecute); Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (seefeature_test_macros(7)):pthread_cleanup_push_defer_np(),pthread_cleanup_pop_defer_np(): _GNU_SOURCE
These functions are the same aspthread_cleanup_push(3) andpthread_cleanup_pop(3), except for the differences noted on this page. Likepthread_cleanup_push(3),pthread_cleanup_push_defer_np() pushesroutine onto the thread's stack of cancelation clean-up handlers. In addition, it also saves the thread's current cancelability type, and sets the cancelability type to "deferred" (seepthread_setcanceltype(3)); this ensures that cancelation clean-up will occur even if the thread's cancelability type was "asynchronous" before the call. Likepthread_cleanup_pop(3),pthread_cleanup_pop_restore_np() pops the top-most clean-up handler from the thread's stack of cancelation clean-up handlers. In addition, it restores the thread's cancelability type to its value at the time of the matchingpthread_cleanup_push_defer_np(). The caller must ensure that calls to these functions are paired within the same function, and at the same lexical nesting level. Other restrictions apply, as described inpthread_cleanup_push(3). This sequence of calls: pthread_cleanup_push_defer_np(routine, arg); pthread_cleanup_pop_restore_np(execute); is equivalent to (but shorter and more efficient than): int oldtype; pthread_cleanup_push(routine, arg); pthread_setcanceltype(PTHREAD_CANCEL_DEFERRED, &oldtype); ... pthread_setcanceltype(oldtype, NULL); pthread_cleanup_pop(execute);
GNU; hence the suffix "_np" (nonportable) in the names.
glibc 2.0
pthread_cancel(3),pthread_cleanup_push(3),pthread_setcancelstate(3),pthread_testcancel(3),pthreads(7)
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