THRD_DETACH(3C) Standard C Library Functions THRD_DETACH(3C)

NAME

thrd_detach - detach a thread

SYNOPSIS

#include <threads.h>

int
thrd_detach(thrd_t thrd);

DESCRIPTION

The thrd_detach() function causes a thread to be considered detached
from the rest of the execution environment. While detached threads are
still fully observable, they cannot be joined with, calls to
thrd_join() will fail. In addition, if all non-detached threads have
terminated, the program will terminate; detached threads cannot keep a
program running. The act of calling thrd_detach() on a thread does not
cause it to terminate.

RETURN VALUES

Upon successful completion, the thrd_detach() function returns
thrd_success. Otherwise, it returns thrd_error, indicating that an
error has occurred.

INTERFACE STABILITY

Standard

MT-LEVEL
MT-safe

SEE ALSO

pthread_detach(3C), thrd_create(3C), thrd_join(3C), attributes(7),
threads(7)

illumos January 13, 2015 illumos