In notes section, statement "(But note that the resources of all threads are freed when the process terminates.)" is confusing and invalid. In Linux, we don't really need to wait until application termination for system resources to be freed unless there is bug in application logic. Signed-off-by: Rahul Bedarkar <rahulbedarkar89@xxxxxxxxx> --- man3/pthread_detach.3 | 2 -- 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/man3/pthread_detach.3 b/man3/pthread_detach.3 index 106914b..2c53409 100644 --- a/man3/pthread_detach.3 +++ b/man3/pthread_detach.3 @@ -101,8 +101,6 @@ or .BR pthread_detach () should be called for each thread that an application creates, so that system resources for the thread can be released. -(But note that the resources of all threads are freed when the -process terminates.) .SH EXAMPLE The following statement detaches the calling thread: -- 1.8.3.2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html