On Fri, Sep 29, 2017 at 9:55 PM, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) <mtk.manpages@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello Rahul, > > A> very late follow-up... > > On 13 October 2015 at 05:48, Rahul Bedarkar <rpal143@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 2:40 AM, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) >> <mtk.manpages@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> Rahul, >>> >>> On 09/26/2015 07:04 AM, Rahul Bedarkar wrote: >>>> 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. >>> >>> While I'm not sure that that sentence is essential, it does serve >>> to remind the reader that all resources are freed on process >>> termination, regardless of whether pthread_detach() and pthread_join() >>> are used. >>> >>> It's not clear to me why you find it confusing or invalid. >>> Can you say more? >> >> Hi Michael, >> >> Why it should be a special case about pthread that we should mention >> that all resources are freed on process termination which is feature >> of an Operating system. >> >> When we don't mention it in open.2 or free.3, I thought it should not >> be mentioned in pthread case, as it is something not related to it. >> >> The sentence in bracket looks more confusing if we read previous one. >> >> "Either pthread_join(3) or 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.)" >> >> I think above sentences convey that you should call either >> pthread_join() or pthread_detach() so that resources are can be freed. >> But note that those won't get freed until process is terminated. >> >> That's why it looks confusing to me and looks invalid because note in >> bracket conveys different meaning than intended. > > So, I changed that last sentence to try to eliminate such an ambiguity: > > Either pthread_join(3) or 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 any threads for which one > of these actions has not been done will be freed when the > process terminates.) Thanks for fixing this. It is indeed very clear now. Regards, Rahul -- 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
