NAME

kjb_pthread_cancel - Try to cancel some thread

SYNOPSIS

#include "l_mt/l_mt_pthread.h"

Example compile flags (system dependent):
  -DLINUX_X86_64 -DLINUX_X86_64_OPTERON  -DGNU_COMPILER 
   -I/home/kobus/include
   -L/home/kobus/misc/load/linux_x86_64_opteron -L/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu
  -lKJB                               -lfftw3  -lgsl -lgslcblas -ljpeg  -lSVM -lstdc++                    -lpthread -lSLATEC -lg2c    -lacml -lacml_mv -lblas -lg2c      -lncursesw 


int kjb_pthread_cancel(kjb_pthread_t tid);

DESCRIPTION

This attempts to abort the execution of some other thread, specified by 'tid.' This function does not block, it merely queues the request. See the man page for pthread_cancel(3) for a discussion of what happens. LOCK STATUS: no, this does not block

RETURNS

This returns NO_ERROR if successful, otherwise it sets an error message and returns ERROR.

DISCLAIMER

This software is not adequatedly tested. It is recomended that results are checked independantly where appropriate.

AUTHOR

Andrew Predoehl

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