Re: main thread pthread_exit/sys_exit bug!

From: Kaz Kylheku
Date: Wed Feb 04 2009 - 23:55:39 EST


On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 7:05 PM, Roland McGrath <roland@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I haven't seen the clear explanation of what specific actual problems there
> are here. But I'm quite sure this is not the right approach to address them.
>
> Kaz has said things that seemed to imply that the behavior is erratic or
> the semantics are somehow ill-defined when the group leader has died with
> other threads living on. In fact, this case is perfectly well-specified
> and there is no mystery about it.

I haven't observed anything that could be called erratic. The behavior that
occurs, occurs reliably.
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