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NAME
pthread_testcancel - request delivery of any pending cancelation request
LIBRARY
POSIX threads library (libpthread, -lpthread)
SYNOPSIS
#include <pthread.h> void pthread_testcancel(void);
DESCRIPTION
Calling pthread_testcancel() creates a cancelation point within the calling thread, so that a thread that is otherwise executing code that contains no cancelation points will respond to a cancelation request. If cancelability is disabled (using pthread_setcancelstate(3)), or no cancelation request is pending, then a call to pthread_testcancel() has no effect.
RETURN VALUE
This function does not return a value. If the calling thread is canceled as a consequence of a call to this function, then the function does not return.
ERRORS
This function always succeeds.
ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7). ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐ │Interface │ Attribute │ Value │ ├───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤ │pthread_testcancel() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘
STANDARDS
POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.
EXAMPLES
See pthread_cleanup_push(3).
SEE ALSO
pthread_cancel(3), pthread_cleanup_push(3), pthread_setcancelstate(3), pthreads(7)