Ping[2]: [PATCH] Fix sporadic failure in tst-eintr1 test case

[Jonathan Nieder]

KOSAKI Motohiro wrote:

> I have a question. Do any standard require pthread_join() ensure to
> reduce NPROC? I guess no.

It's not clear to me, but my guess is also no.

The following passage seems to involve an assumption that joined
threads would not count towards implementation limits (otherwise, why
would it single out unjoined threads in particular?):

	It is unspecified whether a thread that has exited but remains
	unjoined counts against {PTHREAD_THREADS_MAX}.

The (non-normative) rationale explains that pthread_join() could be
emulated in a way that would be subject to the same race:

	It is true that a programmer could simulate this function if
	it were not provided by passing extra state as part of the
	argument to the start_routine().  The terminating thread would
	set a flag to indicate termination and broadcast a condition
	that is part of that state; a joining thread would wait on
	that condition variable. 
[...]
	Thus, while not a primitive, including pthread_join() in this
	volume of POSIX.1-2008 was considered valuable.

A quick search didn't find any stronger wording in either direction.

Jonathan