more cancellation work

David Mosberger davidm@napali.hpl.hp.com
Thu Jul 17 19:06:00 GMT 2003


>>>>> On Thu, 17 Jul 2003 11:42:07 -0700, Richard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net> said:

  Richard> On Thu, Jul 17, 2003 at 10:43:51AM -0700, David Mosberger wrote:
  >> What I meant is: when will libc unwind?  As a result of
  >> pthread_cancel()?  If so, how does it work precisely?

  >> But since you brought it up: what API will this "external library"
  >> follow?  The C++ exception handling API? (_Unwind_FOO)?

  Richard> Yes, and by calling _Unwind_ForceUnwind.  What else did you
  Richard> want to know?

That explains it.

Thanks,

	--david



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