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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libpthread/man/pthread_detach.3')
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diff --git a/lib/libpthread/man/pthread_detach.3 b/lib/libpthread/man/pthread_detach.3 index 4aa837643aa..cd30b2c6e7b 100644 --- a/lib/libpthread/man/pthread_detach.3 +++ b/lib/libpthread/man/pthread_detach.3 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: pthread_detach.3,v 1.9 2002/02/21 20:12:19 fgsch Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: pthread_detach.3,v 1.10 2002/05/01 08:03:30 mpech Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1996-1998 John Birrell <jb@cimlogic.com.au>. .\" All rights reserved. @@ -48,22 +48,26 @@ The function is used to indicate to the implementation that storage for the thread .Fa thread -can be reclaimed when the thread terminates. If +can be reclaimed when the thread terminates. +If .Fa thread has not terminated, .Fn pthread_detach -will not cause it to terminate. The effect of multiple +will not cause it to terminate. +The effect of multiple .Fn pthread_detach calls on the same target thread is unspecified. .Sh RETURN VALUES If successful, the .Fn pthread_detach -function will return zero. Otherwise an error number will be returned to -indicate the error. Note that the function does not change the value +function will return zero. +Otherwise an error number will be returned to indicate the error. +Note that the function does not change the value of .Va errno -as it did for some drafts of the standard. These early drafts -also passed a pointer to pthread_t as the argument. Beware! +as it did for some drafts of the standard. +These early drafts also passed a pointer to pthread_t as the argument. +Beware! .Sh ERRORS .Fn pthread_detach will fail if: |