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Date:      Tue, 28 Nov 2006 16:07:21 -0800
From:      Garrett Cooper <youshi10@u.washington.edu>
To:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: pthreads : questions about concurrency and lifetime
Message-ID:  <456CCF39.9090808@u.washington.edu>
In-Reply-To: <200611290000.37322.pieter@degoeje.nl>
References:  <456CAB12.9070507@u.washington.edu> <200611282302.08439.pieter@degoeje.nl> <456CBB09.10804@u.washington.edu> <200611290000.37322.pieter@degoeje.nl>

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Pieter de Goeje wrote:
> On Tuesday 28 November 2006 23:41, Garrett Cooper wrote:
>   
>> So that means no, after a function's definition is reached the
>> thread/resources stay in a semi-'alive' (maybe 'zombified') state?, or
>> does the kernel cleanup / reclaim all of the resources tied up with the
>> thread?
>> -Garrett
>>     
> If you detach the thread, it will properly clean up after it self, after the 
> thread has finished running.
>
> -- Pieter
>   
Awesome; that's the answer I was looking for.
Thanks again!
-Garrett



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