Pthread_create and memory issues.

[Daniel Eischen]

On Sat, 22 May 2004, Cole wrote:

> Hi
> 
> Ok this is just a more direct question that the thread Memory Leak.
> 
> I have a program using pthread_create, and it runs fine, no compile errors
> or warnings, it all works fine, not a single issue, but it very very slowly
> uses up memory. The program creates a fixed number of threads, and after
> each one has run to completion it stores them for a while for use again if
> needed soon, else it destroys them after a specified amount of time.

The threads library (at least libpthread) caches threads and
KSE/KSEGs for re-use.

Threads also have to be detached (or joined to) in order to
reclaim their space.

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Dan Eischen