strange pthread keys behavior

[Daniel Molina Wegener]

On Sunday 07 January 2007 12:44, Daniel Eischen wrote:
> [SNIP]
> >
> >   ¿Is this a mistake in the code or a standard warning in
> > FreeBSD pthreads?
>
> Yes, it looks like a buggy program...
>
> >   The code bellow can be compiled with and do not use the
> > pthread_key_delete routine:
>
> See the POSIX spec with regard to pthread_key_create():
>
>   
> http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/functions/pthre
>ad_key_create.html
>
> You may have to create an account (free) in order to view it.
> Also look at pthread_key_delete().
>
> I think the problem is that you are calling
> pthread_key_delete() from the thread that is creating the key
> and before the thread has exited (when the thread-specific
> key data is destroyed). You have invalidated the key by
> deleting it, so when the thread exits, it can't call the
> destructor and it iterates PTHREAD_KEY_MAX times trying to
> deallocate the key data.  That is where the error message is
> generated.

  Thanks, really...

Best regards...
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