pthread_create() blocks if maxthreads reached?

[Petri Helenius]

Craig Rodrigues wrote:

>Understood.  Keep in mind, I am trying to "kick the tires"
>on libpthread, to see how it reacts on crazy corner cases.
>I can certainly increase the values of these sysctls,
>but I think that pthread_create() should not block if
>it hits a limit.
>
>  
>
I agree here, pthread_create() should not get blocked sitting somewhere 
because
it would easily lead to situations where a "main" thread spawning off 
children
is blocked and cannot report errors or pthread_join() threads that terminate
because of it´s blocked.

Pete