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26 .TH PTHREAD_CLEANUP_PUSH 3 2017-09-15 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
28 pthread_cleanup_push, pthread_cleanup_pop \- push and pop
29 thread cancellation clean-up handlers
32 .B #include <pthread.h>
34 .BI "void pthread_cleanup_push(void (*" routine ")(void *),"
36 .BI "void pthread_cleanup_pop(int " execute );
38 Compile and link with \fI\-pthread\fP.
41 These functions manipulate the calling thread's stack of
42 thread-cancellation clean-up handlers.
43 A clean-up handler is a function that is automatically executed
44 when a thread is canceled (or in various other circumstances
46 it might, for example, unlock a mutex so that
47 it becomes available to other threads in the process.
50 .BR pthread_cleanup_push ()
53 onto the top of the stack of clean-up handlers.
56 is later invoked, it will be given
61 .BR pthread_cleanup_pop ()
62 function removes the routine at the top of the stack of clean-up handlers,
63 and optionally executes it if
67 A cancellation clean-up handler is popped from the stack
68 and executed in the following circumstances:
70 When a thread is canceled,
71 all of the stacked clean-up handlers are popped and executed in
72 the reverse of the order in which they were pushed onto the stack.
74 When a thread terminates by calling
76 all clean-up handlers are executed as described in the preceding point.
77 (Clean-up handlers are
79 called if the thread terminates by
82 from the thread start function.)
85 .BR pthread_cleanup_pop ()
88 argument, the top-most clean-up handler is popped and executed.
91 .BR pthread_cleanup_push ()
93 .BR pthread_cleanup_pop ()
94 to be implemented as macros that expand to text
95 containing \(aq\fB{\fP\(aq and \(aq\fB}\fP\(aq, respectively.
96 For this reason, the caller must ensure that calls to these
97 functions are paired within the same function,
98 and at the same lexical nesting level.
99 (In other words, a clean-up handler is established only
100 during the execution of a specified section of code.)
104 .RB ( siglongjmp (3))
105 produces undefined results if any call has been made to
106 .BR pthread_cleanup_push ()
108 .BR pthread_cleanup_pop ()
109 without the matching call of the pair since the jump buffer
112 .RB ( sigsetjmp (3)).
115 .RB ( siglongjmp (3))
116 from inside a clean-up handler produces undefined results
117 unless the jump buffer was also filled by
122 These functions do not return a value.
126 .\" Available since glibc 2.0
128 For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
134 Interface Attribute Value
136 .BR pthread_cleanup_push (),
137 .BR pthread_cleanup_pop ()
138 T} Thread safety MT-Safe
142 POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.
145 .BR pthread_cleanup_push ()
147 .BR pthread_cleanup_pop ()
150 implemented as macros that expand to text
151 containing \(aq\fB{\fP\(aq and \(aq\fB}\fP\(aq, respectively.
152 This means that variables declared within the scope of
153 paired calls to these functions will be visible within only that scope.
156 .\" The text was actually added in the 2004 TC2
157 says that the effect of using
163 to prematurely leave a block bracketed
164 .BR pthread_cleanup_push ()
166 .BR pthread_cleanup_pop ()
168 Portable applications should avoid doing this.
170 The program below provides a simple example of the use of the functions
171 described in this page.
172 The program creates a thread that executes a loop bracketed by
173 .BR pthread_cleanup_push ()
175 .BR pthread_cleanup_pop ().
176 This loop increments a global variable,
179 Depending on what command-line arguments are supplied,
180 the main thread sends the other thread a cancellation request,
181 or sets a global variable that causes the other thread
182 to exit its loop and terminate normally (by doing a
185 In the following shell session,
186 the main thread sends a cancellation request to the other thread:
195 Called clean-up handler
196 Thread was canceled; cnt = 0
200 From the above, we see that the thread was canceled,
201 and that the cancellation clean-up handler was called
202 and it reset the value of the global variable
206 In the next run, the main program sets a
207 global variable that causes other thread to terminate normally:
215 Thread terminated normally; cnt = 2
219 From the above, we see that the clean-up handler was not executed (because
221 was 0), and therefore the value of
225 In the next run, the main program sets a global variable that
226 causes the other thread to terminate normally,
227 and supplies a nonzero value for
228 .IR cleanup_pop_arg :
236 Called clean-up handler
237 Thread terminated normally; cnt = 0
241 In the above, we see that although the thread was not canceled,
242 the clean-up handler was executed, because the argument given to
243 .BR pthread_cleanup_pop ()
249 #include <sys/types.h>
255 #define handle_error_en(en, msg) \e
256 do { errno = en; perror(msg); exit(EXIT_FAILURE); } while (0)
259 static int cleanup_pop_arg = 0;
263 cleanup_handler(void *arg)
265 printf("Called clean\-up handler\en");
270 thread_start(void *arg)
274 printf("New thread started\en");
276 pthread_cleanup_push(cleanup_handler, NULL);
278 curr = start = time(NULL);
281 pthread_testcancel(); /* A cancellation point */
282 if (curr < time(NULL)) {
284 printf("cnt = %d\en", cnt); /* A cancellation point */
289 pthread_cleanup_pop(cleanup_pop_arg);
294 main(int argc, char *argv[])
300 s = pthread_create(&thr, NULL, thread_start, NULL);
302 handle_error_en(s, "pthread_create");
304 sleep(2); /* Allow new thread to run a while */
308 cleanup_pop_arg = atoi(argv[2]);
312 printf("Canceling thread\en");
313 s = pthread_cancel(thr);
315 handle_error_en(s, "pthread_cancel");
318 s = pthread_join(thr, &res);
320 handle_error_en(s, "pthread_join");
322 if (res == PTHREAD_CANCELED)
323 printf("Thread was canceled; cnt = %d\en", cnt);
325 printf("Thread terminated normally; cnt = %d\en", cnt);
330 .BR pthread_cancel (3),
331 .BR pthread_cleanup_push_defer_np (3),
332 .BR pthread_setcancelstate (3),
333 .BR pthread_testcancel (3),