pthread_cancel() function failed to terminate a thread

Question

I\'m using pthread_create() and pthread_cancel() functions to create a multithreaded program, but I noticed that pthread_cancel() did

Answer 1

The default cancel method of pthread_cancel() is delayed cancel.So when you invoke pthread_cancel(), it will not really cancel before the specified thread reach the cancel point.You shoud call pthread_setcanceltype to set another cancel method to your thread.