How to exit one thread from other thread

[ypankaj]

Hi,

I want to exit one thread from another thread. I pass thread_id to pthread_exit as

pthread_exit((void *)MQthread_id);

so it exit the current thread.

can anybody guide me on this.

Thanks

[morfanaion]

personally I prefer setting a variable to let a thread know it should terminate rather than terminating it externally, as this may cause side-effects. I don't know if the thread you wish to end just keeps going on and on in an endless loop, if it does, I suggest checking at the end of each loop if a variable telling it to shut down has been set.

[ypankaj]

Thanks morfanaion.. It is a good solution.
It is working fine now
But Is it possible with pthread_exit() from other function in above situation.?

[morfanaion]

I suppose it would be, but to be quite frank, I couldn't say. Since I've always preferred threads to maintain control over themselves, I've never tried it.

[wje_lf]

Please, before posting questions, at least read the man page! :)

But Is it possible with pthread_exit() from other function in above situation.?

No.

pthread_exit() does have one parameter, but that parameter serves a completely different purpose.

To find out what it's for, read the man page:

man pthread_exit

If that man page is not installed on your system, scroogle this:

Linux man pthread_exit

Hope this helps.