[Bug 1731] pthread_join() returns ESRCH if target thread already terminated

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https://www.rtems.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1731

--- Comment #4 from Gregory Taylor <gtaylor at jpl.nasa.gov> 2011-05-25 22:04:51 CDT ---
(In reply to comment #3)
> The idea of holding state information for a thread pasts its life does not
> sound correct. It was also not clear to me how the zombie data was to be
> avoided.

From
http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/pthread_join.html

"The pthread_join() or pthread_detach() function should eventually be called
for every thread that is created with the detachstate attribute set to
PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE so that storage associated with the thread may be
reclaimed."

But it also goes on to say:
"If an implementation detects use of a thread ID after the end of its lifetime,
it is recommended that the function should fail and report an [ESRCH] error."

Seems a little conflicting to me... But based on the second statement, perhaps
the current implementation is correct.

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