Re: [Xenomai-core] How to cancel a Xenomai POSIX thread

[Wolfgang Grandegger <wg@domain.hid>]

Gilles Chanteperdrix wrote:
> On Dec 6, 2007 1:31 PM, Wolfgang Grandegger <wg@domain.hid> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> how do I cancel or delete a Xenomai POSIX thread running in primary
>> context from a higher priority thread? IIUC, pthread_kill() can only be
>> used in secondary context. I tried pthread_cancel(), but it only works
>> when hitting a cancelation point, e.g. pthread_testcancel(). Setting
>> pthread_setcanceltype(PTHREAD_CANCEL_ASYNCHRONOUS) did not help. Is
>> there a code snippet or even an example program showing how to cancel a
>> pthread in primary context?
> 
> pthread_kill or pthread_cancel should result in sending a signal to
> the target thread, so should cause this thread to switch to secondary
> mode to handle it. If you want to wait for the target thread to be
> canceled, you should use pthread_cancel and pthread_join.

There is no way to cancel a pthread in primary mode from another pthread?

Wolfgang.