nuttx/sched/pthread/pthread_cancel.c

/****************************************************************************
 * sched/pthread/pthread_cancel.c
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/****************************************************************************
 * Included Files
 ****************************************************************************/

#include <nuttx/config.h>

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <pthread.h>
#include <errno.h>

#include "sched/sched.h"
#include "task/task.h"
#include "pthread/pthread.h"

/****************************************************************************
 * Public Functions
 ****************************************************************************/

int pthread_cancel(pthread_t thread)
{
  FAR struct pthread_tcb_s *tcb;

  /* First, make sure that the handle references a valid thread */

  if (thread == 0)
    {
      /* pid == 0 is the IDLE task (in a single CPU configuration).  Callers
       * cannot cancel the IDLE task.
       */

      return ESRCH;
    }

  tcb = (FAR struct pthread_tcb_s *)sched_gettcb((pid_t)thread);
  if (tcb == NULL)
    {
      /* The pid does not correspond to any known thread.  The thread
       * has probably already exited.
       */

      return ESRCH;
    }

  /* Only pthreads should use this interface */

  DEBUGASSERT((tcb->cmn.flags & TCB_FLAG_TTYPE_MASK) == TCB_FLAG_TTYPE_PTHREAD);

  /* Check to see if this thread has the non-cancelable bit set in its
   * flags. Suppress context changes for a bit so that the flags are stable.
   * (the flags should not change in interrupt handling).
   */

  sched_lock();
  if ((tcb->cmn.flags & TCB_FLAG_NONCANCELABLE) != 0)
    {
      /* Then we cannot cancel the thread now.  Here is how this is
       * supposed to work:
       *
       * "When cancelability is disabled, all cancels are held pending
       *  in the target thread until the thread changes the cancelability.
       *  When cancelability is deferred, all cancels are held pending in
       *  the target thread until the thread changes the cancelability, calls
       *  a function which is a cancellation point or calls pthread_testcancel(),
       *  thus creating a cancellation point. When cancelability is asynchronous,
       *  all cancels are acted upon immediately, interrupting the thread with its
       *  processing."
       */

      tcb->cmn.flags |= TCB_FLAG_CANCEL_PENDING;
      sched_unlock();
      return OK;
    }

#ifdef CONFIG_CANCELLATION_POINTS
  /* Check if this thread supports deferred cancellation */

  if ((tcb->cmn.flags & TCB_FLAG_CANCEL_DEFERRED) != 0)
    {
      /* Then we cannot cancel the thread asynchronously.  Mark the cancellation
       * as pending.
       */

      tcb->cmn.flags |= TCB_FLAG_CANCEL_PENDING;

      /* If the thread is waiting at a cancellation point, then notify of the
       * cancellation thereby waking the task up with an ECANCELED error.
       */

      if (tcb->cmn.cpcount > 0)
        {
          nxnotify_cancellation(&tcb->cmn);
        }

      sched_unlock();
      return OK;
    }
#endif

  /* Otherwise, perform the asyncrhonous cancellation */

  sched_unlock();

  /* Check to see if the ID refers to ourselves.. this would be the
   * same as pthread_exit(PTHREAD_CANCELED).
   */

  if (tcb == (FAR struct pthread_tcb_s *)this_task())
    {
      pthread_exit(PTHREAD_CANCELED);
    }

#ifdef CONFIG_PTHREAD_CLEANUP
  /* Perform any stack pthread clean-up callbacks.
   *
   * REVISIT: In this case, the clean-up callback will execute on the
   * thread of the caller of pthread cancel, not on the thread of
   * the thread-to-be-canceled.  This is a problem when deferred
   * cancellation is not supported because, for example, the clean-up
   * function will be unable to unlock its own mutexes.
   */

  pthread_cleanup_popall(tcb);
#endif

  /* Complete pending join operations */

  pthread_completejoin((pid_t)thread, PTHREAD_CANCELED);

#ifndef CONFIG_PTHREAD_MUTEX_UNSAFE
  /* Recover any mutexes still held by the canceled thread */

  pthread_mutex_inconsistent(tcb);
#endif

  /* Then let nxtask_terminate do the real work */

  return nxtask_terminate((pid_t)thread, false);
}