pthread_join usage

Question

如果我调用pthread_join（NULL）会发生什么？

Answer 1

you get a compile time error; pthread_join() expects 2 arguments :)

Answer 2

If the first of the two expected arguments to pthread_join() is NULL, anything (bad) can happen at runtime. From the specification at www.opengroup.org: " The behavior is undefined if the value specified by the thread argument to pthread_join() does not refer to a joinable thread."

NULL is accepted for the second argument of pthread_join().

EDIT: Indeed some implementations can specify the behavior. Check man page for pthread_join on your system.

Answer 3

Ideally you would always check the function return :

if (0 != pthread_join(thread, &result)) 
{
   fprintf(stderr, "pthread_join error\n");
}

If successful, the pthread_join() function returns zero. Otherwise, an error number is returned to indicate the error.