Re: [RFC] Enable thread termination

[Samuel Thibault]

Hello,

Richard Braun, le Sun 17 Nov 2013 17:13:23 +0100, a écrit :
> This patch makes use of a new GNU Mach specific call
> (thread_terminate_release [1]) so that threads do terminate themselves
> and release their stack, and in addition their last self reference,
> and their reply port.

I was first wondering whether I liked that.  After thinking more about
it, I do.  Thread termination has always been a burden in thread
libraries, and it's really way simpler when it's the kernel which
releases the last bits.  Your patch lines count shows that.  So I'd say
go ahead.

Samuel