Question

I have a multithreaded program and in the code below, when the value of y becomes less than 0, I need all the threads to stop running.

Here’s the source code –

     else if(y<0)
     {
             flag=1;
             printf("Exit the program\n");
             pthread_exit((void *)55);
             printf("sdjfajdflsdj");

            // return NULL;
     }

What is happening is that the program is printing the line – Exit the program, but gets stuck over there. It does not go to the line printf(“sdjfajdflsdj”); and neither does it exit the code.

Can someone please help ?

Thanks

Answer 1

pthread_exit exits the current thread, not others. I believe exit should exit all threads.