Thread Cancellation Manager
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Introduction
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The
thread cancellation manager is ...

The directives provided by the thread cancellation manager are:

- ``pthread_cancel`` - Cancel Execution of a Thread

- ``pthread_setcancelstate`` - Set Cancelability State

- ``pthread_setcanceltype`` - Set Cancelability Type

- ``pthread_testcancel`` - Create Cancellation Point

- ``pthread_cleanup_push`` - Establish Cancellation Handler

- ``pthread_cleanup_pop`` - Remove Cancellation Handler

Background
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Operations
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Directives
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This section details the thread cancellation manager's directives.
A subsection is dedicated to each of this manager's directives
and describes the calling sequence, related constants, usage,
and status codes.

pthread_cancel - Cancel Execution of a Thread
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.. index:: pthread_cancel
.. index:: cancel execution of a thread

**CALLING SEQUENCE:**

.. code:: c

    int pthread_cancel(
    );

**STATUS CODES:**

*E*
    The

**DESCRIPTION:**

**NOTES:**

pthread_setcancelstate - Set Cancelability State
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.. index:: pthread_setcancelstate
.. index:: set cancelability state

**CALLING SEQUENCE:**

.. code:: c

    int pthread_setcancelstate(
    );

**STATUS CODES:**

*E*
    The

**DESCRIPTION:**

**NOTES:**

pthread_setcanceltype - Set Cancelability Type
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.. index:: pthread_setcanceltype
.. index:: set cancelability type

**CALLING SEQUENCE:**

.. code:: c

    int pthread_setcanceltype(
    );

**STATUS CODES:**

*E*
    The

**DESCRIPTION:**

**NOTES:**

pthread_testcancel - Create Cancellation Point
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.. index:: pthread_testcancel
.. index:: create cancellation point

**CALLING SEQUENCE:**

.. code:: c

    int pthread_testcancel(
    );

**STATUS CODES:**

*E*
    The

**DESCRIPTION:**

**NOTES:**

pthread_cleanup_push - Establish Cancellation Handler
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.. index:: pthread_cleanup_push
.. index:: establish cancellation handler

**CALLING SEQUENCE:**

.. code:: c

    int pthread_cleanup_push(
    );

**STATUS CODES:**

*E*
    The

**DESCRIPTION:**

**NOTES:**

pthread_cleanup_pop - Remove Cancellation Handler
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.. index:: pthread_cleanup_pop
.. index:: remove cancellation handler

**CALLING SEQUENCE:**

.. code:: c

    int pthread_cleanup_push(
    );

**STATUS CODES:**

*E*
    The

**DESCRIPTION:**

**NOTES:**

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