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Diffstat (limited to 'nptl/sysdeps/pthread/pthread.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | nptl/sysdeps/pthread/pthread.h | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/nptl/sysdeps/pthread/pthread.h b/nptl/sysdeps/pthread/pthread.h index 1c59e1ea2e..1433fe56f7 100644 --- a/nptl/sysdeps/pthread/pthread.h +++ b/nptl/sysdeps/pthread/pthread.h @@ -377,8 +377,12 @@ extern int pthread_cancel (pthread_t __th) __THROW; /* Test for pending cancellation for the current thread and terminate the thread as per pthread_exit(PTHREAD_CANCELED) if it has been - cancelled. */ -extern void pthread_testcancel (void) __THROW; + cancelled. + + Note that this function is explicitly not marked to not throw an + exception in C++ code. If cancellation is implemented by unwinding + this is necessary to have the compiler generate the unwind information. */ +extern void pthread_testcancel (void); /* Cancellation handling with integration into exception handling. */ |