Re: [Boost-users] at_thread_exit() never getting called

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] at_thread_exit() never getting called
From: cowwoc (cowwoc_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-11-08 13:56:14

Peter Dimov-5 wrote:
> 
> atexit handlers (and global/static variable destructors) are invoked by
> the 
> thread that calls exit() (or returns from main). at_thread_exit handlers 
> (and thread-specific variable destructors) should be invoked by the thread 
> that called at_thread_exit, after it exits from its thread function. 
> 

One of my threads has the following logic:

{
  at_thread_exit(myHook);
  while (!shutdownRequested)
  {
    // do stuff 
  }
}

myHook()
{
  shutdownRequested = true;
}

       Following your scenario, doesn't this mean that the shutdown hook
will never get executed? What will happen? Will exit() hang forever? What do
you propose I do instead?

Thanks,
Gili
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