_unadopt_thread

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Header File

process.h

Category

Process Control Routines

Prototype

void _unadopt_thread(_PTHREAD_ADOPTION_DATA thd);

Description

Frees the RTL thread-specific data associated with a previous call to _adopt_thread.

Return Value

None.

Example

#include <process.h>
#include <windows.h>
void adopted_thread(void*)
{
  printf("Running in a RTL-managed thread!\n");
}

unsigned long __stdcall winapi_thread(void*)
{
  /*
   This code runs on another thread, created by CreateThread Win32 API.
   _adopt_thread is used to continue the execution in the routine that
   is RTL managed (in the same thread context).
  */
  printf("Running in a simple thread! Adopting ...\n");
  _PTHREAD_ADOPTION_DATA data = _adopt_thread(adopted_thread, NULL, false);

  /* Un-adopt the thread and release it's resources */
  printf("Back to OS thread! Release adoption ...\n");
  _unadopt_thread(data);
}

int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
  /* Create a thread using OS APIs, thus RTL-unmanaged */
  unsigned long threadId;
  CreateThread(NULL, 0, winapi_thread, NULL, 0, &threadId);

  Sleep(100);

  return 0;
} 

Portability

POSIX	Win32	ANSI C	ANSI C++
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