NAME

tis_testcancel − Creates a cancelation point in the calling thread. 

LIBRARY

Standard C Library (libc.so, libc.a)

SYNOPSIS

#include <tis.h>

void   tis_testcancel(void);

STANDARDS

None

PARAMETERS

None

DESCRIPTION

This routine requests delivery of a pending cancelation request to the calling thread. Thus, this routine creates a cancelation point in the calling thread.  The cancelation request is delivered only if a request is pending for the calling thread and the calling thread’s cancelability state is enabled.  (A thread disables delivery of cancelation requests to itself by calling tis_setcancelstate(3).) 

This routine, when called within very long loops, ensures that a pending cancelation request is noticed within a reasonable amount of time. 

RETURN VALUES

None

RELATED INFORMATION

Functions: tis_setcancelstate(3)

Manuals: Guide to DECthreads and Programmer’s Guide