Requests delivery of a pending cancelation request to the calling
thread.
1 – C Binding
#include <pthread.h>
void
pthread_testcancel (void);
2 – Arguments
None
3 – Description
This routine requests delivery of a pending cancelation request
to the calling thread. Thus, calling this routine creates a
cancelation point within 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 pthread_setcancelstate().)
When called within very long loops, this routine ensures that
a pending cancelation request is noticed by the calling thread
within a reasonable amount of time.
4 – Return Values
None
5 – Associated Routines
pthread_setcancelstate()