쉽게 요약하자면 C library가 고작 pthread_cancle지원하자고 너무 커지기 때문에 바이오닉 C에서는 지원 안한단다. 대신 pthread_cleanup_push()와 pthread_cleanup_pop()은 지원하니까 적절히 사용하자.
pthread_cancel():
pthread_cancel() will *not* be supported in Bionic, because doing this would
involve making the C library significantly bigger for very little benefit.
Consider that:
- A proper implementation must insert pthread cancellation checks in a lot
of different places of the C library. And conformance is very difficult
to test properly.
- A proper implementation must also clean up resources, like releasing
memory, or unlocking mutexes, properly if the cancellation happens in a
complex function (e.g. inside gethostbyname() or fprintf() + complex
formatting rules). This tends to slow down the path of many functions.
- pthread cancellation cannot stop all threads: e.g. it can't do anything
against an infinite loop
- pthread cancellation itself has short-comings and isn't very portable
(see http://advogato.org/person/slamb/diary.html?start=49 for example).
All of this is contrary to the Bionic design goals. If your code depends on
thread cancellation, please consider alternatives.
Note however that Bionic does implement pthread_cleanup_push() and
pthread_cleanup_pop(), which can be used to handle cleanups that happen when
a thread voluntarily exits through pthread_exit() or returning from its
main function.
