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diff --git a/man7/pthreads.7 b/man7/pthreads.7 index 98eb861870..906b5a08cf 100644 --- a/man7/pthreads.7 +++ b/man7/pthreads.7 @@ -127,8 +127,10 @@ Thread IDs are guaranteed to be unique only within a process. that ID by definition refers to a thread in the same process as the caller.) -A thread ID may be reused after a terminated thread has been joined, +The system may reuse a thread ID after a terminated thread has been joined, or a detached thread has terminated. +POSIX says: "If an application attempts to use a thread ID whose +lifetime has ended, the behavior is undefined." .SS Thread-safe functions A thread-safe function is one that can be safely (i.e., it will deliver the same results regardless of whether it is) |