commit a903f58cf52e1caca54d52459a68ec38f89ac0b0
author Automerger Merge Worker <android-build-automerger-merge-worker@system.gserviceaccount.com> Thu Jan 23 03:52:06 2020 +0000
committer Automerger Merge Worker <android-build-automerger-merge-worker@system.gserviceaccount.com> Thu Jan 23 03:52:06 2020 +0000
tree 4e4afcd7d9f4b86eab101b78e48d36e9b173820e
parent 8467ee61a7b44e1fd455d1d03c82709f746e0294
parent c200d95e884f2dacee6857116752861327c52e2f

Merge "Mention why we don't have pthread_cancel()." am: 96fbba1ea0 am: c200d95e88

Change-Id: Ibd797c84b46052e51664aa0425ba8636e23aae8b

docs/status.md

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@@ -33,7 +33,11 @@
 Missing functionality:
   * `<aio.h>`
   * `<wordexp.h>`
-  * Thread cancellation (`pthread_cancel`).
+  * Thread cancellation (`pthread_cancel`). Unlikely to ever be implemented
+    because of the difficulty and cost of implementing it, and the difficulty
+    of using it correctly. See
+    [This is why we can't have safe cancellation points](https://lwn.net/Articles/683118/)
+    for more about thread cancellation.
   * Robust mutexes
 
 Run `./libc/tools/check-symbols-glibc.py` in bionic/ for the current