Re: [PATCH v7 0/4] MR1088: ntdll: Avoid calling pthread_exit on thread exit.

[Giovanni Mascellani (＠giomasce)]

Giovanni Mascellani (@giomasce) commented about dlls/ntdll/unix/loader.c:
> - return 0;
>
> +}
> -
>
> +/***********************************************************************
> -
> -
>       start_main_thread
> - */
>
> +static void start_main_thread(void)
> +{
> - static sigset_t blocked_signals;
> - pthread_t thread;
> -
> - /* block all signals for this thread, it cannot handle them */
> - sigfillset( &blocked_signals );
> - pthread_sigmask( SIG_BLOCK, &blocked_signals, NULL );
> - pthread_create( &thread, NULL, pthread_main_wrapper, &blocked_signals );
> - pthread_exit( NULL );

Yeah, that's what I was suggesting, but you still need to call `pthread_detach()` on the newly created thread. If a thread is neither detached nor joined, its resources are never claimed back, much akin to a child which is never waited upon (AFAIU).