Blocking on multiple threads with timeout

[Peter Schuller]

> I have a few threads that might need as long as a minute or more to
> complete and terminate.  If they exceed an arbitrary time, they can be
> canceled.
> 
> In Win32, there is a 'wait on multiple objects' call.  I'm not sure if it
> blocks or spins, but it *does* take a timeout argument.

How about having the threads signal their completion explicitly while also
signalling a condition. You could then have a monitoring thread using
pthread_cond_timedwait() which would enable you to time out without
busy-waiting.

Cleanly killing the thread in question is another matter though...

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