Pthread and timeouts question

[ivand58]

How to implement

void * do_it_fast(void * )

, so that I can wait in the main thread for the child to complete for a fixed interval of time (like software watchdog) ?

 

[Alt]

You can try using mutex inside a thread and control when it done via pthread_mutex_timedlock or pthread_mutex_trylock. Or, you can use pthread_cond_timedwait like in this example