"Jrax" <J***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> Wondering if anyone would know if behavoir we are seeing w/Join method is
> expected.
>
> We are seeing the Join method time out on a background thread after 5
> seconds.
>
> When we call Join ( from UI thread ) we know that the background thread
> has
> already exited its while loop and should be ready to fall out of its
> thread
> proc.
>
> When we timeout from Join we see that the thread we want to join to is
> still
> running and alive.
>
> When Join is called the thread priority of the background thread is
> somethings below normal and sometimes above normal ( toggled by another
> thread ).  We see the join timeout for both cases above.
>
> Thanx
>
> jra
>
> Due to previous problems w/Join ( hangs ) the f

"Alvin Bruney" wrote:

> I'm not sure I understand what you are saying. Join doesn't time out unless
> you pass in a timeout parameter. In that case, the waiting thread simply
> moves on. You should read the return parameter on the join call to determine
> the exit status of the join on the called thread to see what is happening.
>
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>
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> "Jrax" <J***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:F9D3F315-5ED6-4415-833D-12C249A91044@microsoft.com...
> > Hi,
> >
> > Wondering if anyone would know if behavoir we are seeing w/Join method is
> > expected.
> >
> > We are seeing the Join method time out on a background thread after 5
> > seconds.
> >
> > When we call Join ( from UI thread ) we know that the background thread
> > has
> > already exited its while loop and should be ready to fall out of its
> > thread
> > proc.
> >
> > When we timeout from Join we see that the thread we want to join to is
> > still
> > running and alive.
> >
> > When Join is called the thread priority of the background thread is
> > somethings below normal and sometimes above normal ( toggled by another
> > thread ).  We see the join timeout for both cases above.
> >
> > Thanx
> >
> > jra
> >
> > Due to previous problems w/Join ( hangs ) the f
>
>
>

"Jrax" <J***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F9D3F315-5ED6-4415-833D-12C249A91044@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> Wondering if anyone would know if behavoir we are seeing w/Join method is
> expected.
>
> We are seeing the Join method time out on a background thread after 5
> seconds.
>
> When we call Join ( from UI thread ) we know that the background thread
> has
> already exited its while loop and should be ready to fall out of its
> thread
> proc.
>
> When we timeout from Join we see that the thread we want to join to is
> still
> running and alive.
>
> When Join is called the thread priority of the background thread is
> somethings below normal and sometimes above normal ( toggled by another
> thread ).  We see the join timeout for both cases above.
>
> Thanx
....