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+/* Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+   Contributed by Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>, 2002.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, write to the Free
+   Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
+   02111-1307 USA.  */
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include "pthreadP.h"
+#include <atomic.h>
+
+
+int
+pthread_detach (th)
+     pthread_t th;
+{
+  struct pthread *pd = (struct pthread *) th;
+  int result = 0;
+
+  /* Mark the thread as detached.  */
+  if (atomic_compare_and_exchange_acq (&pd->joinid, pd, NULL) != 0)
+    {
+      /* There are two possibilities here.  First, the thread might
+	 already be detached.  In this case we return EINVAL.
+	 Otherwise there might already be a waiter.  The standard does
+	 not mention what happens in this case.  */
+      if (IS_DETACHED (pd))
+	result = EINVAL;
+    }
+  else
+    /* Check whether the thread terminated meanwhile.  In this case we
+       will just free the TCB.  */
+    if ((pd->cancelhandling & EXITING_BITMASK) != 0)
+      /* Note that the code in __free_tcb makes sure each thread
+	 control block is freed only once.  */
+      __free_tcb (pd);
+
+  return result;
+}