pthread_join with timeout

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/programming-9/pthread_join-with-timeout-365304/

void * threadfunc (void *) {

  while (!my_quit) {
    /* do a bunch of stuff */
  }

  /* signal waiting threads that this thread is about to terminate */
  pthread_mutex_lock(&my_mutex);
  pthread_cond_broadcast(&my_cond);
  pthread_mutex_unlock(&my_mutex);

  return NULL;

}

void stop_the_thread (void) {

  int e;

  my_quit = true;

  /* wait (with timeout) until thread has finished */
  pthread_mutex_lock(&my_mutex);
  e = pthread_cond_timedwait(&my_cond, &my_mutex, &my_timeout);
  pthread_mutex_unlock(&my_mutex);

  /* now join so we wait until thread has -really- finished */
  if (e == ETIMEDOUT) {
    printf("Timed out waiting for thread to exit :_(\n");
    pthread_cancel(my_thread); /* try to forcefully stop it at a cancellation point */
  } else
    pthread_join(my_thread);

}