* thread.c (thread_join): raises ThreadError if target therad

  is a main thread.
* test/ruby/test_thread.rb (test_thread_join_main_thread):
  test for the above.
* NEWS: news for the above.

git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@37884 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/thread.c b/thread.c
index cdba4a2106..5214c68955 100644
--- a/thread.c
+++ b/thread.c
@@ -739,6 +739,9 @@ thread_join(rb_thread_t *target_th, double delay)
     if (th == target_th) {
 	rb_raise(rb_eThreadError, "Target thread must not be current thread");
     }
+    if (GET_VM()->main_thread == target_th) {
+	rb_raise(rb_eThreadError, "Target thread must not be main thread");
+    }
 
     arg.target = target_th;
     arg.waiting = th;