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

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

git-svn-id: svn+ssh://ci.ruby-lang.org/ruby/trunk@37883 b2dd03c8-39d4-4d8f-98ff-823fe69b080e

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/thread.c b/thread.c
index e74cf6d14a..cdba4a2106 100644
--- a/thread.c
+++ b/thread.c
@@ -736,6 +736,10 @@ thread_join(rb_thread_t *target_th, double delay)
     rb_thread_t *th = GET_THREAD();
     struct join_arg arg;
 
+    if (th == target_th) {
+	rb_raise(rb_eThreadError, "Target thread must not be current thread");
+    }
+
     arg.target = target_th;
     arg.waiting = th;
     arg.limit = timeofday() + delay;