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26 .TH PTHREAD_EXIT 3 2009-03-30 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
28 pthread_exit \- terminate calling thread
31 .B #include <pthread.h>
33 .BI "void pthread_exit(void *" retval );
35 Compile and link with \fI\-pthread\fP.
40 function terminates the calling thread and returns a value via
42 that (if the thread is joinable)
43 is available to another thread in the same process that calls
46 Any clean-up handlers established by
47 .BR pthread_cleanup_push (3)
48 that have not yet been popped,
49 are popped (in the reverse of the order in which they were pushed)
51 If the thread has any thread-specific data, then,
52 after the clean-up handlers have been executed,
53 the corresponding destructor functions are called,
54 in an unspecified order.
56 When a thread terminates,
57 process-shared resources (e.g., mutexes, condition variables,
58 semaphores, and file descriptors) are not released,
59 and functions registered using
63 After the last thread in a process terminates,
64 the process terminates as by calling
66 with an exit status of zero;
67 thus, process-shared resources
68 are released and functions registered using
72 This function does not return to the caller.
74 This function always succeeds.
78 Performing a return from the start function of any thread other
79 than the main thread results in an implicit call to
81 using the function's return value as the thread's exit status.
83 To allow other threads to continue execution,
84 the main thread should terminate by calling
89 The value pointed to by
91 should not be located on the calling thread's stack,
92 since the contents of that stack are undefined after the thread terminates.
96 there are limitations in the kernel implementation logic for
98 on a stopped thread group with a dead thread group leader.
99 This can manifest in problems such as a locked terminal if a stop signal is
100 sent to a foreground process whose thread group leader has already called
102 .\" FIXME . review a later kernel to see if this gets fixed
103 .\" http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/611611
104 .\" http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122525468300823&w=2
106 .BR pthread_create (3),
107 .BR pthread_join (3),
110 This page is part of release 3.64 of the Linux
113 A description of the project,
114 and information about reporting bugs,
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