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35 .Nd detach a light-weight process
41 .Fn _lwp_detach "lwpid_t lwp"
44 causes a light-weight process to become detached, having the same
45 effect as if the LWP was created with the
49 The resources associated with a detached LWP will be automatically
50 reclaimed by the system when the LWP exits.
51 Conversely, an attached LWP's resources will not be reclaimed until
52 its status is reported to another LWP via
55 A 0 value indicates that the call succeeded.
56 A \-1 return value indicates an error occurred and
58 is set to indicate the reason.
60 .Bl -tag -width [EINVAL]
62 The LWP is already detached.
64 No LWP can be found in the current process corresponding to that
74 system call first appeared in