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63 .Nd terminate the calling thread
69 .Fn pthread_exit "void *value_ptr"
73 function terminates the calling thread and makes the value
75 available to any successful join with the terminating thread.
77 cancellation cleanup handlers that have been pushed and are not yet popped
78 are popped in the reverse order that they were pushed and then executed.
79 After all cancellation handlers have been executed, if the thread has any
80 thread-specific data, appropriate destructor functions are called in an
82 Thread termination does not release any application
83 visible process resources, including, but not limited to, mutexes and
84 file descriptors, nor does it perform any process level cleanup
85 actions, including, but not limited to, calling
87 routines that may exist.
91 is made when a thread other than the thread in which
93 was first invoked returns from the start routine that was used to create
95 The function's return value serves as the thread's exit status.
99 is undefined if called from a cancellation handler or destructor function
100 that was invoked as the result of an implicit or explicit call to
103 After a thread has terminated, the result of access to local (auto)
104 variables of the thread is undefined.
105 Thus, references to local variables
106 of the exiting thread should not be used for the
111 The process will exit with an exit status of 0 after the last thread has
113 The behavior is as if the implementation called
115 with a zero argument at thread termination time.
119 function cannot return to its caller.
125 .Xr pthread_create 3 ,