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