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29 .TH _EXIT 2 2021-03-22 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
31 _exit, _Exit \- terminate the calling process
34 .B #include <unistd.h>
36 .BI "noreturn void _exit(int " status );
38 .B #include <stdlib.h>
40 .BI "noreturn void _Exit(int " status );
44 Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
45 .BR feature_test_macros (7)):
50 _ISOC99_SOURCE || _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L
54 terminates the calling process "immediately".
55 Any open file descriptors belonging to the process are closed.
56 Any children of the process are inherited by
58 (or by the nearest "subreaper" process as defined through the use of the
60 .B PR_SET_CHILD_SUBREAPER
62 The process's parent is sent a
68 is returned to the parent process as the process's exit status, and
69 can be collected by the parent using one of the
78 These functions do not return.
80 POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008, SVr4, 4.3BSD.
83 was introduced by C99.
85 For a discussion on the effects of an exit, the transmission of
86 exit status, zombie processes, signals sent, and so on, see
94 functions registered with
100 streams are not flushed.
103 does close open file descriptors, and this may cause an unknown delay,
104 waiting for pending output to finish.
105 If the delay is undesired,
106 it may be useful to call functions like
110 Whether any pending I/O is canceled, and which pending I/O may be
113 is implementation-dependent.
114 .SS C library/kernel differences
115 In glibc up to version 2.3, the
117 wrapper function invoked the kernel system call of the same name.
118 Since glibc 2.3, the wrapper function invokes
120 in order to terminate all of the threads in a process.
124 system call terminates only the calling thread, and actions such as
125 reparenting child processes or sending
127 to the parent process are performed only if this is
128 the last thread in the thread group.
129 .\" _exit() is used by pthread_exit() to terminate the calling thread