pthread_exit(3C)														  pthread_exit(3C)

NAME

       pthread_exit - terminate calling thread

SYNOPSIS

       cc -mt [ flag... ] file... -lpthread [ library... ]
       #include <pthread.h>

       void pthread_exit(void *value_ptr);

       The  pthread_exit() function terminates the calling thread, in a similar way that exit(3C) terminates the calling process. If the thread is
       not detached, the exit status specified by  value_ptr is  made	available  to  any  successful	join  with  the  terminating  thread.  See
       pthread_join(3C). Any cancellation cleanup handlers that have been pushed and not yet popped are popped in the reverse order that they were
       pushed and then executed. After all cancellation cleanup handlers have been executed, if the thread has any thread-specific data, appropri-
       ate  destructor	functions  will  be  called  in  an unspecified order. Thread termination does not release any application visible process
       resources, including, but not limited to, mutexes and file descriptors, nor does it perform any process level cleanup  actions,	including,
       but not limited to, calling any atexit() routines that might exist.

       An  implicit  call  to  pthread_exit() is made when a thread other than the thread in which main() was first invoked returns from the start
       routine that was used to create it. The function's return value serves as the thread's exit status.

       The behavior of pthread_exit() is undefined if called from a cancellation cleanup handler or destructor function  that  was  invoked  as  a
       result of either an implicit or explicit call to pthread_exit().

       After  a  thread has terminated, the result of access to local (auto) variables of the thread is undefined. Thus, references to local vari-
       ables of the exiting thread should not be used for the pthread_exit() value_ptr parameter value.

       The process exits with an exit status of  0 after the last thread has been terminated. The behavior is  as  if  the  implementation  called
       exit() with a 0 argument at thread termination time.

       The pthread_exit() function cannot return to its caller.

       No errors are defined.

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |Standard			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |MT-Level		     |MT-Safe			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

       exit(3C), pthread_cancel(3C), pthread_create(3C), pthread_join(3C), pthread_key_create(3C), attributes(5), standards(5)

								    23 Mar 2005 						  pthread_exit(3C)