pthread_exit(3-thr) — Reliant UNIX 5.44c4

pthread_exit(3-thr)                                     pthread_exit(3-thr)

NAME
     pthreadexit - terminates the calling thread

SYNOPSIS
     #include <pthread.h>

     void pthreadexit(pthreadaddrt status);

PARAMETERS
     status    Address value copied and returned to the caller of
               pthreadjoin().

DESCRIPTION
     The pthreadexit() routine terminates the calling thread and makes a
     status value available to any thread that calls pthreadjoin() and
     specifies the terminating thread.

     An implicit call to pthreadexit() is issued when a thread returns
     from the start routine that was used to create it. The function's
     return value serves as the thread's exit status. If the return value
     is -1, an error exit is forced for the thread instead of a normal
     exit. The process exits when the last running thread calls
     pthreadexit(), with an undefined exit status.

   Restrictions
     The pthreadexit() routine does not work in the main (initial) thread
     because DCE Threads relies on information at the base of thread
     stacks; this information does not exist in the main thread.

RETURN VALUES
     No value is returned.

SEE ALSO
     pthreadcreate(3-thr), pthreaddetach(3-thr), pthreadjoin(3-thr).





















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