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.TH PTHREAD_EXIT 3 2017-09-15 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
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.SH NAME
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pthread_exit \- terminate calling thread
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.nf
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.B #include <pthread.h>
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.PP
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.BI "void pthread_exit(void *" retval );
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.PP
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Compile and link with \fI\-pthread\fP.
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.fi
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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The
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.BR pthread_exit ()
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function terminates the calling thread and returns a value via
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.I retval
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that (if the thread is joinable)
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is available to another thread in the same process that calls
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.BR pthread_join (3).
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.PP
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Any clean-up handlers established by
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.BR pthread_cleanup_push (3)
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that have not yet been popped,
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are popped (in the reverse of the order in which they were pushed)
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and executed.
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If the thread has any thread-specific data, then,
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after the clean-up handlers have been executed,
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the corresponding destructor functions are called,
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in an unspecified order.
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.PP
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When a thread terminates,
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process-shared resources (e.g., mutexes, condition variables,
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semaphores, and file descriptors) are not released,
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and functions registered using
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.BR atexit (3)
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are not called.
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.PP
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After the last thread in a process terminates,
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the process terminates as by calling
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.BR exit (3)
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with an exit status of zero;
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thus, process-shared resources
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are released and functions registered using
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.BR atexit (3)
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are called.
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.SH RETURN VALUE
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This function does not return to the caller.
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.SH ERRORS
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This function always succeeds.
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.SH ATTRIBUTES
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For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
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.BR attributes (7).
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.TS
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allbox;
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lb lb lb
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l l l.
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Interface Attribute Value
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T{
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.BR pthread_exit ()
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T} Thread safety MT-Safe
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.TE
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.SH CONFORMING TO
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POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.
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.SH NOTES
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Performing a return from the start function of any thread other
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than the main thread results in an implicit call to
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.BR pthread_exit (),
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using the function's return value as the thread's exit status.
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.PP
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To allow other threads to continue execution,
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the main thread should terminate by calling
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.BR pthread_exit ()
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rather than
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.BR exit (3).
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.PP
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The value pointed to by
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.IR retval
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should not be located on the calling thread's stack,
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since the contents of that stack are undefined after the thread terminates.
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.SH BUGS
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Currently,
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.\" Linux 2.6.27
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there are limitations in the kernel implementation logic for
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.BR wait (2)ing
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on a stopped thread group with a dead thread group leader.
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This can manifest in problems such as a locked terminal if a stop signal is
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sent to a foreground process whose thread group leader has already called
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.BR pthread_exit ().
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.\" FIXME . review a later kernel to see if this gets fixed
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.\" http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/611611
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.\" http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122525468300823&w=2
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.SH SEE ALSO
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.BR pthread_create (3),
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.BR pthread_join (3),
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.BR pthreads (7)
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.SH COLOPHON
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This page is part of release 4.15 of the Linux
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A description of the project,
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and the latest version of this page,
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