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pthread_exit(3)
NAME
  pthread_exit - Terminates the calling thread

SYNOPSIS
  #include <pthread.h>

  void pthread_exit(
	  void *value_ptr );

LIBRARY
  DECthreads POSIX 1003.1c Library (libpthread.so)

STANDARDS
  Interfaces documented on this reference page conform to industry standards
  as follows:

  IEEE Std 1003.1c-1995, POSIX System Application Program Interface

PARAMETERS
  value_ptr
      Value copied and returned to the caller of pthread_join(3). Note that
      void * is used as a universal datatype, not as a pointer. DECthreads
      treats the value_ptr as a value and stores it to be returned by
      pthread_join(3).

DESCRIPTION
  This routine terminates the calling thread and makes a status value
  (value_ptr) available to any thread that calls pthread_join(3) and
  specifies the terminating thread.

  Any cleanup handlers that have been pushed and not yet popped from the
  stack, are popped in the reverse order that they were pushed and then
  executed.  After all cleanup handlers have been executed, appropriate
  destructor functions shall be called in an unspecified order if the thread
  has any thread-specific data. 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 routine that may
  exist.

  An implicit call to pthread_exit(3) is issued when a thread returns from
  the start routine that was used to create it. DECthreads writes the
  function's return value as the return value in the thread's thread object.
  The process exits when the last running thread calls pthread_exit(3).

  After a thread has terminated, the result of access to local (that is,
  explicitly or implicitly declared auto) variables of the thread is
  undefined. So, references to local variables of the existing thread should
  not be used for the value_ptr argument of the pthread_exit(3) routine.

RETURN VALUES
  None

ERRORS
  None

SEE ALSO
  Functions: pthread_cancel(3), pthread_create(3), pthread_detach(3),
  pthread_join(3)

  Manuals: Guide to DECthreads and Programmer's Guide

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