1.\" $NetBSD: _lwp_exit.2,v 1.5 2008/04/30 13:10:51 martin Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 2003 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. 4.\" All rights reserved. 5.\" 6.\" This code is derived from software contributed to The NetBSD Foundation 7.\" by Jason R. Thorpe of Wasabi Systems, Inc. 8.\" 9.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 10.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 11.\" are met: 12.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 13.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 14.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 15.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 16.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 17.\" 18.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS 19.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED 20.\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR 21.\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS 22.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR 23.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF 24.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS 25.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN 26.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) 27.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE 28.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 29.\" 30.Dd January 13, 2003 31.Dt _LWP_EXIT 2 32.Os 33.Sh NAME 34.Nm _lwp_exit 35.Nd terminate the calling light-weight process 36.Sh LIBRARY 37.Lb libc 38.Sh SYNOPSIS 39.In lwp.h 40.Ft void 41.Fn _lwp_exit void 42.Sh DESCRIPTION 43.Fn _lwp_exit 44terminates the calling LWP. 45If it is the last LWP in the process, the process exits with a status of 0. 46If the LWP was not created in a detached state, then the system will not 47reclaim its LWP ID until its status is reported to another LWP in the process 48via 49.Xr _lwp_wait 2 . 50.Sh RETURN VALUES 51.Fn _lwp_exit 52can never return. 53.Sh SEE ALSO 54.Xr _exit 2 , 55.Xr _lwp_create 2 , 56.Xr _lwp_wait 2 57.Sh HISTORY 58The 59.Fn _lwp_exit 60system call first appeared in 61.Nx 2.0 . 62