NAME

exit - terminate the calling thread

LIBRARY

Standard C library (libc, -lc)

SYNOPSIS

#include <sys/syscall.h>  /* Definition of SYS_* constants */
#include <unistd.h>

[[noreturn]] long syscall(SYS_exit, int status);

DESCRIPTION

exit() terminates the calling thread.

By contrast with _exit(3), the exit() system call terminates only the calling thread, and actions such as reparenting child processes or sending SIGCHLD to the parent process are performed only if this is the last thread in the thread group.

RETURN VALUE

exit() does not return.

STANDARDS

Linux.

HISTORY

Linux.

SEE ALSO

exit_group(2), _exit(3), exit(3), pthread_exit(3)