NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | RETURN VALUE | VERSIONS | CONFORMING TO | NOTES | SEE ALSO | COLOPHON

The Linux Programming Interface

EXIT_GROUP(2)                 Linux Programmer's Manual                 EXIT_GROUP(2)

NAME         top

       exit_group - exit all threads in a process

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <linux/unistd.h>

       void exit_group(int status);

DESCRIPTION         top

       This system call is equivalent to exit(2) except that it terminates not only
       the calling thread, but all threads in the calling process's thread group.

RETURN VALUE         top

       This system call does not return.

VERSIONS         top

       This call is present since Linux 2.5.35.

CONFORMING TO         top

       This call is Linux-specific.

NOTES         top

       Since glibc 2.3, this is the system call invoked when the exit(2) wrapper
       function is called.

SEE ALSO         top

       exit(2)

COLOPHON         top

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Linux                                 2008-11-27                        EXIT_GROUP(2)

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