thread_exit(9)

NAME

thread_exit - abandon current thread context

SYNOPSIS

#include <sys/param.h>
#include <sys/proc.h>
void
thread_exit(void);

DESCRIPTION

The thread_exit() function implements the machine indepen

dent prelude to
a thread shutdown. It will not return, and will result in a

call to
mi_switch(9) to schedule some other thread.

thread_exit() arranges to free all the resources of the

thread, specifically the kernel stack.

To protect the runqueue(9), thread_exit() must be called

with the
sched_lock mutex held.

SEE ALSO

mi_switch(9), msleep(9), mutex(9), runqueue(9)

BSD July 5, 2002

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