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40 .Nd terminate the calling lwp or process and perform action
46 .Fn extexit "int how" "int status" "void *addr"
50 function terminates a lwp or process and performs an action.
51 This is a low level service routine not intended to be used
52 from common user code.
56 function can be used to either exit a lwp or a complete process.
57 This is done by specifying either
63 If exiting the process or if exiting the last lwp of a process,
73 can be used to perform certain actions when exiting.
74 The following actions can be specified by
80 .Bl -tag -width ".Dv EXTEXIT_SIMPLE"
82 Set the integer variable pointer to by
86 This is intended to enable other threads or processes to
87 detect the termination of the calling lwp or process.
92 function will only return if it was invoked
93 with invalid arguments. In this case,
97 In the case of a successful invocation,
101 In case of an error, the action specified in
103 will not be performed.
104 If an error occurs while performing an action, the results are
108 will try hard to avoid such a situation.
109 In any case, if an error occurs while performing an action,
119 function first appeared in