January 13, 2003 _LWP_EXIT 2

### NAME

_lwp_exit - terminate the calling light-weight process

### LIBRARY

Standard C Library (libc, -lc)

### SYNOPSIS

```void` _lwp_exit(```void`)

### DESCRIPTION

_lwp_exit(``) terminates the calling LWP. If it is the last LWP in the process, the process exits with a status of 0. If the LWP was not created in a detached state, then the system will not reclaim its LWP ID until its status is reported to another LWP in the process via _lwp_wait(2).

### RETURN VALUES

_lwp_exit(``) can never return.

### SEE ALSO

_exit(2), _lwp_create(2), _lwp_wait(2)

### HISTORY

The _lwp_exit(``) system call first appeared in NetBSD2.0.