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@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
.\"
.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: Linux-man-pages-copyleft
.\"
-.TH pthread_exit 3 2023-07-20 "Linux man-pages 6.05.01"
+.TH pthread_exit 3 2023-10-31 "Linux man-pages 6.7"
.SH NAME
pthread_exit \- terminate calling thread
.SH LIBRARY
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ POSIX threads library
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
.B #include <pthread.h>
-.PP
+.P
.BI "[[noreturn]] void pthread_exit(void *" retval );
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ function terminates the calling thread and returns a value via
that (if the thread is joinable)
is available to another thread in the same process that calls
.BR pthread_join (3).
-.PP
+.P
Any clean-up handlers established by
.BR pthread_cleanup_push (3)
that have not yet been popped,
@@ -34,14 +34,14 @@ If the thread has any thread-specific data, then,
after the clean-up handlers have been executed,
the corresponding destructor functions are called,
in an unspecified order.
-.PP
+.P
When a thread terminates,
process-shared resources (e.g., mutexes, condition variables,
semaphores, and file descriptors) are not released,
and functions registered using
.BR atexit (3)
are not called.
-.PP
+.P
After the last thread in a process terminates,
the process terminates as by calling
.BR exit (3)
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ T{
.BR pthread_exit ()
T} Thread safety MT-Safe
.TE
-.sp 1
.SH STANDARDS
POSIX.1-2008.
.SH HISTORY
@@ -78,13 +77,13 @@ Performing a return from the start function of any thread other
than the main thread results in an implicit call to
.BR pthread_exit (),
using the function's return value as the thread's exit status.
-.PP
+.P
To allow other threads to continue execution,
the main thread should terminate by calling
.BR pthread_exit ()
rather than
.BR exit (3).
-.PP
+.P
The value pointed to by
.I retval
should not be located on the calling thread's stack,