man2/exit_group.2

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  23 .TH EXIT_GROUP 2 2004-10-12 "Linux 2.6" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
  24 .SH NAME
  25 exit_group \- exit all threads in a process
  26 .SH SYNOPSIS
  27 .nf
  28 .B #include <linux/unistd.h>
  29 .sp
  30 .BI "void exit_group(int " status );
  31 .SH DESCRIPTION
  32 This system call is equivalent to
  33 .BR exit (2)
  34 except that it terminates not only the present thread, but all threads
  35 in the current thread group.
  36 .SH "RETURN VALUE"
  37 This system call does not return.
  38 .SH HISTORY
  39 This call is present since Linux 2.5.35.
  40 .SH "CONFORMING TO"
  41 This call is Linux specific.
  42 .SH "SEE ALSO"
  43 .BR exit (2)
  44