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+.\"
+.\" Copyright (c) 2002 Julian Elischer
+.\" All rights reserved.
+.\"
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+.\" $FreeBSD$
+.\"
+.Dd July 5, 2002
+.Dt THREAD_EXIT 9
+.Os
+.Sh NAME
+.Nm thread_exit ,
+.Nd Abandon current thread context
+.Sh SYNOPSIS
+.In sys/param.h
+.In sys/proc.h
+.Ft void
+.Fn thread_exit "void"
+.Sh DESCRIPTION
+The
+.Fn thread_exit
+function implements the machine independent prelude to a thread 
+shutdown.
+It will not return, and will result in a call to 
+.Xr mi_switch 9
+to schedule some other thread.
+.Pp
+.Fn thread_exit
+arranges to free all the resources of the thread, specifically the kernel
+stack.
+.Pp
+To protect the
+.Xr runqueue 9 ,
+.Fn thread_exit
+must be called with the
+.Va sched_lock
+mutex held.
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr mutex 9 ,
+.Xr runqueue 9 ,
+.Xr msleep 9 ,
+.Xr mi_switch 9