For exit() and _Exit(): [CX] The functionality described on this reference page is aligned with theISO C standard. Any conflict between the requirements described here and the ISO C standard is unintentional. This volumeof IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 defers to the ISO C standard.
The exit() function shall first call all functions registered by atexit(),in the reverse order of their registration, except that a function is called after any previously registered functions that hadalready been called at the time it was registered. Each function is called as many times as it was registered. If, during the callto any such function, a call to the longjmp() function is made that would terminatethe call to the registered function, the behavior is undefined.
If a function registered by a call to atexit() fails to return, the remainingregistered functions shall not be called and the rest of the exit() processing shall not be completed. If exit() iscalled more than once, the behavior is undefined.
The exit() function shall then flush all open streams with unwritten buffered data, close all open streams, and removeall files created by tmpfile(). Finally, control shall be terminated with theconsequences described below.
The _Exit() [CX] and _exit() functionsshall not call functions registered with atexit() nor any registered signal handlers.Whether open streams are flushed or closed, or temporary files are removed is implementation-defined. Finally, the calling processis terminated with the consequences described below.
If the exit of the process causes a process group to become orphaned, and if any member of the newly-orphaned process group isstopped, then a SIGHUP signal followed by a SIGCONT signal shall be sent to each process in the newly-orphaned process group.
[ML] Anymemory locks established by the process via calls to mlockall() or mlock() shall be removed. If locked pages in the address space of the calling process are alsomapped into the address spaces of other processes and are locked by those processes, the locks established by the other processesshall be unaffected by the call by this process to _Exit() or _exit().
[AIO] Any outstanding cancelable asynchronous I/O operations may be canceled. Those asynchronous I/O operations that are not canceledshall complete as if the _Exit() or _exit() operation had not yet occurred, but any associated signal notificationsshall be suppressed. The _Exit() or _exit() operation may block awaiting such I/O completion. Whether any I/O iscanceled, and which I/O may be canceled upon _Exit() or _exit(), is implementation-defined.
It is important that the consequences of process termination as described occur regardless of whether the process called_exit() (perhaps indirectly through exit()) or instead was terminated due to a signal or for some other reason. Notethat in the specific case of exit() this means that the status argument to exit() is treated in the same wayas the status argument to _exit().
A language other than C may have other termination primitives than the C-language exit() function, and programs writtenin such a language should use its native termination primitives, but those should have as part of their function the behavior of_exit() as described. Implementations in languages other than C are outside the scope of this version of this volume ofIEEE Std 1003.1-2001, however.
As required by the ISO C standard, using return from main() has the same behavior (other than with respect tolanguage scope issues) as calling exit() with the returned value. Reaching the end of the main() function has thesame behavior as calling exit(0).
A value of zero (or EXIT_SUCCESS, which is required to be zero) for the argument status conventionally indicatessuccessful termination. This corresponds to the specification for exit() in the ISO C standard. The convention isfollowed by utilities such as make and various shells, which interpret a zero statusfrom a child process as success. For this reason, applications should not call exit(0) or _exit(0) when theyterminate unsuccessfully; for example, in signal-catching functions.
The sending of a SIGHUP to the foreground process group when a controlling process terminates corresponds to somewhat differenthistorical implementations. In System V, the kernel sends a SIGHUP on termination of (essentially) a controlling process. In 4.2BSD, the kernel does not send SIGHUP in a case like this, but the termination of a controlling process is usually noticed by asystem daemon, which arranges to send a SIGHUP to the foreground process group with the vhangup() function. However, in 4.2BSD, due to the behavior of the shells that support job control, the controlling process is usually a shell with no other processesin its process group. Thus, a change to make _exit() behave this way in such systems should not cause problems with existingapplications.
The action of sending a SIGHUP and a SIGCONT signal to members of a newly orphaned process group is similar to the action of 4.2BSD, which sends SIGHUP and SIGCONT to each stopped child of an exiting process. If such children exit in response to the SIGHUP,any additional descendants receive similar treatment at that time. In this volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, the signalsare sent to the entire process group at the same time. Also, in this volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001, but not in 4.2 BSD,stopped processes may be orphaned, but may be members of a process group that is not orphaned; therefore, the action taken at_exit() must consider processes other than child processes.
The ISO/IEC 9899:1999 standard adds the _Exit() function that results in immediate program termination withouttriggering signals or atexit()-registered functions. InIEEE Std 1003.1-2001, this is equivalent to the _exit() function.
atexit(), close(), fclose(), longjmp(), posix_trace_shutdown(), posix_trace_trid_eventid_open(), semop(), shmget(), sigaction(), wait(),waitid(), waitpid(), the Base Definitions volume ofIEEE Std 1003.1-2001, ,
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