LXR darwin-xnu/osfmk/man/thread

   1<h2>thread_terminate</h2>
   2<hr>
   3<p>
   4<strong>Function</strong> - Destroy a thread.
   5<h3>SYNOPSIS</h3>
   6<pre>
   7<strong>kern_return_t   thread_terminate</strong>
   8                <strong>(thread_act_t</strong>                     <var>target_thread</var><strong>);</strong>
   9</pre>
  10<h3>PARAMETERS</h3>
  11<dl>
  12<p>
  13<dt> <var>target_thread</var> 
  14<dd>
  15[in thread send right]
  16The thread to be destroyed.
  17</dl>
  18<h3>DESCRIPTION</h3>
  19<p>
  20The <strong>thread_terminate</strong> function kills <var>target_thread</var>.
  21<h3>RETURN VALUES</h3>
  22<p>
  23Only generic errors apply.
  24<h3>RELATED INFORMATION</h3>
  25<p>
  26Functions:
  27<a href="task_terminate.html"><strong>task_terminate</strong></a>,
  28<a href="task_threads.html"><strong>task_threads</strong></a>,
  29<a href="thread_create.html"><strong>thread_create</strong></a>,
  30<a href="thread_resume.html"><strong>thread_resume</strong></a>,
  31<a href="thread_suspend.html"><strong>thread_suspend</strong></a>.
  32