# OS_ExitThread

## Syntax

      #include <nitro/os.h>

      void OS_ExitThread( void );

## Arguments

None.

## Return Values

None.

## Description

This terminates the current thread, then switches to the next executable thread.

All locked mutex of the specified thread are unlocked. Therefore, if there is a thread that becomes executable by unlocking mutex, that thread is executed before a thread that becomes executable due to the end of the current thread.

This function automatically executes when the designated function ends when a thread is generated.

## See Also

`OS_InitThread, OS_CreateThread, OS_WakeupThread, OS_WakeupThreadDirect`
`OS_DestroyThread`

## Revision History

2004/04/05 Added description of unlocking locked mutex
2003/12/01 Initial version

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