why must POSIX_Init() call exit() rather than use a "return" statement?

[Sebastian Huber]

On 07/05/2019 00:07, Morgan, Keith S wrote:
>
> I have noticed that if I do not call exit() in the POSIX_Init() 
> function, RTEMS executables will hang. Why must I call exit() to exit 
> the POSIX_Init() function rather than conclude with a “return” statement?
>

Calling exit() and returning from a POSIX thread are two totally 
different things. If you call exit(), then you terminate the system. If 
you return from a POSIX thread, then this thread exits. The scheduler 
just picks up the next highest priority ready thread. This could be the 
idle thread.

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