RtlExitUserThread - NtDoc

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#ifndef _NTRTL_H
#if (PHNT_VERSION >= PHNT_VISTA) // should be PHNT_WINXP, but is PHNT_VISTA for consistency with RtlExitUserProcess

DECLSPEC_NORETURN
NTSYSAPI
VOID
NTAPI
RtlExitUserThread(
    _In_ NTSTATUS ExitStatus
    );

#endif
#endif
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#ifndef _NTRTL_H
#if (PHNT_VERSION >= PHNT_VISTA) // should be PHNT_WINXP, but is PHNT_VISTA for consistency with RtlExitUserProcess
// ...
#else

#define RtlExitUserThread RtlExitUserThread_R

#endif
#endif
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Gracefully terminates the current thread.

Parameters

ExitStatus - the value to set as the exist status of the thread.

Implementation details

The function calls NtQueryInformationThread with the the THREADINFOCLASS value of ThreadAmILastThread (12) and either detaches DLLs and exists the current thread or calls RtlExitUserProcess.

ExitThread

See also

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