@ -29,9 +29,9 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.\" $OpenBSD: atexit.3,v 1.9 2013/06/05 03:39:23 tedu Exp $
.\" $OpenBSD: atexit.3,v 1.10 2014/11/20 04:55:43 guenther Exp $
.\"
.Dd $Mdocdate: June 5 2013 $
.Dd $Mdocdate: November 20 2014 $
.Dt ATEXIT 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
@ -55,6 +55,15 @@ no arguments are passed.
At least 32 functions can always be registered,
and more are allowed as long as sufficient memory can be allocated.
.Pp
If a shared object is unloaded from process memory using
.Xr dlclose 3 ,
then any functions registered by calling
.Fn atexit
from that shared object will be called in reverse order and unregistered.
Note that it is the source of the call to
.Fn atexit
that matters, not the source of the function that was registered.
.Pp
.Fn atexit
is very difficult to use correctly without creating
.Xr exit 3 Ns -time
@ -75,3 +84,6 @@ The
.Fn atexit
function conforms to
.St -ansiC .
.Pp
The behavior when a shared object is unloaded is an extension to
that standard.