curl/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLMOPT_QUICK_EXIT.md
Stefan Eissing 39036c9021
async-thrdd: use thread queue for resolving
Use a thread queue and pool for asnyc threaded DNS resolves.
Add pytest test_21_* for verification.

Add `CURLMOPT_RESOLVE_THREADS_MAX` to allow applications to
resize the thread pool used.

Add `CURLMOPT_QUICK_EXIT` to allow applications to skip thread
joins when cleaning up a multi handle. Multi handles in
`curl_easy_perform()` inherit this from `CURLOPT_QUICK_EXIT`.

Add several debug environment variables for testing.

Closes #20936
2026-03-25 12:14:21 +01:00

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---
c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
Title: CURLMOPT_QUICK_EXIT
Section: 3
Source: libcurl
See-also:
- CURLOPT_QUICK_EXIT (3)
Protocol:
- All
Added-in: 8.20.0
---
# NAME
CURLOPT_QUICK_EXIT - allow libcurl to exit quickly
# SYNOPSIS
~~~c
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLMcode curl_multi_setopt(CURLM *handle, CURLMOPT_QUICK_EXIT,
long value);
~~~
# DESCRIPTION
Pass a long as a parameter, 1L meaning that when recovering from a timeout,
libcurl should skip lengthy cleanups that are intended to avoid all kinds of
leaks (threads etc.), as the caller program is about to call exit() anyway.
This allows for a swift termination after a DNS timeout for example, by
canceling and/or forgetting about a resolver thread, at the expense of a
possible (though short-lived) leak of associated resources.
# DEFAULT
20.
# %PROTOCOLS%
# EXAMPLE
~~~c
int main(void)
{
CURLM *m = curl_multi_init();
/* do not join threads when cleaning up this multi handle */
curl_multi_setopt(m, CURLMOPT_QUICK_EXIT, 1L);
}
~~~
# %AVAILABILITY%
# RETURN VALUE
curl_multi_setopt(3) returns a CURLMcode indicating success or error.
CURLM_OK (0) means everything was OK, non-zero means an error occurred, see
libcurl-errors(3).