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.Dd April 13, 2012
.Dt _LWP_CTL 2
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm _lwp_ctl
.Nd prepare per-LWP communication area between kernel and userland
.\" ------------------------------------------------------------
.Sh LIBRARY
.Lb libc
.\" ------------------------------------------------------------
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In sys/lwpctl.h
.In lwp.h
.Ft int
.Fn _lwp_ctl "int features" "struct lwpctl **address"
.\" ------------------------------------------------------------
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Fn _lwp_ctl
prepares per-LWP communication area for the calling LWP,
and maps it into the calling process' address space.
It takes the following arguments.
.Bl -tag -width features
.It Fa features
The bitwise-OR of the following flags.
.Bl -tag -width LWPCTL_FEATURE_CURCPU
.It Dv LWPCTL_FEATURE_CURCPU
Request
.Vt lc_curcpu .
.It Dv LWPCTL_FEATURE_PCTR
Request
.Vt lc_pctr .
.El
.It Fa address
The address to store a pointer to
.Vt lwpctl
structure for the calling LWP.
.El
.Pp
The per-LWP communication area is described by an
.Vt lwpctl
structure.
It has following members, depending on
.Fa features .
.Bl -tag -width int_lc_curcpu
.It Vt int lc_curcpu
The integral identifier of the CPU on which the LWP is running,
or
.Dv LWPCTL_CPU_NONE
when the LWP is not running on any CPU.
It's updated by the kernel and should be considered as read-only for
userland.
It's available only if requested with the
.Dv LWPCTL_FEATURE_CURCPU
flag.
.It Vt int lc_pctr
The integer which is incremented on every context switches to the LWP.
It can be used to detect preemption of the LWP.
(thus its name "preemption counter".)
It's updated by the kernel and should be considered as read-only for
userland.
It's available only if requested with the
.Dv LWPCTL_FEATURE_PCTR
flag.
.El
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.Sh RETURN VALUES
.Fn _lwp_ctl
returns 0 on success.
Otherwise, \-1 is returned and
.Va errno
is set to indicate the error.
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.\".Sh ERRORS
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.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr errno 2