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30*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Dd January 13, 2003
31*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Dt _LWP_SUSPEND 2
32*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Os
33*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh NAME
34*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Nm _lwp_suspend ,
35*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Nm _lwp_continue
36*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Nd suspend or continue a light-weight process
37*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh LIBRARY
38*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Lb libc
39*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh SYNOPSIS
40*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.In lwp.h
41*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Ft int
42*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fn _lwp_suspend "lwpid_t lwp"
43*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Ft int
44*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fn _lwp_continue "lwpid_t lwp"
45*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh DESCRIPTION
46*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fn _lwp_suspend
47*2fe8fb19SBen Grassuspends execution of the LWP specified by
48*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fa lwp .
49*2fe8fb19SBen GrasOnce an LWP is suspended, subsequent calls to
50*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fn _lwp_suspend
51*2fe8fb19SBen Grashave no effect.
52*2fe8fb19SBen GrasThe only way to resume execution of a suspended LWP is via
53*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fn _lwp_continue .
54*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Pp
55*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fn _lwp_continue
56*2fe8fb19SBen Grasresumes execution of the LWP specified by
57*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fa lwp .
58*2fe8fb19SBen GrasOnce an LWP is resumed, subsequent calls to
59*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fn _lwp_continue
60*2fe8fb19SBen Grashave no effect.
61*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh RETURN VALUES
62*2fe8fb19SBen GrasUpon successful completion,
63*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fn _lwp_suspend
64*2fe8fb19SBen Grasand
65*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fn _lwp_continue
66*2fe8fb19SBen Grasreturn a value of 0.
67*2fe8fb19SBen GrasOtherwise, an error code is returned to indicate the error.
68*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh ERRORS
69*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fn _lwp_suspend
70*2fe8fb19SBen Grasand
71*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fn _lwp_continue
72*2fe8fb19SBen Graswill fail if:
73*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Bl -tag -width [EDEADLK]
74*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.It Bq Er ESRCH
75*2fe8fb19SBen GrasNo LWP can be found in the current process corresponding to that
76*2fe8fb19SBen Grasspecified by
77*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fa lwp .
78*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.El
79*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Pp
80*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fn _lwp_suspend
81*2fe8fb19SBen Graswill fail if:
82*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Bl -tag -width [EDEADLK]
83*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.It Bq Er EDEADLK
84*2fe8fb19SBen GrasThe LWP specified by
85*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fa lwp
86*2fe8fb19SBen Grasis the only LWP in the process.
87*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.El
88*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh SEE ALSO
89*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Xr _lwp_create 2
90*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Sh HISTORY
91*2fe8fb19SBen GrasThe
92*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Fn _lwp_create
93*2fe8fb19SBen Grassystem call first appeared in
94*2fe8fb19SBen Gras.Nx 2.0 .
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